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...Indeed, all the recent uproar over Guantanamo prisons and black sites has obscured the fact that drone targets also don’t get court trials, judges, or hearings. (Until recently, the Obama administration used Blackwater—also responsible for Gitmo planning—to help organize its drone operations.) It’s hard to think of a more bizarre and troubling contradiction than shutting down the number of torture programs while stepping up the number of remote-control executions. Keeping our own boys safe is a laudable goal, but not if it comes at the cost...
...facilitate police discussions, according to CPD spokesman Frank Pasquarello. Gates’ arrest, which some believe was prompted by police racial profiling, triggered a national media frenzy in July that enveloped even President Barack Obama. Wexler said that the panel will seek lessons from the Gates arrest that can help local and national police with conflict resolution in the future, rather than compile an “action report” that only analyzes the incident. He said that the Gates brouhaha has been interpreted from many different perspectives, but that the review panel would help bring the discussion...
...reform’s backers say empowering shareholders could help prevent another financial crisis, but according to Jay W. Lorsch, a Business School professor and signatory to the letter, the new reforms represent a continued effort by institutional investors to gain power and influence over the companies they invest in—a movement that predates the market crash...
...that day was thrilled! The robot walked on mud and survived the rain, but it did get stuck in some vegetation. Expert officers gave us feedback and promised continuous field support for our work. We had just witnessed two very different sides of the people we were trying to help...
...reporter's] work while on an embed mission in Afghanistan." Military officials in Afghanistan quickly downplayed the charges, explaining that the profiles were not an attempt to rate reporters or news outlets but rather a way to gain background information to better equip officers for interviews and help public-affairs officers gauge likely areas of interest. Rendon said the same in a statement. Access has never been denied based on previous reporting, it insisted. Nevertheless, Rendon's contract will be terminated as of Sept. 1. (See pictures of a battle in Afghanistan's Kunar province taken by an embedded photographer...