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Armitage: Japan Must Play Larger Global Role Or Risk Being 'Passed'WASHINGTON (Nikkei)--While many of the individuals likely to take prominent positions in the administration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama understand the importance of bilateral relations with Japan, the U.S. may engage in "Japan passing" if the country does not play a more active political role in the world, warns former Deputy...
The BBC's Newsbeat has interviewed RichardArmitage about joining Spooks: Newsbeat speaks to RichardArmitage, best known as Sir Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood, about his role in the show as an agent returning to MI5 after being imprisoned in Russia. Read the interview, here .
LONDON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- British actor RichardArmitage has joined the cast of the popular U.K. spy drama series Spooks, known as MI-5 when it airs on BBC America. Armitage is best known for playing Guy of Gisborne on the adventure series Robin Hood, and for his portrayal of John Thornton in the BBC miniseries North and South. He also had a recurring role on the comedy series...
... suicide bombings carried out by Hezbollah operatives during that period, Deputy Secretary of State RichardArmitage characterized the U.S. stance toward Hezbollah in late 2002 as a “blood debt.” In the 1980s, Hezbollah was responsible for aircraft hijackings as well as kidnappings of U.S. citizens and other Westerners who were then held as hostages. In addition, Hezbollah operatives,...
... enough of Mr. Darcy …. who do YOU see as the next Mr. Knightley? Mags at Austenblog is rooting for RichardArmitage (and all the comments seem to concur!)…and I must indeed follow suit- I believe he was born for the role! Which leads me to the PBS schedule for the upcoming Masterpiece Classics …a perfect winter adventure! and Dickens wins by a long shot! [please note that this is...
... column . He said in July 2007 that the source of the leak was former Deputy Secretary of State RichardArmitage, but said that it was not meant to be a deliberate act on the part of the White House to hurt the Wilsons. In August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a district judge’s dismissal of the suit saying that it failed to establish a constitutional issue....
Former Deputy Secretary of State RichardArmitage describes - for the first time on-camera - being waterboarded during military training before he was sent to Vietnam. When producer Jones asked Mr. Armitage if he considered waterboarding to be torture, he answered, “Absolutely. No question.” He added: “There is no question in my mind - there’s no question in any reasonable human...
... (and, yeah, okay, the Editrix, too) into a genteel, ladylike tizzy? The campaign begins here: RichardArmitage must play Mr. Knightley. Yes, we know, his shooting schedule conflicts, but you’re the BBC, dagnabit. You can do anything. We cannot state strongly enough how popular a casting decision this would be in Janeiteland. We’re talking Colin Firth in the wet shirt levels of hysteria....
Hezbollah and Drug Lords: A Dangerous AllianceTraffickers are frighteningly able to help their new partners smuggle deadly weapons. In the early days of the War on Terror, back when the United States was only fighting one war, in Afghanistan, Deputy Secretary of State RichardArmitage made a : “Hezbollah may be the ‘A-Team of terrorists,’” Armitage said, referring to the Lebanese-based,...
... Assistant Secretary of Defense Joseph Nye or even former (Republican) Deputy Secretary of State RichardArmitage come immediately to mind. Former Vice President (and Nobel Laureate) Al Gore would be a particularly inspired (but probably unrealistic) choice. I appreciate the attention paid to these issues by Mr. Cossa, and obviously Obama needs good advisers in the Asia policy realm....
... Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto in 1996. It then moves to a discussion of two papers published by RichardArmitage, in 2000 and 2007. Finally, the discussion comes to the present by considering how the US/Japan alliance has evolved during the Bush administration. The second part of the show focuses on what developments might be seen in terms of trade, politics and security during...
LONDON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- British actor RichardArmitage said a scene in which his Spooks character endures waterboarding was as difficult to shoot as it is disturbing to watch. The episode of the BBC's long-running spy series, featuring the controversial interrogation technique, is slated to air Monday night. The actor said that before he allowed himself to be subjected to waterboarding...
VideoTerrorists Spook out MI5 agents Dilemmas ... SpooksBy CARA LEE THE MI5 agents question whether to negotiate with Al Qaeda in the next episode of Spooks. The team are stunned when the terrorist group’s number three wants to talk – but will it be worth the risk? Meanwhile, Lucas' (RichardArmitage) double agent status is tested by the Russians. Can he and the team keep up the bluff...
