Tim Spicer’s World Tim Spicer’s World
Why was a notorious mercenary awarded a $293 million Pentagon contract?
Dec 29, 2004 / Feature / Andrew Ackerman
Flawed Intelligence Bill Flawed Intelligence Bill
The debate held before Congress voted to reorganize the nation's intelligence agencies under the authority of an all-powerful intelligence czar was generally portrayed as a simpl...
Dec 16, 2004 / John Nichols
Kerik’s ‘Nannygate’ Was the Least of It Kerik’s ‘Nannygate’ Was the Least of It
NYC's media have been looking into allegations of far more consequential transgressions.
Dec 14, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Politicize the CIA? You’ve Got to Be Kidding! Politicize the CIA? You’ve Got to Be Kidding!
No alien penetration or treachery of double agents has ever done nearly as much damage to the CIA as the infighting consequent upon the arrival of each new director, charged by h...
Dec 2, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Destabilizing the CIA Destabilizing the CIA
In Washington, it's hardly without precedent for a presidential appointee to swear one thing before a Senate confirmation committee and then, once ensconced in the sought-after p...
Nov 24, 2004 / Jason Vest
Freeze-Out of the Arabists Freeze-Out of the Arabists
Neocons isolate State Department experts, with disastrous results.
Oct 14, 2004 / Feature / Stephen Glain
Agents of Influence Agents of Influence
Did Ariel Sharon, the Prime Minister of Israel, run a covert program with operatives in high-level US government positions to influence the Bush Administration's decision to go t...
Sep 16, 2004 / Bob Dreyfuss
Dangerous Liaisons Dangerous Liaisons
Conspiracy theories are hard to kill.
Sep 9, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Robert Baer
A White House Response To the 9/11 Commission’s Finding That Iran Had More Contact With the Hijackers Than Iraq Did A White House Response To the 9/11 Commission’s Finding That Iran Had More Contact With the Hijackers Than Iraq Did
The little error that we may have made In picking out a country to invade Was understandable. The names, of course, Are close, and when you make a show of force
Jul 29, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin