By Robert Parry
November 22, 2008
To understand how thin the evidence must have been against five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay for nearly seven years – and who were just ordered released by a U.S. District Court judge – you have to know the history of that judge, Richard J. Leon.
Read on.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Obama Team Tilts Toward Gates
By Jason Leopold
November 20, 2008
November 20, 2008
Barack Obama’s Pentagon transition team is sitting down with Defense Secretary Robert Gates in a move that some Beltway observers believe signals that the President-elect does plan to keep Gates on despite protests from Iraq War opponents.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
What Must Be Done Now!
By Robert Parry
November 20. 2008
Having spent more than three decades in Washington, I’ve seen enough mistakes made – and opportunities missed – for a lifetime. So, at this turning point in American history, I’m venturing beyond my normal role as reporter to offer a few ideas about what must be done now.
Read on.
November 20. 2008
Having spent more than three decades in Washington, I’ve seen enough mistakes made – and opportunities missed – for a lifetime. So, at this turning point in American history, I’m venturing beyond my normal role as reporter to offer a few ideas about what must be done now.
Read on.
Robert Gates: As Bad as Rumsfeld?
By Ray McGovern
November 19, 2008
"As Bad As Rumsfeld?" The title jars, doesn't it? The more so, since Defense Secretary Robert Gates found his predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld, such an easy act to follow.
Read on.
November 19, 2008
"As Bad As Rumsfeld?" The title jars, doesn't it? The more so, since Defense Secretary Robert Gates found his predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld, such an easy act to follow.
Read on.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
A View of Obama from Middle Earth
By Michael Winship
November 18, 2008
QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand – You might think it hard to think about politics when you’re in a place as extraordinary as this on New Zealand’s South Island.
Read on.
November 18, 2008
QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand – You might think it hard to think about politics when you’re in a place as extraordinary as this on New Zealand’s South Island.
Read on.
Detroit-Washington Shotgun Wedding
By Brian Barger
November 18, 2008
American automakers are sinking fast in a quagmire of their own making.
Read on.
November 18, 2008
American automakers are sinking fast in a quagmire of their own making.
Read on.
An FDR War Cabinet
By Brent Budowsky
November 18, 2008
President-elect Obama will take office with a mission similar to Franklin Roosevelt’s: establishing both a war Cabinet and an emergency economic Cabinet.
Read on.
November 18, 2008
President-elect Obama will take office with a mission similar to Franklin Roosevelt’s: establishing both a war Cabinet and an emergency economic Cabinet.
Read on.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Obama Risks Clinton-Era Mistakes
By Robert Parry
November 17, 2008
November 17, 2008
After a masterful campaign, Barack Obama seems headed toward some fateful mistakes as he assembles his administration by heeding the advice of Washington’s Democratic insider community, a collective group that represents little “change you can believe in.”
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Predictable Disaster of George W. Bush
By Robert Parry
November 16, 2008
In his trademark goofy way, George W. Bush explained why he supported a bailout of the U.S. financial markets, saying he was “a free-market person, until you're told that if you don't take decisive measures then it's conceivable that our country could go into a depression greater than the Great Depression.”
Read on.
November 16, 2008
In his trademark goofy way, George W. Bush explained why he supported a bailout of the U.S. financial markets, saying he was “a free-market person, until you're told that if you don't take decisive measures then it's conceivable that our country could go into a depression greater than the Great Depression.”
Read on.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Lieberman's Weak Record on Oversight
By Jason Leopold
November 13, 2008
November 13, 2008
Most of the attention on whether Joe Lieberman should be ousted from his Senate committee chairmanship has focused on his disloyalty to Democrats and his control of homeland security issues, but there’s also the question of how well he has handled his panel’s broad government oversight responsibilities.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The Danger of Keeping Robert Gates
By Robert Parry
November 13, 2008
Press reports say Barack Obama may retain George W. Bush’s Defense Secretary Robert Gates as a gesture to war-time continuity, bipartisanship and respect for the Washington insider community, which has embraced Gates as something of a new Wise Man.
Read on.
November 13, 2008
Press reports say Barack Obama may retain George W. Bush’s Defense Secretary Robert Gates as a gesture to war-time continuity, bipartisanship and respect for the Washington insider community, which has embraced Gates as something of a new Wise Man.
Read on.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Obama: Beware the Lesson of '93
By Robert Parry
November 11, 2008
Barack Obama seeks a new era of bipartisanship, but he should take heed of what happened to the last Democrat in the White House – Bill Clinton – in 1993 when he sought to appease Republicans by shelving pending investigations into Reagan-Bush-I-era wrongdoing and hoped for some reciprocity.
Read on.
November 11, 2008
Barack Obama seeks a new era of bipartisanship, but he should take heed of what happened to the last Democrat in the White House – Bill Clinton – in 1993 when he sought to appease Republicans by shelving pending investigations into Reagan-Bush-I-era wrongdoing and hoped for some reciprocity.
Read on.
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Can the Republicans Change?
By Robert Parry
November 9, 2008
Amid the global euphoria surrounding Barack Obama’s victory – and the hopeful talk about a new bipartisanship in Washington – the Democrats are forgetting a powerful truth: modern Republicans are tied inextricably to slash-and-burn politics.
Read on.
November 9, 2008
Amid the global euphoria surrounding Barack Obama’s victory – and the hopeful talk about a new bipartisanship in Washington – the Democrats are forgetting a powerful truth: modern Republicans are tied inextricably to slash-and-burn politics.
Read on.
Friday, November 07, 2008
Obama Shows the Future, the Past
By Michael Winship
November 7, 2008
Whether you’re Democrat, Republican or Mugwump, you look at Tuesday night’s remarkable election results and the nationwide reaction and can’t help but wonder at how far our young country has come – and, at the same time, how long it’s taken.
Read on.
November 7, 2008
Whether you’re Democrat, Republican or Mugwump, you look at Tuesday night’s remarkable election results and the nationwide reaction and can’t help but wonder at how far our young country has come – and, at the same time, how long it’s taken.
Read on.
President-elect's Queries for Briefers
By Ray McGovern
November 7, 2008
November 7, 2008
After a week lecturing at Kansas State University and then in Kansas City, Missouri, I could not shake the feeling that what Kansas and Missouri need most is the equivalent of Radio Free Europe, which was so effective in spreading truth around inside Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
Obama Demands Iraq War Changes
By Jason Leopold
November 7, 2008
November 7, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama, in one of the first policy statements of his transition, demanded that the Bush administration either submit the proposed U.S.-Iraq “status-of-forces agreement” to Congress or leave an opening for him to change it next year.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
At the White House, an Obama Party
By Robert Parry
November 5, 2008
November 5, 2008
Around midnight, when the election outcome was clear, thousands of young people walked and skipped and ran to the north gates of the White House, celebrating not just the election of Barack Obama but the repudiation of George W. Bush.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Palin Gets Positive 'Troopergate' Ruling
By Jason Leopold
November 4, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin got the favorable ruling she hoped for when she referred the “Troopergate” controversy to the state personnel board whose three members are gubernatorial appointees. Their investigator rejected the findings of an earlier legislative inquiry that Palin had abused her power.
Read on.
November 4, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin got the favorable ruling she hoped for when she referred the “Troopergate” controversy to the state personnel board whose three members are gubernatorial appointees. Their investigator rejected the findings of an earlier legislative inquiry that Palin had abused her power.
Read on.
Monday, November 03, 2008
Fear and Racism on the Campaign Trail
By Brian Barger
November 3, 2008
Visitors are greeted at the edge of Virginia’s Caroline County with a giant billboard proclaiming it “McCain Country.” It’s also become a call-to-canvassing priority for the Obama campaign, which sees this as a central battleground to win the swing state.
Read on.
November 3, 2008
Visitors are greeted at the edge of Virginia’s Caroline County with a giant billboard proclaiming it “McCain Country.” It’s also become a call-to-canvassing priority for the Obama campaign, which sees this as a central battleground to win the swing state.
Read on.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
McCain's 'Real-ly Stupid' America
By Robert Parry
November 2, 2008
Sarah Palin may be wrong about the existence of a “real” America where people are decent and patriotic – and a “fake” America where they’re not. But John McCain’s election chances now appear to hinge on the existence of a “real-ly stupid” America.
Read on.
November 2, 2008
Sarah Palin may be wrong about the existence of a “real” America where people are decent and patriotic – and a “fake” America where they’re not. But John McCain’s election chances now appear to hinge on the existence of a “real-ly stupid” America.
Read on.
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