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Iraq the Disaster, Officially Speaking

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Feb 3, 2006 I do hope this is responsible criticism that aims for cures, not defeatism that refuses to acknowledge anything but failure. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

You’ve Got Jail

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 25, 2006 In case someone in the Justice Department is reading this, let me hasten to explain why I just clicked on the Victoria's Secret online catalog photo featuring a certain "Very Sexy Lace & Mesh Garter Belt." AOL made me do it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

UK Gov’t. Tries To Cover Up Its Use Of Torture-Stained Intel

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2005 As Daily Kos puts it, "The British government is trying to prevent the publication of memos which detail how information procured by torture in Uzbekistan is being used by the US and the UK." The Independent has the story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Propaganda? What Propaganda?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 13, 2005 "There is no U.S. footprint" is the proud boast of one of the Pentagon's propaganda contractors, and it prompts the questions: Why not? What are they ashamed of? One thing is that most of us in this democracy did not know we were paying for this vast official propaganda operation until we read it in Jeff Gerth's excellent investigative piece in The New York Times. A truly free press is our most valuable export, and its reputation should not be undermined by the Bushies' addiction to government propaganda. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )