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Torture convention
January 8th, 2013
Zegart: Brennan as CIA director reflects increasing public tolerance for torture
Op-ed: The New York Times on January 7, 2013CISAC Faculty Member Amy Zegart discusses how changing American attitudes toward torture have impacted intelligence agencies. The Obama administration's recent appointment of John Brennan to lead the CIA is a case in point. Read more »
October 2nd, 2012
Zegart: Americans' support for harsh counterterrorism methods increasing
Op-ed: Foreign Policy on September 25, 2012In the face of a terrorist attack, one quarter of Americans said they would use nuclear weapons to stop terrorists. Read more »
February 10th, 2009
Obama swiftly lays Bush era to rest
in the news: San Francisco Chronicle on January 25, 2009Allen Weiner, CISAC faculty member, was quoted in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about the actions President Obama took during his first week in office to convey a single message: the Bush administration is over. Read more »
January 7th, 2009
Obama's choice of Panetta to lead CIA suggests shake-up is coming
in the news: Miami Herald on January 5, 2009Former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry, co-director of CISAC's Preventive Defense Project, is quoted on president-elect Barack Obama's choice of former congressman and Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta as head of the CIA. Read more »
January 6th, 2009
Obama puts Panetta in unfamiliar waters
in the news: ConnectMidMichigan/Politico on January 6, 2009Brent Durbin, a CISAC affiliate and former fellow, is quoted in this article about president-elect Barack Obama's selection of Leon Panetta as head of the CIA.
January 20th, 2006
Math shows long-term consequences of condoning torture
CHPINTL Op-ed: San Francisco Chronicle on January 8, 2006Few of us will ever be asked to torture. But, indirectly, all of us have to make a choice: to support, as citizens, those politicians who back torture, or those who seek its prohibition. This decision seems a purely moral question. But what would be the long-term consequences to society if we were to make this radical break with the past? CISAC science fellow Jonathan Farley provides some mathematical insights. Read more »
December 5th, 2005
Best hope for Hussein trial is to validate rule of law in Iraq
Op-ed: Los Angeles Times on December 4, 2005What should we expect from the trial of Saddam Hussein? Full justice will likely elude the court, since Hussein faces only a partial list of possible charges. The trial probably won't quell ethnic and sectarian conflicts, either. But the trial could teach a valuable lesson about the place of law in a democratic state, writes CISAC's Allen S. Weiner in this Los Angeles Times op-ed. Read more »