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New York Times Up for Grabs?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 3, 2008 There was the Jason Blair scandal, the Judith Miller WMD fiasco, the John McCain (yawn) brouhaha and the appointment of neocon "never-get-it-right" William Kristol as an Op-Ed columnist, to mention a few New York Times blunders. All that and a shareholders' assault make the Sulzbergers' lock on ownership of The New York Times seem not entirely impregnable, explains Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Case of the Missing Weapons

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2007 How exactly do some 190,000 pistols and AK-47 rifles go missing? That's the mystery the Pentagon is facing, according to the Government Accountability Office, which estimates that the U.S. military can't account for 30 percent of the arms given to Iraqi security forces to help "spread democracy" since 2004. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Firestorm Over Attack on Yale Singers

Staff / Truthdig Jan 14, 2007 Nearly two weeks after a group of San Francisco high school students assaulted the members of a Yale all-male a capella singing group -- leaving two hospitalized -- charges of homophobia, a police cover-up and local political indifference are making headway in the national news media Comprehensive coverage Cops finish questioning singers (two weeks late) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

About That Huge Air Attack? Never Mind.

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2006 The US military announced Thursday that it had launched the "largest air assault since the U-led invasion" in 2003 As it turns out, however, it was little more than a photo op According to Time magazine, "there were no airstrikes no leading insurgents were nabbed there were no shots fired at all," and U forces met no resistance Can anyone say Potemkin assault? UPDATE: The L Times is now reporting that the operation has yielded 48 arrests, including at least one major insurgent ringleader, along with seizures of weapons and training manuals. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Troops Seize Acclaimed Iraqi Journalist

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2006 Award-winning reporter was investigating alleged U.S. misappropriation of Iraqi funds; bullets fired into a bedroom containing his wife, children | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )