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Human Rights Watch's Kenneth Roth on Obama's Use of State Secrets and Israel's 22-Day Attack on Gaza

Human Rights Watch's Kenneth Roth on Obama's Use of State Secrets and Israel's 22-Day Attack on Gaza

Kenneth Roth, executive director at Human Rights Watch, criticizes Obama for continuing a Bush administration policy of invoking “state secrets” to dismiss a lawsuit accusing a Boeing subsidiary of helping the CIA secretly transport prisoners to torture chambers overseas. Roth also addresses criticism of Human Rights Watch’s reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [includes rush transcript]

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