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September 27, 2011
9/27/11 DemocracyNow, U.S. Continues to Back Afghan Warlord Linked to 2006 Massacre and Torture of Prisoners
May 6, 2011
5/06/11 Ackerman, Wired, First Drone Strikes Since Bin Laden Raid Hit Pakistan, Yemen
March 26, 2011
3/26/11 Coleman, Reuters, BP Oil Disaster: Obama Administration Tightens Lid on Dolphin Death Probe
March 23, 2011
3/23/11 Bacon, ITT, Fired for the Crime of Working
March 22, 2011
3/22/11 Scahill, DemocracyNow!, Jeremy Scahill: As Mass Uprising Threatens the Saleh Regime, a Look at the Covert U.S. War in Yemen
March 15, 2011
3/15/11 Fisher, PublicRecord, Saudi Troops In Bahrain: Sunni Rulers, Shia Subjects
3/15/11 Turse, TruthOut, How the Tiny Kingdom of Bahrain Strong-Armed the President of the United States/a>
3/15/11 Pilkington, Guardian, Bradley Manning's Military Doctors Accused Over Treatment
March 11, 2011
3/11/11 Pilkinton, Guardian, Bradley Manning being mistreated, says Hillary Clinton spokesman
3/11/11 BBC, PJ Crowley: Bradley Manning's treatment by US 'stupid'
March 8, 2011
3/08/11 Snow, GRTV, Pentagon Propaganda Sways US Opinion of Libya
3/08/11 Santolan, WSWS, US plays key role in Philippine corruption scandal
3/08/11. Head, WSWS, US intensifies military operations in Libya
3/08/11 Linzer, ProPublica, Obama Makes Indefinite Detention and Military Commissions His Own
March 7, 2011
3/07/11 Fisk, Independent, America's Secret Plan to Arm Libya's Rebels
3/07/11 Fisk, Independent, America's Secret Plan to Arm Libya's Rebels
3/07/11 Talev & Taylor, McClatchy, http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/03/07/109952/administration-to-resume-military.html
3/07/11 Pilkington, Guardian, Obama lifts suspension on military terror trials at Guantanamo Bay
March 4, 2011
3/04/11 Khimm, MoJo, Libya: Oil Industry Group Opposes Obama's Sanctions
March 1, 2011
3/01/11, BBC, Afghan fighting not working - MPs
November 11, 2010
11/11/10 Shahzad, AsiaTimes, Pakistan heads down China road
11/11/10 Deen, Arms deals could haunt US
November 10, 2010
11/09/10 Feffer, FPIF, Tea Party at the Pentagon?
September 5, 2010
9/05/10 Stiglitz & Bilmes, WP, The True Cost of the Iraq War: $3 Trillion and Beyond
September 1, 2010
9/01/10 Bello, FPIF, The Political Consequences of Stagnation
August 27, 2010
8/27/10 CNN, Mullen: Debt is top national security threat
August 16, 2010
8/16/10 Rothschild, Progressive, Petraeus's New Offensive: Preparing the Way for Obama to Retract the Withdrawal Pledge
August 12, 2010
8/12/10 Wellen, FPIF, Where Does the Administration Get Off Calling Missile Defense "Proven"?
July 24, 2010
7/24/10 Reuters, Government won't target more Swiss banks on tax: U.S. diplomat
July 22, 2010
7/22/10 Johnson, Baseline Scenario, Banking Under the Dodd-Frank Act
7/22/10 Bolton, The Hill, Democrats May Stop Bush-Era Tax Cuts for Wealthy From Expiring
7/22/10 Finn, WP, Retired CIA veteran will return to head clandestine service
7/22/10 Gundun, CRG, America's Undeclared War on Pakistan
July 17, 2010
7/17/10 Cho, WP, Timothy Geithner's realm grows with passage of financial regulatory reform
July 16, 2010
7/16/0 Nasiripour, Huffington Post, Tim Geithner Opposes Nominating Elizabeth Warren to Lead New Consumer Agency
July 13, 2010
7/13/10 Goldstein, NPR, Obama's New Budget Guy: Former Banker
July 9, 2010
7/09/10 Kim, NYT, Extending Broadband Service to the Disconnected
7/09/10 Muskal, LAT, Obama calls for $5 billion in clean-energy tax credits
7/09/10 CNN, Military scrambles jets after Obama air space violated, NORAD says
7/09/10 Cooper, NYT, The Adviser at the Heart of National Security
July 7, 2010
7/07/10 Ott, Huffington Post, The Big Lie: BP, Governments Downplay Public Health Risk From Oil and Dispersants
July 6, 2010
7/06/10 Eley, WSWS, Censorship and cover-up in the Gulf oil disaster
July 4, 2010
7/04/10 Fisher, IPS, Death By Drone: CIA's Hitlist is Murder
July 3, 2010
7/03/10 Klein, Dandelion Salad, There has been a very powerful attack on freedom of expression in this country
7/03/10 Reuters, Spill panel to hold public meeting July 12-13
7/02/10 Clark, McClatchy, Pentagon ban on Guantanamo reporters is illegal, group says
July 2, 2010
7/02/10 O'Keefe, WP, White House discloses wide-ranging staff salaries
7/02/10 Jones, MoJo, Counterinsurgency Down for the Count in Afghanistan...
