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Everybody who makes documentaries (and after writing and directing 37 of them, I am among them) gets tired of their constraints. That?s especially true of the talking heads, experts and eyewitnesses commenting upon whatever the film?s topic, whether lightsome or lugubrious, may be. These people often offer useful...
When Morris?s better self - the earnest and morally alert documentarian takes over - the film is very much better. He particularly wants to destroy the notion that the crimes committed at Abu Ghraib were solely the work of a few low ranking ?rotten apples.? In his interviews with...
The Cold War ended almost 20 years ago, but its mark on international relations is still clearly visible. An outdated relic of that tenuous time, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) no longer effectively serves its purpose of promoting peace and stability. Instead of encouraging international cooperation and peace, NATO...
The debate about “enhanced interrogation techniques”—known more colloquially as torture—in itself stands little altered by these developments: It was clear long ago that torture produces little or no useful information while at the same time coming at a...
Other military equipment may also prove useful in fighting piracy. The U.S. Marine Corps has tested a non-lethal weapon called the Mobility Denial System, a fancy name for a slippery chemical spray that coats surfaces and greatly reduces traction. Pirates' sea legs would be no help if they couldn...