by Robin Kirk | May 28, 2009 | Robin Kirk
Sotomayor was one of the appeals judges to hear the case of Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen who was suing the US government over his extraordinary rendition in 2002. Suspected wrongly of being a terrorist, Arar was detained at JFK, then flown to Syria, where he...
by Robin Kirk | Apr 28, 2009 | Robin Kirk
Just as the second invasion of Iraq was a (not so) carefully coordinated campaign of half truths and whole lies, the justfication for torture is beginning to fall completely apart. Not that it wasn’t already an evident fabrication, but… Today’s New...
by Robin Kirk | Apr 27, 2009 | Robin Kirk
This Los Angeles Times editorial on accountability for torture seems well thought out — there have been too many hysterics since the Obama administration released the torture memos and not enough calm thought. An in-depth and impartial investigation, possible...
by Robin Kirk | Feb 3, 2009 | Robin Kirk
There is quite a kerfluffle going on now about Obama’s position on extraordinary rendition. The Los Angeles Times recently reported that “under executive orders issued by Obama recently, the CIA still has authority to carry out what are known as...
by Robin Kirk | Jan 29, 2009 | Robin Kirk
Here is a sickening defense of torture — and it is from a coward. Someone with cojones would have actually used the words: “I support torture.” But John Yoo is not only wrong and a criminal — he is sin cojones… I’ve included...
