Politics

CBS Reporter: Feature Stories Can Get Us Killed in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Frist on America’s Top Priorities: Gay Marriage and Flag Burning

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney Aide Is Screening Legislation in Seeking to Protect Bush’s Power

Staff / Truthdig 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" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraqi Girl Tells of U.S. Massacre of Civilians

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2006 A girl from Haditha describes how U soldiers killed her unarmed family members--including women and children. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Affirmative Action at the White House

Staff / Truthdig 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? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Alternet’s 10 Signs of the Impending Police State

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Andy Borowitz: Gore Could Cause ‘Global Boring’

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig May 27, 2006 The political satirist reports: "The election of former Vice President Al Gore to the White House could result in a disastrous phenomenon called 'global boring,' in which millions of people around the world would fall asleep in an unprecedented narcoleptic pandemic." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Enron Story Everyone Is Missing: The Bush-Ken Lay Connection

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2006 Former Enron Chief Ken Lay may stand convicted, but as Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer has been writing for years, no accounting of the Enron scandal will be complete until we have full disclosure of Lay's entanglements with the White House. Check out this classic Scheer column: "Enron is Whitewater in spades. This isn't just some rinky-dink land investment like the one dredged up by right-wing enemies to haunt the Clinton White House--but rather it has the makings of the greatest presidential scandal since the Teapot Dome." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Rumsfeld Lies About WMD Statement

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2006 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hayden Confirmed as CIA Director

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2006 History will surely boggle at this one: The architect of the NSA's domestic spying program has been made the head of the CIA. And the vote was 78-15. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Net Neutrality Gets Boost From House Panel

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2006 The panel recommended a version of the Net neutrality bill that would bar telecom companies from charging premium fees for Web companies that sell video and other content. This is far from a full victory, but it's a step in that direction. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Former Intel Officer: U.S. ‘Trying to Create an Iraq That American Voters Will Ignore’

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2006 A former Dept of Defense staffer says that the US, in building megabases in Iraq, has all but given up on policing the country, and will send its troops out only to quell large riots "The overarching U strategy is to avoid the kind of big eruptions that get media attention" . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )