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www.DukeEmployees.com - Duke Energy Employee Advocate News Links - Page 13Nuke Landfill to Close - "At issue is the Barnwell County dump site" Rice to Be Subpoenaed - "Israeli interest group played an unofficial but sanctioned role in crafting foreign policy" Industries Paid for Regulators' Travel - "This is a blatant violation of the ethics code" Disaster Response for the Chosen - "The saving of the chosen and the burning of the masses" Prostates and Prejudices - "Bogus numbers wrapped in an invalid comparison embedded in a smear" The Weak Slat - "FEMA staffers posed as reporters, pitching softball questions" His Name Was Wellstone - "What do you do when your soul dies, and your conscience goes away?" US Accused of Torture - "When done right, it is controlled death" Why Did We Invade Iraq Anyway? - "The United States viewed Middle Eastern oil as a precious prize" Scientists Urge End to Nuclear Waste Proposal - "Banking on reprocessing technology that hasn't been proven" Senators Want Probe on Content Blocking - "Equal treatment of traffic is long-standing practice on the Internet" War Protests: Why No Coverage? - "Newspapers have a duty to inform citizens about such democratic events" Most Students in South Are Poor - "The South historically was just a poorer part of the country" AFL-CIO Vs Bush Administration - "The Bush board is kryptonite for America's workers" Fearing Fear Itself - "The Bush administration adopted fear-mongering as a political strategy" Edwards Demands Corporate Responsibility - "It's especially important to force companies to honor their pension promises" Military Lawyer Breaks Ranks - "It's a kangaroo court system and completely corrupt" Defense Contract Award Protested - "They stacked the deck" No hard feelings, Duke Energy - "You could've been burying power lines all these years." Torture Complaint Filed Against Rumsfeld - "It asks the prosecutor to open an inquiry and take Rumsfeld into custody." Officials Balked on '05 Blackwater Inquiry - "In the worst-case scenario, some might seek revenge" A Catastrophe Foretold - "In fact, both borrowers and investors got scammed." Billionaires Up, America Down - "Wealth is being redistributed from poorer to richer." BP to Pay $373 Million - "To settle criminal and civil charges that it overcharged U.S. propane consumers" If Gore Were Arrested ... - "Any plants built without that technology 'are going to have to be bulldozed' " Iraqis Search for Justice - "He refused to accept an envelope filled with $12,500 in cash" Americans Are Feeling Greater Stress - "People who live in the East are more likely to consider work a stressor" Democrats Were Targets in Inquiries - "Gonzales had singled out Democratic politicians for prosecution" Priests Jailed for Protesting Torture - "The priests were arrested while kneeling in prayer" State Department Security Chief Resigns - "The Iraqi government is demanding that Blackwater be expelled from the country" Navajos Want to Clear Uranium Contamination - "Federal inspectors knew of the hazards but seldom intervened" The GOP Election Theft Machine - "It is setting us up for another presidential theft in 2008" Uneasy Days for Monks in Burma - "I don't want to become a soldier. If I have to kill a monk" The Impending War With Iran - "The US has been gearing up for a war with Iran for years" Lawbreaker in Chief - "Mukasey showed a disregard for civil liberties" We Were Right; They Were Wrong - "What damage was actually done by the leak remains a secret" Congresswoman Woolsey - "Woolsey was the first representative to call for an end to the Iraq occupation" Taking Over the Courts and Congress - "The BushCheney push for imperial power is much more dangerous" Will the Light Be Out? - "The...Commission denied a Duke Energy...800-megawatt coal-fired plant" Blackwater Accused of Tax Evasion - "May have defrauded the government of millions of dollars" Microsoft Concedes in Antitrust Case - "This is a huge breakthrough...This will level the playing field" Energy Traders Avoid Scrutiny - "He made risky bets that led to the fund's collapse" Suicide Is Not Painless - "$6 billion worth of contracts are being investigated for waste and fraud" How Did Dad Die at War? - "My worst fear is that they’ll forget about him" Bush "Grossly Misjudged Putin" - "Putin...compared the United States under Bush to Germany under Hitler." Short Money to Help Poor Pay Heating Bills - "Threat to veto legislation to boost funding" With Democrats Like These ... - "But the Democrats took over, and still the one-party system continues" Blackwater to Be Phased Out - "Iraq's government has demanded that Blackwater leave Iraq" Power Plant Rejected Over Carbon Dioxide - "Is it without precedent? Yes" Clinton Rakes in Cash From Weapons Industry - "Clinton has also emerged as Wall Street's favourite" The Urge to Confess - "Torture as the Royal Road to Commander-in-Chief Power" Security Contractors Conflict With US Mission - "As I see it, right now those missions are in conflict" Court May Move Against White House - "CREW is trying to make sure the e-mail copies are being preserved" Bush's Faith Run Over by History - "He has redefined his weakness - his lack of knowledge and experience - as his singular strength" Attorney-Gate Probe - "Seven US attorneys were fired on a single day" Plame Book Criticizes Bush - "Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House" The Pro-War Undertow of the Blackwater Scandal - "Taxpayer subsidies for private mercenaries are antithetical to democracy" The Real Iraq We Knew - "By 12 Former Army Captains" Nothing Left to Lose - "Adherence to strict secrecy only applies to the White House gang when it suits them" Bush and Cheney Are Out of Control - "The American military is stretched to the limit." Outsourcing Torture - "We are losing the war in Iraq. We are an isolated and reviled nation." Orwell in 2007 - "Congress is now revisiting the legality of the Patriot Act" DoD Sought Citizens' Bank Records - "Once again, the Bush administration's unchecked authority has led to abuse" US, Iraq Negotiate Blackwater Expulsion - "There have been attacks on the lives of Iraqi citizens" Gore Derangement Syndrome - "He's taken everything they could throw at him, and emerged more respected" A New Halliburton-Style Scandal? - "The Blackwater scandal in Iraq" America's Own Unlawful Combatants? - "It is a war crime to kill civilians unlawfully in an armed conflict" A Wife's Battle - "The $860 VA disability check barely covers expenses" Spies, Lies and FISA - "Republican lawmakers help Mr. Bush shred the Constitution" The "Good Germans" Among Us - "We got more information…with a game of chess...than they do today, with their torture" Shiite Politician Calls for Total US Withdrawal - "We will work not to have fixed bases for foreign troops on Iraqi lands" Obama, Edwards Accuse Clinton of Flip-Flop - "So I'm not sure if any of us knows exactly where she stands" Cunningham Tried to Hide Transactions - "Wilkes supplied the...Republican with $625,000 in cash" WHAT ELSE IS OUR GOVERNMENT LYING ABOUT? - "Video" The True Miracle in the Andes - "He chose to refuse the path of least resistance" Ex-Commander Says Iraq Effort Is "a Nightmare" - "General Sanchez's main criticism was leveled at the Bush administration" Blackwater Guards Took No Fire - "They killed innocent people for no reason" A Prize for Al Gore - "Having squandered the last seven years, Mr. Bush is unlikely to change." Torture: What's in a Name? - "The problem with his statement is that it contradicts his attorney general's memos" Burma Returns to an Unspoken Terror - "We are a Buddhist country. We believe that if you do good, you receive good" Greenpeace Hijacks Power Plant! - "Greenpeace hope to close the power station" Income-Inequality Gap Widens - "The richest Americans' share of national income has hit a postwar record" Burma's Struggle - "They aren't going to give up the fight for Burma." Action against polluting utility is ruled out until 2018. - "The battle over the New Source Review is not over" Blackwater Faces War Crimes Inquiry - "Iraqi authorities have accused Blackwater of...'deliberate murder' " Sliming Graeme Frost - "G.O.P. politicians were eager to join in the smear" Who's Afraid of Sick Kids? - "When is a twelve-year-old boy with brain damage a threat?" GOP Aide Subpoenaed - "Lewis is one of several California Republicans under federal scrutiny" Iraq's Ever-Deepening Crisis - "The killings are still taking place, the torture is still being reported" The President's Power - "Never has his authority appeared so diminished" It's the Oil - "Iraq is 'unwinnable', a 'quagmire', a 'fiasco' " Al Gore Wins Peace Prize - "He said he would donate his share of the $1.5 million" The Repression of Monks - "One detained opposition leader has been tortured to death" Chrysler Workers Walk Out - "He hopes the union can get a better deal than the one it reached with General Motors Corp." Bribery Trial Opens - "Cunningham...may also be called to the stand" Torture Endorsed, Torture Denied - "Those who commit or order torture can be convicted under the U.S. War Crimes Statute" Iraqis Probe Killings of Women - "The woman driving the car tried to stop, but was killed along with her passenger" The Bombing of Appalachia - "Pure greed drives the coal operators to rape and pillage Appalachia for profit" Even the British Are Leaving Iraq - "Washington had always exaggerated the strength of the coalition"
Leak Severed a Link to Al-Qaeda's Secrets - "The video...had been leaked from within the Bush administration" Same Old Party - "Bush hasn't strayed from the path at all." Iraqi Authorities Seek Blackwater Ouster - "Blackwater's license to operate in Iraq expired on June 2, 2006" Investors Ask Court to Sanction Claims - "Financial institutions were active, knowing and crucial participants in the Enron fraud" The Hidden Menace of Mobile Phones - "He completely lost his hearing in his left ear and was off work for 12 months" Blackwater Shootings "Murder," Iraq Says - "Not even a brick was thrown at them" Medicare Audits Show Problems in Private Plans - "Private insurers cannot be trusted to care for the sickest" On Torture and American Values - "Clinging to the administration’s policies will only cause further harm" State Department Ignored Blackwater Warnings - "Diplomats had raised concerns about guards' endangering of Iraqi civilians" Nobody Knows the Lynchings He’s Seen - "What's the difference between a low-tech lynching and a high-tech lynching?" Guilty Plea Stands, but Craig Won't Quit Senate - "Expulsion...has been used to remove just 15 senators since 1789" Senator Craig Won't Resign in Sex Sting Plea - "Craig had said he would resign on September 30" Monks Flee Crackdown in Burma - "Bush...is a 'hypocrite' to complain about Myanmar's crackdown" Anger With GOP May Be Devastating - "Conservatives feel betrayed by the Republican leaders, and they want them replaced" Fired Blackwater Guard Found More Work in Iraq - "The State Department may have withheld critical information from the Pentagon" Blackwater Faulted by US Military - "It was obviously excessive. It was obviously wrong" Did White House Lie About Loss of Five Million Emails? - "The only problem? No such IT contractor exists" The Democrats Who Enable Bush - "The American people want U.S. troops out of Iraq" Conservatives Are Such Jokers - "These people think your problems are funny." Why I'm Suing the Bush Administration - "Bush has repeatedly threatened to veto this bipartisan bill." Pentagon is Denying Benefits - "I think it was a leadership failure by the senior Washington leadership" Monks Defended by the People - "The soldiers and police inside began to panic because they cannot leave." Murderous Guardians - "The U.S. government pays Blackwater $1,222 per day for one...'Protective Security Specialist' " Defense Contractor's Trial - "Wilkes, 53, has pleaded not guilty to bribery, conspiracy, fraud, money laundering." White House Secrecy On Wiretaps - "It was the biggest legal mess I had ever encountered." Future Enrons May Go Free - "This is a very clear message from Congress: Don't touch white-collar criminals" Secret US Endorsement of Severe Interrogations - "A hidden legacy of President George W. Bush's second term" Pilot Said "This Is Fun" Before Fatal Blackwater Crash - "About eight minutes later, the plane slammed into the wall of the canyon" The Smear This Time - "I will not stand by silently and allow him, in his anger, to reinvent me." Ex-White House Lawyer Targets Spy Tactic - "Ashcroft said he believed the program was illegal." Bush's Global "Dirty War" - "Bush has transformed elite units of the U.S. military...into 'death squads' " Blackwater Portrayed as Out of Control - "An out-of-control outfit indifferent to Iraqi civilian casualties" Enron's Second Coming? - "C.E.O. paychecks...more than doubled between 2003 and 2006" From WMDs to Social Security - "Bush...tricked the country into a never-ending war in Iraq " Junta's Brutal Crackdown in Burma - "The bloggers held out as long as they could" Recklessness at Blackwater - "Guards...have shot innocent Iraqi civilians and have sought to cover up the incidents" Death From All Sides - "Blackwater...opened fire unprovoked from the ground and the sky." US Pays Steep Price for Private Security - "It comes down to...every transaction requiring a profit." Neocon 'Godfather' Says Bomb Iran - "Podhoretz...described himself as a neoconservative before the term was invented" Is Hillary Clinton the New Old Al Gore? - "Clinton is erupting in a laugh with all the spontaneity of an alarm clock buzzer" "Bush Has Accepted Ethnic Cleansing" - "This guy believes he's doing God's work." US Accused of Killing Women and Children - "He said all the casualties were civilians" Renewables Soon Competitive With Coal - "Fossil fuel has a hidden cost that society is paying every day" Hired Gun Fetish - "Why are Blackwater and other mercenary outfits still playing such a big role in Iraq?" Pressed to Raise Body Count - "When a sniper breaks, he breaks bad" Resistance Could Sweep Military Again - "The Commander in Chief, has betrayed and abandoned the Constitution" Blackwater Guards Killed 16 as US Touted Progress - "They killed her in cold blood" The Bollinger/Ahmadinejad Farce - "Elites...too often collude to keep our own president in his safe little bubble" Yucca Fault Line Might Spring Surprise - "There are more than 10 faults within a 20-mile radius of Yucca Mountain" Bush Was Hell-Bent on War - "We will be in Baghdad by the end of March" Mountain Mining - "Genocide" of Appalachia - "They're destroying everything that lies in their path" The Terror Attack That Never Came - "The GOP hyped a flimsy intel report to help sell the president's surveillance bill" Friends of Bush or of His People? - "Americans disavow George Bush" Judge Rules Provisions in Patriot Act to Be Illegal - "For over 200 years, this nation has adhered to the rule of law" Union-Busting Confidential - "Union workers make an average of $9,000 more...are twice as likely...to have health insurance" Dan Rather's Magnum Opus - "The willful collusion between CBS management and the Bush administration" Diplomats and Military at Odds - "This is going to hurt us badly. It may be worse than Abu Ghraib" State Dept. Muzzling Officials - "The alleged muzzling of State Department officials in inquiries involving Blackwater" US Attorney Faces Probe - "Bush administration insiders...appointed...under Gonzales" "The New Way Forward in Iraq" Fails on All Fronts - " 'They' hate us because of our lies, delusions and hypocrisy." Bush Used Bogus Terror Threat - "It appears the president stooped to a new low" GM Workers Strike - "Workers walked off the job and began picketing Monday" Generals Opposing Iraq War - "The Revolt of the Generals has rarely happened in the nation's history." We Have Seen the Enemy - "Why does the U.S. soil its pants and cower in fear when confronted with the insurance industry?" US Repeatedly Rebuffed Iraq on Blackwater Complaints - "Blackwater is facing a possible federal investigation" Cheney Mulled Israeli Strike on Iran - "One nuclear bomb is enough to wipe out Israel." GOP in Danger - "I don't trust either political party...They're more for the big dollar than the individual person." Blackwater Faces Criminal Charges - "The criminals will be referred to the Iraqi court system" In 2008, Bush v. Gore Redux? - "It's panic time in Republican circles." Blackwater Weapons Probe - "The North Carolina investigation was first brought to light by State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard" Contractors Outnumber US Troops - "Blackwater and other companies are engaging the enemy in combat" Embassy Builder Linked to Kickbacks - "The Justice Department says 29 people have been charged" Tall Tales From the Bush Administration - "Only 5% of those polled gave the nod to the Bush administration" "Your Hypocrisy Is So Vast" - "Mr. Bush, you had no right to order General Petraeus to become your front man" Oil and Betrayal in Iraq - "Greenspan put the mother of all facts in front of our noses." Prime Minister Blasts Blackwater - "The prime minister said Iraqi citizens were shot in 'cold blood.' " Checkbook Imperialism: The Blackwater Fiasco - "But the White House hopes the outrage will once again blow over." The Shock Doctrine II - "The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" Odor of Corruption - "Blair…blocked an investigation of financial embezzlement involving the Saudi royal family" Iraq War Critique - "Republicans are most ardent in beating these tidbits of misinformation into the public's mind" US Spy Chief: 9/11 "Could Have Been Prevented" - "9/11 should have and could have been prevented" State Department Inspector General Accused of Multiple Cover-Ups - "Krongard turned his office into an arm of the president" 13 Lawmakers Subpoenaed in Bribery Trial - "Cunningham, a Republican...is serving an eight-year prison term" Alan Greenspan and His Bubbles - "If Greenspan saw this train wreck coming, why didn't he do anything to stop it" Ethics Committee Probe of Domenici - "Pete Domenici...Republican senator from New Mexico" Iraqis Round on Blackwater 'Dogs' After Shooting - "They behave just like the US soldiers" Pentagon Debunks Bush Fabrications - "A US administration propaganda line that has in essence fallen apart" The Lies of Alan Greenspan - "He retired only a year ago, but is already trying to revise the history" World Could Abide Nuclear Iran - "Let's face it, we lived with a nuclear Soviet Union...nuclear China" Bush Setting America Up for War With Iran - "No one outside that tight circle knows what is going to happen" Congressmen Subpoenaed - "An investigation into the bribery of...Cunningham, a San Diego Republican" Restoring American Justice - "There is nothing conservative about expressing contempt for the Constitution" UMWA Lays Deaths at the Feet of Bush - "We're going to elect a president who cares about working people" Bush, Chirac, God, Gog and Magog - "An apocalyptic prophecy of a global army giving final battle in Israel" Greenspan Says Iraq War Was for Oil - "The prime motive for the war in Iraq was oil." Iraq Shootout Firm Loses Licence - "All Blackwater personnel have been told to leave Iraq immediately" Thousands Protest Iraq War - "Organizers estimated that nearly 100,000 people attended the rally and march" Will the Democrats Betray Us? - "Our situation is graver than it was during Vietnam." The Spoils of War - "The American officer explained that the increase (more than $1 million) was his retirement package" Fed's Ex-Chief Attacks Bush - "They swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose" Defense, Homeland Security Can't Pass Audits - "It means we really can't put any faith in the numbers they use" Oil Exec Admits to Bribing GOP Lawmaker - "Allen...testified that he spent more than $400,000 to bribe state legislators " The Nightmare Is Here - "Iraqis are enduring most of their suffering out of the sight of the rest of the world" Civilian Death Toll in Iraq May Top One Million - "A British survey offers the highest estimate to date" A Surge, and Then a Stab - "The smart money, then, knows that the surge has failed, that the war is lost" Why Is Bush's Kid Brother Neil Getting Federal Funding? - "So here's a tidy little racket" The Promotion of Failure in Bush Administration - "Colin Powell...is 'sorry' he gave the world wrong information" Spy Master Admits Error - "A new embarrassment for the Bush administration" US Suffers Decline in Prestige - "The US has suffered…loss of power and prestige…since George W. Bush came to power" Overpaid Medicare Insurers - "The Bush administration did not properly audit the companies or try to recover money paid in error" Troops Increasingly Criticize War - "I want my children to grow up with the belief that what I did here was wrong" In Politics if Not in Fact - "Every investigation has shown that Iraq did not, in fact, have anything to do with the Sept. 11 attacks" Make Energy-Efficient Technology Mandatory - "Most of the technology needed...actually exists" The Shock Doctrine - "Using moments of collective trauma to engage in radical social and economic engineering." The Strange Case of an Imprisoned Alabama Governor - "There is still a lot of questionable Justice Department activity" VA Distorts Records - "The Veterans Health Administration in recent months falsely reported to Congress" Overpaid Medicare Insurers - "There's a lot of taxpayer money being spent, and we need to know where it goes" Where's My Trickle? - "Meanwhile, benefits have deteriorated" Bush Administration Ramps Up Secrecy - "Government secrecy...continues to expand across a broad array of agencies" Bush-Bin Laden Symbiosis Reborn - "Sylvester and Tweety Bird" Bin Laden Benefits From US Focus on Iraq - "Going into Iraq was a distraction" Thousands Protest Bush in Sydney - "War criminals not welcome here - Bush go home" Mrs. Ashcroft's "Tongue" Lashing - "The wife of former Attorney General John Ashcroft stuck her tongue out at two Bush administration officials" Skilling Appeals Enron Conviction - "Skilling surrendered in December to serve a 24-year sentence" Command Rape - "I don't think I can do this" Soft Crimes Against Democracy - "First response to yet another scandal...scrub the Freedom of Information Act" Doctors Decry Guantanamo - "Guantanamo's reputation has been tarnished by hunger strikes and suicides" Consumers Left in the Cold - "Appointed industry-friendly officials to lead agencies that enforce…workplace regulations." Edwards Calls on Congress to Force Bush to Change Course - "It's time for the Congress to stand its ground" Former NC Republican Chairman Going to Prison - "A protégé of then-Sen. Jesse Helms" Heckuva Job - "Gonzales quits, but plenty of Bush's loyal losers hang on" Judge Scolds US on Wiretapping Records - "A federal judge scolded the Bush administration" Experts Doubt Drop in Violence in Iraq - "Accuse the military of cherry-picking positive indicators" GAO Criticizes Homeland Security - "If you look at these grades, nearly one-third fall into the lowest category" Another GOP Staffer Subpoenaed - "Another...staffer for Rep. John T. Doolittle, R-Calif., has been subpeonaed" White House Sued Again Over Email - "The Federal Records Act and the Presidential Records Act require that e-mail be preserved." With Craig Disgraced, Lobbyists Turn to Smith - "He was one of the last of the unreformed timber guys" Top Aides for GOP Congressman Subpoenaed - "Her firm did work for Abramoff" Rape, Pillage, and Ignore - "In Indian country, a high number of rapes and no resources for victims" War Illnesses Fester - "40,000 veterans are still awaiting answers to their claims" Bush Playing Us With "Withdrawal" - "Everything you said about Iraq yesterday, and everything you will say, is a deception" Labor's Failure - " Labor Day can seem like a holiday that belongs to another era" All workers, not just a few CEOs, need retirement funds - "As they have slashed workers' pensions...executives have been fattening their own" Labor Day Hypocrisy - "Under George Bush, conditions got much worse" Snow Job in the Desert - "Petraeus is now identified with the surge; if it fails, he fails" The Next Quagmire - "It hasn't worked well in Iraq. It hasn't worked well in Afghanistan. And it won't work in Iran" Bush on Global Warming - "Video of a kid doing a funny scene" Pentagon "Three-Day Blitz" Plan for Iran - "Plans for massive airstrikes against 1,200 targets in Iran" GOP Faces Growing Peril in 2008 - "About the only safe Republican Senate seats in '08 are the ones that aren't on the ballot" Cashing In on Katrina - "300 corporate representatives and lobbyists gather at the trough" Squad Leader Shot Unarmed Men - "He then opened fire on the men 'to make sure' they were dead " Craig Will Resign Over Sex Sting - "It feeds an existing problem that Republicans have...one of ethics and scandal" A GOP Scandal a Week - "Does it seem like there's a new Republican scandal in the news every single week?" Iraq's Endless "False Hopes" - "The same columnists who praised the Jan. 30, 2005, election are denouncing it as a failure" Company Bribed Officers - "The Army has suspended 22 companies and individuals" Marine Ordered to Execute Women and Children - "A US Marine was ordered to execute a room full of Iraqi women and children" They Knew The Abu Ghraib Story Was a Lie - "Rumsfeld, Sanchez, Miller, Cheney - they knew the story…was a lie" Sen. Craig Gives Up Seats - "Craig's political support eroded by the hour" US Troops Outspoken Critics of Iraq War - "Enlisted men...can say anything they want" Report Finds Little Progress in Iraq - "GAO draft at odds with White House" Son of GOP Senator in Corruption Probe - "Investigations have so far resulted in one criminal conviction" House Lawyer Departs - "Gonzales has finally done something important to advance the cause of justice. He has resigned" GOP Senator Arrested in Airport - "Officers had been conducting a sting operation inside the men's room" Cheney - "The big question today among Republicans is how to get rid of Dick Cheney. He is perceived as toxic" Alberto Gonzales resigns! - "As recently as Sunday…Gonzales was denying…that he intended to leave" The Crime? Helping the Poor While Being Wealthy - "The less money possessed by the poor, leaves more money for the wealthy." Call for Iraq Withdrawal Gets Standing Ovation - "A standing ovation Saturday from...more than 4,000 National Guardsmen" Whistleblowers Face Penalties - "They were cuffed and hooded…Vance was held for nearly three months" GIs' Morale Dips - "The only person I know who believed Iraq was improving was killed by a sniper in May" Retiring Amid Probe - "Other Republicans stepping down…Dennis Hastert…Reps. Deborah Pryce…Chip Pickering…Ray LaHood" Military Cites Risk of Abuse by CIA - "Bush's executive order creates an escape clause allowing abusive treatment" Why Cheney Really Is That Bad - " 'Bush's Brain' may be gone, but his 'Soul' lives on." Iraq Democracy Strategy Is Doomed to Fail - "Bush should drop the notion of a democratic Iraq." Bush Should Bring Troops Home - "Warner, R-Va., said the troop withdrawals are needed because Iraqi leaders have failed" Bleak Picture of Iraq - "To date, Iraqi political leaders remain unable to govern effectively" White House Shell Game - "The Bush administration's obsession with secrecy took another absurd turn this week" The Problem Isn't Mr. Maliki - "Blaming the prime minister of Iraq, rather than the president…is cynical politics" Oil Giants Fixed Prices for 23,000 Gas Stations - "Nearly two dozen gas station owners in California sued Shell Oil" Nuclear Fuel Problems Kept Secret - "A...veil of secrecy...was used to keep the public in the dark" The White House Protesters Manual - "The White House evidently leaves little to chance when it comes to protests" Grapes of Wrath Return - "John and Jane Doe get screwed at each step along the way" War's Chilling Reality - "There's nothing heroic about war. It's very tragic. It's very sad. It takes a huge emotional toll" Bush Administration "In Contempt" of Congress - "The time is up. The time is up. We've waited long enough." Medicare Won't Cover Hospital Errors - "Private insurers are considering similar changes" Rove DID Leak Valerie Plame's Identity - "He said that she worked at the agency and she worked on WMD." Save Subprime Borrowers, Not Bloated Bankers - "A guarantee they would not be thrown out of the street" Suicides in Iraq - "Twice as many women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan committed suicide" APA Rules on Interrogation Abuse - "The move...is a rebuke of the Bush administration's anti-terrorism policies." The War As We Saw It - "Iraqi police and Army officers escorted the triggermen and helped plant the bomb" The Founders Had an Idea for Handling Gonzales - "Impeaching Mr. Gonzales has moved beyond the hypothetical" He Got Out While the Getting Was Good - "Every poll...finds the Republican Party on the losing side of history" Rove Directed Federal Assets for GOP Gains - "Make the federal government a subsidiary of the Republican Party" Army Reports Brass Breach Security - "1,813 violations of operational security policy on 878 official military websites" Bill Moyers Bids Farewell to Karl Rove - "Rove is riding out of Dodge city as the posse rides in" Poor Go Homeless, Wealthy Get Bailouts - "The Gilded Age ends on Jan. 20, 2009" Military Practices Genetic Discrimination - "You could get court-martialed