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22 Jan 2009, 10:15 pm
Blair Suffredine, lawyer for defendant Winston Blackmore, says he will argue that polygamy is protected under Canada's constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion, even though the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms permits "reasonable limitations" on protected rights. [read post]
22 Jan 2009, 9:51 pm
 This article in the Times Higher Ed, which quotes me, notes the following:Robert Gates Secretary of Defence - former head, Texas A&M UniversityDennis Blair Director of National Intelligence - professor of strategic leadership, Dickinson College and US Army War CollegeLawrence Summers Chair of National Economic Council - former head, Harvard UniversityElena Kagan Solicitor General - dean, Harvard Law SchoolSteven Chu Secretary of Energy - professor of physics, University of… [read post]
22 Jan 2009, 3:42 pm
Dennis Blair can’t bring himself to call waterboarding “torture”. [read post]
22 Jan 2009, 8:10 am
Blair said he believes strongly that "torture is not moral, legal or effective. [read post]
19 Jan 2009, 10:40 pm
MTV reports that the Obamas will leave Blair House for the service at 8:25 a.m. [read post]
16 Jan 2009, 6:08 am
A few seem odd or high-risk — Dennis Blair as DNI, Hillary Clinton to State, Mary Schapiro to the SEC (huh?). [read post]
15 Jan 2009, 11:51 am
In reality what Blair is talking about is regrets. [read post]
15 Jan 2009, 2:31 am
Blair, Straw and Miliband should face a public inquiry for their roles in the illegal Iraq war and torture of detainees. [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 6:22 am
Blair Levin, a key technology policy adviser on the Obama transition, kicked off today's Congressional Internet Caucus State of the Net Conference. [read post]
13 Jan 2009, 3:47 am
New admission over legal advice on Iraq invasionGovernment fails to provide proof that the former attorney general was not pressured to change his initial opinion that 2003 invasion could be illegalLet's face it, Bush said "sit" and Blair sat like an obedient poodle. [read post]
11 Jan 2009, 12:08 pm
A new 15-year rule would also see the battles of the first year of Tony Blair's government revealed in three years' time.An independent review of the 30-year rule on disclosure of confidential government papers was set up by Gordon Brown in 2007, headed by Paul Dacre, editor of the 'Daily Mail'. [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 1:08 pm
After the initial chaos of the hastily cobbled-together Dangerous Dogs Act, rammed through Parliament by a Tory Government in a tabloid-inspired scramble (that must have impressed Tony Blair, since he went on to enact many of his own measures in a similar manner and for similar reasons) it proved cripplingly expensive and legally treacherous to define what was a pit bull or what was not. [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 7:58 am
[JURIST] US President-elect Barack Obama [transition website] on Friday announced his nominations for the top posts [press release] in the US intelligence community, designating Admiral Dennis Blair to be Director of National Intelligence and Leon Panetta [profile] to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website]. [read post]
7 Jan 2009, 8:06 pm
” - Dec. 7, 2006, in a joint appearance with British Prime Minister Tony Blair. - “These are big achievements for this country, and the people of Bulgaria ought to be proud of the achievements that they have achieved. [read post]
7 Jan 2009, 7:00 pm
Because, unlike the Blair plan, which involves a simplified "one-size-fits-all" modification scheme, Ocwen actually has the sophistication to prove, by virtue of its computer modeling, that the loan modification (or no foreclosure) option selected for the particular borrower is likely to yield the most financial return to the investor, given the specific set of facts applicable to the specific borrower and the specific collateral. [read post]
6 Jan 2009, 6:17 am
Does this mean that Tony Blair will get out of jail free if he is ever put on trial at the Hague and convicted? [read post]
5 Jan 2009, 2:01 am
“Britain should be prepared to accept prisoners from Guantánamo Bay if it would help the US close the camp, Lord Goldsmith, Tony Blair’s former attorney general, said today. [read post]