Sheldon Whitehouse

May 04, 2009 | National Law Journal

In the wake of President Obama's praiseworthy decision to make public the Bush administration's Office of Legal Counsel torture memos, some commentators have taken the view that the Obama administration should rule out the possibility of torture prosecutions. Not so fast.

By Sheldon Whitehouse

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May 04, 2009 | National Law Journal

By sheldon whitehouse

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November 10, 2010 | National Law Journal

By sheldon whitehouse

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May 10, 2010 | National Law Journal

Congress, the executive branch and the private sector must all do a better job of engaging the public on this issue.

By Sheldon Whitehouse

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May 04, 2009 | National Law Journal

We need to wait

By BY sheldon whitehouse

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February 17, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

The president should be able to appoint the leader of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel without further delay.

By Patrick Leahy and Sheldon Whitehouse

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May 17, 2010 | Legaltech News

How should the U.S. secure information networks from cyber-attack? Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee's Cybersecurity Task Force, believes Congress, the executive branch, and the private sector must do better to galvanize the public on this issue.

By Sheldon Whitehouse

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February 15, 2010 | National Law Journal

The president should be able to appoint the leader of the OLC without further delay.

By Patrick Leahy and Sheldon Whitehouse

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August 31, 2009 | National Law Journal

Looking only at the evidence that has become public so far, is there a viable theory of criminal liability arising out the torture of America's captives? This would be a routine criminal matter if the targets weren't former high government officials.

By Sheldon Whitehouse

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May 14, 2007 | National Law Journal

The evidence from our Senate investigation of the unprecedented firing of eight U.S. attorneys shows an attorney general whose misjudgments are profound, and who is complicit in the greatest politicization of the U.S. Department of Justice since the Nixon administration. By U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.

By Sheldon Whitehouse/Special to The National Law Journal

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