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...torture regime most culpable, America cannot simply turn a blind eye to those who actually carried out torture. The Obama administration must also conduct an internal investigation to determine the role of CIA interrogators in abusing detainees. The Nuremberg Trials established the principle “that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law,” and the Uniform Code of Military Justice requires American soldiers to disobey unlawful orders. While CIA agents are not bound by the UCMJ, the principle is the same...
...Once a month over the course of three years, Langford stood huddled against the evening chill in lonely Australian farmland and watched as the east coast of Africa shone in the midday sun. Using little more than a backyard telescope and a clever idea, she became the first person in history to see the continents and oceans of Earth by watching their reflections in the Moon. (See pictures of Earth from space...
...Palay said he invited Pinsky to the reading partly because he remembered being impressed by hearing the former poet laureate read during high school. “I just like the way he reads more than anything. He’s a good poet, too, and just a great person to have,” he said...
...During the 2007 election, Ward lost a bid for a council seat. But following the February resignation of Vice Mayor Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87, Ward was appointed to the Council in a special recount, becoming the nine-person body’s third black member.Trained as a guidance counselor and having more than a decade of involvement in Cambridge Youth Soccer under his belt, Ward considers his ability to connect with people one of his primary assets. But because he joined the Council only eight months before the upcoming November election, Ward...
...McIntyre says the company had been discussing starting such a blog, even before this crisis hit, and is still debating how to approach it. "Who blogs?" asks McIntyre. "Is it our CEO, or our chief marketing officer? Do we take a team approach, or do we have one person who is the voice of Domino's?" However the company decides to proceed, now is the time...