International Affairs

The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable

David Cole

About the Program

David Cole and a panel of experts talk about the latest (April 2009) release of Justice Department memos relating to the CIA's use of interrogation techniques in the war on terror.  The panel discusses whether Justice Department lawyers, in providing support for the techniques, should be held accountable for advocating torture.  Stuart Taylor from Newsweek, George Washington University law professor Alan Morrison and Georgetown University law professors David Luban and Laura Donohue participate in the discussion.         

About the Authors

David Cole

David Cole, professor of law at Georgetown University, is the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation and the author of "Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism." 

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The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable

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  • Sunday, November 1st at 7pm (ET)
  • Saturday, October 31st at 4pm (ET)
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