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  TODAY, MADELEINE ALBRIGHT   is remembered by few outside the U.S. elite. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright holds a briefing on Israel in Washington, D.C But Albright, who died Wednesday at the age of 84, was a leading figure in “liberal internationalism,” a foreign policy school associated with President Woodrow Wilson and his dream of “making the world safe for democracy.” She played a central role in America’s foreign policy in the 1990s — first as a United Nations ambassador and then as secretary of state under President Bill Clinton. That period of history, and its consequences for the war on terror, can’t be understood without understanding her actions. In particular, Albright spearheaded Clinton’s disastrous stance toward Iraq. Albright’s approach was both vicious in its own right and helped lay the foundation for the 2003 Iraq War. Read More :  https://theintercept.com/2022/03/25/madeleine-albright-dead-iraq-war-herbalife/

  A Pastor’s Legal Fight Against CBP Exposes a Reckless Surveillance Operation The Sun Was  beginning to set as Kaji Dousa neared the border. It was two days into 2019, and the line she was about to cross separating San Diego and Tijuana was the site of a politicized battle over the arrival of thousands of asylum-seekers playing out on televisions screens around the world. Dousa, a prominent New York City pastor, was more than a month into her latest round of border ministry, providing religious services to mostly Central American families whom the president had cast as a national security threat and federal agents had tear-gassed the previous day. The Rev. Kaji Dousa poses for a portrait inside the Park Avenue Christian Church, where she is senior pastor, in New York City  The work was tiring enough, but as Dousa made her way through the sprawling San Ysidro port of entry, a bundle of nerves sharpened her discomfort. It was her first time crossing back from Mexico alone...