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Michael Burns

Burns is a doctoral student at the University of Birmingham in the UK and producer/director of the film Preventive Warriors.

Have the Preventive Warriors made us safer?

[ politics - july 04 ]

Thoughts on the National Security Strategy.

Put up or shut up

[ politics | opinion - april 04 ]

"That democracy is secondary to the demands of US foreign policy is not a benign academic observation. It's an increasingly immediate problem for the practice of democracy at home."

Pile-on

[ politics | opinion - april 04 ]

"The case of Valerie Plame is more than a historical footnote or an instance of extraordinary vindictiveness; it is a microcosm of the battle between the White House and the CIA for control of intelligence which was an open secret in the run-up to the war."