Terrorism Documents of International and Local Control: Detainee Treatment, Interrogation and Extraordinary Rendition in the War Against Terrorists

Volume 95

Douglas C Lovelace Jr., Esq

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents

A unique resource, that provides both the full text of the Yoo memo along with detailed commentary by an expert in military intelligence-gathering
A perfect one-stop resource for law students or any other individual conducting research on the international and domestic (U.S.) law of torture.

Terrorism Documents of International and Local Control: Detainee Treatment, Interrogation and Extraordinary Rendition in the War Against Terrorists

Volume 95

Douglas C Lovelace Jr., Esq

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents

Description

Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control is a hardbound series that provides primary-source documents on the worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Chief among the documents collected are transcripts of Congressional testimony, reports by such federal government bodies as the Congressional Research Service and the Government Accountability Office, and case law covering issues related to terrorism. Most volumes carry a single theme, and inside each volume the documents appear within topic-based categories. The series also includes a subject index and other indices that guide the user through this complex area of the law.

Detainee Treatment, Interrogation and Extraordinary Rendition in the War Against Terrorists leads researchers through the legal background to the headline-grabbing issue of coercive interrogation. The centerpiece of the volume is the section on the Yoo memo, a document prepared by the Bush Administration to lay the supposedly legal foundation for torturing detainees suspected of terrorism. While many press reports have discussed and partially quoted the memorandum, this volume constitutes the first publication of both the memo's full text and expert commentary thereof. General Editor Douglas Lovelace also equips readers with the background treaties and statutes necessary to understand the issue (the U.N. Convention Against Torture, the McCain Amendment to the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, etc.), and he in turn makes those laws more comprehensible with his own thought-provoking analysis of them. Now that the question of torture's legality has become such a prominent topic in law school classrooms and in the halls of Congress, both students and policymakers will find a uniquely comprehensive and accessible resource for their queries in Volume 95 of Terrorism.

Terrorism Documents of International and Local Control: Detainee Treatment, Interrogation and Extraordinary Rendition in the War Against Terrorists

Volume 95

Douglas C Lovelace Jr., Esq

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents

A. Foundational Documents
Foundational Documents: Commentary
CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: February 4, 1985
The War Crimes Act: Current Issues: CRS Report: July 23, 2007
DETAINEE TREATMENT ACT OF 2005: October 5, 2005
Interrogation of Detainees: Overview of the McCain Amendment: CRS Report: January 24, 2006
B. The Yoo Memo
MEMORANDUM FOR WILLIAM J. HAYNES (The Yoo Memo): Commentary
Memorandum for William J. Haynes IT, General Counsel of the Department of Defense: March 14,2003 (The Yoo Memo)
C. Interrogation techniques
INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: Commentary
Lawfulness of Interrogation Techniques under the Geneva Conventions, CRS Report: September 8, 2004
U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT): Overview and Application to Interrogation Techniques: CRS Report: January 25, 2008
D. The FBI's Interrogation Experience
THE FBI'S INTERROGATION EXPERIENCE: Commentary
A Review of the FBI's Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq, Department of Justice Inspector General Report: May 2008
E. Renditions RENDITIONS: Commentary
Renditions: Constraints Imposed by Laws on Torture: CRS Report: January 25, 2008
The U.N. Convention Against Torture: Overview of U.S. Implementation Policy Concerning the Removal of Aliens, CRS Report: April 4, 2006

Terrorism Documents of International and Local Control: Detainee Treatment, Interrogation and Extraordinary Rendition in the War Against Terrorists

Volume 95

Douglas C Lovelace Jr., Esq

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents

Author Information

Douglas C Lovelace Jr., Esq, Senior National Security Analyst

Doug Lovelace is the Director of the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College. Earlier in his military career, he worked on national security directives. He holds an MBA degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and a JD from Widener School of Law.