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Event 

Title:
Reckoning with Torture: Memos & Testimonies from the "War on Terror"
When:
10.13.2009 - 10.13.2009 19.00
Where:
The Great Hall at Cooper Union - New York
Category:
Community Events

Description

An evening of readings from recently released secret documents that have brought these abuses
to light – memos, declassified communications and testimonies by detainees - presented by the ACLU And PEN American Center.

WHO:

Opening and closing remarks from Anthony Appiah, President of PEN American Center and Jameel Jaffer, Director of the ACLU National Security Project;

Readings by authors Paul Auster, Don DeLillo, Eve Ensler and Art Spiegelman; Matthew Alexander, former U.S. interrogator and author of How to Break a Terrorist; Jack Rice, former CIA officer and Amrit Singh, Senior Legal Officer for the National Security and Counterterrorism program at the Open Society Justice Initiative;

Special presentation by artist Jenny Holzer.


ADMISSION:
$15/$10 for PEN/ACLU members and students with a valid ID. Tickets are available through www.smarttix.com or (212) 868-4444. They may also be purchased at the door. Seating is by general admission, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Venue

Venue:
The Great Hall at Cooper Union
Street:
7 East 7th Street
City:
New York
State:
NY