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

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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

Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center Follow him on Twitter (@marty_lederman).