Barbara Olshansky is an American

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lawyer.

''The Case for Impeachment''

Olshansky is author with

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of ''The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office''. Olshansky and Lindorff include as rationales for impeachment in ''The Case for Impeachment''

Recipient of Matthew Diaz's leak

Olshansky was the recipient of a document leaked by Lieutenant Commander Matthew Diaz, that later led to his

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, detention, and discharge.
Mirror
The efforts of the

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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. Olshansky suspected the list might have been classified, so she contacted Federal authorities.

Director of the International Justice Network

After leaving the

Olshansky was hired as director of the

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Academia

In 2007 Olshanksy was appointed the Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor in Human Rights at

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. In Spring 2010, Olshansky joined the faculty at the

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. She will be teaching the International Clinic.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Olshansky, Barbara Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American women writers American legal scholars Place of birth missing (living people) University of Maryland, College Park faculty American women legal scholars 21st-century American women