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"that spark of the divine", CIA, debate over the efficacy of torture, Donald Trump, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, human rights, human rights reports, Rule of Law, Torture, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S. Congress, United States, war crimes April 22, 2018

CIA nominee is presumptive war criminal; multiple reasons to reject Haspel nomination

Developing–preliminary draft We have grown tired under Donald Trump’s relentless assault on our democratic values and the rule of law. With no responsible officials at…

"that spark of the divine", Donald Trump, FBI, Google, Google filtering, Google indexing, Intelligence, Justice Department, Philippines, propaganda, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, U.S. Congress, U.S. news coverage, United States, Vladimir Putin

Americans Are Lost in the Weeds, and Google Doesn’t Help

2016 U.S. Presidential election, corruption, Donald Trump, FBI, Justice Department, propaganda, Rule of Law, Russia, Trump and Putin, U.S. Congress, United States

Republican smear campaign against FBI continues propaganda aimed at sowing confusion

Donald Trump, International Law, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, United States, use of force

International Law? U.S. maintains 2,000 troops in Syria without legal justification

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, Germany, History, human rights, International Law, Russia, Trump and Putin, U.N. Charter, U.S. Constitution, United States, Vladimir Putin

The Question of Individual Responsibility for the Actions of One’s Nation

authoritarian regimes, Culture and Communication, Donald Trump, elections, History, Rule of Law, U.S. Constitution, U.S. news coverage, United States

How Senate Democrats have strengthened Trump: Al Franken and the Democrats’ Circular Firing Squad

Barack Obama, extraordinary rendition, Germany, History, International Law, Nobel Lecture, Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, self-defense, State Department Legal Adviser, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, vision of peace

REPRISE (2017) — Veterans’ Day, 2011: “Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?”

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Donald Trump, nuclear war, Russia, Trump and Putin, United States

Trump — The Authoritarian Leader and his movement: Politics and mass psychology in America

Donald Trump, Nuclear Proliferation, nuclear war, self-defense, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin

North Korea crisis: The risks of accidental nuclear war

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Donald Trump, elections, International Law, Russia, sanctions, United States, Vladimir Putin June 28, 2017

Trump’s attitude of appeasement toward Russia makes big inroads among Republican voters

See Evan McMullin, “Republicans are risking becoming the party of Putin,” Washington Post, June 28, 2017 (6:33 PM). Evan McMullin is a former CIA operations…

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