if...you had sought medical treatment...outside the system" Texas Trader Admits Guilt in Iraq Oil-for-Food Fraud - "Millions of dollars in kickbacks to the Iraqi government" $998,798 to Ship Two 19-Cent Washers - "$455,009 to ship three machine screws costing $1.31 each" Iraq: Prostituting Ourselves to Feed Our Children - "What she does for her family to survive now eats away at her" Fess Up, Karl - "You could learn a thing or three from Lee Atwater's deathbed confession" Army Suicides Highest in 26 Years - "There were 99 confirmed suicides among active duty soldiers during 2006" Unions Ask Labor Board to Order Employers to Bargain - "This would be a sharp departure from current practices" Fix Medicare "Reform" Flaws First - "That re-forming of Medicare produced a slew of faults." The Twisted Legacy of Rove - "The only steel Mr. Rove ever brandished was a fork" Iraq Set to Disintegrate - "Already today, the main priority is to prevent Iraq from breaking apart completely" Wary of Gonzales's New Powers - "A new law authorizing...Gonzales to fast-track executions is ill-conceived" Prepackaged News - "How much is good press worth? To the Bush administration, about $1.6 billion." Workers Took On Nike and Won - "It took them nearly two years to win class-action status" The Jaundiced Rove of Texas - "Abramoff's former assistant, Susan Ralston, was Rove's confidential assistant" Karl Rove, by What Measure Genius? - "If he cannot lie to Congress, and he cannot tell the truth...he must remain silent." You Have No Rights - "They're going to have to step up to the plate sometime, or we can kiss our Constitution goodbye" Padilla Broke Through Intense Isolation - "Officials used 43 months of severe isolation to force Jose Padilla to tell all he knew" World's Best Medical Care? - "The United States is a laggard not a leader in providing good medical care." People in 41 Nations Are Living Longer Than Americans - "Improved access to health insurance could increase life expectancy" When a US Soldier in Iraq Won't Soldier - "War made a man of the naive private - but not in the way his officers intended." Learn From the Fall of Rome, US Warned - "The US government is on a 'burning platform' of unsustainable policies and practices" Wolfowitz "Tried to Censor World Bank on Climate Change" - "Wolfowitz was forced to step down in June" Karl Rove to Quit - "Critics of the White House have demanded Rove's resignation for years" US Terror Interrogation Went Too Far - "Padilla is a US citizen who was arrested and detained on US soil." Wrong Way Out of Iraq - "But there should be no illusions about trying to continue the war on a reduced scale." Priests Who Denounce Torture - "We condemn torture as a dehumanization of both prisoners and interrogators" What "Progress" in Iraq Really Means - "In less then two weeks, a 30 year old vocabulary is back" Ney's Chief of Staff Wore Wire - "Ney is serving a 30-month sentence in federal prison" Cheney '94: Invading Baghdad = Quagmire - "Once you..took down...Hussein's government, then what are you going to put in its place?" Shuffling Off to Crawford, 2007 Edition - "Ms. Pearl recognized a publicity ploy when she saw it" Fatigue Cripples US Army in Iraq - "Let them know that people are worn out." Lawyers Call For End to Bush's Terror Policies - "The CIA should not be exempted from rules that guide even our armed forces" US Pays Millions In Cost Overruns For Iraq Security - "$548 million over the past three years to two British security firms" Tension Between US Soldiers and Mercenaries - "This private army has been accused of indiscriminately firing at American and Iraqi troops" Yet Again, The Democrats Roll Over - "All he has to do is play the fear card and invoke the war on terror and they will cave." How the "Good War" in Afghanistan Went Bad - "I said from the get-go that we didn't have enough money and we didn't have enough soldiers" Family Releases "Torture" Dossier - "In Bagram he says he went without food for 45 days and was subjected to water torture" 9/11 Workers Outraged by New Rudy Claim - "He's not one of us. He never has been and he never will be" President Weighing Corporate Tax Cuts - "Bush is the last person who should brag about fiscal responsibility" The Terror America Wrought - "Hiroshima was a hell where those who somehow survived envied the dead" Shelters Take Many Vets of Iraq, Afghan Wars - "He fired at a minivan...of 12 unarmed civilians. 'Just one woman survived.' " Tougher Rules Change Game for Lobbyists - "It should send shivers down lobbyists' spines" A-Bomb Footage Kept From Media for Decades - "The ghostly shadows of vaporized civilians burned into walls" NYPD Surveillance Files Ordered Released - "The New York Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of some of those detained" Resolutions Censuring Bush - "Congress cannot stay silent...people are demanding that this administration be held accountable" As British Leave, Basra Deteriorates - "The British have basically been defeated in the south" Surge in Immigration Laws - "The states are stepping up to the plate and doing what they can" Weapons Given to Iraq Are Missing - "GAO estimates 30 percent of arms are unaccounted for" Edwards: Time to Boost Labor - "The organized labor movement as 'the single best anti-poverty movement in history' " The Black Sites - "When you cross over that line of darkness, it's hard to come back. You lose your soul" Military Kids Are Latest Collateral Damage - "The Army is not really grasping what's going on with the kids" Reservations Beyond the Law - "When a non-Indian victimizes an Indian, only U.S. attorneys can file charges" A Red Play for The Golden State - "The monkey business underway this month in North Carolina is just as egregious" Patriots Who Love the Troops to Death - "No one died in Watergate." Ruling Limited Spying Efforts - "Boehner has denied revealing classified information" Law or Lawlessness - "We are not a nation of laws, if law cannot be enforced at the highest levels of our government" Bush, Gonzales and Specter - "Gonzales's statements may be ambiguous, but the law is not." Hugo Chávez - "Few world leaders are the objects of as hateful demolition campaigns as Mr. Hugo Chávez" Bush's Secret Spying - "Bush knows he could run into trouble if he doesn't keep the American people in the dark" Iranian Politics Are Not Quite as Seen on TV - "This is an Iranian problem for Iranians to handle" Bridge Collapse - "He blamed President Bush for slashing Congress' highway spending bill last year" Election Protection Project - "Native Americans Told 'To Go Home' In June Primary" Wall Street's Tax Break Under Fire - "Carry, is not authorized by any law and was never approved by Congress" DC Pays $1 Million to Demonstrators - "A larger class-action lawsuit is pending, covering more than 400 people" Support for Gonzales Slips - "Even among GOP...concerns mount about the attorney general's truthfulness" Probe Did Not Question Cheney - "In the end, we don't know what we don't know" Challenging the GOP's Filibluster - "Senate Democrats' strategy in dealing with Republican obstruction hasn't worked so far" Army Deployment's Toll on Children - "Child abuse and neglect - overwhelmingly by female spouses left at home" Cell Phone and Laptop Bad for Your Health? - "Rates of childhood leukemia are associated with low-frequency EM exposure" Kucinich Grills Rumsfeld - "Kucinich accused Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday of participating in a widespread cover-up" NSA Spying Part of Broader Effort - "The question of whether Attorney General Gonzales perjured himself looms" Doctors Blast Guantanamo Treatment - "A few physicians have declined to participate in force-feeding" Energy Bill - "A one-sentence provision buried in the...bill, inserted without debate at the urging of the nuclear power industry" FBI, IRS Search Home of Sen. Ted Stevens - "Stevens…is the longest-serving Republican in Senate history" 2004 Election Records Are Destroyed - "The destruction of records is consistent with the covering up of the fraud" The Real Constitutional Crisis - "Congress is now being Swift Boated by the Bush administration" Britain Will Take Troops out of Iraq - "Bush acknowledged that a British withdrawal could take place" Close Guantanamo Now - "An evasion of U.S. and international law" Solicitor Faces Tough Choice in Gonzales Probe - "FBI director Robert Mueller also appeared to contradict Gonzales' testimony" Was Tillman Murdered? - "The medical evidence did not match up with the, with the scenario as described" RNC Voter Suppression - "Republican operatives…engaged in an illegal…effort to suppress tens of thousands of votes" Documents Contradict Gonzales's Testimony - "Schumer called the memo evidence that Gonzales was not truthful in his testimony" Defying the Imperial Presidency - "Congress must not capitulate in the White House's attempt to rob it of its constitutional powers" Report Suggests Laws Broken in Attorney Firings - "Serious evidence of wrongdoing by the department and White House staff" Gonzales's Never-Ending Story - "Americans have been waiting months for Mr. Bush to fire...Gonzales" Bush Aide Blocked Report - "Global health draft in 2006 rejected for not being political" Mining of Data Prompted Fight Over Spying - "It is time for a special counsel to investigate" Justice Dept. Lawyers Criticize Gonzales - "Morale at the department was worse under...Gonzales than during Watergate." Iraqi Leader Tells Bush: Get Gen Petraeus Out - "He told Bush that if Petraeus continues, he would arm Shia militias" An Army of None - "The power of the powerful depends on the compliance of the rest of us." Cameraman Still Held at Guantanamo - "Interrogators offered to secure Hajj's release if he agreed to spy on al Jazeera" Health Care for All - "Americans want big changes in our heath care system" Scientists' Tests Hack Into Electronic Voting Machines - "Found several ways in which vote totals could potentially be altered" Bush Asserts a King's Prerogative - "The administration has already refused to abide by numerous other provisions of law" Block Bush's EEOC Nominee - "Bush's nominee…was…the subject of at least one complaint of employee abuse" Subpoena for Rove - "It is obvious that the reasons given for the firings of these prosecutors were contrived as part of a cover-up" Counsel Sought to Investigate Attorney General's Testimony - "He simply does not trust Mr. Gonzales." Quake Sends Nuclear Industry Tremors - "Sweden and Germany...have decided to phase out nuclear power." GOP Lawmakers Face Bribery Allegations - "Agreed in May to plead guilty to charges of bribery, conspiracy and extortion." A Warming World: No to Nukes - "Taxpayer subsidies to the nuclear industry amounted to $9 billion 2006" Leahy, Specter Lay Into Gonzales - "What is it that the White House is so desperate to hide?" Gonzales Denies Pressuring Ashcroft - "Most members of Gonzales's senior staff have resigned or are on the way out." Patriot Abuse - "I was gagged by the Patriot Act while the attorney general was free to tell falsehoods about it." Congressman Denied Access To Post-Attack Plans - "Maybe the people who think there's a conspiracy out there are right" Human Rights Watch Demands Mexico Probe - "Police made arbitrary arrests...beating those in custody" US Dropped Enron-Like Fraud Probe - "You don't come in out of nowhere and in no time kill three years of sophisticated effort" Impeach George Bush to Stop War Lies, Deaths - "Politicians, these frightened beggars in suits, seem petrified about impeachment" Probe of Rogue FBI Anti-Terror Office - "Sent fake, emergency letters to telecoms requesting phone records" DOJ All But "Operating on Autopilot" - "It's clear that the justice department can't function as long as Gonzales is in charge" The Rest Is Marketing - "Bush tries to sell the latest US intelligence estimate...The only things standing in the way are the facts" The Great Denier - "Bush and his team continue to spout disinformation and vacuous slogans about victory" Cheney Suppressed Evidence in Energy Crisis - "This story is based on a two-month investigation into Cheney's energy task force" Bad Case of "Reality" - "Thanks to U.S. policies, Al Qaeda has become the vast global threat the administration imagined it to be" All the President's Enablers - "Yet while Mr. Bush no longer has many true believers, he still has plenty of enablers" Yes, Bush Is Naked, What of It? - "On the Middle East catwalk with the Bush Administration" Bush Told Iraq War Has Helped al-Qa'eda - "The war has made al-Qa'eda attacks on American soil more likely" Paid Family Leave - It's About Time - "Working women, by far the majority of voters in both parties, deserve better" 70 Vow to Block Continued Iraq Funding - "This may be the beginning of the end for the Iraq War." Go to Iraq and Fight, Mr. President - "Go to Baghdad now and fulfill, finally, your military service obligations" Most Support Iraq Timetable - "Americans remain extremely dissatisfied with the course of the war" We Don't Want You to Vote - "The Justice Department is pressuring 10 states to purge their voter rolls" The Politics of Fear - "Bush's bungling of the war in Iraq has been the talk of the summer" James Madison’s Nightmare - "Bush betrayed Congress, which in turn betrayed the American people—just as Madison feared" Judge Approves $660-Million Clerical Abuse Settlement - "The settlement is the largest payout by a diocese." White House "Stonewalling" on Pat Tillman Documents - "The White House has refused to turn over documents" An Occupation of Iraq Is Not Ours to Choose - "The people of Iraq have already spoken" The Waiting Game - "I don't know how many people my insurance company waited to death that year" Japan Shuts Units at Top Nuclear Plant After Quake - "Maintenance scandals forced a series of nuclear shutdowns" Democrats Attack Gonzales, Supreme Court - "People are tired of Scooter Libby justice" White House Manual for Silencing Critics - "All Presidential events must be ticketed or accessed by a name list." Reid to Force Senate Into All-Night Session - "They are protecting the President rather than protecting our troops" Now We Know How the Colonists Felt - "64 percent of all Americans and 69 percent of voters said they disapproved" Pentagon Balked at Pleas From Officers in Field for Safer Vehicles - "Throughout most of Iraq, they still haven't arrived." Wrong Again!: Bush's Logic and Ours - "Okay, it's another lemon, the second you've bought from the same used-car lot" A Mute Watchdog - "Gonzales wrote that he did not consider the conduct in those reports to be abuses" Two GOP Senators Defy Bush On Iraq - "The Republican revolt against...Bush's war strategy accelerated" Abramoff Investigation Leads to Another Guilty Plea - "Another Republican environmental activist has pleaded guilty" Senators Dust Off Iraq Study Group Report - "It's a good framework" Harriet Miers's Contempt of Congress - "Republicans made lame (if not ridiculous) excuses for the Bush Administration's defiance" On Impeachment - "Impeachment...the word feared and loathed by every sitting president is back" Best Health Care Is Reserved for Congress - "Unlimited doctor visits, no deductibles and no co-pays - all for $35 a month" We're All Gonna Die - "We are all wired into a survival trip now" Surgeon General Term Compromised - "Bush administration officials...tried to...suppress important public health reports" Libby Judge "Perplexed" by Clemency - "The president has effectively rewritten the statutory scheme on an ad hoc basis" Real 9/11 Heroes Speak Out Against Rudy - "Firefighters are out to set the record straight on Rudy Giuliani's 9/11 legacy" House Votes to Force Bush to Withdraw Troops - "This is the policy that has led us in the wrong direction for four straight years" Towns Sour on War - "It's time to get the hell out. It's a holy war, and you're not going to win it, no matter what you do." Committee Objects to Withholding of Tillman Documents - "Misleading Information from the Battlefield" Bush Distorts Qaeda Links - "Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia did not exist before the Sept. 11 attacks" You Call That Progress? - "The White House report released today...is a sham." No Progress Report - "Bush is still trying to twist reality to claim that his failed effort is worth sticking with" Doubts on Bush's Iraq Policy - "The new intelligence findings were contained in a 23-page Global Security Assessment" Cheney: The Darksider - "The awful climax of 'Cheney/Bush' may be yet to come." Iraq Vets Bear Witness - "The Nation has interviewed fifty combat veterans of the Iraq War from around the United States" Bush's Pakistan Paradox - "This idiot of a president invaded a country that had absolutely nothing to do with terrorist attacks" Iraq on My Mind - "Thousands of stories to tell - and no one to listen" All Hail the Prophetic Gut! - "Now we have Michael Chertoff's gut!" Nuclear Ruse - "Investigators set up a bogus company and obtained a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission" Dick Cheney's Psychology - "Cheney gets five draft deferments during this period, the fifth one remarkably calculated." Snowe Embraces Troop Withdrawal Bill - "Bush's national security adviser tried to stop defections" White House in "Panic Mode" Over GOP Revolt - "The Republican defections are seen as 'a crack in the dike' " Gonzales Was Told of FBI Violations - "Some of the reports describe rules violations that the FBI decided not to report" Why Bush Gave Scooter Libby a Pass - "The White House has used the same line to shield itself from questions about the case" Pelosi Lines Up Iraq Votes - "I think you're seeing signs that the dam's about to bust" Abusing Iraqi Civilians - "U.S. forces have abused or killed Iraqi civilians - men, women and children - with impunity." Poll: Impeachment Talk Gains Steam After Libby Move - "Isn't it ironic that Paris Hilton will spend more days in jail than Libby?" Reservist Fighting His Fifth War Call-Up - "This is an arbitrary decision by the Army Human Resources Command" Daggers Drawn for Bush - "Nearly half a dozen Republicans Senators recently broke ranks with Bush" Bush Justice Is a National Disgrace - "I have never been as ashamed of the department...as I am at this time" A Profile in Cowardice - "There was never any question that President Bush would grant amnesty to Scooter Libby" Reid Will Press for an Iraq Exit - "It is going to be harder for Republicans to not sign on to something with bite in it" The Road Home - "It is time for the United States to leave Iraq" Whistle-Blower's Fight For Pension Drags On - "Barlow insisted on telling the truth, and it led to his undoing." "Supporting the Troops" Means Withdrawing Them - "They are combat-exhausted to the point of losing effectiveness" Much of US Favors Bush Impeachment: Poll - "45 percent support...beginning impeachment proceedings against Bush" Secrecy Shrouds Accident at Nuclear Plant - "In fact, no member of the public could find out about the changes" Utilities Must Do Their Part - "But he wrongly argued that American taxpayers alone should have to dig into their pockets" Sacrifice Is for Suckers - "Obstruction of justice when it gets too close to home is a family tradition" GOP Congressman Joins in Breaking With White House on War - "I want a new strategy for Iraq" By the Grace of Bush - "Libby lied to FBI agents, then to a grand jury" Nuclear Expansion is a Pipe Dream - "Hope for new era of cheap, clean power is a 'myth.' " Libby's Sentence not Unusually Long - "I cannot tell you how depressed and disgusted people are around here with this decision" Hearing on Presidential Clemency Power - "It is imperative that Congress look into presidential authority to grant clemency" Censure Bush Over Libby - "Nothing short of (a) political quid pro quo, and Congress must go on record in strong opposition." Health Care - "If the Democrats win, it will be very hard not to take this issue on" Oil a Factor in Iraq Deployment - "Nelson said today oil was a factor in Australia's contribution to the unpopular war" The Yellowcake Road - "In my administration, we will ask not only what is legal, but what is right" The History Boys - "Bush's 'history,' like his war, is based on wishful thinking, arrogance, and a total disdain for the facts." Once Upon America - "Push the subpoenas to this White House. Don't fold. Don't whine. Don't run." Irony in Libby Case - "This is sort of a standard sentence in that situation...This was not some out-of-the-blue-sentence" Republican Senators May Back Contempt Charge - "Republicans might approve a contempt finding as a procedural step" Bush Order for New Powers - "Seizing the power to rewrite almost every law that Congress passes" Prosecutors to Seek Death for Ex-Soldier - "Green was arrested in June 2006 in North Carolina" Bush, Cheney Should Resign - "Break the law however you wish - the President will keep you out of prison" DOJ Documents Show Deleted Email - "Deleted by a DOJ official the day after Congress began to address the firings" Libby Decision - "The arrogance of this administration's disdain for the law and its belief it operates with impunity are breathtaking" "Corrupt to the Core" - "The president was now participating in the 'obstruction of justice' " New NSA Whistleblower Speaks - "A former member of US military intelligence has decided to reveal what she knows" Paul Charlton - "Gonzales has acted like President Bush's 'consigliere' " Vice President - "Who knew that mocking the Constitution could be nearly as funny as shooting a hunting buddy in the face?" Another Lawyer in Atty. Firings Flap Quits - "Brand previously served as associate counsel to President George W. Bush" Dick Cheney's Dangerous Influence - "Cheney's above-the-law arrogance finally met its match this week" Judges Behaving Badly - "A $54m lawsuit over a pair of pinstriped trousers" Bloodiest Months for US - "US military casualties reach 329 for the past quarter" Supreme Court - "This court has shown the same respect for precedent that a wrecking ball shows for a plate-glass window" US Raids Baghdad Slum - "Separately, two American soldiers were charged