So Much Hypocrisy So Much Hypocrisy
As Bush and his allies assail Newsweek, they continue to ignore the Downing Street memo.
May 19, 2005 / The Editors
‘Case Closed’ ‘Case Closed’
In a more just universe, the right-wingers wouldgive reporters the credit they so richly deserve.
Apr 7, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman
‘Curveball,’ the Wacko Who Turned Out to Be Our Only Source for thePresence of Bioweapon Vans in Iraq… ‘Curveball,’ the Wacko Who Turned Out to Be Our Only Source for thePresence of Bioweapon Vans in Iraq…
A poem.
Apr 7, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
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
Why They Hated Gary Webb Why They Hated Gary Webb
Few spectacles in journalism in the mid-1990s were more disgusting than the slagging of Gary Webb in the New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.
Dec 16, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
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
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
The 9/11 Secret in the CIA’s Back Pocket The 9/11 Secret in the CIA’s Back Pocket
The agency is withholding a damning report that points at senior officials.
Oct 19, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
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