Paying More and Dying Sooner

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Nov 13, 2007 Not only are Rudy Giuliani's figures about prostate cancer survival rates in the United States and Britain wildly misleading, but he's also wrong on his general point: that a single-payer system, of the kind that Republicans call "socialized" medicine, inevitably would deliver inferior care. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bush Stands by Musharraf

Staff / Truthdig Nov 11, 2007 As Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf faces an ongoing crisis in his volatile country, President Bush and members of his inner circle are signaling their overall support of Musharraf while criticizing some of his choices in recent days. Meanwhile, Musharraf's apparent alliance with Benazir Bhutto has sparked concern among those skeptical of her motives and leadership abilities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Source of Faulty Iraq Weapons Claims Revealed

Staff / Truthdig Nov 4, 2007 Meet Rafid Ahmed Alwan, otherwise known as "Curve Ball" in intelligence circles. He's an Iraqi defector who apparently won himself a green card with his fabricated claims about Saddam Hussein's regime harboring biological weapons, which became the CIA's (and Colin Powell's) key justification for the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush’s Holy War

Staff / Truthdig Sep 16, 2007 In this thought-provoking opinion piece from the UK's Daily Mail newspaper, writer Correlli Barnett points out how, in waging his own brand of holy war, Bush (and, by extension, former British PM Tony Blair) failed to comprehend crucial lessons about war that historical examples have repeatedly borne out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Intelligence Chief Gets His Facts Mixed Up

Staff / Truthdig Sep 14, 2007 After German authorities foiled a terror plot earlier this month, U.S. National Intelligence Director J. Michael McConnell was all to eager to give credit to recently revised FISA rules, arguing, in effect, that potential civil liberty violations helped save American lives. Woops. It turns out that much of the information used by the Germans was obtained under the old FISA law, which McConnell continues to claim wasn't effective enough. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cruise Not Willkommen in Germany

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2007 The German government has long been aggressive in its stance against the Church of Scientology, and it has thrown down the gauntlet once again by banning the filming of a Tom Cruise movie because of the American's religious affiliation. Cruise will play a German military officer who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Germany Issues Warrants for CIA Agents

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2007 Germany has issued arrest warrants for 13 suspected CIA agents for their roles in the "extraordinary rendition" of Khaled al-Masri. Meanwhile, as public outrage in Europe over the abduction and torture of terror suspects grows more intense, court proceedings in Italy could lead to the indictment of 25 alleged CIA agents. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

German Government Abandoned Citizen at Gitmo

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2007 Germans are outraged over the emergence of documents that suggest a government official allowed an innocent German citizen to remain in Guantanamo for years after the United States offered to repatriate him. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Holocaust Archive Tells a Fuller Story

Staff / Truthdig Nov 19, 2006 The International Tracing Service, an arm of the Red Cross that houses 16 miles of floor-to-ceiling files related to the Holocaust, is slowly granting access after half a century of silence. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Wal-Mart Can’t Hack it in Japan

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2006 The retail giant has met its match in the Japanese consumer: Seiyu, Wal-Mart's Japanese division, has posted $465 million in losses for the first half of 2006. It's not looking good overseas for the shopping mecca?German and South Korean divisions were shut down earlier this year after poor performance. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Groper in Chief?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 18, 2006 At the G8 summit, President Bush gave German Chancellor Angela Merkel an unsolicited back massage, which an obviously uncomfortable Merkel quickly shrugged off (h/t: Crooks and Liars) Video (much more after the jump). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Will Racism Bring Violence to World Cup?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2006 Soccer fans mocked with monkey noises and spit on Nigerian forward Adebowale Ogungbure as he left a soccer field in Germany in late March. It sounds like a story from another decade, but this type of violent racism might just destroy this year's World Cup. The NYT offers a must-read piece about the recent surge in racist sentiment among European soccer fans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )