Tom Ricks has been reading the digitized archives of the My Lai investigation: I've been reading My Lai materials for about four weeks now. I haven't said much about the.
This is interesting for a couple of reasons: Nato and the United Nations are cautiously considering a Taliban proposal to set up a joint commission to investigate allegations of civilians.
Back from vacation and back on the grid. Hmm, what have I missed in the last couple of weeks? 1) Ooh, looks like the BP oil spill is capped for.
Later this year, state parties will get together to revisit the Statute for the International Criminal Court. Definitely on the agenda is clarifying the crime of aggression, which was left.
Why would William Calley ever be invited to speak to a Kiwanis Club?William Calley, the former Army lieutenant convicted on 22 counts of murder in the infamous My Lai Massacre.
This story, indicating that the Obama administration is bailing on the idea even investigating whether criminal charges ought to be brought against Bush administration officials who committed war crimes such.
As Jack Balkin points out, for both "legal" and "political" reasons it's unlikely that any U.S. court will prosecute war crimes committed by members of the Bush administration. This circumstance.
