by Robin Kirk | Aug 24, 2009 | Robin Kirk
The Obama Administration just announced the creation of a new, multi-institution group that will take over the questioning of high-value suspects in the “war on terror.” According to the Los Angeles Times, interrogators will “stay within the...
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 | 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 23, 2009 | Robin Kirk
From today’s Washington Post: …in a broad swipe at the Bush administration’s lawyers, Obama nullified every legal order and opinion on interrogations issued by any lawyer in the executive branch after Sept. 11, 2001.
by Robin Kirk | Jan 21, 2009 | Robin Kirk
I’m writing to stand up for all of the people in Washington on Inauguration Day who booed Bush when he appeared on the Jumbotrons and later appeared on the Capitol steps. I’ve heard several journalists decry the boos as bad form and disrespectful. I...
