Colbert to Suskind: We Need a ‘Zero Percent Doctrine’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 14, 2006 Stephen Colbert tells author Ron Suskind that Vice President Cheney's so-called "One Percent Doctrine"--whereby a one percent chance of terrorists obtaining WMDs must be treated as a certainty--is "soft on terror." Colbert: "One percent? Shouldn't it be a zero percent doctrine? I mean even if there's no chance that someone's a threat to the United States, and they just look at us funny, shouldn't we just--[beats a fist into his palm]--tag 'em?" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sullivan: Bush Channeled Tony Soprano on Torture

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2006 Bush and Rumsfeld gave the go-ahead to CIA interrogators to threaten the family of Al Qaeda leader Khalid Sheik Muhammed if he did not talk, according to Ron Suskind in his new book, "The One Percent Doctrine." Former Bush defender Andrew Sullivan says the green light made Bush "the moral equivalent of a mafia boss." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Ron Suskind

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2006 Truthdig salutes Ron Suskind, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer whose most recent book, "The One Percent Doctrine," stripped down Vice President Dick Cheney's counter-terrorism philosophy to its Strangelovian essence: If there is a 1% chance of a terrorist attack, America must respond as though it is a 100% certainty. Click here for disclosures from the book, Suskind TV appearances, links to other writings and biographical information. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Suskind: Western Union Gave Transfer Info to Feds

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2006 In the wake of 9/11, the parent company of Western Union gave the FBI information on financial transactions and wire transfers, Ron Suskind charges in his new book, "The One Percent Doctrine." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ron Suskind: U.S. Deliberately Bombed Al Jazeera

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2006 The author of the controversial new book "The One Percent Solution" charges in a TV interview that American forces purposely bombed the Arabic-language TV station in Kabul, Afghanistan, to "send a message." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Book Blows Lid on America’s Torture and Interrogation

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2006 In his new book, ?The One Percent Doctrine,? Ron Suskind details how America's torture of a mentally ill prisoner led the White House to pursue false leads in the war on terror. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )