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Gorbachev: Americans Have ‘Winner’s’ Disease

Staff / Truthdig Jul 13, 2006 The disease is "worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex," the former Soviet leader said in an ABC News interview. "You want an American-style democracy here [in Russia]. That will not work." Gorbachev railed against Cheney and Rumsfeld, calling them "hawks protecting the interests of the military ? shallow people." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Behind the Scenes at Gitmo

Staff / Truthdig Jun 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 )

Feds Tracking ABC News Phone Calls in Leak Hunt

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2006 A "senior law enforcement official" has told ABC News that the government, in trying to root out confidential sources, is tracking the phone numbers the news organization calls Maybe we should just start calling him George "Big Brother" Bush Update: An official acknowledges its "backtracking" of journalists' phone records . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush’s Katrina Understatement of the Year

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2006 In an ABC interview, Bush says he saw people screaming for help on TV and "realized that our government was--could have done a better job of comforting people." "Could have done a better job of comforting people"? How about "could have done a better job saving people"? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )