Jason Leopold

Six months before the United States was dead-set on invading Iraq to rid the country of its alleged weapons of mass destruction, experts in the field of nuclear science warned officials in the Bush administration that intelligence reports showing Iraq was stockpiling chemical and biological weapons was unreliable and that the country did not pose … Continue reading “White House Silenced Experts Who Questioned Iraq Intel Six Months Before War”

While the hawks in the Bush administration attempt to justify the logic behind a preemptive strike against Iraq as the likelihood of finding the country’s alleged weapons of mass destruction grows increasingly remote, the truth behind the war is finally coming to light. In his State of the Union address in January, President George W … Continue reading “Why Saddam Was Doomed, WMDs or None”

Here’s what we know so far about Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction: of the 600 or so sites identified by United States intelligence and Iraqi officials as places where the country’s biological weapons may be hidden, about 100 of these sites have been searched over the past six weeks and not a single speck … Continue reading “The Iraq War Was Always Based On Shaky Evidence and Bad Intel”

Here we go again. While postwar Iraq continues to crumble, the Bush administration is now setting its sights on a new target – Iran – in its so-called effort to reshape most of the Middle East and bring democracy to countries ruled by vicious dictators. But the Bush administration is again relying on flimsy evidence … Continue reading “Despite Thin Intelligence Reports, US Plans To Overthrow Iranian Regime”

Last October, the New York Times reported that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ordered the military’s regional commanders to rewrite all of their war plans to capitalize on precision weapons, better intelligence and speedier deployment in the event the United States decided to invade Iraq. That war plan, which Rumsfeld helped shape, has now failed … Continue reading “Rummy’s Failed War Plan and the Casualties That May Result”

Richard Perle’s resignation Thursday as chairman of the Defense Policy Board, a Pentagon advisory group, is long overdue. Perle quit the board because he was hired to help bankrupt telecommunications firm Global Crossing win approval from the Department of Defense to sell the company to a Hong Kong billionaire and lawmakers questioned whether Perle’s dual … Continue reading “The Enterprising Hawk”

Richard Perle’s resignation Thursday as chairman of the Defense Policy Board, a Pentagon advisory group, is long overdue. Perle quit the board because he was hired to help bankrupt telecommunications firm Global Crossing win approval from the Department of Defense to sell the company to a Hong Kong billionaire and lawmakers questioned whether Perle’s dual … Continue reading “The Enterprising Hawk”