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Lawyers Slam DOJ for Arguing U.S. Officials Aren’t Liable for Torture Abroad

By | 11.24.09 | 5:20 pm

I’ve been following the small but growing number of lawsuits brought on behalf of torture victims against U.S. government officials for more than a year now, but the opening statement in a brief filed with the Supreme Court on Monday on behalf of four British former More…

First Impressions of Kabul

By | 09.07.08 | 10:00 pm

KABUL – A friend of mine who’s been to Afghanistan warned me several times against flying on Ariana, the national airline. Apparently she’s traveled with a flight crew that was noticeably drunk. My flight from Istanbul was far less eventful. Though it seems my fellow passengers didn’t believe in queuing More…