10) Last But Not Least, Accountability.
"I think the construction of such a memorial [should come] when a process of transitional justice, and at least accountability for the crimes of the past three years, is underway," said Dr. H.A. Hellyer, a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution in D.C. and an associate fellow at London's Royal United Services Institute.
PAGE A30 AT LEAST SOME ACCOUNTABILITY American forces in Iraq have relied far too heavily on private security contractors operating with no real legal accountability.
But in their remarks today, they appeared to rule out at least some accountability questions raised in the wake of the attack.
"Experience in financial regulation, in government and in life in general suggests that collective responsibility means no responsibility, or at least no accountability," Mr. Summers said.
The Democrat who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee, John Rockefeller of West Virginia, led the way in killing amendments that would have strengthened requirements for warrants and raised the possibility of at least some accountability for past wrongdoing.
Since 2001 there has been a Budapest convention on cybercrime, but what is required is something much more ambitious: something that keeps the sixth domain from complete anarchy, and within the grasp of a few states where there is at least some accountability and the prospect of diplomatic accommodation.
"At Least Some Accountability" (editorial, Dec. 3) says of the status of forces agreement that revokes immunity for private security contractors: "Companies warn that the agreement will make it much harder for them to hire Americans and others to provide security in Iraq.
"Instead, we have this plan B, of collaboration, which raises fundamental questions, not least of accountability.
You can't demand runs, but you can at least demand accountability in terms of intensity and effort".
Though, elsewhere in the report, the committee points out it can be a challenge for humans to understand decisions made by some AI technologies — going on to suggest it may be necessary to refrain from using certain AI techniques for certain types of use-cases, at least until algorithmic accountability can be guaranteed.
