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Two new excellent accounts about why the torture program won’t be revived

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Published on November 28, 2016

I strongly recommend this post by Jack Goldsmith and this article by Matt Apuzzo and James Risen, following up on this excellent Just Security post by Alex Whiting.

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Marty Lederman

Marty Lederman (Bluesky - X) is Executive Editor at Just Security. He is a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. He served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Office of Legal Counsel from 2021-2023 and 2009-2010, and as an Attorney Advisor at the Office of Legal Counsel from 1994-2002.

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