The Assassination of Greg Craig
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The White House counsel was done in by a scurrilous leaks campaign. So much for the Obama team's pledge to be transparent, forthright and accountable for their actions.
Strategy? What Strategy?
Stephen Holmes is professor of law and research director of the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. His most recent book is Matador’s Cape: America’s Reckless Response to Terror.
Gen. Stanley McChrystal's advice to the president is driving debate on what America should do next in Afghanistan. But, Stephen Holmes argues, the emperor has no clothes.
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