Barbara Olshansky

Barbara Olshansky is an American human rights lawyer.

"The Case for Impeachment"

Olshansky is author with Dave Lindorff of "The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office". [cite book
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She is part of the movement to impeach George W. Bush. Olshansky and Lindorff include as rationales for impeachment in "The Case for Impeachment"

Recepient of Matthew Diaz's leak

Olshansky was the recipient of a document leaked by Lieutenant Commander Matthew Diaz, that later lead to his court martial, detention, and discharge.cite news
url=http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/05/jury-selection-begins-in-guantanamo.php
date=Wednesday, May 9, 2007
title=Jury selection begins in Guantanamo names court-martial
author=Jeannie Shawl
publisher=The Jurist
accessdate=2007-05-09] cite news
url=http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=110037&ran=217653&tref=po
title=Navy lawyer once posted at Cuba base is charged
publisher=The Virginian-Pilot
author=Kate Wiltrout
date=August 29 2006
accessdate=2008-06-09
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2Fnode%2F146341&date=2008-06-09 Mirror] .] The efforts of the Center for Constitutional Rights were impaired by the Bush administration's policy of withholding the captives' identities. Diaz had met Olshansky during a visit to Guantanamo, and he sent her a list in an unmarked greeting card. The list provided by Diaz contained the names of 550 captives.cite web
title=Response to Government motion requesting an Article 39a session and Defense motion to suppress evidence (.doc)
url=http://www.cnrma.navy.mil/cnrma05/Public%20Affairs/press%20releases/07-01%20LCDR%20DIAZ%20REFERRED%20TO%20GCM.doc
publisher=Department of the Navy General Court-Martial Navy and Marine Corps Trial Judiciary Central Judicial Circuit
date=March 12 2007
accessdate=2007-05-09]

Olshansky suspected the list might have been classified, so she contacted Federal authorities.

Director of the International Justice Network

After leaving the Center for Constitutional Rights Olshansky was hired as director of the International Justice Network.cite news
url=http://www.ijnetwork.org/content/view/26/53/
title=IJN Legal Director to Head Stanford Human Rights Clinic
publisher=International Justice Network
date=July 9 2007
accessdate=2008-06-09
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tanford appointment

In 2007 Olshanksy was appointed the Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor in Human Rights at Stanford University's Law School.cite news
url=http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/11/26/olshanskySaysRightsSubverted
title=Olshansky says rights subverted
publisher=Stanford Daily
author=Ana Diaz-Hernandez
date=November 26, 2007
accessdate=2008-06-09
quote=] cite news
url=http://www.stanford.edu/group/SPLS/calendar.html
title=Spring 2008 Events: Defending the Guantanamo Bay Detainees
publisher=Stanford Daily
accessdate=2008-06-09
quote=] cite news
url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_July_9/ai_n19346461
title=Barbara Olshansky to Join Stanford Law School as the Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor in Human Rights
publisher=Business Wire
date=July 9, 2007
accessdate=2008-06-09
quote=] cite news
url=http://www.yobserver.com/front-page/10012631.html
title=Yemeni detainee can continue his case
page=1
publisher=Yemen Observer
author=Kawkab al-Thaibani
date=July 24, 2007
accessdate=2008-06-09
quote=]

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