Wednesday, December 31, 2003
t r u t h o u t - Ray McGovern: Hijacking "Him'' for Empire
Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Sunday, December 28, 2003
San Antonio Current: Bush signs parts of Patriot Act II into law — stealthily
Washington Post: U.S. Decisions On Iraq Spending Made in Private
LA Times: 'Our Guy' for Iraq Leader May End Up Biting Us
Washington Post: Leaks Probe Is Gathering Momentum
Slate: Now It's a Scandal - New evidence that a House GOP leader offered a bribe. By Timothy Noah
LA Times: 'Our Guy' for Iraq Leader May End Up Biting Us
Washington Post: Leaks Probe Is Gathering Momentum
Slate: Now It's a Scandal - New evidence that a House GOP leader offered a bribe. By Timothy Noah
Friday, December 26, 2003
Associated Press: GOP Congress Scuttled Meat Protection Measure
Miami Herald: The Scandal-scarred Florida County vote chief replaced
James Ridgeway: The Martial Plan
AlterNet: Murdoch's Mega-Media Merger
Maria Recio:Is James Baker Too Near Pie to Ask Nations to Forgive Slices?
Miami Herald: The Scandal-scarred Florida County vote chief replaced
James Ridgeway: The Martial Plan
AlterNet: Murdoch's Mega-Media Merger
Maria Recio:Is James Baker Too Near Pie to Ask Nations to Forgive Slices?
Thursday, December 25, 2003
Inter Press Service: US Firm Bechtel Planned to Evade 1988 Iraq Sanctions
Washington Post: For Vietnam Vet Anthony Zinni, Another War on Shaky Territory
Washington Post: For Vietnam Vet Anthony Zinni, Another War on Shaky Territory
Wednesday, December 24, 2003
Read this article very carefully. Then re-read it, replacing the threat posed by Cuban Communism with that of terrorism.
ABCNEWS.com : U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba
Paul Krugman: The Death of Horatio Alger
Naomi Klein: It's greed, not ideology, that rules the White House
t r u t h o u t - Interview: John Kerry with William Rivers Pitt
Le Figaro: Cheney Faces Indictment in France Over Nigerian Halliburton Deal
ABCNEWS.com : U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba
Paul Krugman: The Death of Horatio Alger
Naomi Klein: It's greed, not ideology, that rules the White House
t r u t h o u t - Interview: John Kerry with William Rivers Pitt
Le Figaro: Cheney Faces Indictment in France Over Nigerian Halliburton Deal
Tuesday, December 23, 2003
What follows is a perfect example of how US government manipulation of the news and shameless spin fail to tell the full story of Saddam's capture:
The Statesman: Saddam was held by Kurdish forces, drugged and left for US troops The credit for this story goes to the Sunday Express's Yvonne Ridley. She was interviewed this morning on Democracy Now!
NY Times: Rumsfeld Made Iraq Overture in '84 Despite Chemical Raids
The Statesman: Saddam was held by Kurdish forces, drugged and left for US troops The credit for this story goes to the Sunday Express's Yvonne Ridley. She was interviewed this morning on Democracy Now!
NY Times: Rumsfeld Made Iraq Overture in '84 Despite Chemical Raids
Monday, December 22, 2003
NY Times: Inquiry Suggests Pakistanis Sold Nuclear Secrets With 'allies' like this, who needs enemies?
Reuters: Iraq Revives Russia Oil Hope, Gets Debt Cut Pledge So, the theory that the US-Russian-French conflict over going to war with Iraq was essentially about oil money, does hold water.
Reuters: Iraq Revives Russia Oil Hope, Gets Debt Cut Pledge So, the theory that the US-Russian-French conflict over going to war with Iraq was essentially about oil money, does hold water.
Sunday, December 21, 2003
Baltimote Sun: During trial, Hussein may try to implicate Western leaders ...which is why he will not likely be allowed to testify on his own behalf. No other person in Iraq has more information about the ties of his regime to the U.S.
Saturday, December 20, 2003
Washington Post: Rumsfeld Visited Baghdad in 1984 to Reassure Iraqis, Documents Show
Paul Krugman: Telling It Right
NRDC Questions Legality of Secret Dealings
Paul Krugman: Telling It Right
NRDC Questions Legality of Secret Dealings
Friday, December 19, 2003
boston Globe: Still no mass weapons, no ties to 9/11, no truth
Thursday, December 18, 2003
San Francisco Chronicle: Ashcroft's former Senate campaign, PAC to pay $37,000 FEC fine
NY Times: White House Memo: Remember ’Weapons of Mass Destruction’? For Bush, They Are a Nonissue
NY Times: White House Memo: Remember ’Weapons of Mass Destruction’? For Bush, They Are a Nonissue
Wednesday, December 17, 2003
CBS News: 9/11 Commission Chair Kean: Attack Was Preventable
Florida Today: Senators were told Iraq not only had weapons of mass destruction, but had the means to deliver them to East Coast cities
t r u t h o u t Robert Fisk: Insurgents or Protesters?
William Safire argues for the right side, on occaision: Behind Closed Doors
heraldtribune.com: Convicted felons worked for electronic voting companies
Michael Moore: We Finally Got Our Frankenstein
NY Times Editorial: The Face of Scare Politics If the Times thinks this is in poor taste, Karl Rove's agenda for the 2004 race will hopefully take their outrage to new levels and might cause a few American voters to wake up. Fear is much easier to sell than hope. In the 2002 election, Mr. Rove showed how brilliantly this notion can be exploited.
Florida Today: Senators were told Iraq not only had weapons of mass destruction, but had the means to deliver them to East Coast cities
t r u t h o u t Robert Fisk: Insurgents or Protesters?
William Safire argues for the right side, on occaision: Behind Closed Doors
heraldtribune.com: Convicted felons worked for electronic voting companies
Michael Moore: We Finally Got Our Frankenstein
NY Times Editorial: The Face of Scare Politics If the Times thinks this is in poor taste, Karl Rove's agenda for the 2004 race will hopefully take their outrage to new levels and might cause a few American voters to wake up. Fear is much easier to sell than hope. In the 2002 election, Mr. Rove showed how brilliantly this notion can be exploited.
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Norman Solomon: For telling the truth
Paul Krugman: Patriots and Profits
Glaxo chief: Our drugs do not work on most patients
The Guardian: UN tribunal lets US edit former NATO chief's evidence for broadcast
Newsweek: Bin Laden’s Iraq Plans
Paul Krugman: Patriots and Profits
Glaxo chief: Our drugs do not work on most patients
The Guardian: UN tribunal lets US edit former NATO chief's evidence for broadcast
Newsweek: Bin Laden’s Iraq Plans
Monday, December 15, 2003
LA Weekly: Made in the USA, Part III: The Dishonor Roll
Sunday, December 14, 2003
William Rivers Pitt: We Caught The Wrong Guy
Jules Witcover: Derailing the debate
AP: Judge Rips Lawyers in Detroit Terror Case
U.S. News & World Report: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye.
Jules Witcover: Derailing the debate
AP: Judge Rips Lawyers in Detroit Terror Case
U.S. News & World Report: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye.
Friday, December 12, 2003
NY Times: U.S. Sees Evidence of Overcharging in Iraq Contract
Editorial: Cutting James Baker’s Ties
Paul Krugman: Op-Ed Columnist: A Deliberate Debacle
Editorial: Cutting James Baker’s Ties
Paul Krugman: Op-Ed Columnist: A Deliberate Debacle
Thursday, December 11, 2003
The Independent: The court case that could reshape US democracy
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Seymour Hersh Moving Targets
Newsweek: Cheney and the ‘Raw’ Intelligence
NY Times: How a Shady Iranian Deal Maker Kept the Pentagon’s Ear
NY Times: How a Shady Iranian Deal Maker Kept the Pentagon’s Ear
Monday, December 08, 2003
Well, the 'official' media seems intent on promulating a particluar version of this story. Here, is the Washington Post's account: Bush Names Baker Envoy on Iraq Debt I think the Northrop Grumman ad on this page is a nice touch.
For a striking contrast, full of the facts that actually make this story interesting, check out what investigative reporter Greg Palast has to add to this story.
For a striking contrast, full of the facts that actually make this story interesting, check out what investigative reporter Greg Palast has to add to this story.
Sunday, December 07, 2003
Saturday, December 06, 2003
Sunday Telegraph (London): Revealed: the Iraqi colonel who told MI6 that Saddam could launch WMD within 45 minutes
An unanswered question would then be: has Lt-Col al-Dabbagh's story checked out?
An unanswered question would then be: has Lt-Col al-Dabbagh's story checked out?
Will the Draft Return in 2004?
Financial Times: Perle lobbied for Boeing's tanker bid or, How Richard Can't Keep his Hands Clean.
The Village Voice's Rumsfeld Watch: SecDef Rumsfeld Aims to Privatize the U.S. Military
Financial Times: Perle lobbied for Boeing's tanker bid or, How Richard Can't Keep his Hands Clean.
The Village Voice's Rumsfeld Watch: SecDef Rumsfeld Aims to Privatize the U.S. Military
Friday, December 05, 2003
Thursday, December 04, 2003
Timothy Noah: Who Tried To Bribe Rep. Smith?
LA Times: U.S. Court Rules Against Parts of Anti-Terror Law
Interestingly, the cases of the "Lackawanna Six" were prosecuted under this law.
NY Times: Making Sure the Money Goes Where It’s Supposed To
Newsday: Iraq Could Produce Another Enron
The shameless Bait & Switch: Bush Raises Steel Money Before Tariff Decision
LA Times: U.S. Court Rules Against Parts of Anti-Terror Law
Interestingly, the cases of the "Lackawanna Six" were prosecuted under this law.
NY Times: Making Sure the Money Goes Where It’s Supposed To
Newsday: Iraq Could Produce Another Enron
The shameless Bait & Switch: Bush Raises Steel Money Before Tariff Decision
Wednesday, December 03, 2003
NY Times Editorial: Trading Favors
42 A-Plants Found to Lack Enough Cash for Cleanup
Two items from The Guardian of London:
US fires Guantanamo defence team
IDF refuseniks: 'We're air force pilots, not mafia. We don't take revenge'
The Scotsman: Inside story of how Washington is losing its bottle
42 A-Plants Found to Lack Enough Cash for Cleanup
Two items from The Guardian of London:
US fires Guantanamo defence team
IDF refuseniks: 'We're air force pilots, not mafia. We don't take revenge'
The Scotsman: Inside story of how Washington is losing its bottle
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
NY Times: Iraq’s Shiites Insist on Democracy. Washington Cringes.
Republican Blocks Bush Arms Export Plan
Mother Jones: The Uncompassionate Conservative
Helen Thomas: Only dictators ban television news
Colo. justices overturn voter districts
Paul Krugman: Op-Ed Columnist: Hack the Vote
Republican Blocks Bush Arms Export Plan
Mother Jones: The Uncompassionate Conservative
Helen Thomas: Only dictators ban television news
Colo. justices overturn voter districts
Paul Krugman: Op-Ed Columnist: Hack the Vote
Monday, December 01, 2003
LA Times: Patriot Act Author Has Concerns
