Tonight: Jack Goldsmith Lecture

BCLS and the BC Initiative for the Study of the Constitution will sponsor a lecture this evening by Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith.

Of relevance to the waterboarding controversey, Goldsmith is the lawyer responsible for the withdrawl of the Bybee Memo on torture. That memo is credited for creating the loose legal restrictions on torture that permitted the CIA to conduct waterboarding as part of its enhanced interrogation techniques.

Background Info

New York Times Magazine Profile

Excerpts from The Terror Presidency

Interview on PBS Bill Moyers Journal

New York Times Guide to the Torture Memos