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Fighting Words from Administration on Iran
The drumbeat for war with Iran has been banging for a few years now. Last week, beginning with President Bush's 'diplomatic' comments...
Amnesty International USA: Overturn the Military Commissions Act!
Check out AIUSA's ad in today's USA Today: One year ago today, Congress passed the Military Commissions Act. With it, founding principles...
Editorial: Should the Senate Ratify Law of the Sea Treaty? YES
My colleagues Scott Paul and Don Kraus have presented an array of recent posts on The Law of the Sea Treaty.In Sunday's...
We are all potential torturers
Fortunately for us, former U.S. Army interrogator, William Quinn, provides us with some anti-torture lessons learned the hard way. Money quote: Nearly...
Former Commander: U.S. “Living in a Nightmare”
The Washington Post reports: Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, who led U.S. forces in Iraq for a year after the March...
Jon Stewart Gets It Wrong on Armenian Genocide Resolution
When it comes to the Armenian Genocide Resolution passed this week by the U.S. House of Respresentatives, the always-funny Jon Stewart got...
Khmer Rouge Tribunal: One Brother Number Two Forward, Two UN Reports Back
So there's good news and bad news about the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia's efforts to bring surviving members of...
This just in: “diplomacy” works and Rosa Brooks “kills”
File Rosa Brooks' recent LA Times op-ed, "This just in: "diplomacy works," under "Diplomacy" and "Satire". Money "Quote": White House insiders hint...
Responding to Attacks on the Law of the Sea Treaty
Yesterday I noted that the PTR did not seem keen to let us respond to their attack on the Law of the...
Communist Tortures, American Ideals
Just thought we'd share this op-ed from our speaking tour of New Mexico: Thomas Harrison, of Clovis, New Mexico, called it the"water...
Darfur: Rebels Kill AU Peacekeepers
According to the Press Association: A large force of rebels stormed an African Union peacekeeping base in Darfur killing at least a...