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May 7, 2008
5/07/08 Porter, Asia Times, Yes, the Pentagon did want to hit Iran
May 6, 2008
May 5, 2008
5/05/08 Astore, Nation, Leaving Cheyenne Mountain
5/05/08 Tierney, NYT, Rethinking the Oil Curse
May 4, 2008
5/04/08 Stockman, Boston Globe, Shell Firms Shielded US Contractor From Taxes
May 2, 2008
5/02/08 Hawthorne, Chicago Tirb, EPA Official Ousted While Fighting Dow Chemical
April 30, 2008
April 29, 2008
4/29/08 Stein, WP, ,a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042801025.html">FDA Faulted for Approving Studies of Artificial Blood
April 28, 2008
April 27, 2008
April 25, 2008
April 23, 2008
April 22, 2008
April 19, 2008
April 17, 2008
April 16, 2008
4/16/08 Lehmann, Brattelboro Reformer, Official Says Fraud Loophole Was A 'Mistake'
April 15, 2008
April 14, 2008
April 11, 2008
April 9, 2008
April 8, 2008
4/08/08 Krauss, NYT, There's Gas in Those Hills
April 7, 2008
April 4, 2008
April 3, 2008
April 2, 2008
4/02/08 Scheer, Nation, An Unreported Scandal
March 30, 2008
3/30/08 Strong, Consortium News, PBS on Iraq: A Compilation of Deceit
March 26, 2008
March 24, 2008
3/24/08 Krugman, NYT, Taming the Beast
3/24/08 Turse, FPIF, The Military-Petroleum Complex
March 23, 2008
March 21, 2008
March 20, 2008
3/20/08 SFalconer & Schulman, MoJo, Blackwater's World of Warcraft
March 15, 2008
March 14, 2008
3/14/08 Krugman, NYT, Betting the Bank
March 12, 2008
3/12/08 Al Jazeera, Bush lashes out at Chavez
March 11, 2008
March 10, 2008
3/10/08 Anteleva, BBC, US 'not returning to Uzbek base'
March 9, 2008
March 8, 2008
March 7, 2008
3/07/08 Mencimer, MoJo, Daniel Troy's Poison Pill (Corporate Immunity from Consumer Lawsuits)
3/07/08 DiNovella, The Progressive, Retroactive Immunity Should Be Off the Table
March 4, 2008
3/04/08 Hartung, MoJo, The Cost of a Week in Hell
3/04/08 Lee & Shin, FPIF, The Iraq Quagmire
March 3, 2008
3/03/08 de la Merced, NYT, Diebold Receives a Takeover Offer
March 2, 2008
March 1, 2008
February 29, 2008
February 27, 2008
2/27/08 Sanati, Asia Times, US efforts to scuttle Iran-UAE ties fail
February 26, 2008
2/26/08 Vanden Heuvel, Nation, Stopping the New Arms Race
February 25, 2008
2/25/08 NOW, Fighting Over Forests
2/25/08 Black, BBC, US to set 'binding' climate goals
February 24, 2008
2/24/08 Smith, Guardian, Oil giants are poised to move into Basra
February 23, 2008
February 22, 2008
February 21, 2008
2/21/08 Jackson & Grotto, Chicago Tribune, Inside the World of War Profiteers
2/21/08 Appuzzo & Jordan, AP, Blackwater Inquiry Turns to Baghdad
February 20, 2008
2/20/08 Mencimer, MoJo, Meet Bush's Prison Nominee
February 19, 2008
2/19/08 Englehardt, FPIF, The Million Year War
February 18, 2008
February 16, 2008
2/16/08 Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, The door to Iraq's oil opens
February 13, 2008
February 12, 2008
2/12/08 Ferraro, Reuters, Senate passes spy bill and phone immunity
February 11, 2008
2/11/08 Hersch, New Yorker, A Strike in the Dark
February 10, 2008
February 9, 2008
February 8, 2008
2/08/08 DiNovella, Progressive, Bush Administration Guts Guestworker Program
2/08/08 Rothschild, Progressive, Exclusive! The FBI Deputizes Business
2/08/08 Johnson, OneWorld, Toxic Government Report Uncovered
February 7, 2008
2/07/08 LeMelle, FPIF, Africa Policy Outlook 2008
2/07/08 Rothschild, The Progressive, The FBI Deputizes Business
February 6, 2008
2/06/08 Pemberton & Dancs, FPIF, Bush Budget Adds to Military, Cuts Prevention
February 5, 2008
February 4, 2008
2/04/08 Astore, MoJo, The Tenacity of American Militarism
2/04/08 Schmitt & Gordon, NYT, Leak on Cross-Border Chases From Iraq
February 3, 2008
February 2, 2008
February 1, 2008
January 31, 2008
January 29, 2008
January 28, 2008
1/28/08 Feffer, FPIF, Arming the Middle East
January 27, 2008
1/27/08 Whitaker & Macintyre, Independent, Bush: Pace of Withdrawal from Iraq May Have to Slow
January 26, 2008
January 25, 2008
1/25/08 Sirota, ITT, The Stimulus Swindle
1/25/08 Myers & Shanker, NYT, U.S. Asking Iraq for Wide Rights on War
1/25/08 Richard & Hong, LAT, Big loans could get cheaper
January 24, 2008
January 23, 2008
1/23/08 Cowan, Reuters, U.S. war costs in Iraq up: report
January 22, 2008
January 21, 2008
January 20, 2008
January 19, 2008
January 18, 2008
January 17, 2008
1/17/08 Porter, Asia Times, How the Pentagon planted a false story
January 16, 2008
1/16/08 Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, Gulf allies turn their backs on Bush
January 15, 2008
1/15/08 AL Jazeera, Bush complains over oil prices
January 14, 2008
1/14/08 Spiegel, LAT, US Shifts Sunni Strategy in Iraq
1/14/08 Pitzer, MoJo, Off Target
1/14/08 al-Fadhily & Jamail, IPS, IRAQ: Awoken to a New Danger
January 13, 2008
1/13/08 Apuzzo & Jordan, AP, FBI Finds Blackwater Trucks Patched
1/13/08 Beaumont, Guardian, Iraq opens door to Saddam's followers
1/12/08 Leyne, BBC, Tehran warns US over nuclear row
January 10, 2008
January 9, 2008
1/09/08 Keinon & Katz, Jerusalem Post, Bush expedites Saudi smart bomb deal
January 4, 2008
January 3, 2008
1/03/08 Bull, BBC, Alaska oil exploration to begin
January 2, 2008
1/01/08 Wilson, TruthOut, O Little Town in Oregon
December 31, 2007
December 27, 2007
12/27/07 Barnes & Spiegel, LAT, New Armored Vehicles Drive Heated Debate
December 24, 2007
12/24/07 Fainaru, WP, Warnings Unheeded On Guards In Iraq
December 23, 2007
December 22, 2007
12/22/07 Broder & Maynard, NYT, Denial of State Emissions Plan Was Foreshadowed
December 21, 2007
12/21/07 Mencimer, MoJo, Cheney: No Justice for Jamie Jones
12/21/07 Wilson, LA Times, EPA Chief Is Said to Have Ignored Staff
December 20, 2007
12/20/07 Broder & Barringer, NYT, E.P.A. Says 17 States Can't Set Emission Rules
December 19, 2007
12/19/07 Broder, NYT, Bush Signs Broad Energy Bill
12/19/07 Dempsey, Boston Globe, Climate Sanctions Sought Against US
December 18, 2007
12/18/07 Chaddock, CSM, Republicans score key wins on spending
December 17, 2007
12/17/07 Lydersen, ITT, No New Year Resolutions? SEC proposes curbing shareholder power
December 16, 2007
12/16/07 Fuller & Revkin, NYT, Timetable Is Set to Revive Climate Treaty
12/16/07 Lichtblau, Et al, NYT, Wider Spying Fuels Aid Plan for Telecom Industry
12/16/07 Shanker & Myers, NYT, Afghan Mission Is Reviewed as Concerns Rise
12/16/07 Doyle, Independent, Rudolph Guiliani: If you think Bush is bad...
December 15, 2007
December 14, 2007
December 13, 2007
12/13/07 Black, BBC, EU 'snub' threat at climate talks
December 12, 2007
December 11, 2007
December 9, 2007
12/09/07 Singletary, WP, A Subpar Plan to Save Subprime Borrowers
December 8, 2007
12/08/07 MacAskill, Guardian, Intelligence expert who rewrote book on Iran
December 7, 2007
12/07/07 Fadel, McClatchy, U.S., Iraq at odds over Sunni groups
December 6, 2007
December 5, 2007
December 3, 2007
12/03/07 Mazzetti, NYT, U.S. Says Iran Ended Atomic Arms Work
December 2, 2007
November 30, 2007
November 28, 2007
11/28/07 Rand, Asia Times, US wages covert war on Iraq-Iran border
11/28/07 Scheer, Nation, A Good Week for the Saudis
November 21, 2007
11/21/07 Abramowitz & Wright, WP, Bush More Emphatic In Backing Musharraf
11/21/07 Abramowitz & Wright, WP, Bush More Emphatic In Backing Musharraf
11/21/07 Tady, ITT, When Protectors Become Predators
November 20, 2007
November 19, 2007
November 17, 2007
November 16, 2007
November 15, 2007
11/15/07 Schaill, LA Times, Blackwater's Loopholes
November 14, 2007
11/14/07 Johnston & Broder, NYT, F.B.I. Says Guards Killed 14 Iraqis Without Cause
November 13, 2007
November 11, 2007
11/11/07 Abramowitz, WP, Bush, Rice Defend Musharraf as an Ally
November 9, 2007
11/09/07 Young, AP, EPA, Don't 'Stand in Our Way'
November 8, 2007
November 7, 2007
November 6, 2007
November 3, 2007
11/03/07 Hedgeperth, WP, Blackwater's Owner Has Spies for Hire
November 1, 2007
10/31/07 Scheer, Nation, Cashing In on Terror
October 31, 2007
10/31/07 Broder & Johnston, NYT, U.S. Military Will Supervise Iraq Security Firms
October 30, 2007
10/30/07 DeYoung, WP, Immunity Jeopardizes Iraq Probe
October 29, 2007
October 26, 2007
10/26/07 Sengupta & Gilmore, Independent, The World of Private 'Security': Unleashed: The Fat Cats of War
October 25, 2007
October 24, 2007
10/24/07 Grier, CSM, Military spending: up and away
10/24/07 Broder & Rohde, NYT, Use of Contractors by State Dept. Has Soared
October 23, 2007
10/23/07 Schmitt & Rohde, NYT, Reports Assail State Dept. on Iraq Security
October 21, 2007
October 20, 2007
October 19, 2007
October 18, 2007
October 17, 2007
10/17/07 Eggen & Solomon, WP, Justice Dept.'s Focus Has Shifted
10/17/07 Schmitt & shanker, NYT, Pentagon Sees One Authority Over Contractors
October 16, 2007
October 15, 2007
10/15/07 NYT, Iraqi Oil Spoils
10/15/07 Barnes, LA Times, America's Own Unlawful Combatants?
October 12, 2007
October 11, 2007
10/11/07 Cook, ITT, Blackwater Nation
October 10, 2007
10/10/07 Jonnson, CSM, Ire in Gulf over buyout plan
October 9, 2007
10/09/07 LaFranchi, CSM, As Mideast realigns, US leans Sunni
October 8, 2007
October 7, 2007
October 6, 2007
10/06/07 WP, Blackwater: On Guard and Unregulated - compendium of stories.
October 5, 2007
10/05/07 Stranger & Omnivore, NYT, Foreign Policy, Privatized
10/05/07 Herszenhorn, NYT, Bill Applies U.S. Law to Contractors
10/05/07 AL Jazeera, US tightens Blackwater controls
October 4, 2007
10/04/07 Scahill, Nation, Blackwatergate
10/04/07 Gregory, BBC, Iraqi Kurds sign four oil deals
October 3, 2007
10/03/07 Peterson, CSM, Are U.S. and Iran headed for war?
October 2, 2007
10/02/07 Cohen & Balz, WP, Most in Poll Want War Funding Cut
October 1, 2007
10/01/07 Parker & Salman, San Jose Mercury-News, A Divided Iraq Unites Against Partition Plan
September 30, 2007
9/30/07 Solomon & Eilperin, WP, Bush's EPA Is Pursuing Fewer Polluters
September 29, 2007
9/29/07 Raghavan & DeYoung, WP, 5 Witnesses Insist Iraqis Didn't Fire On Guards
9/29/07 Doyle, Independent, Saddam 'ready to walk away for $1bn'
September 28, 2007
September 27, 2007
9/27/07 Vandeb Heuvel, Nation, Ending War for Profit
9/27/07 Peter, CSM, Iraqi oil exports to north rise
9/27/07 Grier, CSM, Bush's fiscal legacy: bigger debt
9/27/07 White & Tyson, WP, Increase In War Funding Sought
9/27/07 Sanger & Shanker, NYT, Washington Sees an Opportunity on Iran
September 26, 2007
9/26/07 Kucinich, Press Release, Congress Must Stop Funding The War
September 25, 2007
September 24, 2007
9/24/07 Thompson & Schmitt, NYT, Graft in U.S. Army Contracts Spread From Kuwait Base
9/24/07 Englehardt, Nation, Order 17
September 23, 2007
9/23/07 Glanz & Tavernise, NYT, Security Company Faces Iraqi Criminal Charges
September 22, 2007
9/22/07 MacAskill & Norton-Taylor, Guardian, Iraq's hired hands under fire as the pot of gold starts to run low
September 21, 2007
9/21/07 Scahill, Nation, Blackwater: Hired Guns, Above the Law
9/21/07 Tavernise & Glanz, NYT, Guards' Shots Not Provoked, Iraq Concludes
9/21/07 Knickerbocker, CSM, A legal danger zone for Blackwater
September 20, 2007
September 19, 2007
9/19/07 Tavernise & Glanz, NYT, Iraqi Report Says Blackwater Guards Fired First
September 18, 2007
9/19/07 Borger & Chrisafis, Guardian, Drift into War with Iran Out of Control, Says UN
September 13, 2007
September 12, 2007
9/12/07 Hambling, Wired, Lessons Of War Disputed
9/06/07 Hayden, Nation, The New Counterinsurgency
September 11, 2007
September 10, 2007
9/10/07 Al Jazeera, US plans military base near Iran
September 8, 2007
9/08/07 Klein, Guardian, The Shock Doctrine
September 4, 2007
September 3, 2007
September 2, 2007
9/02/07 Hedgpeth, WP, Iraq Far From U.S. Goals for Energy
September 1, 2007
August 31, 2007
August 27, 2007
8/27/07 NYT, Ravaging Appalachia
August 23, 2007
August 22, 2007
8/22/07 O'Harrow, WP, Federal No-Bid Contracts On Rise
August 21, 2007
August 18, 2007
August 17, 2007
August 14, 2007
August 12, 2007
8/12/07 Beaumont, Guardian, Fatigue cripples US army in Iraq
August 8, 2007
8/08/07 Scheer, Nation, The Terror America Wrought
8/08/07 Glantz, OneWorld, Poll: Iraqis Oppose Oil Privatization
August 6, 2007
August 2, 2007
8/02/07 Paley & Strauss, WP, Top Private Education Lender Cuts Jobs
8/02/07 Solomon & Kaufman, WP, FDA's Retention Bonuses Rise to the Top
August 1, 2007
July 31, 2007
July 30, 2007
July 29, 2007
July 28, 2007
7/28/07 MacAskill, Guardian, US accuses Saudis of telling lies about Iraq
July 27, 2007
July 25, 2007
7/25/07 Nakasima, WP, FBI Seeks To Pay Telecoms For Data
July 24, 2007
7/24/07 Hillhouse, Nation, Outsourcing Intelligence
July 21, 2007
7/21/07 Jackson, Boston Globe, Earmarking the War Machine
July 16, 2007
7/16/07 MacAskill & Borger, Guardian, Cheney Pushes Bush to Act on Iran
July 11, 2007
July 10, 2007
July 9, 2007
7/9/07 Heath & Rosenwald, WP, For Carlyle, a Deal on Demographics
July 6, 2007
July 5, 2007
July 4, 2007
7/4/07 Ross, ITT, The Not-So Superfund
July 3, 2007
July 1, 2007
June 30, 2007
6/30/07 Al Jazeera, Bush to lose special trade powers
June 28, 2007
June 22, 2007
6/22/07 Al Jazeera, Draft Iraq oil law makes headway
June 20, 2007
6/20/07 Tady, ITT, The Battle for the Air
June 19, 2007
June 18, 2007
June 16, 2007
June 15, 2007
6/15/07 Arenson & Schemo, NYT, Report Details Deals in Student Loan Industry
June 13, 2007
June 12, 2007
6/12/07 LaFranchi, CSM, US signals permanent stay in Iraq
June 10, 2007
June 7, 2007
6/07/07 Leigh & Evans, Guardian, BAE accused of secretly paying 1bn to Saudi prince
June 6, 2007
6/06/07 Landler & Stolberg, NYT, Rifts Seen on Climate and Security at G-8 Summit
June 5, 2007
6/05/07 Johnston & Zeleny, NYT, Congressman Sought Bribes, Indictment Says
June 4, 2007
6/04/07 Moberg, ITT, Whose Subsidy Is It Anyway?
6/04/07 Spotts & Blake, CSM, Climate debate heats up G-8
6/04/07 Hari, Independnent, Iraq's Mercenaries - With A Licence To Kill
June 3, 2007
6/03/07 Watt et al. Guardian, US told to toe line on climate
June 1, 2007
6/01/07 Al Jazeera, US mulls long-term stay in Iraq
May 31, 2007
May 29, 2007
May 28, 2007
5/28/07 Fletcher, WP, Another Top Bush Aide Makes an Exit
May 27, 2007
5/27/07 Cooper & Revkin, NYT, U.S. Rebuffs Germany on Greenhouse Gas Cuts
5/27/07 Fainaru & al-Izzi, WP, U.S. Security Contractors Open Fire in Baghdad
May 26, 2007
May 25, 2007
May 24, 2007
May 23, 2007
May 21, 2007
5/21/07 Hussein & Kadhim, McClatchy, For Iraqis, gasoline remains expensive and in short supply
May 19, 2007
5/19/07 Broder & Risen, WP, Contractor Deaths in Iraq Soar to Record
May 18, 2007
5/18/07 Chaddock, CSM, How will Iraq share the oil?
May 16, 2007
May 15, 2007
5/15/07 Rutenberg & Andrews, NYT, Bush Calls for Work for Higher Fuel Efficiency
May 14, 2007
5/14/07 Black, BBC, US seeks G8 climate text changes
May 13, 2007
5/13/07 Cockburn, Independent, Bloodshed rises in Iraq as US demands 'victory'
May 12, 2007
May 11, 2007
5/11/07 Landay, Providence Journal, Iraq War Is All About Controlling The Oil
May 9, 2007
5/09/07 Saulny & Rutenberg, NYT, Kansas Tornado Renews Debate on Guard at War
May 8, 2007
May 7, 2007
May 5, 2007
5/05/07 Janabi, Al Jazeera, Row over Iraq oil law
5/05/07 Klein & Fainaru, WP, Firms Protest Exclusion From Iraq Security Bid
May 4, 2007
May 3, 2007
5/03/07 Wong & Stolberg, NYT, Iraqi Blocs Opposed to Draft Oil Bill
May 2, 2007
5/02/07 Stolberg & Zeleny, NYT, Bush Vetoes Bill Tying Iraq Funds to Exit
May 1, 2007
April 30, 2007
4/30/07 Scahill, TomDispatch, Who Will Stop the U.S. Shadow Army in Iraq?
April 29, 2007
April 27, 2007
4/27/07 Porter, Asia Times, A US recipe for endless war in Iraq
4/27/07 Somashekar, WP, Power Companies' Reach May Expand
April 25, 2007
April 21, 2007
April 20, 2007
4/20/07 Shanker & Weisman, NYT, Wolfowitz Backed Friend for Iraq Contract in '03
April 19, 2007
4/19/07 Mukkail, ITT, Globalism with Combat Boots
April 15, 2007
April 13, 2007
April 10, 2007
April 9, 2007
April 3, 2007
April 2, 2007
April 1, 2007
4/01/07 Lindlaw, Chicago Sun-Times, Judge OKs global warming suit against government
March 31, 2007
March 30, 2007