‘Ex-Chief of C.I.A. Shapes Response to Detention Report’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 26, 2014 A tentatively titled and reported New York Times article glimpses former agency director George Tenet's efforts to suppress and discredit a report accusing "former C.I.A. officials of misleading Congress and the White House" about the agency's detention and interrogation program. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fight Erupts in Washington Over Claim CIA Spied on U.S. Senate Panel

Staff / Truthdig Mar 11, 2014 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Democrats Demand Answers From Obama, Warren Blasts Republicans, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 13, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Sarah Palin announces her next book project and Iran mulls a lawsuit against Hollywood. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Rand Paul

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 10, 2013 The confirmation of John Brennan, the man tapped by President Obama to head the Central Intelligence Agency, appeared to be a slam dunk That is, until Sen Rand Paul, R-Ky, took to the Senate floor to begin a lengthy filibuster of Brennan’s nomination that served as a scathing indictment of the Obama administration’s targeted killings policyJohn Brennan's confirmation as CIA director appeared to be a slam dunk Rand Paul took to the Senate floor to mount a filibuster that served as an indictment of the administration’s targeted killings policy. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Rand Paul Talks the Talk

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Mar 9, 2013 Rand Paul was right. There, I said it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: A Tale of Two Economies, Obama’s Charm Offensive

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 9, 2013 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists ask whether the new jobs being added match the ones that are lost. Should we mourn a permanent decline in the middle class? Accept it and train for it? Should we cheer the recent economic growth, or fear another crash? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rand Paul’s Filibuster Win, Bill O’Reilly Apologizes, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 8, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including a new poll reveals the early favorite for the 2016 presidential race and a possible culprit is named in Los Angelenos' apathy toward this week's mayoral election. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rand Paul’s Filibuster of John Brennan

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Mar 7, 2013 You could say that a filibuster occurs when a senator drones on and on. The problem with the U.S. Senate was that there were too few senators speaking about drones this week. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rand Paul Filibusters John Brennan’s CIA Nomination

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 7, 2013 Telling his colleagues he would "speak until I can no longer speak," Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., took to the Senate floor Wednesday to mount an old-school filibuster of John Brennan, President Obama's pick to head the Central Intelligence Agency. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Christie Slams Congress, Krugman Debates Scarborough, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 6, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including a major development in the confirmation hearing of John Brennan and Jeb Bush flip-flops on immigration reform once more. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Drone War Doctrine We Still Know Nothing About

By Cora Currier and Justin Elliott, ProPublica Feb 28, 2013 The nomination of John Brennan to be CIA director has prompted intense debate on Capitol Hill and in the media about U.S. drone killings abroad. But the focus has been on the targeting of American citizens – a narrow issue that accounts for a miniscule proportion of the hundreds of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen in recent years. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Shooting Gallery: Obama and the Vanishing Point of Democracy

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Feb 13, 2013 We live at a time in the United States when the notion of political enemies has become a euphemism for dismantling prohibitions against targeted assassinations, torture, abductions and indefinite detention. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )