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Comment RSSYale Law Professor Jack Balkin of Balkinization fame comments today on recent reports that the Bush Administration considered using the military to arrest terror suspects in New York. Balkin writes:
Today the New York Times reported that in 2002 the Bush Administration debated whether to use the military to arrest terror suspects in Buffalo. Administration officials argued for using the military …
Article Archive for July 2009
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July 25, 2009 # 4:22 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Supreme Court # No CommentTwitter blocked on White House Computers
July 25, 2009 # 3:56 pm # Human Rights # No CommentFrom GovNews:
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs mentions in an interview that Twitter is blocked on White House computers. While this video doesn’t address the issue in depth, my guess is that it has something to do with the Presidential Records Act which requires the preservation of Presidential records. If official communications were conducted using Twitter (or Facebook or any other medium), …
Video on Nuclear Weapons from the Two Futures Project- “It’s Time”
July 24, 2009 # 5:26 pm # Armed Conflict # No CommentFrom the Two Futures Project.
HT: Joe Cirincione
Nuclear Identity– Currency from North Korea
July 24, 2009 # 1:55 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy # No CommentCourtesy of my friend Doug Shaw- from Arms Control Wonk.com.
King Mohammed of Morocco on Women’s Rights
July 24, 2009 # 11:10 am # Human Rights # No CommentMy friend Joe Grieboski, Founder and President of the Institute on Religion and Public Policy, forwarded me this message by King Mohammed of Morocco on women’s rights sent on July 17. The text is as follows:
Praise be to GodPeace and blessings be upon the Prophet, His Kith and Kin
Honourable Counsellors, Preachers and Supervisors,
Ever since …
Ahmadinejad and the UN General Assembly
July 23, 2009 # 3:45 pm # International Law # 2 CommentsEarly today, I came across an on-line petition entitled, ” Deny Ahmadinejad the visa to attend the upcoming UN General Assembly in New York!” The petition reads, in part:
The Islamic Republic regime has ruled Iran for over 30 years. During this period hundreds of thousands of human lives have perished. A country has been ruined and a region totally destabilized. …
Video: Stephen Colbert on investigating interrogation techniques
July 22, 2009 # 7:47 am # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law # No CommentThe Colbert Report
Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Video: Georgetown’s Summer International Relations Program for High School Students 2009
July 20, 2009 # 4:23 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentThis video was produced by our counselor, Jasdeep Singh, and shown at the concluding session of the Program on Saturday, July 18, 2009. Thanks to Mr. Singh for the video, to our Student Coordinator, Anupam Chakravarty, for his leadership, to all the counselors for their dedication, to the speakers for their wisdom, and to all the high school students for …
