By Noel Brinkerhoff May 19, 2009 A commando unit created by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been behind the worst attacks in Afghanistan invo
Glenn GreenwaldMAY 13, 2009It's difficult to react much to Obama's complete reversal today of his own prior decision to release photographs depicting extre
By Alex ConstantineBefore his appointment to NTSB acting chairman, Major General Mark Rosenker was director of the White House MILITARY Office under GW Bus
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" ... One employee told investigators that [Greg] Smith directed her to purchase cocaine for him during normal MMS [Minerals Management Services] business
By CHARLIE SAVAGE and SCOTT SHANENYTMarch 8, 2009WASHINGTON — When John C. Yoo, a former Justice Department lawyer, was selected by President George W. B
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CA Sues To Block Bush Endangered Species RulesDecember 30, 2008http://www.ktvu.com/news/18383305/detail.htmlSACRAMENTO -- California is suing the Bush admi
"Mike Connell, the chief IT consultant to Karl Rove, who recently died in a private plane crash, reportedly asked for protective custody from the governmen
Also see: "Bush Insider Who Planned To Tell All Killed In Plane Crash: Non-Profit Demands Full Federal Investigation," and "Ohio TV station: Was Connell cr
By Ryan Singel WiredNovember 20, 2008If you are New York's police commissioner, what does it take to figure out when your city's anti-terrorism squad has g
Obama and the Chicago Slumlord: " ... [Tony] Rezko rehabbed a 31-unit building here eleven years ago with a loan from Chicago taxpayers. They couldn’t fi
" ... I've talked to plenty of torture fans at McCain-Palin rallies. They know they're backing the torture ticket. ... " David Swanson American Chronicle
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The AustralianOctober 16, 2008WASHINGTON: The Bush administration issued a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003 and 2004 that explicitly endorsed the ag
Panel "Puzzled" by Use of Executive Privilege to Shield DocumentsBy JUSTIN ROODABC News Internet VenturesOctober 14, 2008President Bush sidetracked a congr
The Gang's All HereBy PAM MARTENSwww.counterpunch.org/September 17, 2008The vetting of Sarah Palin for the McCain campaign by an Iran-Contra alumnus brough
Criminal inquiry comes on recommendation of Justice Department investigators. By Eric Lichtblau, Sharon Otterman THE NEW YORK TIMES September 30, 2008 WA