Nigerian Governor Says Army Ignored Massacre Warnings

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2010 On Sunday, hundreds of people were killed in three Nigerian villages near the city of Jos in a retaliatory massacre that might have been thwarted, according to a local governor, had the military paid attention to warning signs before it began and distress signals once it was under way. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Niger Hit by Military Coup

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2010 A military junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, captured Niger's President Mamadou Tandja and his Cabinet on Thursday in a coup d'etat welcomed by opposition leaders and potentially by a population frustrated with the government, which critics say has stayed in power past its legal term. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Joe Wilson Wants Dick Cheney to Let It All Hang Out

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2009 Ever the fan of cherry-picking, former Vice President Dick Cheney has called for the declassification of select intelligence he claims would polish his torture legacy. Whistle-blower extraordinaire Joe Wilson says the "most secretive individual in American politics" shouldn't stop there -- why not air all of the Bush administration's dirty laundry once and for all? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rice Resists Subpoena

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2007 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she's not obligated under the principle of executive privilege to comply with a subpoena issued by the House, but would be happy to respond to questions by writing a letter. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Subpoena Time for Rice

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2007 The House of Representatives' Oversight and Government Reform Committee subpoenaed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday to testify in May about what she knew about false intelligence linking Niger to Iraq's supposed WMD program. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Follow the 16 Words

Staff / Truthdig Apr 3, 2007 The Washington Post continues to investigate the now infamous 16 words the president used to help make his case for war. It's not surprising to read that the Niger uranium claim was bogus, but it is disconcerting to learn just how many people in the intelligence community knew it all along. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bill Maher Accuses Bush of Treason

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2007 On Friday's "Real Time," Bill Maher eviscerated the Bush administration for outing Valerie Plame. There are no revelations here, but Maher's hard-hitting analysis of the scandal will satisfy even the most Plame-exhausted viewer. Warning: HBO language. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Role of the Big Guys Is Becoming Clear in Plame Case

Joe Conason / Truthdig Feb 8, 2007 Regardless of the outcome of the "Scooter" Libby trial, it has become plain that Bush and Cheney misled the public about their involvement with the vengeful leaking of a CIA operative's identity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Case for Impeachment

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 31, 2007 Revelations in the perjury trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby re-emphasize the need for an impeachment trial to establish the true story behind President Bush's erroneous claim about Saddam Hussein's supposed nuclear weapons program. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Alleged Armitage Leak is Biggest Irony of Plamegate

Staff / Truthdig Aug 28, 2006 The first person to tell reporters that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA was not, apparently, someone in Dick Cheney's circle out to smear Plame as a way of getting back at her husband, who had criticized the administration. Rather, it was then-Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, who didn't have an ax to grind, who didn't know Plame was an undercover operative, and who was apparently just passing on gossip, according to a new book. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Novak Names Sources in CIA Leak Case

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2006 Columnist Robert Novak revealed for the first time, in a column to be released Wednesday, that both Karl Rove and former CIA spokesman Bill Harlow had confirmed Valerie Plame's status as a CIA agent He said that this occurred only after another administration official first supplied him with the info This is not a huge deal, relatively speaking, but certainly of interest to Plamegate junkies . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

National Journal: Bush ‘Directed’ Cheney to Discredit Joe Wilson

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2006 The president told federal investigators that he ordered Vice President Cheney to personally lead an effort to counter the allegations made by former Ambassador Joe Wilson that the White House had misrepresented intelligence to make the case to go to war with Iraq, according to people familiar with Bush's statement, as quoted by Murray Waas of the National Journal. If this story is correct, this not only links Bush with the CIA leak case, it puts him squarely at its helm. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )