‘Whose Sarin?’ Asks Seymour Hersh

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 10, 2013 The Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist says the Obama administration "cherry-picked intelligence" on the gas attacks in the Damascan suburb of Ghouta in August "to justify a strike against [Syrian President Bashar] Assad." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Seymour Hersh on Fixing Journalism With a Hatchet

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 27, 2013 The reporter who exposed the My Lai massacre and the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib wants to shutter the major news bureaus, fire 90 percent of editors and generally make journalists outsiders again. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Democracy Now!’: Seymour Hersh on the IAEA’s Racket in Iran

Staff / Truthdig Nov 22, 2011 Last week, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency expressed "serious concerns" over Iran's nuclear program in a strongly worded report that claimed that there is evidence that Iran might be developing an atomic weapon. This is the stuff of "fantasyland," according to The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hersh: Cheney & Co. Discussed How to Trigger War With Iran

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2008 You may have already seen this, but it bears re-posting far and wide: The inimitable Seymour Hersh gave truly disturbing details, during the Campus Progress journalism conference in July, expounding upon his article from that month's New Yorker about the Bush administration's attempts to find a cause for war against Iran in late 2007. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hersh: Next Stop, Iran

Staff / Truthdig Oct 2, 2007 The New Yorker's ever-tenacious Seymour Hersh is once again on the case of the Bush administration's Mideast agenda, giving President Bush's "Mission Evolving" speech from last month a more concrete evolutionary end point: Iran. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Gen. Antonio M. Taguba

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to Army Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba, whose 2004 report about prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib was damningly thorough and truthful -- and who thus found himself contradicted and chastised by Pentagon and Bush administration officials for doing his job right. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sy Hersh on Defense Secretary Gates

Staff / Truthdig Dec 7, 2006 Veteran journalist and Bush administration critic Seymour Hersh speaks to Amy Goodman on "Democracy Now" about what to expect from Robert Gates as defense secretary: "The reality is Gates is a fresh face and there's a lot of people, [Brent] Scowcroft and James Baker among them, who are very worried about what's going to happen in '08." Watch it Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hersh: CIA Has No Firm Evidence of Iran Nuke Drive

Staff / Truthdig Nov 21, 2006 The CIA has found no hard evidence of a secret drive by Iran to develop nuclear weapons, The New Yorker's Sy Hersh reports. Also, Hersh reports that Cheney has vowed to circumvent Congress and pursue military options against Tehran. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hersh: White House ‘Stovepiping’ Iran Intelligence

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2006 Seymour Hersh says the White House is channeling intelligence related to Iran's nuclear program, a la Iraq, preventing the CIA from scrutinizing "evidence" attributed to a secret Israeli source inside Iran. According to Hersh, the CIA maintains Iran has "no secret program of significant bomb making." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hersh: Bush & Co. OKd Israel Offensive This Summer

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2006 Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh defends his claim that the Bush White House effectively signed off on Israel's planned offensive against Hezbollah earlier this summer--as a preparatory step for a potential attack on Iran Hersh: "It's time to decide whether we're a democracy or not This president is doing an awful lot of foreign policy without sharing it with the rest of us" . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hersh: U.S. Aided Israel as Prep for War on Iran

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2006 The Bush administration was "closely involved in the planning of Israel?s retaliatory attacks" on Hezbollah, the inestimable Seymour Hersh alleges in The New Yorker Furthermore, writes Hersh, Bush & Co saw the Israeli attacks "as a prelude to a potential American preemptive attack to destroy Iran?s nuclear installations" Administration officials have denied the charges Read the whole thing (more) . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sy Hersh: War Planners Have No Hard Targets in Iran

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2006 The investigative journalist par excellence tells CNN that many higher-ups in the Pentagon have grave concerns about the White House's military designs in Iran. Dig deeper