Blockbuster Report: AT&T Allows NSA to Spy on Entire Internet

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2006 This is the big one, folks Wired News unearths internal AT&T documents that show how the telecom company, at the behest of the government, built "secret rooms" in cities across America that enable the NSA "to look at every individual message on the Internet and analyze exactly what people are doing" Story and AT&T internal documents Wired News explains why it published the story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hayden: ‘We Just Took Too Much for Granted’ in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2006 That's what Gen. Hayden said about the prewar Iraq intelligence failures. But there was no contrition for the domestic wiretapping activities he oversaw at the NSA. In contrast, he strongly defended the programs. Well, now that he's taken responsibility, at least we know what we're in for if he gets confirmed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hayden Denounces Media Coverage of CIA Activities

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2006 Gen. Michael Hayden bemoaned the "endless picking apart" of CIA operations in the news media during today's confirmation hearing on his nomination to head the intelligence agency. If the architect of the NSA domestic wiretapping program gets this promotion, it will be like a Jon Stewart joke gone horribly wrong. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Watching What You Say

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2006 Before the USA Today story, The Nation magazine had loads of details on the NSA-telecom spying program: a lawsuit against AT&T; links between telecom officials and the White House; and a history of how these insidious relationships developed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Likely New CIA Director Misled Congress on Wiretapping

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2006 Michael Hayden, who will probably replace outgoing CIA chief Porter Goss, told Congress in 2002 that all domestic surveillance was consistent with the FISA law--knowing full well of Bush's warrantless eavesdropping program. The Fraud and False Statements statute (18 U.S.C. 1001) makes Hayden?s misleading statements to Congress illegal, according to a Clinton-era national security official. See a Time article on Hayden's impending appointment. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

N.Y. Times on Bush: A Bad Leak

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2006 The New York Times editorial page writes that "even a president cannot wave a wand and announce that an intelligence report is declassified." Also, check out how Editor & Publisher handily took down the Washington Post editorial board's defense of the leak. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Vermont Democrats Call for Bush Impeachment

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2006 One hundred Vermont state officials agreed to petition the Republican-controlled Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Bush for the WMD and wiretapping scandals. "You know in your own hearts and minds that something is terribly wrong in this country," said one Vermont Democrat. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Outsources Town Hall Meetings to India

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Mar 27, 2006 The political satirist quotes the president as saying the move "is designed to free up my time for other duties, such as wiretapping the American people at random." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Inching Toward Authoritarianism

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2006 A legendary South African journalist calls himself "appalled" at the way America's policies of wiretapping and torture are beginning to resemble those of apartheid Cape Town. (Video available.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Cure for Executive Excess

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Feb 9, 2006 Can impeachment heal the malady of executive privilege and wiretapping? It has before. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hypocrisy on Display at King’s Funeral?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2006 Bush attends the services of Coretta Scott King while simultaneously pressing on with a warrantless spying program | storyForty years ago, the FBI used illegal wiretaps in an attempt to blackmail King's husband | Truthdig filesPlus a change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Can’t Escape His Own Statements

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2006 As Attorney General Alberto Gonzales prepares for Monday's hearings, we should keep in mind the president's 2004 statement about warrantless wiretaps: "Anytime you hear the United States government talking about a wiretap, it requires--a wiretap requires a court order" (Hat tip: crooksandliarscom) | video. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )