"This is a war. The citizenship of an individual is not relevant. What is relevant is whether this individual is an enemy combatant who can be lawfully attacked with deadly force." - D. Rivkin
David Rivkin, along with co-author Mark Thiessen, writes an editorial for National Review about the recent vindication of the CIA interrogation program.
A judge recently agreed with the Obama Administration, saying "the government has offered evidence that [al-Qaeda terrorist] Ghailani continued to be of intelligence value throughout his time in CIA custody."
The following is a transcript from David Rivkin's appearance on Fox & Friends on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. He discusses the ability of states to check federal power through the use of Constitutional Conventions.
Former Justice Souter’s candor is commendable but also genuinely troubling — the practical equivalent of a retired cardinal announcing that religion is an opiate for the masses.
The following is a transcript from David Rivkin's appearance as one of the panelist, "Obama's Nuclear Strategy: Less than Meets the Eye?" at The Nixon Center on Wednesday, May 5, 2010.
Separating governance from politics is a key imperative in our body polity and a principle emphasized in ethics briefings given to all government employees, from the lowly GS-4 to the chief of staff to the president.