Politics

Report: Plame Was Working on Iran When Outed

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2006 Remember Valerie Plame Wilson? Well, she was apparently working on Iran when she was outed as a CIA agent by Robert Novak, and the outing allegedly damaged America's ability to track Iran's nuclear ambitions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Secret Service Will Turn Over Abramoff Visit Logs

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2006 The logs will show how often the convicted lobbyist met with Bush administration officials--and with whom he met. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Mission Accomplished’ by the Numbers

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2006 Check out the number of troops killed, the money spent and the rate of insurgent attacks exactly three years after Bush's famous "Mission Accomplished" speech on the USS Abraham Lincoln. Update: Media Matters reminds us of the media's fawning coverage of Bush that day. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rush Limbaugh Arrested on Prescription Drug Charges

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2006 The radio talk show host has been arrested for concealing information in order to obtain prescription drugs. He turned himself in to Palm Beach County, Fla., authorities and was released on $3,000 bail. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Joe Conason: Washington Leaking: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Joe Conason / Truthdig Apr 29, 2006 Determining which leaks are bad and which are good can be a murky process. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

House Members To Sue Bush Over Budget Bill

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2006 The president signed a bill that didn't pass both the House and the Senate, and "anyone who has passed the sixth grade knows that before a bill can become law, both houses of Congress must approve it," says Rep. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ari Fleischer: White House Press Briefing Is ‘a TV Show’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2006 Bush's first spokesman describes how the televised briefings we see on TV have much more to do with preening and posturing than serious Q & A. We think the administration needs more public grilling, not less, but it's worth hearing his argument. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Conservatives Kill Proposal to Scan All Shipping Containers

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2006 If you need more proof that right-wing lawmakers care a helluva lot more about their ties to industry than about safeguarding the country, read this post. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Earth Shifts a Tad at Ground Zero

Blair Golson / Truthdig Apr 26, 2006 New York State officials complete a deal with World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein that will break the development logjam that has plagued the site for almost five years. Why Gov. Pataki didn't invoke eminent domain here a long time ago is a mystery to us. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ned Lamont, Insurgent

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2006 The political neophyte at the center of the country's most-watched Senate primary race says it's the mainstream media that trivialize campaigns, while the blogs dig into issues Read the exclusive Truthdig interview. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ned Lamont: The Truthdig Interview

Blair Golson / Truthdig Apr 26, 2006 The wealthy cable entrepreneur and darling of the progressive blogosphere discusses his antiwar primary challenge against Connecticut's pro-war Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman. "The state party brass, they don't like primaries. Competition is a little unsettling to them." Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

What Would Jack Bauer Really Do?

Adam Elkus / Truthdig Apr 26, 2006 In championing ?24,? Pat Buchanan and Bush administration apologists oversimplify a complex depiction of counter-terrorism and also use an idealized fictional violence to justify real-world abuses of the law and authority. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )