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Africa, Barack Obama, Ebola, Google, Google filtering, Google indexing, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, U.S. news coverage October 28, 2014

A slow and inadequate response to a disease in Africa

Google would not index this article in a timely manner under its original title, “The catastrophic international response to the looming Ebola pandemic,” The Trenchant…

Barack Obama, Central African Republic, China, Crimes Against Humanity, Deutschland, France, genocide, Germany, History, International Law, kosovo, Libya, Mali, NATO, Russia, Serbia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United Nations Secretary General, United States, use of force, war crimes

The fruits of pacifist foreign policies: Aggression in Ukraine, atrocities in Syria; Merkel’s fact-finding mission—a last chance to avert disaster?

Africa, Barack Obama, Crimes Against Humanity, Deutschland, Dictatorship, France, Germany, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Iran, kosovo, Lebanon, Mali, Russia, Serbia, Spain, State Department, syria, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United Kingdom, United States, use of force, war crimes

International human rights in retreat, as Iran, al-Assad, Hezbollah, and Russia gain the upper hand

Barack Obama, China, Crimes Against Humanity, Egypt, France, Germany, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Libya, Mali, Middle East, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Russia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, Tunisia, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United Kingdom, United States, use of force, war crimes

REPRISE — Imagine: The Collapse of International Order, Syria, and Berlin in 1945

Africa, France, International Law, Mali, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, United Nations Secretary General, use of force

U.N. Security Council adopts resolution (SC Res. 2100) establishing peacekeeping force in Mali

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, debate over the efficacy of torture, Dictatorship, extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, History, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Justice Department, Libya, Mali, Niger, Pakistan, self-defense, Somalia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Security Council, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S. Congress, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, war crimes, Yemen

UPDATE (MARCH 6) WITH LINKS TO SENATOR RAND PAUL FILIBUSTER; REPRISE: Secret Laws, the John Brennan vote, and the rule of law

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The vote on John Brennan’s confirmation to be CIA Director: Opinion and Commentary

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What difference does it make if John Brennan is confirmed?

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Imagine: The Collapse of International Order, Syria, and Berlin in 1945

Afghanistan, Africa, Barack Obama, Crimes Against Humanity, extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, Guatemala, History, Honduras, human rights, International Law, Iran, Israel, Latin America, Libya, Mali, Middle East, Nicaragua, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Venezuela, war crimes February 2, 2013

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and the foreign policy “successes” of our celebrity leaders

Draft [Note: Today’s article is a bit unusual in format, consisting of long portions of an article on Hillary Clinton’s term as Secretary of State,…

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