with the premeditated murder of three Iraqis" What Tenet Knew - "The evidence for WMD turned out to be even weaker" Marines Drop Case Against Vet - "He accused President Bush of betraying service members" "SiCKO" Goes to Washington - "If you can find money to kill people, you can find money to help people." Blow to Bush as Immigration Bill Crashes Down - "The US Senate dealt a severe blow to...George W. Bush Thursday" GOP Skepticism on Iraq Growing - "We don't owe the president our unquestioning agreement" Former Bush Official Gets 10 Months - "Griles is not the only official to serve prison time in the Abramoff probe." White House Contempt Citation? - "Increasingly, the president and vice president feel they are above the law" Senate Blocks Immigration Bill - "Americans feel that they are losing their country" Gonzales Pushed Death Penalty - "Gonzales has been overzealous in ordering federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty" The Banality of Greed - "No company has profited more from the carnage in Iraq than Halliburton" Three Bad Rulings - "The Supreme Court hit the trifecta yesterday" Illness From Mystery Vaccine - "This is the worst cover-up in the history of the military" Scalia - "It's not every day that one Supreme Court justice...characterizes another justice...as a wimp and a hypocrite." The CIA's Dirty Tricks - "Only the secret-keepers of the CIA know which jewels remain buried." Bush, Wars, End-Time Prophecy - "There are four or five generals...who would resign if Bush ordered an attack on Iran" White House, Cheney's Office Subpoenaed - "Senate subpoenas...for documents related to wiretapping" Cheney: Leaving No Tracks - "Please call me at - hmm, I guess I don't know my own number. I'm over at the White House." Aiding Unions - "On-the-job pensions and health insurance - are slowly going the way of labor unions." Republicans Block Union Bill - "Today's vote shows us who is standing with workers and which politicians are in collusion" Bush's Offices Reportedly Refused Probe - "Officials described a systemic breakdown in security procedures at the White House" Cheney: "Oh, How I Wish He'd Go Away!" - "This is a very rocky path, and if it's constitutional, then I'm a banana" Military Curbing Free Speech - "Protesters in uniform could be downgraded, lose their benefits." How Dick Cheney Broke My Mind - "These people offend me on a daily basis, but for some reason, this was too much" Part III: Strong Push From Back Stage - "Cheney was nearly always in the room" Secrecy May Cost Cheney - "Cheney's argument is proving hard for some Republicans to defend." Gonzales Not Fit to Rule on Cheney's Role - "It's clear...that the attorney general has lost the faith and trust of the American people" Interview With Former US Attorney Bud Cummins - "Cummins said he believes perjury...charges could be brought" Cheney Stance on Information Challenged - "The vice president is saying he's above the law" A Vice President Without Borders - "He led the fights...against giving Congress...information about the energy industry" Bad News on 9/11 - "The real definition of victory has become 'anything they can get away with without taking blame for defeat' " Part I: "A Different Understanding" - "Proposals and information flow into the vice president's office...almost nothing flows out" Gov't Struggles to Care for Wounded GIs - "The mistake in Vietnam was, we hid the injured away from folks" Judge Criticizes Warrantless Taps - "We have to understand you can fight the war [on terrorism] and lose everything" Bush Pick Withdraws - "The White House has found many ways to keep sunlight from reaching some of the darker corners" Bush Claims Oversight Exemption - "If the president and the vice president don't take their own rules seriously, who else should?" Army Officer Says Gitmo Panels Flawed - "It proves what we all suspected, which is that the CSRTs were a complete sham" "SiCKO": The Profits of Life and Death - "Michael Moore has been on the move with his new film 'SiCKO.' " Adam Kokesh - "Now that the Marine Corps is going after honorably discharged members...we are fighting back" White House Contempt - "They would pursue a contempt of Congress motion if the White House fails respond" Senators Deride Justice Reassignments - "Prosecutor firings and staff decisions draw Hill criticism" Don't Veto, Don't Obey - "When the Bush presidency ends, there will be a great deal of damage to repair" Bush's Mafia Whacks the Republic - "It was the first time that I thought I was in the Mafia" Neither Here Nor There? - "The issue at hand is Cheney's insistence that his office is exempt from an executive order" Exposed: The Anatomy of a Torture Scandal - "Where does the buck stop when it comes to torture?" Re-Open Investigation of Abu Ghraib - "No scandal is so great that it can't be hidden until it's forgotten" Senate Judiciary Committee Issues Subpoenas - "This stonewalling is unacceptable and it must end" Political Hiring in Justice Division Probed - "Everything Schlozman did was political. And he said so" Lawmakers to Investigate Bush - "Federal law is not some buffet line where the president can pick parts of some laws to follow" Unions - "The top 300,000 Americans collectively enjoyed almost as much income...as the bottom 150 million Americans" Powerful Interest Groups Complicate Energy - "Three powerful lobbying forces - automakers, electric utilities and the coal industry" He's Impeachable, You Know - "If Alberto Gonzales will not resign, Congress should impeach him" Enron Internet Chief Gets 27-Month Prison Term - "Skilling is serving a sentence of more than 24 years" Newly Empowered Democrats Draw Wrath of Voters - "Voters are going to be mad with us until we end the war" The General's Report - "How Antonio Taguba, who investigated the Abu Ghraib scandal, became one of its casualties" Blair Knew US Had No Post-War Plan for Iraq - "PM committed troops despite chaos fears" Problems Continue With Defense Contracts - "Uncountable billions of dollars have been squandered" Official Close to Attorney Firings Quits - "Elston was accused of threatening...attorneys to keep quiet about their ousters" Gonzales Meeting With Aide Scrutinized - "It's remarkable that he's under investigation and that he's still attorney general" "This Is Not Going Away" - "The next Marine who faces harassment and intimidation will have something to stand on." Former Detainee Can Sue Ashcroft and Others - "The U.S. government...paid $300,000 to settle with Iqbal's co-plaintiff" Marine Families Tie Tainted Water to Illnesses - "High toxin levels found at NC base from 1957 to 1987" US Senate Moves to Restore Detainee Rights - "Guantanamo has been one illegal trial scheme after another" Fired US Attorney John McKay Speaks Out - "Gonzales has lied to Congress in order to protect the administration." Violence in Iraq Has Not Diminished - "Attacks and casualties had increased in Iraq 40 percent" Bush Shafts Enron Victims - "The intervention of the treasury secretary and the president is hardly business as usual" The Case Against Agent Orange - "Agent Orange is an illustration of the horror of chemical warfare" White House Subpoenas - "The evidence gathered so far also shows significant White House involvement" Ghost Prisoners - "The cleric was flown to Egypt and tortured during questioning, prosecutors say."
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