Staff / TruthdigMar 17, 2006
The House just voted down an amendment that would have provided $1.25 billion for port inspections and disaster preparedness. Meanwhile, as Think Progress points out, the Bush budget contains an increase of $1.7 billion for a Star Wars-esque missile defense program--which doesn't even work.
May the Force be with us. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 10, 2006
A protester interrupts the secretary of state at a budget hearing: "The blood is on your hands and you cannot wash it away." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 9, 2006
That's according to the Wall Street Journal. Also, progressives in Congress want to divert $60 billion in defense spending to humanitarian assistance, social programs, energy conservation, homeland security and deficit reduction. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 6, 2006
The military originally said the former NFL player was killed by enemy fire, but it turned out he was shot by his fellow Rangers. Now a lawmaker is alleging a possible coverup by the Army. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 1, 2006
Vice President Cheney's indicted former chief of staff hires a Harvard memory loss expert for his defense, and hints in court filings that memory loss will be among the "central themes" of his defense. The National Review has a great follow-up on this. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 27, 2006
CBS reported in Sept. 2002 that the secretary of defense was pushing to invade Iraq barely five hours after 9/11. A blogger uses the Freedom of Information Act to publish the handwritten notes by a Defense Dept. staffer that gave rise to that story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 27, 2006
Remember that Orwellian-sounding data-mining program that was supposed to have been shut down two years ago? Turns out it's alive and functioning--just under a different name. The National Journal has the blockbuster scoop. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 17, 2006
You will be shocked, shocked to learn that Sen. Arlen Specter earmarked $50 million in defense appropriations for clients of a lobbyist married to one of the senator's staffers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 16, 2006
Apparently both he and President Bush have this power, but the VP was mum on details The disclosure, in his interview with Fox News, could lay the groundwork for a criminal defense of his former chief of staff, Scooter Libby
Read the full text of his interview here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 11, 2006
Michael "Heckuva Job" Brown departs from the shameful "we didn't know" defense regarding the breach of the levees, saying: "For them to claim that we didn't have awareness of it is just baloney." story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 24, 2006
The American interrogator sat on the general's chest and covered up his mouth--both of which were apparently approved techniques. The defense claimed that the actions did not directly cause the general's death. | storyWe can't help but suspect that much of the Arab world might come to a different conclusion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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