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.^[1]

Olshansky and Lindorff include as rationales for impeachment in The Case for Impeachment

...lying and inducing Congress and the American people into an unjust war; allowing his friends and business cronies to profiteer off the war in Iraq; authorizing torture and rendition of prisoners of war and suspected terrorists -- a complete violation of the Geneva Conventions, a treaty the U.S. has signed and is therefore part of our law; stripping American citizens of their Constitutional rights -- holding people with no charge, wiretapping them illegally, offering them no trial, and never allowing them to face their accusers; [and] failing in almost every way possible to defend the homeland and our borders.

Recipient of Matthew Diaz's leak

Olshansky was the recipient of a document leaked by Lieutenant Commander Matthew Diaz, that later led to his court martial, detention, and discharge.^[2][3] 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.^[4]

Olshansky suspected the list might have been classified, so she contacted Federal authorities.^[2]

Director of the International Justice Network

After leaving the Center for Constitutional Rights Olshansky was hired as director of the International Justice Network.^[5]

Academia

In 2007 Olshanksy was appointed the Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor in Human Rights at Stanford University's Law School.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

In Spring 2010, Olshansky joined the faculty at the University of Maryland School of Law. She will be teaching the International Clinic.^[10]

References

1. Barbara Olshansky, Dave Lindorff (2 May 2006). The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office. ISBN 0-312-36016-9.
2. Jeannie Shawl (May 9, 2007). "Jury selection begins in Guantanamo names court-martial". The Jurist. from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
3. Kate Wiltrout (August 29, 2006). "Navy lawyer once posted at Cuba base is charged". The Virginian-Pilot. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved 2008-06-09. .
4. . Department of the Navy General Court-Martial Navy and Marine Corps Trial Judiciary Central Judicial Circuit. March 12, 2007. Archived from the original on February 5, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
5. . International Justice Network. July 9, 2007. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
6. Ana Diaz-Hernandez (November 26, 2007). . Stanford Daily. Archived from the original on 2008-02-07. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
7. "Spring 2008 Events: Defending the Guantanamo Bay Detainees". Stanford Daily. from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
8. "Barbara Olshansky to Join Stanford Law School as the Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor in Human Rights". Business Wire. July 9, 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
9. Kawkab al-Thaibani (July 24, 2007). "Yemeni detainee can continue his case". Yemen Observer. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 10, 2013. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
10. . Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-10-18.