Staff / TruthdigJul 1, 2006
The political satirist reports on the president's discovery of what could be the greatest wedge issue of the 2006 midterm elections. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 1, 2006
The president's former counter-terrorism chief says the White House wants "the public to believe that it had not already occurred to every terrorist on the planet that his telephone was probably monitored and his international bank transfers subject to scrutiny." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 30, 2006
Supposed Internet experts, working off $7 million in public money, reported to the Pentagon and to Congress that terrorists are retooling American video games for use as recruitment tools Problem is, it wasn't the terrorists who did the retooling; it was American fans--something a 10-year-old could have discovered by using Google(more)
. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 30, 2006
ABC News gets an extremely rare (maybe unprecedented) look at the inside of Guantanamo Bay. Watch it.
The head interrogator denies all use of torture, and even refers to his interrogations as "custodial interviews."
The room pictured above--which has a plush lazy chair--is supposedly one of the interrogation rooms.
This sugar-coated look at Gitmo feels sort of like the tours of North Korea that Westerners sometimes get. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 30, 2006
A huge billboard bearing harsh public service ads like these greet motorists entering Montana. They're part of a massive anti-meth campaign funded by software billionaire Thomas Siebel to combat a drug that's ravaging the country's rural and gay communities (and is making headway elsewhere). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 30, 2006
Iraq's national security advisor won't publicly disclose the burial place of the slain terrorist leader.
A man claiming to be Bin Laden said in a new tape that "What scares you after the death of Zarqawi is your knowledge that, left alone, Muslims will give Zarqawi a huge funeral, which shows the sympathy of the Muslims with their sons of holy warriors." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 30, 2006
The ACLU has filed Freedom of Information Act requests to get details on the possible use of "brain scanning" technology during terrorist interrogations by the U.S. government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 30, 2006
The newspaper originally reported that AT&T, BellSouth and Verizon have been providing phone call data to the NSA. But now USA Today says it can't confirm that either BellSouth or Verizon provided the data. (AT&T definitely appears to have done so.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 30, 2006
The accused soldiers belong to the same platoon that recently saw two of its members abducted, tortured and beheaded by Iraqi. It is unclear whether there is any connection between the killings. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 30, 2006
Colbert sums up the N.Y. Times bank records issue. This clip also contains the not-to-be-missed zinger about Brit Hume and Superman. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 30, 2006
On "The Daily Show," Al Gore says he is giving away 100% of the profits of his book and movie to causes related to global warming But Jon Stewart has a better idea
. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Christopher Sherman / APSep 11, 2017
President Enrique Pena Nieto says a third of the homes in the city of Juchitan are uninhabitable. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Eric Tucker / APAug 25, 2017
Arpaio and Trump both questioned the authenticity of Obama’s birth certificate and share hard-line views on immigration. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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