Let me see if I've got this straight. Perhaps two years ago, an "informal" meeting of "veterans" of the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal – holding positions in the Bush administration – was convened by Deputy National Security Adviser Elliott Abrams. Discussed were...
Read it and weep: "Top House Democrats retreated Monday from an attempt to limit President Bush's authority for taking military action against Iran as the leadership concentrated on a looming confrontation with the White House over Iraq. Officials said Speaker Nancy...
Updated at 1:05 a.m. EST, Mar. 15, 2007At least 60 Iraqis were reported killed or found dead today and another 37 Iraqis were injured in lighter than normal violence. The worst attack killed 10 and wounded over two dozen more at a marketplace in northern Iraq. During...
Interview recorded Feb. 27, 2007. Listen to the interview. Although we've talked about this issue, your article in The New Yorker, "The Redirection," a couple of times, Mr. Hersh, would you give us a thumbnail sketch of your story? Hersh: Yeah, basically, it's a story...
In its newly released annual report on the status of human rights around the world, the U.S. State Department disparages a long list of nations about their violations of individual freedoms. The report notes that countries in which power is concentrated in the hands...
With Ali al-Fadhily BAGHDAD - The security conference held last Saturday in Baghdad produced statements, drew mortar fire, and brought little hope of security. The conference attended by representatives from 13 countries, including Syria, Iran, and the United States,...
BOGOTÁ - U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Colombia was accompanied by signals that Washington may step up its efforts to secure the release of three U.S. intelligence operatives who have been held hostage by the main guerrilla group, the FARC, since...
Updated at 1:10 a.m. EST, March 14, 2007 Civilian violence picked up today with several incidents occurring in the capital and elsewhere. At least 102 Iraqis were reported killed or found dead and another 31 Iraqis were wounded. A roadside bomb killed one American...
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was just a liar and a hatchet man for Vice President Cheney in the White House. Douglas Feith was inside the Pentagon. Lying to cover up the reason for the war is one thing; responsibility for the disastrous occupation policies is...
The biggest transfer of cash in history took place from May 2003 to June 2004 when the U.S. Federal Reserve of New York shipped $12 billion in bills of various denominations to war-torn Iraq. Over the course of one year, a fleet of C-130s carried, from New York to...
