Word: oversight
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...State Department may have offered some form of legal immunity to Blackwater contractors targeted in an investigation into the Sept. 16 shootings that killed 17 Iraqis in Baghdad. The discovery comes at a time when the Department is already under fire for not providing proper oversight for the security contractors protecting its diplomats in Iraq. In response, a congressional committee is now raising troubling questions about a pattern of State Department mismanagement...
...short term. In general, the private outsourcing of duties that should presumably go to the military or internal government officials is worrisome, though, at times, necessary. Although these officers fill gaps in the military’s resources and expertise, they are also detached from the moral and legal oversight that is (hopefully) associated with the U.S. military. At certain points during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has not lived up to those standards, but the checks exist, as the trials of Abu Ghraib officers and alleged murders in the military demonstrate. For Blackwater, legal repercussions...
...Furthermore, over 86 percent of the detainees at Guantanamo were taken by Northern Alliance and Pakistani forces at a time when the U.S. military was paying large rewards for the capture of suspected enemies. Unless we want foreign bounty hunters to serve as prosecutor, judge, and jury, legitimate judicial oversight is needed...
...College is attempting to reduce its own liability by decreasing its oversight of student parties,” reasons UC Secretary Kyle A. Krahel ’08, “and with no oversight there will be an increased risk at these off-campus venues. To give you an example, when was the last time a final club party was broken up by the Cambridge police for underage drinking...
...Goldenberg, who is also a member of the Crimson’s editorial staff, also argued that Harvard doesn’t rank among the worst on the alleged oversight-liability tradeoff, claiming “Harvard is fairly unique in allowing private parties in its dorm rooms.” Jenna M. Mellor ’08, while not a fan of the party grant’s demise, agrees. “I have friends at other schools that were surprised by how big a role the University played in funding parties with alcohol...