Professor Amann Comments on Rendition Case for CNN/KSRO Radio

Professor Diane Marie Amann commented for CNN/KRSO radio on a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of five non-U.S. citizens who were arrested and allegedly transferred to countries where they were tortured as part of the interrogation.  The Bush administration had invoked a "state secrets" privilege in opposing the suit, and on February 9 the Obama administration did the same.  Professor Amann's KRSO interview covered a wide range of topics associated with the "state secrets" privilege and the detention of terrorism suspects.

Diane Marie Amann is a Professor at the UC Davis School of Law, and Director of the California International Law Center at King Hall.  An expert on how national, regional, and international legal regimes interact, Professor Amann's scholarship examines U.S. policies respecting executive detention at Guantánamo and elsewhere, the war crimes trials of Saddam Hussein and others, and the use of foreign and international law in U.S. constitutional decision making.  In addition to her service for ASIL, Amann is the 2009-2010 Chair of the Section of International Law of the Association of American Law Schools.