GovBlog: UC Berkeley » 9/11 http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/govblog Government information and services for the UC Berkeley Library research communities. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:30:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Obama Signs Executive Order to Close Gitmo! http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/govblog/?p=397 http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/govblog/?p=397#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:01:32 +0000 Jesse Silva http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/govblog/?p=397 This morning, President Barack Obama signed executive orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, review military war crimes trials and ban the harshest interrogation methods.  At the time of this posting, the orders are not available on the White House website.  When they are available, they will be located on the executive orders page.

]]> http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/govblog/?feed=rss2&p=397 Rice admits to White House Talks on “harsh interrogation methods” http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/govblog/?p=380 http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/govblog/?p=380#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:21:10 +0000 Jesse Silva http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/govblog/?p=380 According to an article in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times, Secretary of State Condolezza Rice participated in meetings at the White House from 2002-2003 to discuss the use of “harsh interrogation methods on Al Qaeda detainees.”  This news comes from a written statement Rice provided to Senate Armed Services Committee investing the use of torture.  Present at these meetings were Donald Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzales, David S. Addington, the vice president’s counsel.  According to the article, the State Department “would not comment on correspondence between Rice and members of Congress.”

]]> http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/govblog/?feed=rss2&p=380 Reports on Pre-War Intelligence Released from the U.S. Senate http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/govblog/?p=360 http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/govblog/?p=360#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:12:16 +0000 Jesse Silva http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/govblog/?p=360 The United States Senate’s Select Committee on Intelligence has just released 2 reports on pre-war intelligence activities. You can find the reports on the committee’s webpage. The reports are titled:

Report on Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government officials were Substantiated by Intelligence Information

Report on Intelligence Activities Relating to Iraq Conducted by the Policy Counterterrorism Evaluation Group and the Office of Special Plans Within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Policy.

Among other things, the reports found that officials misrepresented secret intelligence to make the case to invade Iraq.  At this point in time, UC Berkeley has not received these reports from the Government Printing Office.

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