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2016 U.S. Presidential election, Crimea, demonstrations, Donald Trump, elections, FBI, Impeachment, Intelligence, Justice Department, Libya, NSA, Russia, sanctions, State Department, syria, Trump and Putin, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin June 10, 2020

The Elephant in the Room: Russia’s Role in the Demonstrations

The Elephant in the Room: Russia’s Role in the Demonstations One of the great unknowns is the extent to which Russia may have stoked racial…

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Barack Obama, CIA, Donald Trump, Intelligence, NSA, propaganda, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

Analysis: Russia scandal closes in on Trump

Barack Obama, CIA, Donald Trump, elections, European Union, Germany, History, Intelligence, International Law, Justice Department, NSA, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United States, Vladimir Putin

Russian intervention in U.S. elections is flagrant violation of international law principle of non-intervention, giving rise to right to adopt countermeasures including strong economic sanctions

France, freedom of speech, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, NSA, United States

Rule of Law erodes in France as Parliament authorizes massive data collection with no judicial oversight or review

Afghanistan, CIA, Culture and Communication, electronic curtain, foreign news coverage, freedom of speech, History, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Iraq, NSA, public diplomacy, religious belief, State Department, syria, Taliban, targeted killings, television, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, U.S. news coverage, United States, use of force

The missing elements in the war against ISIS — Taking down their websites and engaging in robust public diplomacy

"that spark of the divine", Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, debate over the efficacy of torture, elections, extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, freedom of speech, History, Intelligence, International Law, Justice Department, NSA, religious belief, South Africa, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, State Department Legal Adviser, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Torture, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.S. Congress, United States, war crimes

Obama seeks to block publication of Senate torture report; Pillar of democracy at stake

Barack Obama, CIA, Deutschland, France, Germany, International Law, Justice Department, NATO, NSA, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.N. Torture Convention, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, use of force

Western diplomats stumble in the Ukraine—-Stop telephone diplomacy, let Germany lead, and publish serious international law memoranda

Barack Obama, Intelligence, NSA, Russia, State Department, Ukraine, United States

“F… the EU!” — U.S. diplomat Victoria Nuland reveals—once again—the incompetence of the Obama administration

Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai, History, human rights, NSA, Russia, State Department, syria, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, United States

Obama’s incompetence, America’s isolationism, and foreign policy consequences in the world out there

Barack Obama, CIA, International Law, NSA, Somalia, syria, targeted killings, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, war crimes January 28, 2014

Watch what he does, not what he says: Decoding President Obama’s “State of the Union” speech (including link to text)

President Barack Obama delivered the annual “State of the Union” address to the Congress on Tuesday, January 28, 2014. For the text of the speech,…

Barack Obama, CIA, Deutschland, Germany, human rights, Intelligence, NSA, United States January 20, 2014

The Emperor and his vassals: Obama and the Surveillance State

Jakob Augstein, in his column in the German weekly Der Spiegel, has written a penetrating analysis of Obama’s posturing and fine wordsmithing on the issue…

Barack Obama, CIA, coverage of foreign events, Culture and Communication, Dictatorship, freedom of speech, History, human rights, Intelligence, internal supporters of human rights, NSA, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.S. Congress, United States January 4, 2014

Outlook for 2014 and beyond: Technology and the creation of increasingly powerful instruments of totalitarian control

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” –Lord Acton (1834-1902) “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men…