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CBS Reporter: Feature Stories Can Get Us Killed in Iraq
May 29, 2006 In light of the CBS crew that was just attacked (two killed, one wounded) reporting a routine feature story in Iraq, watch CBS reporter Lara Logan speak in late March about how these kinds of attacks are tragically all too common.
CBS Crew Members Die in Baghdad Attack
May 29, 2006 Two members of a CBS News team were killed and a correspondent was critically wounded when the unit in which they were embedded was attacked. They were reporting a routine feature story.
Anti-U.S. Riots in Kabul Show Mission Unaccomplished
May 29, 2006 A traffic incident in the Afghan capital led to rumors of an American-on-Afghan massacre. Massive riots ensued. Bitter resentment of occupying U.S. forces has been laid bare. "Today has set us back 10 years," said a NATO-employed Afghani security worker.
Frist on America’s Top Priorities: Gay Marriage and Flag Burning
May 29, 2006 After Frist put these issues on Congress' fall agenda, even a Fox News host questioned whether there weren't things of more pressing importance to the country.Cheney Aide Is Screening Legislation in Seeking to Protect Bush’s Power
May 29, 2006 Dick Cheney's chief of staff, David Addington, routinely reviews legislation bound for the president's desk, searching for ways that the bills may limit presidential power. More than a quick-hit news item, this article masterly describes Bush's use of signing statements--interpretations of a law that can be used to subvert a law's intended purpose. Earlier: Addington--"The Most Powerful Person You've Never Heard Of"Witnesses: Marines Killed 24 Iraqi Civilians
May 29, 2006 The N.Y. Times pieces together an atrocity that some in Congress fear could do greater harm to America's image abroad than the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
Iraqi Girl Tells of U.S. Massacre of Civilians
May 29, 2006 A girl from Haditha describes how U soldiers killed her unarmed family members--including women and children.
Affirmative Action at the White House
May 27, 2006 Blake Gottesman, aka ?Peanut,? Bush's personal aide, is stepping down in August to attend Harvard Business School, despite the fact that he never finished college--a requirement for HBS. Did the president, who purports to be against affirmative action, pull some strings at his alma mater?Iraqi Athletes Killed for Wearing Shorts
May 27, 2006 Militants had issued a warning forbidding shorts a few days before. It's sounding more like life under the Taliban every day.Alternet’s 10 Signs of the Impending Police State
May 27, 2006 An indispensible roundup, and it's not just The War and The Spying. Alternet also points to presidential signing statements, free speech zones, the Internet clampdown, and touchscreen voting machines.
Truthdiggers of the Week: The Enron Trial Jurors
May 27, 2006 Truthdig salutes the 12 jurors who sacrificed four months of their lives to sift through the lies of former Enron chiefs Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, convicting them on 25 counts of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. Interviewed after the case, jurors were incredulous that the two former titans were unaware of the crimes at their company. "Skilling was supposed to be a hands-on individual," one juror told a newspaper. "It's hard to believe a hands-on individual wouldn't know what was going on."Death Toll Rises to 90 After Mexico Earthquake
Sep 11, 2017 President Enrique Pena Nieto says a third of the homes in the city of Juchitan are uninhabitable.
