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...Obama administration surprised many in February when it pressed ahead with a Bush policy that refuses to even litigate certain cases for fear of a security breach. Much of the information concerned has been revealed through international government investigations. Nevertheless, judges are prevented from reviewing case information and evaluating the security breach themselves. Such an act directly opposes promises of transparency and holds many worrisome implications...
...analysis presents the actions of both the American and British governments as highly suspect. If indeed the prohibited information concerns no security release, then Obama is irrefutably wrong in denying its exposure. Evidence of torture will be damaging to America’s reputation around the world, but it nevertheless deserves to be heard. Should such evidence later be revealed by a non-governmental source, it would even further discredit American ideals...
...informed him about the coming bonuses on Jan. 15. So why didn't the Secretary of the Treasury, with all the resources of a government department at his command, know about it until Mar. 10, according to a White House time line? If it was simple ineptitude, it has nevertheless cost his boss, the President, considerable political and popular embarrassment. Geithner's job security may lie in the fact that the White House needs someone - anyone - with the right credentials to run the financial ship amid this storm. But adrift in an angry sea, Geithner is increasingly a troubled asset...
...framed his speech in the context of a growing threat to the American way of life. He called the Democratic Party’s current initiatives an “attempt to pull off the most significant realignment of political power in our 232 year history.” Nevertheless, his tone remained inspirational and surprisingly upbeat. He concluded by encouraging those in attendance to “bring light and truth and freedom to this American discussion.” Motley said he was extremely pleased by the turnout for the event. The record number of attendees included representatives...
...play in the form of a memoir. Yet more of Scripps’ narration would have helped ground the audience’s understanding of the basic plot, points of which were sometimes lost amidst a barrage of historical, literary, and political references delivered in over-practiced British accents. Nevertheless, this does not diminish Smolinsky’s fantastic performance both in the scenes and along the sidelines as the narrator.Highest of all accolades should be awarded to James B. Danner ’12, whose performance as Posner—the “almost-out-of-the-closet?...