It was appropriate that the issue of government domestic spying was raised at the recent funeral of Mrs. Coretta Scott King. Martin Luther King Jr. and his family were victims of a vicious domestic spying program instigated by the federal government. The parallels...
Smoking Laptop
Since February, 2003, Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei and his inspectors at the International Atomic Energy Agency have been conducting intrusive investigations into Irans Safeguarded nuclear programs. Since December, 2003, Iran has been voluntarily adhering...
Whistleblowers Are Not Protected, Mr. Goss
Dear Mr. Goss, the timing of your recent op-ed in the New York Times interestingly coincides with the upcoming congressional hearing by the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats & International Relations on National Security Whistleblowers....
Top Mideast Analyst Accuses Bush of Politicizing Iraq Intel
The U.S. intelligence community's top Middle East analyst from 2000 to 2005 has accused the George W. Bush administration of distorting and politicizing intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war. In an article published Friday in Foreign Affairs magazine, analyst...
Another Stellar Week in the War on Terror
What is still fascinating and, as far as I know, almost unknown regarding the cartoon controversy, is why this brand of outrage over this particular provocation, and why now. We know certain things. Apparently some imams from Denmark traveled to the Middle East to...
Backtalk, February 10, 2006
Pledge Week I want to thank all those whose efforts go into this wonderful Web site. I especially enjoy Justin Raimondo's articles and as I read them I feel that I have met a friend who shares my exact sentiments on many issues across the board. I donated $100 today...
Trust Busted
Last week, the president of the United States gave his State of the Union address, where he spoke of America's leadership in the world and called on all of us to "lead this world toward freedom." Again and again, he invoked the principle of freedom, and how...
Polls: Anti-Iran Propaganda Working
The escalating crisis over Iran's nuclear program appears to have persuaded the U.S. public that Tehran now poses a greater threat to the United States than any other country, or even al-Qaeda, according to recent surveys. And even though the public remains worried...
Scooter’s Choice
The indefatigable Murray Waas has yet another Scooter Libby-related scoop, one that points to a developing split between the White House and Scooter's lawyers a conflict with the potential to rock this administration to its core. In court papers filed by...
How Not to Ban Torture in Congress
Alfred McCoy, an expert on the CIA and its history of torture, has some actual news the sort that's been sitting unnoticed right in front of our collective, reportorial eyes. Last year's clash between John McCain and the Bush administration over the senator's...


