NPC Newsmaker Program - Guantanamo Accountability: Former Army JAG Prosecutor, Human Rights, Law Experts | Press Release

Former Army JAG Prosecutor Lt. Col. Darrel J. Vandeveld, who resigned his Guantanamo post in protest, and other law and human rights experts will outline ways to hold former administration officials accountable for what they call a policy sanctioning torture at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, in the Murrow Room, 13th floor, National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Participants include Vandeveld; Scott Horton, professor of humanitarian law and international business at Columbia Law School; Elisa Massimino, CEO of Human Rights First; and Bob Edgar, president of Common Cause.

Join us for the Central Florida premiere of the stunning new film “The New American Century” on Wednesday October 7, 2009 at 7:00 PM at the Seabreeze Coffee Connection in Daytona Beach.

The film will be simulcast live over the Internet at www.coffeeshoptv.com beginning at 7:30 PM.

What: Central Florida premiere of the new film “The New American Century”

When: Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Rutgers School of Law Presents "Lawyers, Torture and Accountability"

If you want to arrest Dick, he will be in Laramie on Thursday, Sept 10th, 10:30 AM. This is from the press release:

"Rising up from his undisclosed location, the former veep will crawl out and be in Laramie September 10th, 2009, to dedicate the "Cheney International Center" on the University of Wyoming Campus. He will also be feted with a luncheon at the Laramie Country Club.

Remember that patriotic Tee-shirt that's been sitting in the drawer for the last 8 years? Its time to give it a wash and wear it this Thursday as we stand up as true patriots, standing for what's right. Real Americans don't torture!! Carry those US flags, too.

SHAME ON YOO: DISMISS, DISBAR, PROSECUTE & ARREST THE TORTURE LAWYER
Sunday, September 6, 4-6 PM
1241 Grizzly Peak Blvd, Berkeley

We'll be at John Yoo's this Sunday to continue speaking out for justice. We're unwilling to simply allow Yoo the peace and quiet of his beautiful home and views, and his cushy $200,000+/year teaching job at UC Berkeley, while children and others have suffered horribly at Bagram and Abu Ghraib prisons. Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld, Rice and other war mongers and profiteers relied on Yoo's legal advice to treat detainees inhumanely and to torture. Yoo doesn't have a prayer of escaping prosecution. Let's get together to let folks know that we're not "Good Germans" who will only look forward and allow a torture enabler to escape justice. Join us for peaceful protest, pie, and justice.
Cynthia Papermaster, 510-333-6097, cynthia_papermaster@yahoo.com

BYE BYE BYBEE: IMPEACH & ARREST THE TORTURE JUDGE
Thursday, September 4, noon-2 p.m.
Ninth Circuit Court, 7th & Mission, San Francisco

More Protest at UC Berkeley: Demonstrators Call Law Professor a War Criminal | Press Release

Event: “Information in Action" (Speak Out Against Torture – Fire John Yoo!)

Where: UC Berkeley, Sproul Plaza

When: Noon to 1 PM, Thursday September 3, 2009

Hearing in Consolidated Blackwater-Xe cases on Defendants' motion to dismiss - Alexandria, VA

August 28, 2009

Hearing in Consolidated Blackwater-Xe cases on Defendants' motion to dismiss.

The lawsuits Estate of Himoud Saed Abtan, et al. v. Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Inc., et al. and Estates of Albazzaz and Aziz v. Blackwater Lodge and Training, et al. have been consolidated for purposes of pretrial discovery and briefing. A hearing on Blackwater-Xe’s motion to dismiss has been scheduled for August 28 in the Eastern District of VA.

To see Defendants' motion to dismiss, click here.

Please Register Now and Check Back for Details.

Who Decides About War?
WhoDecidesAboutWar.org

National Conference on War Powers, Law, and Democracy
October 2-3, 2009
Washington D.C.

Who decides about war and peace? Congress? The President? The Courts? The People?

What kind of national defense should the U.S. have? What type of military?

REGISTER NOW

Holding Architects of Illegal Wars and War Crimes Accountable

At the Veterans for Peace National Convention

Friday, August 7th, 8:30 - 10 a.m.
In the Student Union, University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland

SPEAKERS:

• David Swanson is the author of the upcoming book Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union by Seven Stories Press.
• Ron Fisher, Captain US Navy (retired), Acting Chair VFP Prosecute War Criminals Working Group and nuclear submariner and part time prosecutor for court-martials while in the Navy.
• Barbara Olshansky, Visiting Associate Professor of Human Rights, Stanford Law School.
• Marjorie Cohn, President, National Lawyers Guild and author of Rules of Disengagement: The Politics and Honor of Military Dissent
• Andrew Kreig, Attorney, author and journalist;
• Isidoro Rodriguez, Attorney and Marine Veteran Saigon Class of '65.