The report of the Constitution Project's Task Force on Detainee Treatment
By: Constitution Project
Contributors: Constitution Project (Georgetown Public Policy Institute)
Publisher: Constitution Project
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9780989060806
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Torture; Government policy; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Political prisoners; Abuse of; Prisoners of war; Military interrogation; Afghan War, 2001-2021; American Prisoners and prisons; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Detention of persons; Combatants and noncombatants (International law); Medical care; Moral and ethical aspects; Medical personnel; Professional ethics; Extraordinary rendition; Guerre contre le terrorisme, 2001-2009; Prisonniers politiques; Violence envers; Prisonniers de guerre; Interrogatoire militaire; Combattants et non-combattants (Droit international); Soins médicaux; Aspect moral; Personnel médical; Déontologie; Extradition extraordinaire; Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp
Other titles: Detainee treatment
Description: This report by the Constitution Project's blue ribbon Task Force on Detainee Treatment is the most comprehensive, bipartisan investigation into the detention and treatment of suspected terrorists yet published. The product of more than two years of research, analysis and deliberation by the Task Force members and staff, it provides the American people with a broad understanding of what is known, and what may still be unknown, about the past and current treatment of suspected terrorists detained by the U.S. government during the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations, and across multiple geographic theatres, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo and the so-called "black sites." Its conclusion: "It is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture" after September 11, 2001 "and that the nation's highest officials bore ultimate responsibility for it."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Statement of the Task Force --; title: Findings and recommendations --; title: Detention at Guantánamo --; title: Afghanistan -- Iraq --; title: The legal process of the Federal Government after September 11 --; title: Rendition and the "black sites" --; title: The role of medical professionals in detention and interrogation operations. --; title: True and false confessions : the efficacy of torture and brutal interrogations --; title: Effects and consequences of U.S. policies --; title: Recidivism --; title: The Obama administration --; title: The role of Congress.