San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle Thursday‚ January 3‚ 2013 Zero Dark Thirty "Zero Dark Thirty" arrives in theaters already surrounded by controversy. Three U.S. senators (John McCain‚ Carl Levin and Dianne Feinstein) have called the film "grossly inaccurate and misleading" for its suggestion that the CIA’s use of torture led to the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden. Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal have countered that their movie does not favor torture but does accurately
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The position allowed him to work on the floor of House of Representatives. It gave one the rare look at the political world up close and personal. He meet such political luminaries as Newt Gingrich‚ Bob Dole‚ Ted Kennedy‚ Al Gore‚ Nancy Pelosi‚ Dick Cheney‚ Vaclav Havel‚ Bernie Sanders‚ Nelson Mandela and President George H.W. Bush. The offer of job in publishing returned Greg to Asheville‚ North Carolina. Although Greg was still interested in politics‚ the brand practiced in Asheville was extreme
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2009. Web. . Steinhauser‚ Paul. "CNN Poll: Big Shift on Closing of Guantanamo Bay Facility – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs." CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs. 29 Mar. 2010. Web. 08 Nov. 2010. . VandeHei‚ Jim. "Guantanamo Bay to Stay Open‚ Cheney Says - Washingtonpost.com." Washington Post - Politics‚ National‚ World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - Washingtonpost.com. 14 June 2005. Web. 22 Oct. 2010. .
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The Effects of Power on Responsibility Power and responsibility have a complex relationship that is connected by factors such as a person’s morals and ethics‚ personality‚ and under what conditions the person was raised. In a world where power can be found in many forms and in many places‚ the use and abuse of power can be seen regularly. Power is not just being the CEO of a fortune five-hundred company‚ or being an elected political representative‚ the manager of Taco Bell has power‚ as well
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The Persian Gulf War: Background‚ Actors and The United States Alternatives Introduction to International Relations Dr. Skorick 16 October 2013 The Persian Gulf War is known as the “Video Game War” because it was the first war that was thoroughly publicized on national television. However‚ there is much more to the war than what was on television. Television made it possible for the average citizen of America and the world to understand the war
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In 2001‚ Enron‚ one of America’s leading energy companies‚ disappeared overnight. At its height‚ Enron had “a stock price over $90...a marker value of 70 billion… [and] gigantic executive compensation incentive packages” (Giroux). After being exposed of unethical business and accounting methods‚ Enron eventually went bankrupt. Enron was convicted of fraud‚ money laundering‚ conspiracy‚ and over 50 other charges. The Enron Scandal is a watershed moment in accounting because of the exposure and reevaluation
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GUANTANAMO BAY: CIVIL RIGHTS IGNORED One of the most debated current events that have had a hold on America and the world are the prisons of Guantanamo Bay. Since the opening of the prisons there have been reported stories of torture on prisoners‚ inmates being force fed and due process rights being taken away. In this essay‚ we will examine Guantanamo Bay from the beginnings‚ to the legal issues by reviewing landmark Supreme Court cases‚ to the world wide opinions and finally the future of GITMO
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He did not always agree with them. Just like every other president. Not everyone will always agree. Bush put together a strong team of advisers‚ including James Baker‚ Dick Cheney‚ Brent Scowcroft‚ and Colin Powell‚ and together they had some pretty significant accomplishments. Foreign- Bush was successful with foreign affairs. Bush devoted much of his time to foreign affairs‚ an area over which Presidents generally have
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The definition of conspiracy is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as “a secret plan made by two or more people to do something bad‚ illegal‚ or against someone’s wishes.” The word conspiracy is often paired with the word theory because people have been conditioned to believe that no conspiracies can be true‚ they are simply theoretical. But what happens when evidence is suplementary to a theory? A theory can no longer be a theory when there is evidence to back it‚ it then becomes a possibility
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Trip Winkel Finance 303 May‚ 27 2005 Dr. Namorato The Enron Scandal Enron was established in 1930 as Northern Natural Gas Company and joined with three other companies to undertake this industry. The four companies eventually began to break apart between 1941 and 1947 as a result of a public stock offering. In 1979‚ Northern Natural Gas was placed under new management when it was bought by InterNorth Inc. In 1985‚ Kenneth Lay‚ CEO of Houston Natural Gas Company devised a transaction
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