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Daily Archives: June 22, 2004

White House Releases Documents Pertaining to Treatment of Detainees

From FindLaw: Department of Justice memo to White House counsel, Aug 1, 2002, Re: Standards of Conduct for Interrogation, 50 pages, PDF) Assistant Attorney General Jay S. Bybee letter to White House counsel, Aug. 1, 2002: Interrogation and Torture Assistant Attorney General Jay S. Bybee memo to Defense Department general counsel William J. Haynes II,… Continue Reading

Selected CRS Reports Available from U. of Maryland Law Library

As an update to previous postings concerning access to CRS reports online, The Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland, provides a searchable archive currently comprising 400 CRS reports on 50 topics, from 1993 to present (the most current entry, Sensitive Security Information and Transportation Security: Issues and Congressional Options, 6/9/2004). The site also references… Continue Reading

State Dept. Releases Corrected Version of Global Terrorism Report

Patterns of Global Terrorism 2003 “Note: Corrected Year in Review, Appendix A, and Appendix G were posted on June 22, 2004. Numbers in the text, specifically numbers of killed and wounded, will be revised to reflect to corrected Appendices.” Global Terrorism Report Incorrectly Documented Drop in Number of Attacks Continue Reading