Oral history interview with Joshua L. Dratel, 2011.

Biographical Note

Attorney, Dratel & Mysliwiec, P.C..

Scope and Contents

Education: B.A., Columbia University, 1978; J.D.; Harvard University, 1981; career: associate and partner of Gerald Lefcourt, 1981-1996, principal, Law Offices of Joshua L. Dratel, PC, 1996 to present, career focus: criminal defense law, white collar crime, terrorism representation: United Sates Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: United States v. Stewart, 2009, in re Terrorist Bombings of U.S. Embassies in E. Afr. v. Odeh, 2008, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: United States v. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, 2011 United States v. Moussaoui, 2010; Southern District of New York: Ghailani v. United States, 2009, U.S. military commissions case of David Hicks, 2004-2007; discussions: U.S. embassy bombings, Al-Qaeda, criminal defense law, Guantánamo amicus, military commissions, torture, war criminals, enemy combatants.

Subjects

• Civil rights lawyers--United States--Interviews.
• Criminal defense lawyers.
• Detention of persons--Government policy--United States.
• Dratel, Joshua L., 1957---Interviews.
• Farber, Myron A., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Habeas corpus--United States.
• Interviews.
• Military interrogation.
• Moussaoui, Zacarias, 1968-
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Prisoners of war--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
• Rule of law--United States.
• Terrorism (International law)
• Torture--Government policy--United States.
• Unlawful combatants--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
• War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

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