WPost Sees Neocon Hope in Obama

By Robert Parry
April 4, 2009

When reading Washington Post editorials, one often is reminded of the famous question from “Shawshank Redemption”: “How can you be so obtuse?”

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Miss Universe's Excellent Adventure

By Michael Winship
April 3, 2009

"A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in." That was Frederick the Great of Prussia's take on the pain of being royalty.

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'Torture Memo' May Finally Go Public

By Jason Leopold
April 3, 2009

The world may finally get to read the Bush administration’s infamous “torture memo,” the Aug. 1, 2002, document that provided legal cover for the brutal and humiliating treatment of detainees in George W. Bush’s “war on terror.”

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Leahy Faults GOP Partisanship on Bush

By Jason Leopold
April 2, 2009

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said the refusal of Republicans to act in a non-partisan way has hobbled his plan for a “truth commission” that would examine alleged Bush administration abuses.

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Truth, Crimes, Commissions and Hope

By David Swanson
April 2, 2009

Good news is being taken as bad. Vermont constituents of Sen. Patrick Leahy report that he's finding very little support for his proposed truth and reconciliation commission from Republicans or Democrats in the Senate. Numerous people have taken this as bad news and cause to despair. I disagree.

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I.F. Stone's Son on New Izzy Award

By Jeremy Stone
April 2, 2009

Amy Goodman and Glenn Greenwald shared the first "Izzy Award" for independent journalism named for the legendary I.F. Stone.

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Leahy Bails on 'Truth Commission' Plan

By Charlotte Dennett
April 1, 2009

Those of you following the George W. Bush prosecution trail will be interested to know that Patrick Leahy’s “truth commission” is a no-go. I was in a meeting with Leahy and four other Vermonters on Monday when he broke the news to us.

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Bush Aides Changed Watchdog Report

By Jason Leopold
April 1, 2009

Before leaving office, senior Bush administration lawyers secured changes in a Justice Department watchdog agency’s report that reportedly was sharply critical of legal opinions granting President George W. Bush sweeping powers, including the right to abuse “war on terror” captives.

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To Bush's GWOT, RIP

By Robert Parry
March 31, 2009

President Barack Obama has come under some criticism for slowing his promised withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and for beefing up U.S. forces in Afghanistan, but his 70-day-old administration at least has dumped one part of George W. Bush’s bellicose foreign policy: the phrase “global war on terror.”

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The President's Troublesome 'Friends'

By Ivan Eland
March 31, 2009

President Warren Harding once said, “I have no trouble with my enemies,” but noted that his friends “keep me walking the floor nights.” That maxim should have applied to U.S. foreign policy since 9/11 and even before that.

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Democrats Duck Bush Torture Probe

By Jason Leopold
March 30, 2009

Despite now overwhelming evidence that ex-President George W. Bush and many top aides engaged in a systematic policy of illegal torture, national Democrats appear to be shying away from their recommendation last year for a special prosecutor to investigate these apparent war crimes.

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Explaining Bernie Madoff

By Howard Bess
March 30, 2009

How do we explain Bernie Madoff?

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Spanish Judge Probes Bush Torture

By David Swanson
March 29, 2009

Spain has begun a criminal investigation into six of Bush and Cheney's torture lawyers, and our own Justice Department has got some 'splaining to do.

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