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Oral history interview with Scott Horton, 2012.

Creator: Horton, Scott
Project: Rule of law oral history project
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Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Journalist, Harper's Magazine.

Scope and Contents

Education: University of Munich; University of Maryland; law school at University of Texas, Austin; Career: partner, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP; trustee, American University of Central Asia University; adjunct professor, Columbia University School of Law; president, International League for Human Rights; Reminiscences: early life in a military family in North Africa, Germany, New Mexico; role in founding of American University of Central Asia; mediation between Soros Foundation and government of Kyrgyzstan; work as Andrei Sakharov's attorney; personal memories of 9/11; development of “No Comment” blog and partnership with Harper's; initial support of American response in Afghanistan; growing awareness of Bagram and Guantánamo and perceptions of early detainees; Discussions: modern Russia under Vladimir V. Putin and conditions for journalists; criticism of Gore v. Bush; Guantánamo under hypothetical Albert A. Gore administration; blog's focus on Guantánamo Bay, detainee treatment; Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] black sites; development of interrogation tactics; involvement of Office of Legal Counsel attorneys, American Bar Association [ABA], New York City Bar Association [NYCBA], Center for Constitutional Rights [CCR], American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] in legal representation for detainees; 1949 Geneva Convention; detainee suicides in 2006; growth of CIA, National Security Administration [NSA]; John C. Yoo torture memo; drone strikes; prospects for formal investigation of Guantánamo; Cases discussed: Rasul v. Bush, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld v. Padilla (2004).

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