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May 9, 2008
5/09/08 Bimbaum, WP, Oil Lobby Reaches Out to Citizens Peeved at the Pump
5/09/08 Spencer, WSWS, US congressional hearings expose stonewalling on veteran suicide data
5/09/08 Yates & Mohammed, Reuters, U.S. says man held in Iraq is not al Qaeda leader
May 6, 2008
5/06/08 Shachtman, Wired, Investigate the Pentagon Pundit Project - and the New York Times - Yourself, Online
May 5, 2008
5/05/08 Sinharoy, ITT, A Boon for T. Boone
April 26, 2008
4/26/08 Al Jazeera, Belarusians protest over Chernobyl
April 25, 2008
4/25/08 Oweis, Reuters, Syria accuses U.S. of aiding Israel in raid
April 21, 2008
4/21/08 Roston, Nation, Chalabi's Lobby
April 20, 2008
4/20/08 Lean, Independent, Exposed: The Great GM Crops Myth
April 18, 2008
4/18/08 Landay & Walcott, McClatchy, Pentagon Institute Calls Iraq War 'a Major Debacle' with Outcome 'in Doubt'
April 17, 2008
4/17/08 Murray, BusinessGreen, Stern Admits Report "Badly Underestimated" Climate Change Risks
April 16, 2008
4/16/08 Hawkes, Times, Merck relied on ghostwritten research on arthritis drug, Vioxx
4/16/08 Boseley, Guardian, Drug firm accused of death rate data failures
April 15, 2008
4/15/08 Singel, Wired, FBI Caused Delay in Terror Case Ahead of Senate Testimony
April 9, 2008
4/09/08 BBC, Al-Qaeda leader al-Masri 'dead'
April 8, 2008
4/08/08 BBC, What is the meaning of 'green'?
March 31, 2008
3/31/08 Shachtman, Wired, Military Report: Secretly 'Recruit or Hire Bloggers'
March 25, 2008
3/25/08 Fernandes, MoJo, Toxic Trailers Redux: When Did FEMA Know?
3/25/08 Starr, CNN, Navy: Former commander fired for lying
March 22, 2008
3/22/08 Porter, IPS, McCain's Gaffes Reflect Bush's Iran-Qaeda Myth
March 18, 2008
3/18/08 Porter, Asia Times, My Lai probe hid policy that led to massacre
3/18/08 Allam & Hamoudi, McClatchy, Cheney again links Iraq invasion to 9/11 attacks
March 15, 2008
3/15/08 Porter, IPS, POLITICS-US: My Lai Probe Hid Policy that Led to Massacre
March 12, 2008
3/12/08 Strobel, McClatchy, Pentagon cancels release of controversial Iraq report
March 11, 2008
3/11/08 Strobel, McClatchy, Exhaustive Review Finds No Link Between Saddam and Al Qaeda
March 10, 2008
3/10/08 Strobel, McClatchy, Exhaustive review finds no link between Saddam and al Qaida
March 9, 2008
3/09/08 Ricks & DeYoung, WP, Ex-Defense Official Assails Colleagues Over Run-Up to War
March 8, 2008
3/08/08 BBC, Bush insists US not in recession
March 7, 2008
3/07/08 Vanden Heuvel, Nation, Missile Defense: "Longest Running Scam" Exposed
3/07/08 CNN, Vaccine settlement complex, may not be first
March 6, 2008
3/06/08 AFP, World Can 'Afford' To Solve Its Environmental Woes: OECD
February 26, 2008
2/26/08 Chen, Nation, The 60 Minutes Blackout
February 25, 2008
2/25/08 Nizza, NYT, Media Blackout Update: Pakistan and Alabama?
February 21, 2008
2/21/08 Afrasiabi, Asia Times, Disinformation flies as US raises Iran bar
February 18, 2008
2/18/08 Lydersen, WP, Delay Of Report Is Blamed On Politics
2/18/08 BBC, Early WMD dossier draft released
February 16, 2008
2/16/08 Meyer, LAT, FBI warns of possible Hezbollah revenge in U.S.
