Whistle-Blower: Bush’s NSA Spied on ‘All Americans’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2009 Russell Tice helped blow the whistle on Bush's warrantless wiretapping program back in 2005, but the revelations don't end there. On Wednesday's "Countdown," the former NSA analyst said the agency had "monitored all communications" and specifically targeted journalists. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Nixon Admitted (and Cheney Won’t)

Joe Conason / Truthdig Dec 25, 2008 To understand the philosophy of government that Dick Cheney brought to Washington over the past seven years, it is most instructive to see "Frost/Nixon," with Frank Langella's remarkable reanimation of Tricky Dick for a generation that never knew him. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

This Isn’t a Time to Be Coy, Mr. Obama

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Dec 12, 2008 Obama's statements in the Blagojevich case have been cautious and precise. For most politicians, that would be good enough. For the man who inspired the nation with a promise of "change we can believe in," it's not. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: Getting Off at the NSA

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2008 Warrantless wiretapping makes for a rollicking good time at the National Security Agency, according to moral crusader Stephen Colbert, who's not above a little dramatic re-enactment of his own biblically inspired carnal fantasies (for illustrative purposes only). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: NSA Listened In on Americans’ Phone Sex

Staff / Truthdig Oct 10, 2008 Just what kind of interpretation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act would allow U.S. National Security Agency linguists to eavesdrop on Americans', er, pillow talk? That's the charge being leveled by more than one such NSA interpreter who worked at an NSA listening station at Fort Gordon, Ga. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More Trouble for Gonzales

Staff / Truthdig Sep 2, 2008 It's reassuring to know that when Alberto Gonzales was our nation's attorney general, he schlepped highly classified documents to his home in Virginia in an unlocked briefcase. Oops! Also, once he'd toted them home, Gonzales didn't put them in a safe for extra protection because he "couldn't remember the combination." Fiddlesticks! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Centrists’ Running the Asylum

David Sirota / Truthdig Jul 18, 2008 In the asylum that is American politics, beware a candidate like Barack Obama when he is lauded for moving to "the center" -- because usually that means he is drifting away from it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bush’s Christmas in July: Senate Passes FISA

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2008 You know a legislative compromise is one-sided when the AP headline announcing its passage reads "Senate Bows to Bush." Democratic advocates of the new FISA bill, passed by the Senate on Wednesday, are still trying to explain what they got in exchange for rolling back a few civil liberties and burying some of the president's abuses. When they figure it out, someone, somewhere, will surely be listening. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

House Lets Telecoms Off the Hook

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2008 If there was one word that summed up the political tenor of the Bush II presidency, it definitely wouldn't be accountability. On Friday, this was once again made clear as the House of Representatives passed a bill granting retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that allowed their networks to be used by the government to eavesdrop on Americans following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FISA Deal: Compromise or Capitulation?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 20, 2008 Democrats and Republicans cut a deal in Congress on Thursday to rewrite controversial surveillance legislation. It's being billed as a compromise, but civil rights advocates are groaning over concessions including virtual immunity for telecommunications companies and the ability to spy on Americans without a warrant. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kucinich Tilts at Impeachment

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jun 12, 2008 You cannot find a more complete and compelling indictment of the Bush administration than the Ohio representative has presented in his 35 articles of impeachment. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Adviser: McCain Backs Bush’s Wiretaps

Staff / Truthdig Jun 6, 2008 As if 100 years in Iraq wasn't enough, a top adviser to John McCain claims that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee supports and believes lawful Bush's infamous warrantless wiretapping program. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )