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Reports compiled by the U.S. military in Iraq from its informants and by non-governmental organizations from independent Iraqi sources provide the first detailed picture of a campaign of ballot fraud by Kurdish authorities in Nineveh province, the key to the outcome of the Oct. 15 constitutional referendum. They show that officials of the Kurdish Democratic … Continue reading “Witnesses Describe Ballot Fraud in Nineveh”

Scooter Libby has been indicted for lying. Many suspect Libby, and perhaps others, deliberately outed Joe Wilson’s wife as a covert CIA agent. This was done to punish and discredit Wilson for bringing attention to the false information regarding Iraq’s supposed efforts to build a nuclear weapon – information made public in President Bush’s State … Continue reading “Big Lies and Little Lies”

The problem with some books is that in place of a review you simply want to reprint long excerpts. George Packer, who has written for the New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine is a graceful and sometimes eloquent writer who has interviewed or tagged along with dozens of people in Iraq and the … Continue reading “Anatomy of a Disaster”

The Bush administration, with its crony corporations in tow, essentially sallied forth into the world with the collective mentality of a plunderer, ready to strip mine the planet. While its plans for global – and energy – domination (as well as the military conquest of space) have been aimed at forever, its business plans seemed … Continue reading “Bush’s Bad Business Empire”

One day late in the Vietnam war, a Senator called his defense staffer into his office. Like too many Senators (though neither of the two I worked for), the distinguished legislator depended entirely upon his staff but treated them like peons. Although the end of the day had come and gone, the Senator snarled at … Continue reading “Engagement: An Exit Strategy”

President Bush went to Congress in September 2002 seeking “specific statutory authorization” to invade Iraq. Bush based his case on a National Intelligence Estimate of Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs prepared the month before by the Director of Central Intelligence. Tenet’s NIE reportedly contained "slam-dunk" evidence that Saddam had been – among other things … Continue reading “Harmful to National Security”

The huge gap between Tehran and Washington has widened in recent months. Top officials of Iran and the United States are not even within shouting distance. The styles of rhetoric differ, but the messages in both directions are filled with hostility. While visiting Iran’s capital in early summer, during the home stretch of the presidential … Continue reading “Axis of Hardliners, From Tehran to Washington”

Pressure mounted on the George W. Bush administration Thursday to provide details of secret prisons abroad reportedly run by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), where terror suspects are held incommunicado in dark, sometimes underground, cells. According to an investigative article by the Washington Post‘s Dana Priest, shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the CIA … Continue reading “Report on Covert Prisons Abroad Spurs UN, EU Probes”

Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the CIA leak case, is of a type not seen in many years: he seems to personify the virtue of rationality and the spirit of rectitude combined. He seems, in short, the incarnation of an age gone by. This, in concert with his boyish yet stern visage, imbues … Continue reading “Smearing Fitzgerald”

It’s time for the antiwar movement to take U.S. threats against Iran and Syria very, very seriously. Not only are stories of such threats appearing at an increasing rate in the media, they now seem to be a topic of concern on Capitol Hill and at the United Nations. Condi Rice, war hound that she … Continue reading “Stop the Next War Before It Starts”