America’s Regime Change Toolbox

Barbara Koeppel / Truthdig Jun 29, 2018 Mainstream voices never mention that regime change pushed by one country against another is illegal. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Commutes Kardashian-Backed Drug Offender’s Sentence

ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE / The Associated Press Jun 6, 2018 Alice Marie Johnson, 63, has served more than 20 years for cocaine trafficking. Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West championed her cause in a recent visit to the White House. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

So When Will Dick Cheney Be Charged With Espionage?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jun 24, 2013 What the former vice president did in ordering his aides Scooter Libby and Karl Rove to release the information about Valerie Plame’s identity was no different from Edward Snowden’s decision to contact the press about the NSA surveillance program. And yet, Cheney mysteriously has not been charged with espionage. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Robert Novak Dies at 78

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2009 Conservative columnist Robert Novak died Tuesday in Washington at 78 after fighting brain cancer since 2008. Novak's career spanned half a century, but he knew many would most remember him for his central role in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame during the Bush II era. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney Memoir in the Works

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2009 Former Vice President Dick Cheney maintained an elusive stance, to say the least, during his years in the White House, but since leaving office he's made himself more visible and vocal on the public stage. For his next act, he's working on a memoir -- but somehow the term tell-all doesn't quite seem to fit the bill in this particular case. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush and Cheney’s Final Disagreement

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2009 According to a Time magazine report, former VP Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush spent the last months of the Bush presidency divided on a number of issues, particularly on the question of whether the president should pardon Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, convicted of perjury and other counts after an investigation into the leaking of a covert CIA officer's identity. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Left Scooter ‘Hanging in the Wind,’ Says Cheney

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2009 The former vice president is still sore that his top aide didn't get a presidential pardon. Dick Cheney told CNN that he and the president had a "fundamental difference of opinion" that ultimately "left Scooter sort of hanging in the wind, which I didn't think was appropriate." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Pardons a Loyal Turkey

Staff / Truthdig Nov 27, 2008 The Onion has the skinny on "Scooter" Libby's backdoor pardon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Howdy, Pardoner

Staff / Truthdig Nov 24, 2008 It's that time again. Felons seeking pardons and commutations had best get in line, as the president already has a backlog of applications, including convicted congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham and junk bonder Michael Milken. So far Ted Stevens and "Scooter" Libby haven't asked. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McClellan to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2008 Scott McClellan is making an important stop on Capitol Hill as he continues his book tour to tout that obscure memoir he wrote about being Bush's press secretary. According to The Huffington Post, McClellan has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee about the Valerie Plame identity leak case and possibly other entries in the list of Bush's Greatest Hits during McClellan's time as presidential spokesman. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scott McClellan’s Disillusionment

Staff / Truthdig May 30, 2008 Scott McClellan appeared on the "Today" show Thursday to discuss his memoir, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception," and the "two defining moments" that caused him to become "increasingly dismayed and disillusioned with the way things were going in Washington, DC". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ex-Press Secretary Throws Bush Under the Bus

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2008 Scott McClellan was one of George W. Bush's most loyal aides, so it is surprising to learn that he savages the president and his administration in his new memoir. Among other bombshells, McClellan refers to the administration's "propaganda campaign" to sell the war and accuses Karl Rove and Scooter Libby of meeting in secret during the Plamegate scandal in order to get their stories straight. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )