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ATTAINDER Calder  v.  Bull, 3 U.S. 386 (1798). Cummings  v.  Missouri, 71 U.S. 277 (1867). Ex parte Garland, 71 U.S. 333 (1867). U.S.  v.  Lovett, 328 U.S. 303 (1946). U.S.  v.  Brown, 381 U.S. 437 (1965). Nixon  v.  G.S.A., 433 U.S. 425 (1977). THE LENS 10 U.S.C. § 881  –  Conspiracy  (UCMJ art. 81) 10 U.S.C. § 893  –  Cruelty and maltreatment  (UCMJ art. 93) 10 U.S.C. § 897  –  Unlawful detention  (UCMJ art. 97) 10 U.S.C. § 928  –  Assault  (UCMJ art. 128) 18 U.S.C. § 7  –  Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction defined 18 U.S.C. § 113  –  Assault within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction 18 U.S.C. § 371  –  Conspiracy to commit offense 18 U.S.C. § 1111  –  Murder 18 U.S.C. § 1201  –  Kidnapping 18 U.S.C. § 1505  –  Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees 18 U.S.C. § 1509  –  Obstruction of court orders 18 U.S.C. § 1512  –  Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant 18 U.S.C. § 1519  –  Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations 18 U.S.C. §§ 2340-2340B  –  Torture 18 U.S.C. § 2441  –  War crimes Hague IV 1907  –  Laws and Customs of War on Land Charter of the International Military Tribunal  (London 1945) Geneva III 1949  –  Treatment of POWs Geneva IV 1949  –  Protection of Civilians Colorado Revised Statutes § 18-9-202  –  Cruelty to animals D.C. Code, Title 22, Subtitle I, Chapter 10  –  Cruelty to animals Tennesee Code, Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2  –  Animals Vermont Statutes, Title 13, § 352  –  Cruelty to animals BASIC EVIDENCE 2001.09.25 – OLC Memo ( Yoo ) on Authority to Conduct Military Operations against Terrorists 2001.11.06 – OLC Memo ( Philbin ) to Gonzales on Military Commissions ( unreleased ) 2001.11.13 – BUSH PMO ( Addington & Flanigan ) :  Detention, Treatment, and Trial of [ GWOT Detainees ] 2001.12.28 – OLC Memo ( Philbin & Yoo ) to Haynes on Habeas and Guantanamo Bay 2002.01.09 – OLC Memo ( Yoo ) on Application of Treaties and Laws to Detainees 2002.01.19 – Rumsfeld Memo to CJCS on Status of Detainees 2002.01.21 – JCS Memo to Commands on Status of Detainees 2002.01.22 – OLC Memo ( Bybee ) to Gonzales on Interrogations under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2340-2340A 2002.01.25 – Gonzales Memo to Bush on 18 U.S.C. § 2441 2002.02.01 – Ashcroft Memo to Bush on Status of Taliban Under Geneva 2002.02.07 – BUSH Memo ( Addington ) to Cheney on Treatment of Detainees 2002.02.07 – White House "Fact Sheet" :  Status of Detainees at Guantanamo 2002.03.06 – DoD Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogetions 2002.03.21 – DoD Military Commission Order No. 1 NEWS REPORTS Michael Isikoff,  "Double Standards?",  Newsweek ( 2004.05.21 ) Tim Golden,  two articles on the PMO & Bush detainee policy,  New York Times ( 2004.10.24-25 ) Dana Priest,  "CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons",  Washington Post ( 2005.11.02 ) Jane Mayer,  "The Memo",  The New Yorker ( 2006.02.27 ) Jane Mayer,  "The Hidden Power",  The New Yorker ( 2006.07.03 ) R. Jeffrey Smith,  "Detainee Abuse Charges Feared",  Washington Post ( 2006.07.27 ) John H. Richardson,  "Acts of Conscience",  Esquire ( 2006.08 ) Michael Scherer,  "Will Bush and Gonzales get away with it?",  Salon ( 2006.08.02 ) PEGC press digests 2001 to present PEGC AMICUS BRIEFS, ARTICLES & PETITIONS 2001.11.26 – U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee ( D-CA 9th ) THE BUSH MILITARY TRIBUNAL ORDER IS ILLEGAL ( petition ) 2002.08.29 – article 4th CIRCUIT ERRORS IN HAMDI 2002.09.25 – project statement PEGC SUMMARY BRIEF 2003.07.14 – truthout article ( with Jennifer Van Bergen ) BUSH WAR :  MILITARY NECESSITY OR WAR CRIMES? 