Ted Gup : Torture
Long before a top bureaucrat was exposed for destroying secret interrogation tapes, the CIA shrouded his identity, making the press corps complicit in practices that would offend the nation's conscience.
The agency's secret destruction of tapes is a parable of the futility of oversight.
: Torture
The CIA tapes' destruction and violation of anti-torture statutes they recorded require a special prosecutor.
Why did four key members of Congress failed to inform the public and the 9/11 Commission about the use of torture on terror suspects?
CIA, Department of Justice, White House--and members of Congress--ran through every legal and procedural red light designed to prevent criminal conduct and its cover-up.
A predawn fire drill propels a writer into an unexpected encounter with a former CIA director--and an unexpected lesson on the uses and limits of intelligence.
The CIA's role in his assassination managed to turn a failed--and flawed--guerrilla fighter into an enduring symbol of resistance to oppression.
His new memoir proves how hard it is to tell the truth about oneself but how easy it is to blame others.
Bush's chief spook knew the Administration's treachery on Iraq from the start. But he never revealed it to Congress or the public.
In the case against Scooter Libby, the Iraq War is not on trial. But the integrity of the White House is.
Before Bob Gates's confirmation as CIA chief in 1991, the man now designated as Bush's Secretary of Defense was charged with forcing intelligence reports to conform to a tough anti-Soviet line.
David Corn : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
The political culture of Washington is fueled by gossip, intrigue and leaks. It was a combination that turned toxic in the Valerie Plame Affair.
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
If George W. Bush took the latest National Intelligence Estimate seriously, he would end the ineffectual "war on terror" model and treat terrorism as a pathology to be clinically and relentlessly excised.
Valerie Plame was no CIA paper-pusher. She was searching out intelligence on Iraq's weapons of
mass destruction.
: George W. Bush Administration
The CIA is in need of reinvention and a director who can oversee the transformation. Gen. Michael Hayden is not the right man for the job.
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
Gen. Michael Hayden, nominated by President Bush to head the CIA, is the man responsible for the most extensive attack ever on the privacy of US citizens.
Jay Rosen : Journalists & Journalism
Jay Rosen writes that when government refuses to explain itself, it's up to journalists to find the truth. As Tony Snow debuts as White House Press Secretary, will answers on Porter Goss be forthcoming--or will the pattern of press nullification continue?
Former CIA official Tyler Drumheller joins the parade of insiders denouncing how the Iraq war has been sold and fought.
Max Holland : Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Forty-two years later, assassination buffs continue to attack the
validity of the Warren Report.
Worry about the CIA's new Open Source Center, which aims to piece
together all sorts of unclassified information to create a broad
picture of where trouble is likely to arise.
Does it lessen the horror to admit that this is not the first time the US government has used torture to wipe out political opponents? The exclusion of the impact of the School of the Americas on war crimes in El Salvador, Argentina and Panama from our current debate on torture is evidence of our collective amnesia.
Alexander Cockburn : Journalists & Journalism
Bush brings a robust simplicity to the business of news
management: Where possible, buy journalists to turn out favorable
stories. And if you think you can get away with it, shoot them or blow
them up.
Elizabeth de la Vega : Journalists & Journalism
Capitalizing on Bob Woodward's revelation that he was one of the first to learn about Valerie Plame's CIA status, Scooter Libby's legal team hopes that will get their client off the hook. That turkey won't fly.
Alexander Cockburn : President
Shades of Iran/contra: Since the indictment of I. Lewis Libby,
Washington is abuzz about presidential pardons. If officials who
violate the law and lie about it know with certainty the will escape
legal sanction, we no longer have a government.
If the US is to prevail in the war on terror, we must do it by distinguishing ourselves from the enemy. Torture and degrading treatment are as morally evil as terrorism, because they brutally disregard the value of human life.
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