Dana Milbank

authoritarian regimes, Deutschland, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, Fascism, Germany, History September 25, 2020

Growing alarm over ongoing Trump coup

What the nation’s leading columnists, and others, have been thinking for many months, if not years, is now being said out loud. As the bullet…

Barack Obama, debate over the efficacy of torture, History, human rights, International Law, Mitt Romney, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Torture Convention, United States, use of force March 7, 2016

After Romney’s anti-Trump speech on March 3, alarm spreads over Trump candidacy and potential presidency

Developing Latest News and Opinion See Dana Milbank, “Trump’s flirtation with fascism,” The Washington Post, March 7, 2016 (6:21 p.m.). The Trenchant Observer

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Chile, CIA, extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, History, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Libya, Mali, Pakistan, self-defense, Somalia, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, Taliban, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S. Congress, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, war crimes February 27, 2013

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

Recent Commentary and Opinion “It is not going too far to say that American foreign policy has become completely subservient to tactical domestic political considerations.”…