Laura Donohue

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Laura K. Donohue
Nationality United States
Occupation Law Professor
Known for counter-terrorism specialist

Laura K. Donohue is law professor at Georgetown University.[1] Donohue is the Acting Director of Georgetown’s Center on National Security and the Law. Donohue is the author of "The Cost of Counterterrorism: Power, Politics, and Liberty".[2]

In October 2010 Donohue published a critique of the use of state secrets arguments when contractors for the US government fought law suits over abuse of captives.[3]

On November 18, 2012, the New York Times chose Donohue as one of five panelists in a discussion on the USA should continue to experiment with trying individuals who fell under suspicion during the "war on terror" before military commissions, rather than in a conventional court.[4]


References

  1. "Profile: Laura Donohue". Georgetown University. Archived from the original on 2012-11-18. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.georgetown.edu%2Ffaculty%2Fdonohue-laura.cfm&date=2012-11-18. 
  2. Laura K. Donohue (2008). The Cost of Counterterrorism: Power, Politics, and Liberty. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521844444. http://books.google.ca/books?id=QpVVPtzu1LUC&vq=guantanamo&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  3. Laura K. Donohue (2010-10-12). "Privilege of state secrets". Albany Times Union. Archived from the original. Error: If you specify |archiveurl=, you must also specify |archivedate=. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesunion.com%2Fdefault%2Farticle%2FPrivilege-of-state-secrets-699380.php&date=2012-11-19. Retrieved 2012-11-19. "Commentary on the ruling has focused on the inability of torture victims to seek redress and the importance of protecting national security. But it has missed the larger problem: What started in 1953 as an executive privilege has become a form of private immunity for a vast range of companies working for the government." 
  4. Laura K. Donohue (2012-11-18). "Time to End Military Tribunals?". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-11-18. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Froomfordebate%2F2012%2F11%2F18%2Fshould-obama-close-guantanamo-and-end-military-tribunals%2Fin-terror-trials-we-the-people-should-judge-the-judicial-process&date=2012-11-18.