Tom Donilon

No Picture

Barack Obama, CIA, extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, History, International Law, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, targeted assassinations, Torture, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S Foreign Relations, United States, use of force, war crimes January 12, 2013

Isolationism, with drones: Obama’s second-term foreign policy

Developing story The smartest man in the room is so intellectually insecure that he doesn’t like to be questioned, and insists that everyone recognize that…

No Picture

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…

No Picture

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, extrajudicial execution, International Law, Israel, Mossad, Pakistan, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, Taliban, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, war crimes, Yemen June 3, 2012

More news and opinion on President Obama as “Executioner in Chief”

From: A Man for All Seasons (1966) William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law! Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would…

No Picture

Barack Obama, China, CIA, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Iran, NATO, Nobel Lecture, Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, Russia, Saudi Arabia, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.N. Charter, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Intervention, United States, use of force, vision of peace January 27, 2012

Obama’s foreign policy juggernaut, including Tom Donilon, and the risks of hubris (updated)

jug[ger[naut  n.  (altered < Hindi Jagannath < Sans Jagannatha, lord of the world < jagat, world + natha, lord) 1 an incarnation of the Hindu…