Gordon Rayner

Biden Administration, Crimes Against Humanity, foreign news coverage, International Law, Joe Biden, Minsk Accords, Minsk Accords, Normandy Quartet, nuclear war, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, war crimes March 25, 2022

Ukraine War, March 25, 2022 (II): Ceasefire and withdrawal terms

Developing See, “Ukraine: Putin’s “red lines” and the “red lines” of the U.N. Charter and international law,” The Trenchant Observer, December 3, 2021. Dispatches 1)…

"that spark of the divine", Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Nobel Lecture, religious belief, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S. Military, United States May 15, 2011

REPRISE: Consorting with the Devil? The Debate over the Efficacy of Torture

Given the renewed debate in the U.S over the efficacy of torture in the wake of Bin Laden’s death, the article republished below, written on…

"that spark of the divine", Barack Obama, CIA, Crimes Against Humanity, debate over the efficacy of torture, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Justice Department, Libya, Pakistan, Pakistan military, religious belief, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.S. Military May 7, 2011

Bin Laden and the Debate Over Torture–Revived

Some former U.S. officials responsible for torture under the Bush administration have claimed that the trail to Bin Laden was uncovered by the use of…