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Big Trouble in Little North Dakota

With 18 million Americans unemployed, thousands from across the country are flocking to North Dakota amid an oil boom there. The state now produces more oil than many members of OPEC and could soon make America the world’s top oil producer.

Posted on May 14, 2012 READ MORE  |  5 COMMENTS


Rumsfeld's WMDs

Rumsfeld Lies About WMD Statement

The secretary of defense tries to rewrite history regarding his claim about “suspect sites” of Iraqi WMD.
This is the same thing that Ray McGovern nailed him on earlier in May.

Posted on May 26, 2006 READ MORE  |  5 COMMENTS


Jon Stewart and Ray McGovern

Jon Stewart Rips Into Rumsfeld’s Lies

“The Daily Show” host does to Rumsfeld exactly what CIA veteran Ray McGovern did last week: throw Rumsfeld’s lies back in his face.

Posted on May 10, 2006 READ MORE  |  8 COMMENTS


Ray McGovern
From Mother Jones

McGovern: Rumsfeld Drama Evoked Soviet Era

Ray McGovern, the CIA veteran who publicly challenged Donald Rumsfeld last week, tells Buzz Flash in an in-depth interview that the canned applause that accompanied Rumsfeld’s lies reminded McGovern of Cold War-era Russia.

Posted on May 10, 2006 READ MORE  |  5 COMMENTS


Olbermann shows McGovern_Rumsfeld confrontation

Olbermann Highlights McGovern, Rumsfeld

Keith Olbermann presents the uncut version of CIA veteran Ray McGovern’s confrontation with Donald Rumsfeld. The MSNBC host uses Rumsfeld’s own words to throw his lies back in his face—with the help of Newsweek writer Richard Wolffe.

Posted on May 7, 2006 READ MORE  |  8 COMMENTS


Coverage of Rumsfeld Speech Incident Has a Gap

While almost all media organizations reported that CIA veteran Ray McGovern publicly clashed with Rumsfeld, most labeled him a “heckler” or a “hostile war critic.” Few bothered to mention that McGovern was indisputably correct: Rumsfeld’s 2003 comments on Iraqi WMD were flat-out false.

Posted on May 5, 2006 READ MORE  |  1 COMMENT


Ray McGovern with Paula Zahn
From crooksandliars.com

Rumsfeld’s CIA Critic Swats Away Paula Zahn

Ray McGovern, the retired CIA veteran who sharply challenged Rumsfeld’s war rationales, angrily swatted away CNN’s Paula Zahn’s questions about McGovern’s motives. This was “not a matter of axes to grind. It?s a matter of telling the truth.”

Posted on May 5, 2006 READ MORE  |  8 COMMENTS


Rumsfeld grilled

Former CIA Agent Calls Rumsfeld Out on Iraq Lies

The secretary of defense was unable to defend himself when a 27-year CIA veteran confronted him with a false claim Rumsfeld made in 2003 about Iraqi WMDs. Stunning.

Posted on May 4, 2006 READ MORE


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