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...Fragile Gains The scenario makes some observers nervous. Says one UNPOL source: "If the s__ hits the fan, the PNTL will just head for home. They will go back to their villages and it will be every man for himself." Australian academic Bu Wilson has just completed a review of the PNTL's capability. She fears that "rather than rebuilding the PNTL, the U.N. mission may be instead bequeathing a weak and unstable police force to Timor-Leste...
...positions at Harvard, department members form a committee to discuss the case and make a recommendation, which is then presented to University President Drew G. Faust and University Provost Steven E. Hyman. The president and provost then appoint an ad-hoc committee of top academics in the field to review the case and advise the president on the final decision. The committee further solicits letters from well-established scholars in the field regarding the tenure candidate. Frankel said that something in the ad hoc committee’s deliberations likely tripped up Romer. “Knowing...
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Columbia has not yet announced any specific measures, although school officials have constituted several review committees to review vacant and new staff positions and capital plans. CORNELL UNIVERSITY Cornell suspended all construction projects for 90 days, starting Nov. 3, and instituted a hiring pause through March 31 of next year. Finally, Cornell has begun a six-week review of operational effectiveness, financial policies and procedures. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE Dartmouth’s provost has released statements outlining spending reductions of 10 percent, or $40 million, over the next two fiscal years, in addition to a hiring freeze. For this...
...first federal court review of government evidence against Guantanamo Bay detainees, a judge ruled Nov. 20 that the Bush administration's case against five Algerians (first detained in Bosnia) was too weak to prevent their release. The hearing followed a June Supreme Court ruling giving the men the right to argue against their detention in court. In a rare move, Judge Richard Leon urged the government not to appeal the verdict, saying the men, who have been imprisoned for seven years, should be released "forthwith." (A sixth defendant was ruled an "enemy combatant" who should stay in government custody...
...What are the implications for the rest of the detainees at Guantanamo? In the context of the Obama's administration's stated intention to close Guantanamo, which would involve a review of the remaining cases, this should accelerate that process...