Relevant Materials for International Human Rights Committee's Teleconference on the CIA and the Use of Torture to Combat Terrorism

Please note the following materials of relevance to the upcoming teleconference on the CIA and the use of torture to combat terrorism:

• Stuart Taylor Jr., "Torture:  Stop Harassing the Lawyers," NationalJournal.com (Sept. 12, 2009) 
• Testimony of David Luban, Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, "What Went Wrong:  Torture and the Office of Legal Counsel in the Bush Administration" (May 13, 2009)
• Senate Armed Services Committee Inquiry into the Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody (Dec. 11, 2008)
• ICRC Report on the Treatment of Fourteen "High-Value Detainees" in CIA Custody (Feb. 2007)
• CIA Inspector General's Report on Counterterrorism Detention and Interrogation Activities (May 7, 2004; released Aug. 24, 2009)