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Barack Obama, CIA, debate over the efficacy of torture, International Law, Justice Department, State Department Legal Adviser, Torture, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S. Congress, war crimes December 20, 2013

Torture and torture memos pose serious obstacle to confirmation of Carolyn Krass as CIA General Counsel

The Trenchant Observer noted, quite some time ago, that torture will not be done with Obama, or with us, until we are all done with…

Barack Obama, CIA, extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Iran, Israel, Justice Department, Mossad, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Torture, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, U.S. news coverage, United States, use of force June 26, 2012

Holder’s Investigations into Torture and Covert Operations Leaks–An Obama Cover-up?

Barack Obama thinks he’s always “the smartest person in the room”, and that he is a lot smarter than we are. Or maybe, accustomed as…