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...fresh-eyes look at the situation in Iraq to see if we can come up with a consensus, a bipartisan approach and advice to the Congress and the Administration. We've talked to a lot of people. We've met with a representative of the Syrian government. We intend to meet with the Iranian government, the Iraqi government and all the people in our government--the President, the Secretaries of Defense and State and the National Security Adviser...
Look around the dining hall, friends, and behold your competition. For those of you who intend to start down the path to the rest of your life now (and why wait, really?), you’d better start finding ways to contend with the massive pool of talent in which you’re presently immersed and in which, if you aren’t careful, you could wind up submerged...
...rather made reference to the original rather than secondary sources. There is no doubt that Ogletree’s book contained appropriated material, but HLS accepted his claim that the pages in question were the result of research assistant error. Still, some critics who accepted that he did not intend to plagiarize still question the integrity of his scholarship and his laxity in policing the work that bears his name. Tribe’s book contains many passages which seem strikingly similar to passages in another work. But as Dershowitz pointed out at the time, Abraham offered no explanation...
...calm seas. You win some, you lose some. Q: And what about the firefighter whose pension plan put money into Amaranth. A: Oops. Alas, this Q-and-A was clearly fictional. I’m not a lefty (or even a Democrat). I don’t intend this to be a screed about the evils of capitalism. What Amaranth can teach us, rather, is the need for a little humility. The people at Amaranth were the best and the brightest. They were graduates of the best colleges. They took fairly rigorous math and economics courses, where they probably learned...
...form that “will allow this vital program to continue.”In the last 10 pages, after setting up the military commissions, the bill addresses interrogations with a series of legal definitions and a short list of nine prohibited techniques. These rules are intended to clarify the Geneva Conventions for intelligence personnel. In a time where techniques are facing intense public scrutiny, interrogators will certainly appreciate concrete guidelines. Without them, intelligence officials could face inconsistent standards of what exactly crosses the line of an “outrage on human dignity.” By listing...