April 2010
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Life in the German Empire
Berlin Berlin today does not look or feel like an imperial centre. In fact, it does everything it can to be the precise opposite, a living monument to the horrors and follies of attempting to rule the world, its well-maintained bombsites, bunkers and wall fragments a permanent reminder of history’s two bloodiest attempts, from the Reichstag and then the Kremlin, to expand control beyond one’s own...
Apr 30th
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The Power of Britain's Tabloid Front Page
On Thursday, the British election took a turn into the sort of perilous terrain rarely visited in North American campaigns. The Daily Mail, a newspaper that sells two million copies a day, ran an enormous headline: CLEGG IN NAZI SLUR ON BRITAIN. The article below suggested that Nick Clegg, the leader of the upstart Liberal Democrats and the surprise opinion-poll leader in the race for the May 6...
Apr 26th
The UK Afghan-torture dossier 7: What worried them...
Detentions Options Paper_20100421023738
Apr 26th
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The UK Afghan-torture dossier 6: The case against...
r(evans) v ssd_20100421024304
Apr 22nd
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The UK Afghan-torture dossier 5: Canada doesn't...
Public Domain Materials 5 - Policy Alternatives and ECHR Applicability in 2006
Apr 21st
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The UK Afghan-torture dossier 4: "Completely...
Public Domain Materials 4 - 2009 Complaints Start, 2007 Complaint Deemed ‘Completely Unsubstantiated’
Apr 21st
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The UK Afghan-torture dossier 3: First allegation
Public Domain Materials 3 - The First (2007) Allegation
Apr 21st
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The UK Afghan-torture dossier 2: "Canada's...
Public Domain Materials 2 - ‘on Notice About Possible NDS Abuse’ in 2007
Apr 21st
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The UK Afghan-torture dossier 1: The 2010 transfer
Public Domain Materials 1 - Ltr Disclosing Transfer Despite Moratorium
Apr 21st
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