Lehman Brothers: We Let Them Get Away With It

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2012 "60 Minutes" digs into the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and more specifically the government's decision not to prosecute the managers of the failed investment bank or its accounting firm. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

My Quarter Century With Mike Wallace

Barry Lando / Truthdig Apr 10, 2012 Mike was part reporter, part actor playing reporter. He had a flair for the dramatic, the ability to achieve almost instant rapport with interviewees no matter their wealth, achievement or background. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Video Memories of Mike Wallace

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2012 We should all be so lucky to live to 93, luckier still to have a career like that of Mike Wallace, who died peacefully Saturday night after roughly six decades on television. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran, the U.S. and Israel: Blind Man’s Bluff

Barry Lando / Truthdig Jan 17, 2012 A lot of people with important-sounding titles pontificate on what lies ahead, but whom are they kidding? It’s like we’re watching kids playing around with vials of highly volatile chemicals.In a perilous spiral of assassinations, threats and counterthreats, leaders in Washington, Jerusalem and Tehran keep ratcheting up the tension. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: Two Mortgage Meltdown Whistle-Blowers

Staff / Truthdig Dec 10, 2011 It's all too rare that a mainstream news network goes after just the sort of financial heavy hitters that tend to have ties to their own corporate sponsors, but thankfully, that's what CBS News' "60 Minutes" did last weekend with the help of two principled mortgage specialists. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

’60 Minutes’ Shames Justice Dept. Over Wall Street

Staff / Truthdig Dec 5, 2011 "60 Minutes" got tired of waiting for the Justice Department to prosecute the big banks that caused the financial crisis, so Steve Kroft and his producers went out and built their own cases. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Former FBI Interrogator Tells ’60 Minutes’ About Emergence of Torture Tactics

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2011 Little is publicly known about the security investigations that followed the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but a recent "60 Minutes" interview with a former FBI agent shed some light on what had been going on behind the scenes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lance Armstrong Inquisition Is a Waste

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig May 27, 2011 If prosecutors are sitting around with nothing to do, why don't they go after the remorseless profiteers who nearly wrecked the global financial system? Why not shut down a human trafficking ring or two? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Hard Times and Homeless Kids

Staff / Truthdig Mar 11, 2011 With the number of kids living below the poverty line closing in on 25 percent, homelessness and hunger are becoming normal for American children, as illustrated by this "60 Minutes" report. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Will the Egyptian Revolution Also Devour Its Young?

Barry Lando / Truthdig Feb 18, 2011 Egypt in February 2011 is not Iran in January 1979, yet I am reminded of the fate of Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, once Iran’s foreign minister, ultimately destroyed by the man and movement he devoted his life to bring to power.I am reminded of the fate of Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, once Iran’s foreign minister, ultimately destroyed by the man and movement he devoted his life to bring to power. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Sen. Scott Brown Tells All

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2011 Is it just us, or does the publication of a revealing memoir, including details of childhood molestation and abuse, by a first-term senator herald yet another sea change in the game of political publicity? Of course, Sen Scott Brown of Massachusetts isn't just any new arrival . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )