Policy recommendations for the incoming administration and Congress on a wide range of national security and civil liberties matters, including torture and related issues, are gathered in an on-line catalogue collected by the Constitution Project. Click on the "Additional Materials" page for access.
UC Berkeley, in partnership with the Center for Constitutional Rights, studied the impact of U.S. detention policies on former detainees of Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Click on the "Guantanamo Bay facility" page to access a PDF copy of the study.
The American Constitution Society has released an issue brief supporting the proposition that national security can indeed be preserved in tandem with a transparent policy on detainee treatment. Click on "Additional Materials" to access the link to this excellent legal brief.
A newly reissued Defense Department directive explicitly prohibits several of the more controversial interrogation techniques that have previously been practiced against suspected enemy combatants. Click on "Executive Branch actions" for access to the Directive.
Need ideas for an anti-torture "palm card" (a helpful set of talking points reproduced on a shirt-pocket sized piece of tag paper that can be used for grassroots lobby visits and left behind in congressional offices and with journalists and media editors)? Check out George Hunsinger's recent article, linked on the "Additional Materials" page.
