“Israel should scale back Iraq strikes while US shores up Iraq alliance”
“Executive privilege has no role to play in an impeachment hearing….”
Stated by Claire Finkelstein during this Voice of America interview
The danger of traumatic brain injury
The impeachment trial
Guantánamo testimony exposes role of doctors in C.I.A. interrogations
“This is a moment of very serious constitutional crisis for our democracy”
The fight over witnesses is really a fight against Trump’s obstruction
Read this 1/27 Claire Finkelstein op-ed in The New York Times
Trump’s impeachment trial begins
“They applied tactics…known for decades and regarded as harmful.”
Assessing the injuries after Iranian missile attack
Claire Finkelstein comments on Trump’s impeachment process on NBC10 Philadelphia
“We are not any closer to understanding if this will be a fair trial”
“We will have to wait and see if Iran is done”
Read this Q&A by Gen. Joseph Votel, former Centcom commander and current CERL board member, and Foreign Policy
White House, GOP at odds over Senate impeachment trial
In this Washington Times article, Claire Finkelstein comments on the impeachment process
CERL board member Gen. Joseph Votel calls for ending the endless war in Afghanistan
Read Gen. Votel’s op-ed in The New York Times
“Democrats push ahead with articles of impeachment”
Claire Finkelstein shares her views on the House Democrats’ articles of impeachment during this audio panel discussion on WBUR On Point
‘The corrosive impact of torture on the rule of law’
Read this op-ed by CERL friend Brig. Gen. John G. Baker, chief defense counsel of the Military Commissions Defense Organization (MCDO)
Trump’s recent war crimes pardons show an obsolete view of warfare
In this Washington Post article, Jens David Ohlin, CERL board member and Cornell professor of law, delves into the president’s dangerous belief in “total war”
‘The Report’ and the U.S. ‘accountability crisis’
CERL board member Dr. Stephen Xenakis comments on the new film about releasing the Senate torture report
Former U.S. officials criticize Trump’s decision to ‘abandon’ Kurds
CERL board member Gen. Joseph Votel argues that the president’s policy shift in Syria damages American interests
Trump impeachment hearings today will echo through the ages
Claire Finkelstein comments on the first televised impeachment hearings into Donald Trump’s presidency
The shame of abandoning our Kurdish allies
A Newsweek opinion piece by CERL board member Stephen Xenakis and 2019 CERL summer intern Jesse Hamilton
The latest on the Trump impeachment proceedings
Claire Finkelstein discusses the latest development in the impeachment process and outlook with Al Jazeera
“The DOJ policy is just plain wrong…”
In this Vox article, CERL board member Jens David Ohlin, Cornell law professor, responds to the assertion that the president cannot be prosecuted
Impeachment probe intensifies
Claire Finkelstein speaks on WHYY’s Radio Times about the impeachment probe and U.S. foreign policy
“Journalist speaks about her book on the Leon Klinghoffer killing”
This article in the Jewish Exponent covers CERL’s recent book talk with Julie Salamon, author of An Innocent Bystander: The Killing of Leon Klinghoffer
CERL Advisory Council member denounces Spy Museum’s new exhibit on torture
Mark Fallon’s article appears in Just Security
How important to the impeachment inquiry is Kurt Volker?
Claire Finkelstein joins MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle and fellow panelists in a discussion about former Special Envoy Kurt Volker’s role in the impeachment inquiry
Legal implications of Trump’s phone conversation with Ukraine’s president
In this Voice of America interview, Claire Finkelstein provides legal commentary on Trump’s phone call with Ukraine’s president