Brzezinski Flunks Bush

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2007 Be glad Zbigniew Brzezinski, historian and national security adviser under Jimmy Carter, isn't sizing up your job performance -- the man just does not give out A's. Brzezinski dropped in at "Late Edition" on Sunday and graded Bill Clinton and both Bushes on their international relations skills, slapping George W. Bush with an F. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Plame Takes the Stand

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2007 Former CIA operative Valerie Plame ripped into the Bush administration Friday for blowing her cover by leaking her identity to the press in 2003. Plame told Congress in her first public testimony that her name and identity were "carelessly and recklessly abused by senior officials in the White House and State Department," pointing out the "terrible irony" of the circumstances surrounding her outing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Puts Heat on Gonzales

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2007 If Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales wasn't concerned about job security before, now may be the time for him to start worrying. President Bush gave Gonzales a public dressing-down Wednesday about his role in the recent spate of U.S. attorney firings, adding more weight to the speculation that his days on the job may be numbered. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney Chides Rivals for ‘Undermining’ Troops

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2007 Vice President Dick Cheney let fly with some harsh words Monday for members of Congress who oppose the Bush administration's plan to splash out billions more on the Iraq war and who dare to support bringing the troops home soon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush, God Still Tight

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2007 The San Francisco Chronicle's Andrew S. Ross rounds up some first-hand accounts of last week's White House luncheon, at which President Bush and a gaggle of conservative guests discussed the lessons of history, the Iraq war and the Almighty. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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A Coalition of the Unwilling

Sarah Stillman / Truthdig Mar 7, 2007 While America is still begrudgingly coming to terms with the climate crisis, British politicians, scientists and newspapers have been shouting from the rooftops for years. So why is the U.S. so far behind its closest ally? Truthdig foreign correspondent Sarah Stillman spoke with more than 20 experts to find out. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Plame Ready for Close-Up

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2007 Variety reported Friday that Warner Bros. has bought the "life rights" (a somewhat alarming term) of former CIA agent Valerie Plame and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, and plans to make a movie about their lives. In addition to using secondhand accounts of Plame's outing by big players in the Bush administration, WB scribes may pull from her memoir, "if the CIA permits her to publish it." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Learn Yiddish With George and Laura

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2007 Modeled after children's learning books, this animation takes an hysterical look at the lives of the Bush family. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S.A. Lockup

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The Next Must-See Documentary

Staff / Truthdig Jul 7, 2006 Check out the new movie that The New York Times calls "a prosecutorial examination of the role of oil companies, the automobile industry and the Bush administration (them again) in stymieing the development of emission-free electric vehicles." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: Bush More Right Than Wrong on Immigration

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 17, 2006 "It is good news that the public is finally hip to Bush's con, yet it is worrisome when surprisingly sensible proposals by the president on immigration are automatically rejected because of the source." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: Top Spys Story on Prewar Intel Is Finally Told

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 26, 2006 A jaded media ignores CBS' well-documented revelation that the CIA clearly informed Bush that Saddam Hussein had no WMD program. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )