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The U.S. Naval Academy Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership hosts the 23rd McCain Conference titled, “Liberal Democracy - Challenges, Critics, Solutions.” This portion focuses on politics…

Participants spoke about the legal reasoning behind the Bush administration detainee program. Panelists spoke about a number of issues including the use of torture techniques during interrog…

David Cole talked about the book he edited, The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable (New Press; September 1, 2009). In his book he collects the memos released by the Justice Departm…

Witnesses testified about the Bush Administration’s detention and interrogation program for prisoners and enemy combatants. This was the first hearing on the topic since the release of the J…

Witnesses testified about the Bush Administration’s detention and interrogation program for prisoners and enemy combatants. This was the first hearing on the topic since the release of the J…

Legal scholars testified about the detention to terror suspects by the U.S., treatment of detainees, and legal opinions received by the Bush administration on interrogation methods for detai…

Panelists discussed the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which was handed down the previous day. They also responded to questions from members of the audience. …