Top Stories from Rights & Liberties on AlterNet April 2rd, 2008 From the editors: On March 14, 2003, then-Bush administration lawyer John Yoo, one of the fam= ed architects of Bush's torture policy, sent a memo to Pentagon general cou= nsel William Haynes (the same William Haynes who resigned this past Februar= y following revelations of his mandate that military tribunals should be ri= gged). The 81-page document laid out the legal justification for the now-fa= miliar policy of using "harsh" methods during interrogations in the so-call= ed War on Terror. Yesterday, for the first time, Yoo's memo was made public. One expert in military justice describes it as "a monument to executive sup= remacy and the imperial presidency." "It's also a road map for the Pentagon= for fending off any prosecutions," he tells the New York Times. Torture may be old news -- and Yoo may be comfortably esconced in academia = now -- but with CIA director Michael Hayden just last week dismissing water= boarding as an "uninteresting" legal matter, the torture techniques sanctio= ned by his memo are as relevant as ever. For all the noise this long electi= on season, let's not let the calls against torture get drowned out. Visit AlterNet for more Rights & Liberties news and analysis. And, as alway= s, thanks for reading. Liliana SeguraEditor, AlterNet Rights & Liberties Special Coverage INSIDE GUANTАNAMO WITH DETAINEE 061 By Mariah Blake, Mother Jones The Pentagon knew that Murat Kurnaz was an innocent man at GuantАnamo Bay, but they kept him there for five years anyway. This is his story. SIXTH "HIGH-VALUE" PRISONER CHARGED AT GUANTАNAMO AMIDST DISTURBING EVIDE= NCE By Andy Worthington, AlterNet Charged with aiding the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani joins a growing number of prisoners facing military commissions. TEACHER'S STRIKE SHUTS DOWN CLASSES IN PUERTO RICO By JosИ A. Laguarta RamМrez, Labor Notes The strike was the first held in defiance of a 1998 territorial law that prohibits public-sector workers from striking. SPITZER'S FALL SPARKS HOPE FOR OVERHAUL OF NEW YORK'S ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS By John Tarleton, AlterNet With a progressive new governor and state Republicans on the verge of extinction, New York may soon be ready to "drop the Rock". IMMIGRANT CHILDREN GET SCREWED WHEN IT IS TIME TO GO TO COLLEGE By Leighton Woodhouse, Brave New Foundation Children, brought into this country when they were young, should not be deprived of college because of their parents immigration status. GROWING DATABASE OF TOURIST FINGERPRINTS RAISING PRIVACY CONCERNS By Alexandra Marks, Christian Science Monitor Four years ago, the U.S. began collecting digital fingerprints from non-citizens. Its database now contains 90 million fingerprints, and counting. MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN FEMINISM AND PRISON ABOLITIONISM By Samhita Mukhopadhyay, The Nation The high STI rates among incarcerated people illustrate how social justice movements overlap. Now it's time for activists to talk to each other. AlterNet Blogs: PENTAGON RELEASES '03 MEMO GIVING GREEN LIGHT TO TORTURE By Brad, Sadly No! In other words, torture is only torture when the torturer feels guilty about doing it afterwards. EX-GITMO PRISONER'S GAG ORDER EXPIRES, BUT WILL HE TALK? By Alexis Unkovic, Jurist Legal News and Research The former Guantanamo captive David Hicks is free to tell his story -- but it looks like he won't be talking anytime soon. "UNBELIEVABLE" ABUSE REIGNS IN IRAQI JAILS By Jeffrey Kaye, Invictus While Bush and his media toadies tout Anbar province as a "success" story for the "surge," conditions in the city jail reveal a different reality. SIEGELMAN SEEKS ANSWERS, EYES ROVE By Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report Siegelman: "It's going to be my quest to encourage Congress to ensure that Karl Rove either testifies, or takes the Fifth." These stories and more are available on in Rights & Liberties on AlterNet. ========= Donate: Visit to support AlterNet and independent journalism. Purchase: Visit to Purchase.

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