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Just Following Orders

Posted on June 28, 2009, 7:18 am, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

Just Following Orders [I]t can never be maintained that a military officer can justify himself for doing an unlawful act, by producing the order of his superior. Chief Justice Taney, Mitchell v. Harmony, 54 U.S. 115, 137 (1851)[1] Last time, we started with the premise that the MPs who abused the detainees […]

Tags: Abu Ghraib, Adolf Eichmann, Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Chief Justice Taney, CIA, Dick Cheney, Director of Central Intelligence Leon Panetta, insubordination, Justice Department, Leon Panetta, Mitchell v. Harmony, Nuremberg Defense, Nuremberg Principles, Nuremberg Trials, President Barack Obama, Richard Cheney, Roger B. Taney, torture, Vice President Richard Cheney, war crimes, Yugoslavia
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Guantanamo Made Simple

Posted on January 26, 2009, 10:46 am, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

Decommissioning Guantanamo, releasing or trying its inmates: Not so complicated as it may appear.

Tags: African embassy bombings, battlefield, Bob Woodward, Cole attack, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, courts martial, detainee profiles, detainees, Dick Cheney, Guantanamo, POWs, Richard Cheney, Seton Hall Law Center for Policy and Research, Susan Crawford, torture
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Just Following Orders

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