2003.09.30 – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee PEGC PETITION 2004.02.23 – Hamdi v. Rumsfeld,  No. 03-6698 ( S. Ct., merits ) BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE CHARLES B. GITTINGS JR. IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS 2004.10.14 – In re Guantanamo Detainee Cases ( D.D.C. ) BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE CHARLES B. GITTINGS JR. AND CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS 2004.12.23 – In re Guantanamo Detainee Cases ( D.D.C. ) REPLY TO RESPONDENTS' OPPOSITION TO CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT BY AMICUS CHARLES GITTINGS IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS 2005.05.16 – article NOTES ON THE GOVERNMENT’S OPENING BRIEF ( Al Odah v. U.S., D.C. Cir. ) 2005.09.01 – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee PEGC PETITION & COMMENTARY ON HAMDAN v. RUMSFELD ( D.C. Cir. ) SUPPORTING AUTHORITIES Evan Wallach,  Drop by Drop: Forgetting the History of Water Torture in US Courts,  45 Colum. J. Transnat'l L. 468 ( 2007 ) Evan Wallach,  The Logical Nexus...  36 Case W. Res. J. Int’l L. 537 ( 2005 ) Jordan Paust,  Executive Plans and Authorizations...  43 Colum. J. Transnat'l L. 811 ( 2005 ) Scott Horton,  Report to German Prosecutor,  Center for Constitutional Rights ( 2005.01.31 ) Mark Denbeaux,  et al.,  Report on Guantanamo Detainees,  Seton Hall ( 2006.02.08 ) Mark Denbeaux,  et al.,  Second Report on Guantanamo Detainees,  Seton Hall ( 2006.03.20 ) No Blood, No Foul – Soldiers' Accounts of Detainee Abuse in Iraq,  Human Rights Watch ( 2006.07 ) SUPPORTING OPINIONS Rasul  v.  Bush, 542 U.S. 466  ( 2004.06.28 ) Hamdi  v.  Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507 ( 2004.06.28 ) Hamdan  v.  Rumsfeld, 344 F. Supp. 2d 152  ( D.D.C. 2004.11.08 ) In re Guantanamo Detainee Cases, 355 F. Supp. 2d 443  ( D.D.C. 2005.01.31 ) Hamdan  v.  Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. ___  ( 2006.06.29 ) United States  v.  Lewellyn, 481 F.3d 695 (CA9 2007.03.07), cert. denied, 2007 U.S. Lexis 9765 LINKS PEGC History Page ( time line of events with links to docs ) PEGC Archive ( detainee case docs, gov't docs, press digests, etc. ) PEGC Articles by Charles B. Gittings Jr. PEGC Project Protocol ( 2002.11.20 ) PEGC Working TOA ( earlier version with additional authorites ) PEGC Web Site PEGC Update ( email news digest ) MISC US v. Libby,  Gov't Response to Motion to Dismiss  ( 2006.03.17 ) 18 U.S.C. § 1001  –  Statements or entries generally 18 U.S.C. § 3041  –  Power of courts and magistrates 18 U.S.C. §§ 3331-3334  –  Special Grand Jury  ( Title 18, Ch. 216 ) 28 U.S.C. § 1746  –  Unsworn declarations * * * THE  NEW  COLOSSUS  – Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" –  Emma Lazarus,  New York City ( 1883 ).