Barbara Olshansky
Template:Short description Barbara Olshansky is an American human rights lawyer.
The Case for Impeachment
Olshansky is author with Dave Lindorff of The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office.[1]
Olshansky and Lindorff include as rationales for impeachment in The Case for Impeachment
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...lying and inducing Congress and the American people into an unjust war; allowing his friends and business cronies to profiteer off the war in Iraq; authorizing torture and rendition of prisoners of war and suspected terrorists -- a complete violation of the Geneva Conventions, a treaty the U.S. has signed and is therefore part of our law; stripping American citizens of their Constitutional rights -- holding people with no charge, wiretapping them illegally, offering them no trial, and never allowing them to face their accusers; [and] failing in almost every way possible to defend the homeland and our borders.
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Recipient of Matthew Diaz's leak
Olshansky was the recipient of a document leaked by Lieutenant Commander Matthew Diaz, that later led to his court martial, detention, and discharge.[2][3] The efforts of the Center for Constitutional Rights were impaired by the Bush administration's policy of withholding the captives' identities. Diaz had met Olshansky during a visit to Guantanamo, and he sent her a list in an unmarked greeting card. The list provided by Diaz contained the names of 550 captives.[4]
Olshansky suspected the list might have been classified, so she contacted Federal authorities.[2]
Director of the International Justice Network
After leaving the Center for Constitutional Rights Olshansky was hired as director of the International Justice Network.[5]
Academia
In 2007 Olshanksy was appointed the Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor in Human Rights at Stanford University's Law School.[5][6][7][8][9]
In Spring 2010, Olshansky joined the faculty at the University of Maryland School of Law. She will be teaching the International Clinic.[10]
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