Fighting Terrorism Fairly and Effectively

Recommendations for President-Elect Barack Obama

Summary

I. Close the Military Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay

II. Abolish the Military Commissions and Prosecute Terrorist Suspects in Federal Court

III. Reject Preventive Detention as an Alternative to Prosecuting Terrorist Suspects

IV. Reject the "Global War on Terror" as the Basis for Detaining Terrorist Suspects

V. Issue an Executive Order to Implement the Ban on Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment

VI. End the CIA Detention Program..

VII. Prohibit Renditions to Torture

VIII. Account for Past Abuses

IX. Provide Redress for Abuse

X. Repudiate Justice Department Memos and Presidential Directives that Permit Torture and Other Abuses

XI. Protect Innocent Victims of Persecution Abroad from Being Defined as Terrorists