The US intelligence analyst who leaked the footage that resulted in Wikileaks’ infamous “Collateral Murder” video has been outed by a hacker to whom he boasted of his actions online, and arrested by the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division. Wired has the story: Manning was turned in late last month by a former computer hacker with […]
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The next Olympic Sport? Seriously.
What Rob said below..
The first of the two tag clouds you see to the left is Obama’s 2010 National Security Strategy according to Wordle. The second of the two tag clouds you see to the left is Bush’s 2002 National Security Strategy according to Wordle. What do you see to the left?
I’ve been meaning to comment for awhile on the March/April print issue of Foreign Policy , and I finally got around to posting my observations at Current Intelligence. In brief, for a special issue
My new book Forgetting Children Born of War: Setting the Human Rights Agenda in Bosnia and Beyond is finally out from Columbia University Press. Basically, it’s all you never wanted to know abou
The Saudi Gazette reports: Al-Mubarraz police are investigating a complaint that a Saudi woman in her twenties allegedly punched and beat up a staffer of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Hai’a). The staffer had to be taken to a medical center because of the bruises to his face […]
At Shadow Government, William Tobey covers the ongoing Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review conference and provides a useful overview of how the debate is being shaped by strategic framing of the t
Gary Haugen and Victor Boutrous have a useful article in the new print version of Foreign Affairs, pointing out that all the human rights standards in the land mean nothing if they’re not transl
This week we deal with disability, gender identity, cross-ethnic relationships (OK, ‘deal’ might be too strong a word) and Mercedes and Santana unleash some amazing vocal mojo. Plus we find out where Quinn has been living since Finn broke it off with her. Plus the old Sue Sylvester seems to be back, sans creepy, vulnerable […]
I don’t know which version of the video below has the worse message for young adults: this one, in which pop artist Kesha promotes binge drinking and capricious, careless, drunken sex: Or this p
Part of what I do is track emerging issue campaigns. Apparently the Review Conference of the International Criminal Court has become a focal point for some such campaigners. The conference, occurring