U.S. Strategy & Tactics, cont.Blogger Marty Lederman of Balkinization takes a look (
Condi Rice's "No Torture" Pledge: Don't Believe the Hype!) at how the press is covering the Secretary of State's trip and the torture debate. The New York Times editorial on the torture issue can be found
here.
U.S. Strategy & TacticsHere (
Rice Says United States Does Not Torture Terrorists) is some background and the text of remarks Monday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice before leaving for Europe, as transcribed by the State Department, in which she defends American interrogation practices. How aggressive should the U.S. be in interrogating prisoners? If prisoners have to be transported out of the U.S. in order to be interrogated, is this evidence that U.S. laws are being circumvented? The
New York Times report on the Rice trip can be found
here.
U.S. & The U.N.
This New York Times op-ed (Give the United Nations a Little Competition) takes up the question of the U.S. role in promoting reform at the United Nations. Ruth Wedgwood, a professor of international law and organizations at Johns Hopkins University, argues that if the United Nations can't reform on its own, America needs to support other multilateral venues.
