Saturday, January 10, 2009

WPost Again Flacks for Bush's Crimes

By Robert Parry
January 10, 2009

With only 10 days left before George W. Bush leaves office, the Washington Establishment – and its chief mouthpiece the Washington Post – are trying to stymie any meaningful accountability for the outgoing administration and thus cover up for their own complicity in Bush’s crimes and incompetence.

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What Am I Bid for the American Wild?

By Michael Winship
January 10, 2009

We've all seen those sitcoms or movies in which someone stumbles into an art auction and, not knowing how it works, idly scratches his nose or pulls his ear and finds himself the owner of a Rembrandt.

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Friday, January 09, 2009

How the CIA Handles the WPost

By Melvin A. Goodman
January 9, 2009

On Jan. 7, the Washington Post published a front-page lead article and an op-ed on the nomination of Leon Panetta as CIA director; both articles exaggerated the extent of opposition to the Panetta appointment and they demonstrated the weakness of mainstream media coverage of the intelligence community, particularly the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Thursday, January 08, 2009

Obama Picks a Conscience for the CIA

By Ray McGovern
January 8, 2009

At long last. Change we can believe in.

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WPost Finds Second Side to Gaza War

By Robert Parry
January 8, 2009

Twelve days into Israel’s punishing war on Gaza, the Washington Post editorial section finally has published an op-ed suggesting that there might be two sides to the dispute, an article by former President Jimmy Carter who presented both Israeli and Palestinian concerns and noted Israel’s failure to live up to the goals of last year’s truce agreement.

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Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Conyers Seeks Probe of Bush Crimes

By Jason Leopold
January 7, 2009

In one of the first acts of the 111th Congress, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers proposed legislation to create a blue-ribbon panel of outside experts to probe the “broad range” of policies pursued by the Bush administration “under claims of unreviewable war powers,” including torture of detainees and warrantless wiretaps.

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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Bush Spins Scandalous Neglect of Vets

By Jason Leopold
January 6, 2009

It’s not uncommon for Presidents to embellish their accomplishments upon leaving office, but George W. Bush, who will exit the White House leaving the country in the worst shape since Herbert Hoover, has gone a step further, moving past exaggeration into outright lying.

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Sunday, January 04, 2009

WPost Columnist Excuses Torture

By David Swanson
January 4, 2009

According to Albert Camus, "It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners." But Washington Post editorial writer Ruth Marcus has joined the side of the executioners and provided a clear example of how that is respectably done in our time and place.

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Israel's Looming Catastrophe

By Robert Parry
January 4, 2009

For the past three decades, Israel has charted a course that invites its own destruction by relying on two risky propositions: first, that it could extend its security perimeter beyond the reach of a devastating missile attack, and second, that it could permanently control the political debate inside its crucial ally, the United States.

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