February 14, 2008
2/14/08 Tirman, Editor & Publisher, Counting Iraqi Casualties - and a Media Controversy
February 11, 2008
2/11/08 Gordon, NYT, Army Buried Study Faulting Iraq Planning
February 10, 2008
2/10/08 Cockburn, Independent, Exiled Iraqis Too Scared to Return Home Despite Propaganda Push
February 9, 2008
2/09/08 Young, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CDC Under Investigation Over Katrina Cancer Risk
2/09/08 Romero, NYT, In Venezuela, Faith in Chavez Starts to Wane
February 8, 2008
2/08/08 Rothberg, Nation, The Shame of St. Louis
February 7, 2008
2/07/08 Mazzetti & Shane, NYT, CIA Destroyed Tapes as Judge Sought Interrogation Data
2/07/08 Shepard, Toronto Star, Soldier In ‘Shock’ Over Leaked Khadr Report
2/07/08 Sutton, Reuters, U.S. military loses records for bin Laden's driver
February 4, 2008
2/04/08 Yen, AP, Book: 911 Commission Executive Director Had Closer White House Ties Than Publicly Disclosed
January 29, 2008
1/29/08 Mushtaq, IPS, Kenya’s Problem Goes Beyond Ethnicity and Elections
1/29/08 AP, Probe: FEMA sugarcoated danger of hurricane trailers
January 23, 2008
1/23/08 Cushman, NYT, Web Site Assembles U.S. Prewar Claims
1/23/08 Daniel, AP, Study: Bush Led US To War on 'False Pretenses'
January 17, 2008
1/17/08 Porter, Asia Times, How the Pentagon planted a false story
January 12, 2008
1/12/08 Shanker, NYT, Iran Encounter Grimly Echoes '02 War Game
1/12/08 BBC, US-Iranian naval dispute deepens
January 11, 2008
1/11/08 Renner, Truthout, Andrew Roth on Front Page Depictions of War video
1/11/08 Nuchols, AP, Abu Ghraib Officer: Probe Was Incomplete
1/11/08 Al Jazeera, US military chief warns Tehran
January 10, 2008
1/10/08 Porter, IPS, Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel video
1/10/08 Hall, McClatchy, U.S. counterfeiting charges against N. Korea based on shaky evidence
January 9, 2008
1/09/08 Revkin, NYT, Faulty E.P.A. Climate Math on California Car Plan
January 8, 2008
1/08/08 Al Jazeera, US unveils Iran 'provocation' video
January 2, 2008
1/02/08 Kean & Hamilton, NYT, Stonewalled by the CIA
December 30, 2007
12/30/07 Ersan, Reuters, Bin Laden says U.S. seeks to exploit Iraqi oil
12/29/07 CNN, Purported bin Laden message has warnings for Iraq, Israel
December 24, 2007
12/24/07 Marre, The Hill, Kean Says CIA Is Parsing Words on Interrogation Tapes
December 17, 2007
12/17/07 Porter, IPS, POLITICS-US: Did Bush Get New Iran Intel Last Winter?
December 16, 2007
12/16/07 DeYoung, WP, Balkanized Homecoming
December 15, 2007
12/15/07 Rozen, MoJo, After Fair Game: The Story Valerie Plame Couldn't Tell
12/15/07 Ferris, Wired, Science Cafés Tap Nation's Fascination With Research and Discoveries
December 13, 2007
12/13/07 Herbert, AP, White House Pressured EPA on Toxin Reporting, Audit Says
December 11, 2007
12/11/07 Porter, IPS, White House Fought NIE Over an Old Charge
12/11/07 Bolstad & Clark, McClatchy, Democrats Accuse White House of Cooking Climate-Change Testimony
December 9, 2007
12/09/07 Warrick & Eggen, WP, Hill Briefed on Waterboarding in 2002; In Meetings, Spy Panels' Chiefs Did Not Protest, Officials Say
December 7, 2007
12/07/07 BBC, CIA destroyed interrogation tapes
December 5, 2007
12/05/07 Porter, IPS, US Intelligence Review Directly Contradicts Bush's Line On Iran
12/05/07 BBC, Bush urges Iran to 'come clean'
December 4, 2007
12/04/07 Myers, NYT, An Assessment Jars a Foreign Policy Debate About Iran
November 30, 2007
11/30/07 Gordon & Farrell, NYT, Iraq Lacks Plan on the Return of Refugees, Military Says
11/30/07 Dagher, CSM, Aid shrinks as Iraq's internal refugee tally grows
November 25, 2007
11/25/07 Levi, Wired, In the Search for Loose Nukes, a Little Propaganda Goes a Long Way
November 22, 2007
11/22/07 Apuzzo, WP, Former Press Secretary Points Finger at Bush, Cheney for Deceit in CIA Leak Scandal
November 14, 2007
11/14/07 Doyle, Independent, Hidden cost of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 'is twice what Bush claims'
11/01/01 Sampson, Guardian, CIA agent alleged to have met Bin Laden in July (remember this?)
November 13, 2007
12/13/07 BBC, Hidden costs 'raise US war price'
November 12, 2007
11/12/07 Strobel, McClatchy, Experts: Danger of Nuclear-Armed Iran Hyped
November 8, 2007
11/08/07 Prosser, Independent, Shell rapped for 'green' claims in advert
November 7, 2007
11/07/07 Mufson, WP, Coal-Funded Ad Is Called Misleading
November 2, 2007
11/02/07 Thomas, Erie Times, Orders From The Top: Retired General Dunlavey: Guantanamo Mission Came Straight From Bush, Rumsfeld
11/02/07 BBC, Iraq war source's name revealed
October 26, 2007
10/26/07 Porter, IPS, US Military Ignored Evidence of Iraqi-Made EFPs
October 24, 2007
10/24/07 AP, White House 'Eviscerated' CDC Testimony Regarding Climate Change and Health
10/24/07 AP, White House: Report Not `watered Down'
October 23, 2007
10/23/07 Hilzenrath, WP, Freddie Mac Woes Foreshadowed
October 11, 2007
10/11/07 Greenhouse, NYT, Guantanamo Detainees Enjoy Historic Protections, Administration Says
October 5, 2007
10/05/07 Schneider, WP, Bush Says U.S. 'Does Not Torture'
10/05/07 Harper, Toronto Star, White House On Defensive Over Torture Memos
September 29, 2007
9/29/07 Eggen, WP, Iraq Wiretap Delay Not Quite as Presented
9/29/07 Zavis, LA Times, Petraeus Admits to Rise in Iraq Violence
9/29/07 Doyle, Independent, Saddam 'ready to walk away for $1bn'
September 26, 2007
9/26/07 Usborne, Independent, Revealed: script for Bush's mangled words
September 19, 2007
9/19/07 Risen, NYT, Warrantless Wiretaps Not Used, Official Says
September 8, 2007
9/08/07 Forero, WP, Traffickers Infiltrate Military in Colombia
September 5, 2007
9/05/07 Rosen, NYT, Conscience of a Conservative
9/05/07 Sanger, NYT, Bush Shifts Terms for Measuring Progress in Iraq
August 23, 2007
8/23/07 Cockburn, Nation, An Inconvenient Truth - Hussein
August 17, 2007
8/17/07 Eggen, WP, FBI Director's Notes Contradict Gonzales's Version Of Ashcroft Visit
August 16, 2007
8/16/07 Weisman & DeYoung, WP, An Early Clash Over Iraq Report
August 14, 2007
8/14/07 Porter, IPS, IRAQ: U.S. Tags Iran for Casualties from Its Own Attacks
8/14/07 Gumbel, Independent, Wolfowitz 'Tried to Censor World Bank on Climate Change'
8/14/07 Borland, Wired, See Who's Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign
August 1, 2007
8/01/07 White, WP, Army General Censured Over Tillman Probe - Memo
July 27, 2007
7/27/07 Singel, Wired, What Was the Original Surveillance Program?
7/27/07 Clark, McClatchy, Officer Calls Guantanamo Reviews a Sham
7/27/07 BBC, FBI chief 'contradicts Gonzales'
July 26, 2007
7/26/07 Brown, Independent, CIA misled Britain over rendition plan
July 11, 2007
7/11/07 Harris, NYT, Surgeon General Sees 4-Year Term as Compromised
July 10, 2007
7/10/07 WP, Civil Liberties Violations - detailed
June 26, 2007
6/26/06 Corn, Nation, Where's the CIA's Missing Jewel?
