absolute power corrupts absolutely

No Picture

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…

No Picture

"that spark of the divine", Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, debate over the efficacy of torture, extrajudicial execution, foreign correspondents, History, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, NATO, Pakistan, Pakistan military, self-defense, 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. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, vision of peace, war crimes, Yemen June 1, 2012

President Obama as “Executioner in Chief”

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” –Lord Acton (1834-1902) SOURCES Jo Becker and Scott Shane, “Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of…