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President Obama signed an executive order closing overseas CIA prisons and Guantanamo today, promising that the prison will be out of operation within a year. Matthew Waxman, Columbia law professor and former detainee affairs official for the Bush administration, had a few pointers. Waxman has been calling for the end of Guantanamo for a while, […]

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More stuff you shouldn’t have saved on a public computer.  We were able to get some take out Thai food, drag a couch left on a corner into an abandoned intersection and gaze at the wonder of New York‘s night time sky line. Oh, it’s beautiful. The Chrysler Building and Empire State Building are familiar […]

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What Should Acting President Claire Shipman's Nickname Be?

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