‘Heckuva Job’ Brownie Takes the Money and Runs

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2006 Former FEMA head Mike Brown stayed on full salary as a consultant in the wake of his disastrous disaster leadership But now that he's cashed his checks, he won't cooperate in the Senate investigation | storyPerhaps he's too busy mucking out Arabian horse stalls . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sex, Lies and Audiotape

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2006 A year before his death, Martin Luther King Jr. called America the "greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." His comments and actions made him the object of a massive, FBI-led audio surveillance program into his sex life. Check out our multimedia assemblage in Uncovered. | entry Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NSA Launches Internal Probe Into Spy Program

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2006 Members of Congress question whether the agency can investigate itself | story Meanwhile, a dream team of 14 legal scholars and ex-gov't officials write a memo to the DOJ calling the NSA program illegalhuffingtonpostcom/geoffrey-r-stone/why-the-nsa-surveillance-_b_13522html" title="story">story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dems Didn’t Take a Dime From Abramoff, Dean Says

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2006 Don't believe the hype, says Howard Dean, this is a purely Republican scandal | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Disgraced Congressman ‘Wore a Wire’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 7, 2006 Ex-GOP Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham went undercover to implicate others before copping a plea. | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sudan Emerges as Hub for Nuke Parts

Staff / Truthdig Jan 6, 2006 Investigators name the country as a conduit for weapons equipment. | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Abramoff Pleads Guilty, Will Make Deal

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2006 Lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy, tax evasion and mail fraud, agreeing to cooperate in a corruption investigation that could rock the Republican congressional leadership. Story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Congress Should Probe U.S. Propaganda in Iraqi Press

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 2, 2005 Now that the Pentagon has admitted to subverting the fragile efforts to build democracy in Iraq, will Congress begin an investigation of how this happened? The first question should be who in the Pentagon decided that he or she had the right to put words in the mouth of the Prophet Muhammad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )