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Obama Reversal on Torture Photos: Is He Afraid they would Destabilize Iraq?
President Obama has reversed himself on his earlier determination not to oppose a ruling by a Federal judge that remaining photos of the torture and […]
Pakistani Public Sees Taliban as Dangerous; New Front Opened at Peochar
Pakistani troops say that they have cleared Buner of Taliban guerrillas: “‘Normalcy is returning to Buner. People have started harvesting their crops and shops are […]
Gas Attack on School girls in Afghanistan
A suspected gas attack on a girl’s school sent 84 girls to hospital in Kapisa Province north of Kabul. There are suspicions that this was […]
Cole in Salon: The Hidden Hand of Dick Cheney
My column for Salon.com, “The hidden hand of Dick Cheney” is now out. Excerpt: ‘ don’t dismiss Dick Cheney as a fading punch line, or […]
Al-Libi Case Eloquent Testimony against Torture
The best refutation of Dick Cheney’s insistence that torture was necessary and useful in dealing with threats from al-Qaeda just died in a Libyan prison. […]
McKiernan Steps Down in Afghanistan;Pakistan Offensive continues in Swat
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced on Monday that he had fired Gen. David McKiernan. Time reports that Gates was impatient with McKiernan’s failure to […]
Wanda Sykes makes Short Work of Rush Limbaugh
Wanda Sykes Comedy @ White House Correspondents Dinner – 05/09/09, Part I: and Part II, which includes the destruction of Rush Limbaugh and a wicked […]
The Problem is Statelessness
King Abdullah II of Jordan revealed to the Times of London that the Obama administration may attempt a comprehensive peace treaty between Israel and the […]
NYT Review of "Engaging the Muslim World"
David E. Sanger, writing in the New York Times Book Review, reviews my new book, Engaging the Muslim World. Sanger, chief Washington correspondent of the […]