“It was torture,” TCP's independent, bipartisan, blue-ribbon Task Force on Detainee Treatment concluded in a report released April 16, 2013. The group looked at the federal government's policies and actions related to the detention and treatment of suspected terrorists captured in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere and held in U.S. custody during the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. Read More...
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TCP Applauds Supreme Court Letting Juries Decide Facts on Mandatory Minimum Sentences
On June 17, the Supreme Court decided that the Sixth Amendment requires a jury, rather than a judge, to determine facts that increase...Read More
TCP Supports Bill to End Secret Law
Open government groups, including The Constitution Project, endorsed bipartisan legislation introduced June 11 by Senator Jeff Merkley...Read More
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TCP expressed strong concerns about the scope of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) collection of telephone call metadata on tens...Read More
Supreme Court Puts Justice Ahead of Procedure in Two Habeas Decisions
On May 28, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions in cases involving federal habeas petitions that will make it marginally easier...Read More
IRS Scandal Warrants Independent Review, Clearer Laws
Advocacy organizations from across the political spectrum have joined together to condemn the Internal Revenue Service’s practice...Read More
TCP Co-Sponsors Hill Briefing on Guantánamo Detainees
On May 10, Rep. Jim Moran hosted a standing only briefing on Capitol Hill for Members of Congress and their staff titled “Guantánamo:...Read More
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