Burning Bridges in Asia

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2006 The N.Y. Times says that Bush, on his Asia trip, not only squandered a fine opportunity to shore up alliances and generate goodwill, but probably made things much worse by embarrassing Pakistan's leader. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ports Deal to Close by Monday?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2006 A Bush official claims that the Dubai ports deal will close Friday or Monday, despite a 45-day review by the U.S. government. Uhhh, can anyone help us figure this one out? It seems ludicrous, but then again, so was Bush's immediate response to Sept. 11. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

O’Reilly Threatens Caller re Olbermann

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2006 Bill O'Reilly and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann have been feuding for a while now (background story here, a video example, and another clip), and on Thursday, when a caller to O'Reilly's show merely mentioned Olbermann's name, Bill cut the line and said, "We have your phone number and we're going to turn it over to Fox security, and you're going to get a visit"--as though the caller was threatening O'Reilly--when in fact O'Reilly was threatening the caller! UPDATE: FOX security calls back. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Al Qaeda in 2002: We Infiltrated UAE

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2006 The terrorist organization wrote that it had infiltrated the United Arab Emirates government four years ago, and that the emirates were "well aware" of the infiltration. This is the country that is angling to take over control of major U.S. ports. (Hat tip: Think Progress and Scripps Howard, which broke the news.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Armed Cheney to Guard Ports

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Feb 25, 2006 Attempting to defuse the controversy over the decision to place the operation of several key American ports in the hands of a company based in Dubai, Vice President Dick Cheney said today that he would personally patrol those ports with a 28-gauge shotgun. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Iraq, Three Years Later

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2006 One month shy of the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, United Press International asks the following: Is Iraq better off? Is the United States any safer? Are its allies in Europe and elsewhere more secure? Its answer: Hardly. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Committee Head Wary of Arab Control Over U.S. Ports

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2006 With a company owned by the United Arab Emirates set to take control over six U.S. ports, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is urging the White House to reconsider approval of a sale. It was news to us at Truthdig that a foreign power could even do such a thing in the first place. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Security Chief in Secretly Made Tape: We May ‘Miss Saddam’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 9, 2006 Remember when the neocons boasted that invading Iraq would be good for Israel? The chief of Israel's domestic security agency, Yuval Diskin, begs to differ. Diskin said in a secretly taped speech that a "strong dictatorship would be preferable to the present 'chaos' in Iraq." So much for making the Middle East more stable. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Top Counter-Terrorism Official Removed Amid Turmoil at the CIA

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2006 The departure "comes at a time when the agency is bleeding top talent, robbing the CIA of institutional memory and damaging morale among case officers and analysts." | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Banality of Intelligence

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2006 Walter Pincus, one of the best-informed national security reporters in the country, offers a video critique of the Senate appearance of the nation's new spy chief. | video Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gov’t Agency Paints Dire Picture of ‘Out-of-Control’ Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2006 This official U.S. assessment is much darker than what the Pentagon is peddling to the public. It was drawn up for contractors bidding on rehab projects. | storyCall us cynical, but why exactly are they getting different intel than the rest of us? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

All Your Phone Call Records are for Sale, Cheap

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2006 Anyone can buy a list of your incoming and outgoing calls, cellphone or hard-line, for $110. Congress knows, shrugs | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )