White House Opens Efforts Against Media Leaks

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2006 Bush & Co have launched FBI probes, polygraph investigations and warnings from the Justice Dept to stem leaks of classified (and non-classified) information to reporters Imagine if Bush were to spend an equal amount of time addressing the problems surfaced via the leaks Of course he never would do that, but perhaps he could ask Karl Rove what kind of information he has leaked . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Former U.S. Spy Chief: White House Misused Intel

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2006 The former CIA official who coordinated America's intelligence in the Middle East accused the Bush administration of misusing prewar intelligence to hype the Iraq threat. | storyThis is a big deal: it's the same unnerving story we heard firsthand from Richard Clarke when he left the White House. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ex-CIA Chief Blasts Bush on Iraq Intel

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2006 America's former top spy for the Middle East accuses the White House of "cherry-picking information" to justify a decision it had already made to go to war. | storyWho wants to bet on how long it will take the CIA to start swift-boating this guy? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Top Counter-Terrorism Official Removed Amid Turmoil at the CIA

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2006 The departure "comes at a time when the agency is bleeding top talent, robbing the CIA of institutional memory and damaging morale among case officers and analysts." | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blast From the Spying Past

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2006 Newly released documents from the Ford administration show that it, too, tried to eavesdrop without warrants. | storyAnd in an "apple doesn't fall far from the tree" moment, then-CIA Director George H.W. Bush "complained that some major communications companies were unwilling to install government wiretaps without a judge's approval," according to the article. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Libby Trial Delayed Until 2007

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2006 How convenient: Scooter's day in court gets pushed off until after the midterm congressional elections because one of his lawyers has a "scheduling conflict." | storyUPDATE: New documents shed more light on Libby's perfidies. | report Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney Denies Knowing Bush

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Jan 28, 2006 Jack Abramoff? Sorry, never knew the guy Oh yeah, and while we're on the topic of bad guys, I don't know that Bush character either Photos? What photos?. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Swiss Investigator Says U.S. ‘Outsourced’ Torture

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2006 The charge comes from the head of a European probe into alleged secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pakistan Condemns ‘Zawahiri’ Strike

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2006 A purported CIA airstrike aimed at the top Al Qaeda deputy turns out to be another screw-up; 17 reported dead. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

European MP’s Will Probe CIA Jails Claim

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2006 A committee will investigate whether the CIA operated secret prisons in Eastern Europe. | storyAlso, documents show that the U.S. Army may have ended some detainee abuse probes prematurely. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Torture

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 4, 2005 Condi Rice is so tired of Old Europe and its human rights complaints. Big deal, so the CIA is using Soviet era torture camps in Eastern Europe to stash "war on terror" prisoners. Don't those fusspots in the EU understand that our use of torture is fundamentally different because we are the good guys and that Eastern Europe has been liberated? That outmoded European slogan of "friends don't let friends use torture" is so over. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )