Lewis "Scooter" Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Richard B. Cheney and assistant to the president, has been indicted for a cover-up. As U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald made clear at the Oct. 28 press conference announcing Libby's indictment,...
The Tip of the Criminal Conspiracy
I. Lewis ("Scooter") Libby, immediately praised by the president ("Scooter has worked tirelessly on behalf of the American people and sacrificed much in the service to this country"), his resignation accepted with "deep regret" by the vice president ("He has given...
Bush: Treaty Outlawing Torture Doesn’t Apply Beyond US Soil
Echoing recent comments by White House officials, a U.S. government report submitted to the United Nations last Friday bears a message that the brutal treatment of people held in U.S. military custody abroad is and should be legal. The report, which was submitted to...
Earth to Bush: Ditch Cheney
The idea that George W. Bush is losing confidence in Dick Cheney is gaining traction, and Time magazine has the story: "'The problem is that the president doesn't want to make changes,' says a White House adviser who is not looking for a West Wing job, 'but he's lost...
The Nucleus of the Scandal
The White House still maintains there was evidence other than crude forgeries to back its prewar charge Saddam Hussein was trying to procure uranium from Niger, giving a reed of hope to loyal defenders that the whole Iraq nuke scare wasn't an orchestrated fraud...
Cheney’s Top Aide Indicted in CIA Leak Case
with Katherine Stapp US Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff and top national security aide resigned Friday, hours before a grand jury formally indicted him on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice following a 22-month probe into the public disclosure...
A Formidable Hawk Goes Down
Losing I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, perhaps the most influential national security official without a formal cabinet rank, marks a serious blow to the George W. Bush administration and particularly to the hawks who led the drive to war in Iraq. Like his boss...
Historic Opportunity
Last week, James Moore, a former television news correspondent and the co-author of the bestselling Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential, wrote an op-ed piece entitled "Fitzgerald's Historic Opportunity" that appeared originally at...
Backtalk, October 29, 2005
Iraq by the Numbers George Bush stated that he would rather fight terrorism in Iraq than in the United States. But what if the result is the same? The next big number in Iraq is going to be when the number of American soldiers killed there is equal to the number of...
At the White House, the Spin Doctor Is Ill
While indictment fever gripped the Washington press corps this month, the president's spin doctor was incapacitated. An ailing Karl Rove could not help the Republican search for a media cure. With temperature rising, the political physician was in no position to cure...


