The Barack Obama administration's new interest in the 2004 religious verdict, or "fatwa," by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei banning the possession of nuclear weapons, long dismissed by national security officials, has prompted The New York Times to...
Russians Refuted US Claim of Iranian Missile Threat to Europe
A diplomatic cable from last February released by WikiLeaks provides a detailed account of how Russian specialists on the Iranian ballistic missile program refuted the U.S. suggestion that Iran has missiles that could target European capitals or intends to develop...
Leakers, Beware the Corporate Media
The Gray Lady and Officials Anonymous
The New York Times, the “Gray Lady” that abetted the efforts of Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld to dupe America into supporting the Iraq invasion, is still the willing echo chambermaid of the warmongery. The most egregious piece of covert propaganda the NYT ran during...
Let’s Get Our Own Foreign Policy House in Order Before Criticizing Others
On March 31, 2010, the New York Times wrote an editorial that briefly expressed horror in response to the Moscow subway terror bombings, then warned that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin might yet again use terrorist attacks to further consolidate his power, and finally...
Read the IAEA Reports on Iran
On Feb. 19, New York Times reporters David Sanger and William Broad filed a story about the International Atomic Energy Agency's latest report [.pdf] on its inspection and monitoring work in Iran. The lead of story, "Inspectors Say Iran Worked on Warhead,"...