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30 Nov 2009, 9:13 am
Introduction The Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 was awarded to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen bank for the expansion of microcredit. [1] As the Nobel committee said, “lasting peace cannot be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty. [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 11:51 am
From its response today on the photos: "We are disappointed that the president has signed a law giving the Defense Department the authority to hide evidence of its own misconduct, and we hope the defense secretary will not take advantage of that authority by suppressing photos related to the abuse of prisoners," said Jameel Jaffer, Director of the ACLU National Security Project. [read post]
21 Oct 2009, 8:13 am
In the continuing debate about the Obama Administration's attempt to suppress photos of detainee abuse by U.S. military personnel, The Los Angeles Times has this opinion piece by Jameel Jaffer, Director of the ACLU's National Security Project. [read post]
3 Sep 2009, 4:37 am
In 2003, our Immigrants of the Day, Jameel Jaffer and Amrit Singh, two junior lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union, wondered whether news reports of the abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody might be the tip of the iceberg.... [read post]
2 Sep 2009, 6:00 am
Jameel Jaffer, Staff Attorney, ACLUMrs. [read post]
2 Sep 2009, 12:20 am
Abuhena Saifulislam (who has given the prayer at President Bush's Ramadan dinner), and ACLU lawyer Jameel Jaffer whose lawsuit has forced the White House to release secret documents on C.I.A. interrogations and detention. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 1:31 pm
Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU’s National Security Project, said the CIA’s position “is entirely incompatible with the Obama administration’s stated commitment to ending torture and restoring governmental transparency. [read post]
20 May 2009, 5:56 pm
"At the very least, it's clear that CIA headquarters was choreographing what was going on at the black site," says Jameel Jaffer, the ACLU lawyer who sued to get the document. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 6:02 am
" Jameel Jaffer has this op-ed today in The Los Angeles Times. [read post]
26 Nov 2008, 7:58 pm
ACLU attorney Jameel Jaffer, who is suing to overturn an expanded spy powers law passed by Congress in July, thinks the court should have required warrants, but sees an advantage in the ruling. [read post]
29 Aug 2008, 10:35 pm
ACLU attorney Jameel Jaffer expressed frustration, yet again -- saying that secrecy should not be wrapped around a new law that affects every American's privacy. [read post]
30 Jul 2008, 7:29 pm
" Jameel Jaffer of the ACLU's National Security Project counters that openness is necessary, since the July passage of the FISA Amendments Act means the court will be ruling on the constitutionality of new, broad and powerful surveillance powers. [read post]
26 Jul 2008, 2:24 pm
Spencer Ackermann interviewed the ACLU's Jameel Jaffer who said: "It's very easy to make a case for a serious criminal investigation," Jaffer said. [read post]
24 Jul 2008, 8:12 pm
The ACLU says: "These documents supply further evidence, if any were needed, that the Justice Department authorized the CIA to torture prisoners in its custody," said Jameel Jaffer, Director of the ACLU National Security Project. [read post]
19 Jul 2008, 8:48 am
Proceeding with this trial now will only draw out a legal process that has taken far too long already, and further discredit a system that has been a disgrace from the start," said Jameel Jaffer, Director of the ACLU National Security Project.Following last month's Supreme Court decision ruling that the Constitution and habeas corpus apply at Guantánamo, news outlets have reported that the Bush administration is engaging in detailed … [read post]
16 Apr 2008, 9:27 am
In the introduction to their book, Administration of Torture, ACLU attorneys Amrit Singh and Jameel Jaffer quote President Bush: "Let me make very clear the position of my government and our country. [read post]
15 Apr 2008, 10:28 am
Jameel Jaffer, Director of our National Security Project, will testify. [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 3:05 pm
In their book, Administration of Torture, ACLU attorneys Jameel Jaffer and Amrit Singh drive home the point that top officials in the Bush administration have yet to be held accountable for their involvement in the abuse and torture of detainees in U.S. custody. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 12:13 pm
Jameel Jaffer, who worked with ACLU staff attorney Amrit Singh in litigating for the release of the Yoo torture memo, wrote in the UK Guardian over the weekend:[The memo's] interpretations of federal statutes range from the implausible to the absurd, and it repeatedly ignores or mischaracterises well-settled supreme court precedent. [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 3:15 pm
Amrit Singh, ACLU staff attorney, and Jameel Jaffer, director of our National Security Project, didn't know it was coming. [read post]