June 21, 2007
6/21/07 DePalma, NYT, Report Says U.S. Misled City on Dust From Ground Zero
June 19, 2007
6/19/07 Shachtman, Wired, General: "Never a Mission" to Defeat Iraq's Insurgents
6/19/07 Usborne, Independent, Bush and Rumsfeld 'knew about Abu Ghraib'
6/19/07 Wintour, Guardian, Iraq was on course until 2003 UN bombing, says Blair
June 17, 2007
6/17/07 White & Goldstein, WP, Abu Ghraib Investigator Points to Pentagon
June 14, 2007
6/14/07 Tyson, WP, No Drop in Iraq Violence Seen Since Troop Buildup
June 10, 2007
6/10/07 Lacey, NYT, Trinidad Group Denies Link to New York Bomb Plot
June 9, 2007
6/09/07 Fisk, Independent, Lies and outrages... would you believe it?
June 5, 2007
6/05/07 Stout, NYT, Libby Gets 30 Months in Prison in C.I.A. Leak Case
May 27, 2007
5/27/07 Gordon & Rubin, NYT, Strife Foreseen in Iraq Exit, but Experts Split on Degree
May 26, 2007
5/26/07 Lobe, IPS, Intel Agencies Warned of Post-War Risks
May 25, 2007
5/24/07 Koff, Plain Dealer, Kucinich Claims War Masks the Real Objective: Iraqi Oil
May 23, 2007
5/23/07 Weinberger, Wired, Military Dragged Feet on Bomb-Proof Vehicles
May 22, 2007
5/22/07 Renner, Truthout, White House Coordinated With GOP Consultant on US Attorney Scandal
May 21, 2007
5/21/07 Powell, Hearst, Second Iraq Troop Surge Starts
May 16, 2007
5/16/07 Cockburn, Independent, Whatever happened to Ahmed Chalabi? (the man whose lies about WMDs took us to war)
5/16/07 LA TImes, Panel Told of a Sickbed Face-Off
May 11, 2007
5/11/07 Moss, Guardian, Life in the 'triangle of death'
May 10, 2007
5/10/07 Meier, NYT, OxyContin Maker Expected to Plead Guilty Today
May 9, 2007
5/09/07 Lobe, IPS, Pentagon Moved to Fix Iraqi Media Before Invasion
May 3, 2007
5/03/07 Bright, CSM, US reconstruction 'successes' in Iraq falling apart
April 30, 2007
4/30/07 Scahill, TomDispatch, Who Will Stop the U.S. Shadow Army in Iraq?
4/30/07 BBC, Iraq reconstruction 'not working'
April 28, 2007
4/28/07, Sanger, NYT, The White House Scales Back Talk of Iraq Progress
4/28/07 DeYoung, WP, Tenet Details Efforts to Justify Invading Iraq
April 25, 2007
4/25/07 CNN, Panel subpoenas Rice over Niger uranium claim
4/25/07 Luo, NYT, Panel Hears About Falsehoods in 2 Wartime Incidents
4/25/07 Independent, 'Pentagon deceived sports star's family after death'
April 21, 2007
4/21/07 AP, Army's Documents Detail Secrecy in Tillman Case
4/21/07 Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, Iran, US take their fight to Afghanistan
April 18, 2007
4/18/07 Tempest, Guardian, Alder Hey QC to investigate Sellafield bodies case
4/18/07 White, Guardian, Sellafield kept body parts of dead workers
April 12, 2007
4/12/07 Nation, White House "Lost" Political E-mails About US Attorneys
April 7, 2007
4/07/07 Cornwell, Independent, Cheney still insists al-Qa'ida had links with Iraq, despite evidence
April 6, 2007
4/06/07 Nunes, CSM, Pentagon report debunks prewar Iraq-Al Qaeda connection
April 3, 2007
4/03/07 Eisner, WP, How Bogus Letter Became a Case for War
April 1, 2007
4/01/07 BBC, Bush attacks Iran over captives
March 31, 2007
3/31/07 Johnston, NYT, Gonzales Offers Defense on Prosecutors' Dismissals
March 30, 2007
3/30/07 Johnston & Lipton, Ex-Aide Rejects Gonzales Stand Over Dismissals
March 24, 2007
3/24/07 Johnston & Lipton, NYT, Gonzales Met With Advisers on Dismissals
March 20, 2007
3/20/07 Revkin & Wald, NYT, Material Shows Weakening of Climate Reports
March 17, 2007
3/17/07 Buncombe, Independent, Outed CIA agent Plame attacks 'reckless' White House
March 14, 2007
3/14/07 Connor, Independent, The real global warming swindle
March 9, 2007
3/09/07 AP, Gingrich Admits Affair During Impeachment
March 8, 2007
3/08/07 Hickman, Independent, Green energy deals 'mislead customers'
March 5, 2007
3/05/07 Sanger, NYT, U.S. to Offer North Korea Face-Saving Nuclear Plan
3/05/07 BBC, US 'erased Afghan attack footage'
March 2, 2007
3/02/07 Gumbel, Independent, CIA blunder 'prompted Korean nuclear race'
3/02/07 Regan, CSM, 'Flawed' US intel boosts North Korea's nuclear program?
March 1, 2007
3/01/07 Starziuso, AP, Threat to Bagram Was Known
February 26, 2007
2/26/07 Glanz & Oppel, NYT, U.S. Says Raid in Iraq Supports Claim on Iran
February 24, 2007
2/24/07 Vogel, WP, Review At Walter Reed Is Ordered
February 23, 2007
2/23/07 Borger, Guardian, US Intelligence on Iran Does Not Stand up, Say Vienna Sources
February 21, 2007
2/21/07 Taylor, McClatchy, Government Misstated Statistics on the War on Terror, Audit Shows
February 17, 2007
2/17/07 Brown, Independent, Suppressed report shows cancer link to GM potatoes
February 15, 2007
2/15/07 Baker, WP, Iranians Aid Iraq Militants, Bush Alleges
2/15/07 Gorson, NYT, A Prewar Slide Show Cast Iraq in Rosy Hues
2/15/07 BBC, Nuclear review 'was misleading'
February 13, 2007
2/13/07 Mazzetti & Bosman, NYT, Long a Target Over Faulty Iraq Intelligence, Ex-C.I.A. Chief Prepares to Return Fire
February 12, 2007
2/12/07 Glanz, NYT, U.S. Says Arms Link Iranians to Iraqi Shiites
2/12/07 Reynolds, BBC, US claims against Iran: why now?
February 10, 2007
2/10/07 Boston Herald, Pentagon lies with stats
2/10/07 Goldenberg, Guardian, Pentagon unit defied CIA advice to justify Iraq war
February 9, 2007
2/09/07 Hulse, NYT, Speaker's Plane Becomes a Point of Criticism
2/09/07 Cloud & Mazzetti, NYT, Prewar Intelligence Unit at Pentagon Is Criticized
2/09/07 Tran, Guardian, Pentagon report to condemn 'inappropriate' Iraq intelligence
2/09/07 Landay, McClatchy, Pentagon Office Produced 'Alternative' Intelligence on Iraq
February 6, 2007
2/06/07 Floyd, Truthout, Slaughter and Spin in the Battle for Najaf
February 3, 2007
2/03/07 Fisk, Independent, Please spare me the word 'terrorist'
February 2, 2007
2/02/07 Sample, Guardian, Scientists offered cash to dispute climate study
2/02/07 Sample, Guardian, Scientists Offered Cash to Dispute Climate Study
January 30, 2007
1/30/07 Zabarenko, Reuters, US Climate Scientists Allege White House Pressure
January 26, 2007
1/26/07 Leonnig & Goldstein, WP, Ex-Aide Says Cheney Led Rebuttal Effort
January 25, 2007
1/25/07 Baker, WP, Defending Iraq War, Defiant Cheney Cites 'Enormous Successes'
January 22, 2007
1/22/07 Foley, Independent, US farming watchdog accuses Wal-Mart of mis-selling
January 19, 2007
1/19/07 Weisman, NYT, Fed Chief Warns That Entitlement Growth Could Harm Economy
January 18, 2007
1/18/07 Eggen, WP, Court Will Oversee Wiretap Program
1/18/07 Lichtblau & Johnston, NYT, Court to Oversee U.S. Wiretapping in Terror Cases
January 15, 2007
1/15/07 Seibel, McClatchey, Administration Leaving out Important Details on Iraq