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[Three weeks ago, Nick Turse wrote a dispatch, “Casualties of the Bush Administration," about government officials who resigned or retired in protest, or were forced over a cliff by this administration. It was, in essence, a proposal for a Wall of Honor. At the time, we realized that it should be accompanied by a Wall … Continue reading “The Wall of Shame”

In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and with an ongoing war in Iraq that costs more than $1 billion per week, taxpayers might think Congress has better things to do with $21 billion than send it overseas. Yet that’s exactly what Congress did last Friday, approving a useless and counterproductive foreign aid spending … Continue reading “Deficits at Home, Welfare Abroad”

Poor Rocco Martino – he’s the ex-agent of Italy’s military intelligence agency (SISMI) who’s at the heart of the Niger uranium forgery scandal, and, it seems, the designated fall guy. Rocco says he didn’t realize the import of the forged documents that eventually passed into the hands of the White House and crept into President … Continue reading “Blame It on Rocco”

“President Bush has ordered White House staff to attend mandatory briefings beginning next week on ethical behavior and the handling of classified material after the indictment last week of a senior administration official in the CIA leak probe. … A senior aide said Bush decided to mandate the ethics course during private meetings last weekend … Continue reading “Ethics for Dummies”

At the heart of the obstruction case against Scooter Libby is a cover-up involving co-conspirators from the White House Iraq Group. And they’re hiding something far more damaging than the vindictive outing of a war critic’s undercover wife, as this chilling timeline reveals: Sept. 8, 2002: Vice President Dick Cheney and then-National Security Adviser Condoleezza … Continue reading “Disturbing Questions Raised by Cover-Up Timeline”

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”