In Our Future Climate Dystopia, This Is What the Pentagon Will Do

Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch Nov 14, 2019 Fast forward to the situation room in 2039, as U.S. security officials confront one overriding question. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Has Malibu’s Kelp Been Contaminated by the Fukushima Spill?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2014 Scientists will begin testing California's prized kelp for radiation; a former TSA agent spills the agency's secrets; and Bernie Sanders squashes Michele Bachmann in a debate on "The Situation Room." These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

IRS Conspiracy Theory Debunked, Rand Paul Answers Cheney Criticism, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 19, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Sen. John McCain's hypocrisy on "secret emails" and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's revelation about the scary way a GOP-controlled Senate would act. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Warren Rips Bank Regulators, McConnell Secretly Recorded, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Apr 12, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including why Dick Cheney says the U.S. is in "deep do do" and Bernie Sanders and Grover Norquist spar over President Obama's awful budget. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wolf Blitzer’s Panic Room

Staff / Truthdig Aug 12, 2010 "The Situation Room" is a familiar venue for the kind of hysteria and nonsense that has become the hallmark of television news, so it comes as no surprise that host Wolf Blitzer and a cohort of CNN's loudest Chicken Littles have declared Social Security at "the final tipping point" and "broke" despite $25 trillion in reserves and a bright future. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Zakaria Calls Palin ‘Utterly Unqualified’ for VP Post

Staff / Truthdig Sep 30, 2008 Calling Sarah Palin's recent interview with CBS anchor Katie Couric "the last straw," Newsweek editor and columnist Fareed Zakaria tells Wolf Blitzer on Monday's episode of "The Situation Room" that it's not a matter of Palin not giving the right answer when faced with a complex question about the economy or foreign policy, "it's that she clearly does not understand the question." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Situation Rooms

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Cafferty’s China Comments Spark Protest

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2008 When CNN commentator Jack Cafferty called the Chinese "a bunch of goons and thugs" on the air April 9, Chinese-Americans were listening -- and Saturday morning, thousands protested outside Hollywood's CNN building, demanding that he be fired. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CNN Reporter: Iraq Update ‘Frighteningly Disappointing’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2008 The questions leveled by Senate members at Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Gen. David Petraeus during Tuesday's update session about Iraq failed to make the grade for Michael Ware, CNN's "Situation Room" correspondent. Ware declared the session "frighteningly disappointing," telling host Wolf Blitzer, "I just see a lot of oxygen being wasted here." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama vs. McCain

Staff / Truthdig Apr 19, 2007 It looks like the two senators have decided to skip their respective primaries and run against each other directly on the "Situation Room." In all fairness, this isn't a feud so much as John McCain sniping at Barack Obama's airtime with e-mail. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )