News
Armed Drones Discussion Panel to Discuss Warfare Ethics
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John Brennan will join three other national security experts to speak to the Cornell community on March 14 about the past and future of drone warfare.
Cornell Indonesian Association
Cornell Indonesian Association Raising Money for Fresh Water and Supplies to Help Rebuild Sulawesi
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The Cornell Indonesian Association “wanted to do something and act as an avenue to catalyze that process of helping,” Sulawesi, which was recently hit by an earthquake and tsunami. The organization is trying to raise $5,000 to help community rebuilding.
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Kremlinologist and Former Professor Myron Rush Dies at 96
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The former professor died Jan. 8 of kidney failure at his home in Herndon, Virginia. He was 96.
Columns
SCHULMAN | Prioritize Privacy Over Partisanship
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It is also comically partisan to prioritize Russian influence over CIA overreach. This is the first time Democrats view the CIA more keenly than Republicans. This change in sentiment isn’t ideological — at least I hope not. Giving the CIA a pass for hacking foreign governments but throwing a fit when Russia hacks us is incredibly hypocritical.
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Obama’s Torture Two-Step
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President Obama’s decision to release internal CIA documents detailing interrogation techniques represents a fundamental contradiction in his policy towards torture and transparency. President Obama has vehemently expressed his opposition to anything that can be construed as torture (rightly so) and one of his first actions as President was to close down Guantanamo Bay. However, President Obama has decided to “move forward” by releasing these torture memos, yet maintains the same state secret arguments that President Bush utilized. President Obama cannot have it both ways.
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The Importance of Costly Celestial Spying
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As most of us are aware, much of US security and intelligence data comes from satellites orbiting the earth. With growing suspicion of countries possessing nuclear weaponry, celestial technology has seen major innovation in recent years. On Tuesday, President Obama approved a bill calling for the purchase of multimillion-dollar commercial imagery technology, including several satellites with unprecedented abilities. Most of the advancements in satellite spying have been delayed since 2005 and the Obama administration is now working to reinvigorate the program and bring intelligence to a new level.