Additional flexibility is provided by Article 2(3), which provides that an offense shall be considered an extraditable offense: whether or not the laws in the Contracting States place the offense within the same category of offenses or describe the offense by the same terminology; and whether or not the offense is one for which United States federal law requires the showing of such matters as interstate transportation or use of the mails or of other facilities affecting interstate or… [read post]

Lastly, Cuba remains a useful contributor to the discourse of the increasingly geriatric elements of the post colonial movement, now transformed into the anti-Neo-colonialist movement (Hold High the Banner of Anti-Globocolonization: "Que las ventajas de la globalización funcionen para las grandes mayorías de todos los países"; Marley's Ghost, "The Problem of Cuba," and the the G77 +China--A Meet-up in Havana For a Good Old Fashioned Revival… [read post]

Despite the unsurprising focus on domestic policy in President Obama’s second inaugural address today, his speech was not entirely devoid of national security issues. [read post]