Scott Horton interviews Lt. Col. (ret.) Karen Kwiatkowski about the lies that justified the Iraq war, the liars who told them, why they wanted to invade Iraq, the failures of the 9/11 Commission Report, and the election. Check out Scott's other interviews with...
Allawi, the Cheerleader
Was Iyad Allawi, America's Iraqi sock-puppet and the country's unelected "prime minister," lying when he told the U.S. Congress: "In Samarra, the Iraqi government has tackled the insurgents who once controlled the city. Following weeks of discussions between...
PATRIOT Act II: Back From the Dead
Civil liberties advocates are once again raising concern over legislation moving through Congress meant to enhance the controversial USA PATRIOT Act rushed into law in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Last Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a...
Turkey: One Step Forward, Two Back
BRUSSELS - Turkey took a step closer to the European Union Thursday after EU enlargement commissioner Guenter Verheugen said he was "satisfied" that a row over Turkey's penal code had been resolved. Verheugen told media representatives after a meeting with...
A Debate at Last?
It would be difficult to exaggerate my profound lack of confidence, let alone faith, in the political system of this or any other country to make your life or mine better. I'm with Thomas Jefferson, who once put it something like this: If I have no choice but to be in...
Torture and Rape Rampant in Iraq Prisons
HUNTINGTON WOODS, MICH. - American legal investigators have discovered evidence of abuse, torture and rape throughout the U.S.-run prison system in Iraq. A Michigan legal team meeting with former detainees in Baghdad during an August fact-finding mission gathered...
Chinese Change of Guard Just Political Window Dressing?
BEIJING - The resignation of ex-president Jiang Zemin from his powerful post as commander-in-chief of the Chinese military heralds his impending political demise. However, his handover of authority to the younger President Hu Jintao signifies little imminent change in...
If America Were Iraq
President Bush said Tuesday that the Iraqis are refuting the pessimists and implied that things are improving in that country. What would America look like if it were in Iraq's current situation? The population of the U.S. is over 11 times that of Iraq, so a lot of...
Deserter’s Hearing Could Expose North Korean Secrets
TOKYO As the legal drama unfolds soon in the desertion trial of Charles Robert Jenkins, wanted by the U.S. Army for abandoning his patrol, close attention will be paid to his testimony for possible secrets into North Korea the place where Jenkins made...
War in Northern Uganda ‘Coming to An End’
NAIROBI - The conflict in northern Uganda, which has claimed thousands of lives and displaced about a million people, is losing momentum and slowly grinding to a halt, religious leaders and human rights groups say. "The situation [in northern Uganda] is quiet....


