Extraordinary Rendition Videos

The American Civil Liberties Union has been campaigning for the release of all documents relating to torture under the Bush administration. Obama promised transparency - will this now happen? http://visionon.tv http://aclu.org

The American Civil Liberties Union has been campaigning for the release of all documents relating to torture under the Bush administration. Obama promised transparency - will this now happen? http://visionon.tv http://aclu.org

The American Civil Liberties Union has been campaigning for the release of all documents relating to torture under the Bush administration. Obama promised transparency - will this now happen? http://visionon.tv http://aclu.org Author: undercurrents

We have seen what happens to a society paralyzed by fear. As newly released documents reveal, in the wake of the attacks of September 11, George W. Bush's attorneys redefined human rights: legal interrogation and detention techniques became more or less whatever the US president approved. And it is likely that thousands of innocent people have been wrongfully detained. But the US wasn't the first country to suspend civil liberties in the name of fighting terror. The British did it for decades, citing the threat from armed groups fighting for Irish independence. So do anti-terror laws make us safe? And at what cost? Today on GRITtv Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Tony Benn former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister, Human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce, and Eileen Clancy a member of I-Witness Video, discuss whether anti-terror laws make us safe.

We have seen what happens to a society paralyzed by fear. As newly released documents reveal, in the wake of the attacks of September 11, George W. Bush's attorneys redefined human rights: legal interrogation and detention techniques became more or less whatever the US president approved. And it is likely that thousands of innocent people have been wrongfully detained. But the US wasn't the first country to suspend civil liberties in the name of fighting terror. The British did it for decades, citing the threat from armed groups fighting for Irish independence. So do anti-terror laws make us safe? And at what cost? Today on GRITtv Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Tony Benn former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister, Human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce, and Eileen Clancy a member of I-Witness Video, discuss whether anti-terror laws make us safe.