Bush: Spy Program Isn’t ‘Mining’ Private Info

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2006 "We're not mining or trolling though the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans,'' Bush says, without directly addressing the NSA program reported in USA Today. Meanwhile, GOP Sen. Arlen Specter demands that phone company executives testify before Congress about the data they provided to the NSA. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

David Shuster Dissects the Spin on Leakgate

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2006 Watch for the classic video clips of Bush claiming that he didn't know who was leaking sensitive information. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘This Place Is Broken’: The Gore Vidal Interview Part II

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Mar 8, 2006 Gore Vidal on fascism, terrorism and wartime propaganda Part II of Truthdig's interview with the award-winning novelist (earlier: part I). Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Cheney Says He Has Power to Declassify Info

Staff / Truthdig Feb 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 )

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In Google, Yahoo, Should We Trust?

Mark Malseed / Truthdig Feb 15, 2006 For years, we've been supplying the oracles of Google and Yahoo with the most intimate details our personal health, political leanings, and secret obsessions. The government is already combing through Internet archives.Mark Malseed, co-author of the international bestseller "The Google Story," argues that it's time we started asking better questions about our queries. For years, we've been supplying the oracles of Google and Yahoo with the most intimate details our personal health, political leanings, and secret obsessions. It's time we started asking better questions about our queries. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

McClellan Ducks Bush-Abramoff Questions

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2006 Bush's spokesman shows a remarkable knack for being able to pounce on new information when it may hurt Democrats, and for being unable to process new information when it may be damaging to the president. | video and transcript Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Did Cheney OK Libby’s Leak of Secret Info?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2006 Vice President Cheney's indicted former top aide, Scooter Libby, has told a grand jury that his "superiors" granted him permission to give secret information to reporters to help bolster the White House's case for war on Iraq. | story Dig deeper ( 1 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 )

Finally, Brokers Get Sued for Selling Private Phone Records

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2006 Illinois becomes the first state to bring suit against companies that sell logs of private phone calls. | story Dig deeper ( 1 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 )