By Michael Winship
March 14, 2009
In this bicentennial year of Abraham Lincoln's birth, I recently was re-reading part of Doris Kearns Goodwin's epic history, Team of Rivals.
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
Gates Carries Over Iraq-WMD Lie
By Melvin A. Goodman
March 14, 2009
March 14, 2009
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Gates to be Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), but he was denied confirmation because a majority of members on the Senate Intelligence Committee believed he was lying about his knowledge and role in the Iran-Contra Affair.
Friday, March 13, 2009
War Crimes & American Rejectionism
By Peter Dyer
March 13, 2009
On June 13, 1899, one of the largest battles of the Philippine-American war took place on the southern outskirts of Manila.
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March 13, 2009
On June 13, 1899, one of the largest battles of the Philippine-American war took place on the southern outskirts of Manila.
Read on.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Israel Lobby Knocks Out Freeman
By Melvin A. Goodman
March 12, 2009
March 12, 2009
Israel is capable of debating sensitive national security issues dealing with a variety of Israeli-Arab issues, but this does not appear to be possible in the United States.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Oh, What a Lovely Class War!
By Michael Winship
March 11, 2009
My goodness, how they howl when the proverbial shoe is on the proverbial other foot. You'd think the Red Army had just left Moscow and was preparing a frontal assault on the Federal Reserve.
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March 11, 2009
My goodness, how they howl when the proverbial shoe is on the proverbial other foot. You'd think the Red Army had just left Moscow and was preparing a frontal assault on the Federal Reserve.
Read on.
Timidity Derails Obama Intel Choice
By Ray McGovern
March 11, 2009
On Tuesday morning, Director of National Intelligence, Admiral Dennis Blair, employed the indicative mood in describing the high value that Chas Freeman, his appointee to head the National Intelligence Council (NIC), will bring to the job — “his long experience and inventive mind,” for example.
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March 11, 2009
On Tuesday morning, Director of National Intelligence, Admiral Dennis Blair, employed the indicative mood in describing the high value that Chas Freeman, his appointee to head the National Intelligence Council (NIC), will bring to the job — “his long experience and inventive mind,” for example.
Read on.
The Neocons Strike Back
By Robert Parry
March 11, 2009
The neoconservatives have demonstrated that their power in Washington remains strong as they have succeeded in keeping veteran diplomat Chas Freeman out of a top intelligence job.
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March 11, 2009
The neoconservatives have demonstrated that their power in Washington remains strong as they have succeeded in keeping veteran diplomat Chas Freeman out of a top intelligence job.
Read on.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Can Obama's Change Find El Salvador?
By Don North
March 11, 2009
More than a quarter century ago, the U.S. government under Ronald Reagan drew a Cold War line in El Salvador and made the defeat of the leftist Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation (the FMLN) a major foreign policy goal.
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March 11, 2009
More than a quarter century ago, the U.S. government under Ronald Reagan drew a Cold War line in El Salvador and made the defeat of the leftist Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation (the FMLN) a major foreign policy goal.
Read on.
Finally, Putting Country First
By Brent Budowsky
March 10, 2009
We Americans have our backs against the financial wall. We are in a war against fear, greed and corruption of the marketplace.
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March 10, 2009
We Americans have our backs against the financial wall. We are in a war against fear, greed and corruption of the marketplace.
Read on.
Obama's DNI Urged to Backi Freeman
By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
March 10, 2009
March 10, 2009
We write to give strong endorsement to your choice of Chas Freeman for Chair of the National Intelligence Council.
Monday, March 09, 2009
The Threat to Obama's Presidency
By Robert Parry
March 9, 2009
Less than two months into Barack Obama’s presidency, it has become clear that the top threat to his ability to accomplish his goals – from reversing the recession to reforming health care to building a greener economy – is not just an obstructionist Republican Party but a U.S. news media that remains largely tilted to the Right.
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March 9, 2009
Less than two months into Barack Obama’s presidency, it has become clear that the top threat to his ability to accomplish his goals – from reversing the recession to reforming health care to building a greener economy – is not just an obstructionist Republican Party but a U.S. news media that remains largely tilted to the Right.
Read on.
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Who Wants to Watch the Watchmen?
By Lisa Pease
March 8, 2009
I was really looking forward to seeing “Watchmen.” While I had not read the graphic novel, I was familiar with Alan Moore's work from his novel “V for Vendetta,” and the Wachowski brothers' magnificent movie based on the novel.
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March 8, 2009
I was really looking forward to seeing “Watchmen.” While I had not read the graphic novel, I was familiar with Alan Moore's work from his novel “V for Vendetta,” and the Wachowski brothers' magnificent movie based on the novel.
Read on.
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