Giuliani’s Campaign Strategy in the Wild

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2007 Likely presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani's campaign has soured before it even began, after a strategic black book went missing. The document outlines the former New York mayor's fund-raising plans, as well as his weaknesses, offering an edge to prospective opponents. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Agents Interrogate Teen

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2006 Julia Wilson, a 14-year-old honor student, was removed from her class and interrogated by Secret Service agents for writing "kill Bush" on her MySpace page. The teen said the agents' "unnecessarily mean" questioning brought her to tears, but ultimately encouraged her activism against the Iraq war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Transfers High-Value Prisoners to Gitmo

Staff / Truthdig Sep 6, 2006 The AP is reporting that the president is transferring 14 key terrorist leaders, including Khalid Sheik Mohammed, above, from secret CIA custody to the U.S. military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be prepared for eventual trials. The prisoners will apparently be afforded some rights consistent with the Geneva conventions. Yeah, well, Bush also signed a bill in December outlawing the torture of detainees, and then made a "signing statement" announcing his intention to flout that law. So excuse us for being cynical about the president's motives and intentions here. UPDATE: Former DOJ lawyer and law prof Marty Lederman says Bush's new bill actually authorizes "enhanced interrogation techniques." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mystery Senator Blocks Sunshine Bill

Staff / Truthdig Aug 28, 2006 A bipartisan Senate bill that would have created a public database of all government contracts has been blocked by an unknown senator. The bill, which passed its committee unanimously, can now move forward only if the mysterious senator who placed it on "secret hold" removes the constraint. (h/t: Crooks and Liars) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Have You Passed the New Democratic Sniff Test?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2006 The George Soros-backed Democracy Alliance pools contributions from the richest progressive donors in the country to fund advocacy groups capable of building a counterweight to the well-entrenched conservative movement But there's a potential dark side for groups whose views don't conform to the Alliance's (more) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The ‘Cola Wars’ Just Got Fun Again

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2006 This tale of corporate theft is too good to miss: Insiders at Coca-Cola got nabbed in a sting operation when they tried to sell trade secrets about a new soft drink to the folks at Pepsi. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jimmy Carter: We Need Fewer Secrets

Staff / Truthdig Jul 3, 2006 The former president bemoans the current White House's obsession with secrecy: "Increasingly, developed and developing nations are recognizing that a free flow of information is fundamental for democracy." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bush Increases Use of ‘State Secrets’ Privilege to Quash Lawsuits

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2006 The administration is using this tactic at a rate of three lawsuits per year--purportedly to keep national security information safe. But one expert says that in cases like these, "the principal concern of the classifiers is not with national security, but with governmental embarrassment of one sort or another." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Secret Service Will Turn Over Abramoff Visit Logs

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2006 The logs will show how often the convicted lobbyist met with Bush administration officials--and with whom he met. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Joe Conason: Washington Leaking: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Joe Conason / Truthdig Apr 29, 2006 Determining which leaks are bad and which are good can be a murky process. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins: The Great Bush Reclassification Project

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Apr 27, 2006 It's nice to know that the investigative reporter Jack Anderson is still under investigation, although seriously dead. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Saudi Group Alleges Wiretapping by U.S.

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2006 This may provide the first detailed evidence of U.S. residents being spied upon by Bush's warrantless eavesdropping program. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )