The Dean of the Gitmo Bar

March 29, 2010 · Features, Magazine, Marc A. Thiessen

In recent weeks, controversy has erupted over demands that the Obama administration release the names of lawyers working in the Justice Department who once represented or advocated for captured al Qaeda terrorists. But amid the debate, one name has thus far mostly escaped mention: Michael Ratner.…

The Candidates' Foreign Policies

June 12, 2000 · Magazine, Marc A. Thiessen

GEORGE W. BUSH sparked the first foreign policy skirmish of the 2000 campaign with his surprise announcement that, as president, he would consider making unilateral cuts in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, coupled with deployment of a national missile defense -- whether or not other nations followed suit.