Report: Fitzgerald Presents Rove Evidence to Grand Jury

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2006 It's the first time this year that Fitzgerald has told jurors that he would soon present them with a list of criminal charges he intends to file against the White House operative, according to Truthout's Jason Leopold. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

N.Y. Times on Bush: A Bad Leak

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2006 The New York Times editorial page writes that "even a president cannot wave a wand and announce that an intelligence report is declassified." Also, check out how Editor & Publisher handily took down the Washington Post editorial board's defense of the leak. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: Cheney Authorized Libby to Leak CIA Report

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2006 We know: "Duh!" right? Well, here's what's new: The author of this article, using newly surfaced Libby testimony, all but accuses Cheney of outing Valerie Plame as a CIA agent--which has been widely suspected but never confirmed. The National Journal's Murray Waas (the country's leading news-breaker on this story) has the scoop. 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 )

Prosecutor Puts Bush in the Spotlight

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2006 Patrick Fitzgerald writes in a legal briefing, "It is hard to conceive of what evidence there could be that would disprove the existence of White House efforts to 'punish Wilson.' " Also, Bush formally admits to declassifying the intelligence later leaked by Libby to reporters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Specter Calls for Bush to Speak on Leak

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2006 The Republican senator said of Bush's authorization of the WMD intelligence leak: "We ought to get to the bottom of it so it can be evaluated, again, by the American people." Also: Information had been strongly disputed months before Cheney and Libby leaked it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Channels Nixon in Libby Scandal

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2006 In 1977, Nixon said, "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal"? Well, Bush's lawyers allegedly said this about the leak of classified intelligence: "Presidential authorization to publicly disclose a document amounted to declassification of the document." Got it? When the president leaks it, that means it is not illegal. UPDATE: the White House tries to quell the furor over the leak. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Yale Both Stonewalls and Attacks on Taliban Student Issue

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2006 In the wake of The New York Times Magazine's cover story on the former Taliban official attending Yale, alumni are setting up protest websites designed to hurt fundraising efforts. Yale mostly won't talk, but one university official responded by calling the critics "retarded." (Hat tip: Huff Po) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

White House Opens Efforts Against Media Leaks

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2006 Bush & Co have launched FBI probes, polygraph investigations and warnings from the Justice Dept to stem leaks of classified (and non-classified) information to reporters Imagine if Bush were to spend an equal amount of time addressing the problems surfaced via the leaks Of course he never would do that, but perhaps he could ask Karl Rove what kind of information he has leaked . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Libby Trial Delayed Until 2007

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2006 How convenient: Scooter's day in court gets pushed off until after the midterm congressional elections because one of his lawyers has a "scheduling conflict." | storyUPDATE: New documents shed more light on Libby's perfidies. | report Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney Denies Knowing Bush

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Jan 28, 2006 Jack Abramoff? Sorry, never knew the guy Oh yeah, and while we're on the topic of bad guys, I don't know that Bush character either Photos? What photos?. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bush on Bin Laden’s Satellite Phone: Wrong Again

Jon Wiener / Truthdig Jan 11, 2006 Bush rolled out an old canard about Bin Laden and the media rolled over. An inside look at the sticking power of a falsehood. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )