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The Justice Department recommended that Attorney General Holder re-open cases of alleged abuse of suspected al-Qaeda members. For details, The Takeaway is joined by Vijay Padmanabhan, professor at the Cardozo School of Law, and author Mark Danner.
The Justice Department recommended yesterday that Attorney General Eric Holder re-open and examine cases of alleged abuse of suspected al-Qaeda members. The abuse allegedly took place in secret CIA prisons during former President George W. Bush’s administration. To go over the details, we have Vijay Padmanabhan, visiting assistant professor at the Cardozo School of Law in New York City, and Mark Danner, author of the book ?Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror.?