state secrets doctrine

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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…

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Argentina, Barack Obama, CIA, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, History, human rights, International Law, Justice Department, Middle East, NATO, Nobel Lecture, Nobel Peace Prize, self-defense, South Africa, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, Torture, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, United Kingdom, United States September 3, 2012

Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls for prosecution of Blair and Bush for Iraq invasion; Torture investigations end in U.S.

South African Archbishop Tutu Withdraws from Conference, Suggests Blair and Bush should be Prosecuted for Invasion of Iraq Former Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the renowned…