Just before Thanksgiving last year, I sent an email to the
Institute’s Director, Robbert Dijkgraaf, whom I had never met.
Acknowledging that my missive was somewhat “out of the blue,” I
explained that I had spent most of the previous eight years...
When I came to the Institute as a Director’s Visitor in January
2009, I had very little idea of what to expect, but at least I knew
what I expected to be working on during the two months of my stay.
This is the candid story of how my expectations...
In this lecture, David Cole, Professor at Georgetown University
Law Center, discusses how it became legal in the United States to
engage in techniques such as water boarding by examining the role
of lawyers in the Justice Department during the...
