Watching What You Say Watching What You Say
How are AT&T, Sprint, MCI and other telecommunications giants cooperating with the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program?
May 11, 2006 / Feature / Tim Shorrock
The Bada Bing Club The Bada Bing Club
In a must-read Chigago Tribune op-ed, GWU law professor Jonathan Turley makes the striking but often ignored point that the Bush Administration has a penchant for hiring those who...
May 11, 2006 / The Nation
Mary vs. Kerry Mary vs. Kerry
The election is history, but the war between a Cheney (Mary) and a Kerry (John) lives on. In her new memoir, Now It's My Turn, Cheney's lesbian daughter calls Kerry a "son of a b...
May 10, 2006 / The Nation
FEMA Braces for Another Storm FEMA Braces for Another Storm
With hurricane season approaching and another Bush crony at the helm of FEMA, a few restive lawmakers are seeking real reform for the storm-tossed agency. Whether they will succeed...
May 10, 2006 / Feature / Bryan Farrell
Byrd Is Soaring Byrd Is Soaring
U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, ardent critic of President Bush's decision to go to war with Iraq, outspoken opponent of the administration's domestic-spying program and chief Congressi...
May 10, 2006 / The Nation
Shying from Spying Shying from Spying
Democrats are out for the kill. Republicans are on the defensive. Right? Not exactly. When it comes to national security, many Democrats are still pulling their punches, even wit...
May 10, 2006 / The Nation
The Spook in Your Phone The Spook in Your Phone
Gen. Michael Hayden, nominated by President Bush to head the CIA, is the man responsible for the most extensive attack ever on the privacy of US citizens.
May 10, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Will Civilians Control the Military? Will Civilians Control the Military?
President Bush's nomination of Air Force General Michael V. Hayden to direct the Central Intelligence Agency has opened a debate over whether the most fundamental principles of th...
May 9, 2006 / John Nichols
Defending the Constitution Defending the Constitution
Earlier this week I wrote about the constitutional crisis we currently face as a result of George Bush's abuse, overreach and lawlessness. (A recent article in the Boston Globe d...
May 9, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fighting Back in South Dakota Fighting Back in South Dakota
Early last month, I highlighted an appeal to support progressive South Dakota State Senate candidate Charon Asetoyer. The Executive Director of the Native Women's Health Educatio...
May 9, 2006 / Peter Rothberg