11. “pursuant to the treaty’s Article 82”: Donald Rumsfeld, “Why the U.N. Shouldn’t Own the Seas,” http://online.wsj.com/home-page, June 12, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303768104577460890850883780.html.
12. “Over time”: Ibid.
13. “This [treaty] would”: Ibid.
14. “these sizable”: Ibid.
15. “peoples who have”: UNCLOS Part XI, Section 2, UN.org, http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part11-2.htm.
16. “Has more than”: Dambisa Moyo, Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009), Introduction.
17. “In fact”: Ibid.
18. “a kind of curse”: Ibid.
19. “nations with mining”: Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator John Cornyn, “The Law of the Sea treaty will sink America’s economy,” Foxnews.com, May 23, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/23/law-sea-treaty-will-sink-america-economy/.
20. “in other words”: Ibid.
21. “if the enterprise”: Law of the Sea Treaty, Un.org, http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/agreement_part_xi/agreement_part_xi.htm.
22. “the Enterprise”: Doug Bandow, “Cato Institute Foreign Policy Briefing No. 32: Faulty Repairs: The Law of the Sea Treaty is Still Unacceptable,” Cato.org, September 12, 1994, http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/fpb032.pdf.
23. “take measures”: Ibid.
24. “as yet undetermined”: Ibid.
25. “if any”: Ibid.
26. “who would do”: Ibid.
27. “all the more”: Ibid.
28. “nations cannot”: Ibid.
29. “why risk sacrificing”: Edwin Meese III, “Still lost on the Law of the Sea Treaty,” http://www.latimes.com/, June 5, 2012, http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-meese-law-of-the-sea-20120605,0,6473043.story.
30. “based in ideology”: Matt Cover, “Hillary Clinton: Opposition to Sea Treaty Based on ‘Mythology,’” cnsnews.com, May 23, 2012, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/hillary-clinton-opposition-sea-treaty-based-mythology.
31. “of course”: Nicole Gaouette, “Clinton Hits ‘Black Helicopters’ Crowd To Push Sea Treaty,” Bloomberg.com, May 24, 2012, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-24/clinton-hits-black-helicopters-crowd-to-push-sea-treaty.html.
32. “proponents say”: Senator Jim Inhofe, Senator Roger Wicker, and Senator Jeff Sessions, “Law of the Sea would usurp U.S. Navy’s authority,” politico.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76627_Page2.html.
33. “offering a new”: Wayne Ma and James Hookway, “Vietnam Spars With China Over Oil Plans,” wsj.com, June 27, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303649504577491823837421842.html.
34. “China, a LOST”: Peter Brookes, “A pathetic pact for safety on the seas,” nypost.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/pathetic_pact_for_safety_on_the_JRYvyyY47FPjx0pJOjzI0K.
35. “although Beijing ratified”: Gordon G. Chang, “Should the US Ratify the UN Sea Treaty Because of China?,” worldaffairsjournal.org, May 21, 2012, http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/gordon-g-chang/should-us-ratify-un-sea-treaty-because-china.
36. “supposedly need to”: Peter Brookes, “A pathetic pact for safety on the seas,” nypost.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/pathetic_pact_for_safety_on_the_JRYvyyY47FPjx0pJOjzI0K.
37. it is a lot: Frank Gaffney, “Common Sense on LOST,” townhall.com, June 5, 2012, http://townhall.com/columnists/frankgaffney/2012/06/05/common_sense_on_lost/page/full/.
38. “by moving off”: Gordon G. Chang, “Should the US Ratify the UN Sea Treaty Because of China?,” worldaffairsjournal.org, May 21, 2012, http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/gordon-g-chang/should-us-ratify-un-sea-treaty-because-china.
39. “This is simply”: Frank Gaffney, “Law of the Sea Treaty Is Wrong for US,” newsmax.com, June 5, 2012, http://www.newsmax.com/FrankGaffney/Law-Sea-Treaty-Senate/2012/06/05/id/441292.
40. “In fact”: Ibid.
41. “codifies navigational rights”: Senator Jim Inhofe, Senator Roger Wicker, and Senator Jeff Sessions, “Hillary Tries To Neuter US Navy,” foxnews.com, May 23, 2012, http://nation.foxnews.com/us-navy/2012/05/23/hillary-tries-neuter-us-navy.
42. “The most persuasive”: Donald Rumsfeld, “Why the U.N. Shouldn’t Own the Seas,” http://online.wsj.com/home-page, June 12, 2012 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303768104577460890850883780.html.
43. “ceding any authority”: Senator Jim Inhofe, Senator Roger Wicker, and Senator Jeff Sessions, “Law of the Sea would usurp U.S. Navy’s authority,” politico.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76627_Page2.html.
44. “some fear the Navy”: Ibid.
45. “could it be that”: Ibid.
46. “outsourcing national security”: Peter Brookes, “A pathetic pact for safety on the seas,” nypost.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/pathetic_pact_for_safety_on_the_JRYvyyY47FPjx0pJOjzI0K.
47. “Does failure to ratify”: Edwin Meese III, “Still lost on the Law of the Sea Treaty,” http://www.latimes.com/, June 5, 2012, http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-meese-law-of-the-sea-20120605,0,6473043.story.
48. “Our ability to”: Ibid.
49. “States shall adopt”: David A. Ridenour, “Ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty: A Not-So-Innocent Passage,” nationalcenter.org, August 2006, http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA542LawoftheSeaTreaty.html.