Staff / TruthdigMay 13, 2006
Top Bush aide Karl Rove has told the president that he will be indicted in the CIA leak case and will resign upon the public announcement of the charges, according to Truthout.
Rove may be charged with perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 13, 2006
Federal agents raided the home of the CIA's outgoing No. 3 official in connection with a corruption investigation that has already sent Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham to prison. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigMay 10, 2006
UPDATE: Michael V. Hayden, nominated by President Bush to head the CIA, is the man responsible for the most extensive attack ever on the privacy of U.S. citizens.
While head of the NSA, he oversaw the program that recorded the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans.
Want to take action? Check out StopHayden.org (includes video proof that Hayden is smugly incorrect about the privacy foundation of the Fourth Amendment). Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 10, 2006
"The Daily Show" host points out that Bush had the Exact to say about the outgoing CIA chief and the current nominee. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 9, 2006
Gen. Michael Hayden, whom Bush has tapped to lead the CIA, contracted the services of a company at the center of the Cunningham bribery scandal, reports TPM Muckraker. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 9, 2006
The spy agency's executive director, Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, is under investigation in connection with a scandal involving the Watergate hotel, hookers and poker parties. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigMay 9, 2006
"If you expect me to pass up a scandal involving poker, hookers and the Watergate building with crooked defense contractors and the No 3 guy at the CIA you expect too much". Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 7, 2006
Michael Hayden, who will probably replace outgoing CIA chief Porter Goss, told Congress in 2002 that all domestic surveillance was consistent with the FISA law--knowing full well of Bush's warrantless eavesdropping program.
The Fraud and False Statements statute (18 U.S.C. 1001) makes Hayden?s misleading statements to Congress illegal, according to a Clinton-era national security official.
See a Time article on Hayden's impending appointment. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 6, 2006
Truthdig salutes Ray McGovern, the 27-year CIA veteran who articulated the outrage of a nation by publicly and heroically challenging Donald Rumsfeld's lies about Iraqi WMD.
Click here for the full report. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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