William Goodman (lawyer)

William Goodman (lawyer)

William Goodman is an American lawyer who was formerly the director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. [cite news
url=http://www.counterpunch.org/pow1.html
title=Human Rights Group: Geneva Convention Requires US to Treat Guantanamo Bay Prisoners as POWs
publisher=Counterpunch magazine
author=
date=January 18, 2002
accessdate=2008-06-01
quote=Picture this: Russian soldiers capture CIA-trained Afghani Mujahadeen circa 1980 and send them to Cuba where they are held in cages. It doesn't take much imagination to conjure the State Department's forceful response: Obey the Geneva Conventions and treat these men as P.O.W.s. We need to do this right.] [cite news
url=http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/ccr-achieves-historic-settlement-street-crimes-unit-class-action
title=CCR Achieves Historic Settlement In Street Crimes Unit Class Action
publisher=Center for Constitutional Rights
date=September 18, 2003
accessdate=2008-06-09
quote=] [cite news
url=http://www.lynnestewart.org/ccrletter.html
title=Letters to the Editor, New York Times
publisher=New York Times
author=William Goodman
date=September 25, 2002
accessdate=2008-06-01
quote=] [cite news
url=http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/att/goodmansupp72107.pdf
title=CCR v. George W. Bush -- 06-cv-313: Supplemental affirmation William Goldman
publisher=EFF
author=William Goodman
date=July 21 2007
accessdate=2008-06-09
quote=]

Goodman is one of the lawyers who has challenged the Bush Presidency over concerns that their professional communications were being intercepted via warrantless wiretaps. [cite news
url=http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/att/ccrreplysj72107.pdf
title=CCR v. George W. Bush -- 06-cv-313: REPLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
publisher=EFF
date=July 21 2007
accessdate=2008-06-09
quote=]

Goodman has worked on behalf of Guantanamo captives
David Hicks,
Shafiq Rasul and Majid Khan.cite news
url=http://www.pegc.us/archive/Rasul_vs_Bush/USDC_DC_docket.txt
title=Rasul v. Bush
publisher=United States Department of Justice
date=February 19 2002
accessdate=2008-06-09
quote=] cite news
url=http://www.pegc.us/archive/Khan_v_Bush/docket.txt
title=Khan v. Bush
publisher=United States Department of Justice
date=September 29 2006
accessdate=2008-06-09
quote=]

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