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...language of science, like that of the United Nations, is by nature cautious and measured. That makes the dire tone of the just-released final report from the fourth assessment of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a network of thousands of international scientists, all the more striking. Global warming is "unequivocal." Climate change will bring "abrupt and irreversible changes." The report, a synthesis for politicians culled from three other IPCC panels convened throughout the year, read like what it is: a final warning to humanity. "Today the world's scientists have spoken clearly, and with...
Most captives transferred to tented U.S. detention camps can expect to be there roughly 35 days before their case file is viewed by the Combined Review and Release Board, a panel of U.S. and Iraqi officials. Detainees are allowed to offer a written statement to the panel, but they do not appear in person before it. After a reading of a detainee's file, the panel then recommends whether to continue holding the person or not, though final release authority rests with the U.S. commander of detention operations, Major General Douglas Stone...
Detainees who remain in U.S. custody can try again for release in six months by going in person before the Multi-National Force Review Committee, a panel of U.S. officials who sometimes consult with Iraqi authorities on cases. This panel can offer a recommendation as well, but Stone still has the final say. Any detainee considered likely to take part in violence continues to be held, with an opportunity to appeal the decision every six months...
Last night, Harvard Law School graduates James B. Stewart Jr., Jeffrey R. Toobin ’82, and Lis W. Wiehl gave a no-holds barred assessment of life as a legal journalist in a panel discussion called “Covering the Story: Lawyers in the World of Journalism...
...Pakistani diplomat and political operative who is now a professor at Boston University. "These large numbers of troops who are virtually surrendering themselves to the insurgents in Waziristan without putting up a fight would not have done so if they were not conflicted within themselves," he told a congressional panel recently. "That conflict comes from a belief system after years of having been told that the jihadists represent a force for good. And now that they are being told to fight them, some of them are not able to make that transition as quickly as General Musharraf was able...