7/02/10 Keck, CNN, Blame game could 'boomerang' on Obama, strategist says
7/02/10 Stracansky, IPS, 'This Is Worse Than Guantanamo'
July 1, 2010
7/01/10 Wellen, FPIF, Here We Go With the Pallets of Cash Again (Remember Paul Bremer?)
7/01/10 CNN, Obama says new U.S. sanctions show international resolve in Iran issue
7/01/10 Murphy, CSM, US withholds $4 billion in Afghanistan war aid. Can Gen. Petraeus cope?
June 29, 2010
6/29/10 Clark, Guardian, US Banks Off the Hook Until 2022
6/29/10 Gilmore, Progrressive, Kagan's clerkship with Thurgood Marshall a huge asset
6/29/10 Fortunato, ITT, Elena Kagan and the Supreme Triangulations of Barack Obama
6/29/10 Dreyfuss, AsiaTimes, Obama risks all on flip of a COIN
June 28, 2010
6/28/10 Singel, Wired, Obama Backs More Spectrum for Wireless
6/28/10 Frank, Progressive, A year later, Obama still shores up the Honduran coup
June 27, 2010
6/27/10 CNN, Panetta: Afghan war has 'serious problems,' but progress being made
June 26, 2010
6/26/10 BBC, 'US drone' kills two in Pakistan border area
June 25, 2010
6/25/10 Norton-Taylor, Guardian, Afghan detainees must be safeguarded against abuse, says high court
6/25/10 Moses, SMH, Obama internet 'kill switch' bill approved
6/25/10 Greenwald, Salon, How Many Americans are Targeted for Assassination?
6/25/10 Murphy, CSM, What Afghanistan lawmakers want General Petraeus to do
June 24, 2010
6/24/10 Ingram, WSWS, Senate bill would authorize US president to seize control of Internet
6/24/10 AFP, US to Deploy Drones
6/24/10 Englehardt, MoJo, America Detached from War
June 22, 2010
6/22/1o Johnson, Baseline Scenario, Paul Krugman For OMB
6/22/10 CNN, General recalled to Washington after controversial remarks in article
6/22/10 CNN, White House budget director leaving in July
6/22/10 Fazl-e-Haider, Asia Times, US presses Pakistan on Iranian gas
June 21, 2010
6/21/10 Cohen, BuzzFlash, Are Napolitano's Mass Spying Powers a Greater Threat to Civil Liberties Than Under Bush?
6/21/10 Sack & Stolberg, NYT, As Law Takes Effect, Obama Gives Insurers a Warning
6/21/10 Wellen, FPIF, Seed of Destruction: Nuclear 'Pits'
6/21/10 Eilperin, WP, Obama, EPA to push for restoration of Superfund tax on oil, chemical companies
June 20, 2010
6/20/10 Kemph, TruthOut, American Chernobyl
6/20/10 Tencer, DeepJournal, Pentagon revives Rumsfeld-era domestic spying unit
6/20/10 Scahill, Nation, Obama Administration Keeping Blackwater Armed and Dangerous in Afghanistan
6/20/10 Gedalyahu, IsraelNationalNews, US, Israel Warships in Suez May Be Prelude to Faceoff with Iran
6/20/10 Spillius, Telegraph, Rahm Emanuel Expected to Quit White House
June 19, 2010
6/19/10 Rucker, WP, Earning trust is biggest obstacle in disbursing $20 billion BP escrow fund
June 18, 2010
6/18/10 Bengali, McClatchy, Obama officials still approving flawed Gulf drilling plans
6/18/10 CNN, White House announces initiatives to curb waste, fraud and abuse
June 16, 2010
6/16/10 Greenwald, DeepJournal, Jon Stewart on Obama's executive power record
June 14, 2010
6/14/10 VOA, Report: US-Backed Somali Government Using Child Soldiers
6/14/10 Warrick, WP, U.S. adopts reintegration strategy to subdue Afghan insurgency
6/14/10 Eilperin & Kessler, WP, After delays, U.S. begins to tap foreign aid for gulf oil spill
June 13, 2010
6/13/10 Rothschild, Progressive, No Applause for Clapper
6/13/10 Reuers, Obama to call for escrow fund for BP claims
June 12, 2010
6/12/10 Brown, Asia Times, Gates closed out of China
6/12/10 Chomsky, Dandelion Salad, Obama's Imperialist Policies
6/12/10 Dickinson, Rolling Stone, The Spill, The Scandal and the President
June 11, 2010
6/11/10 Thomma, McClatchy, Engineers say Interior changed oil report after they signed it
6/11/10 Thomma, McClatchy, Obama overlooked key points in giving OK to offshore drilling
June 10, 2010
6/10/10 Boone, Guardian, Afghanistan wedding party hit by massive bomb
6/10/10 BBC, Gulf oil spill: US sets action plan deadline for BP
June 8, 2010
6/08/10 Worthington, Public Record, What is Obama Doing at Bagram? (Part Two): Executive Detention, Rendition, Review Boards, Released Prisoners and Trials
6/08/10 Goodman, TruthOut, Pentagon Tightens Grip on the Obama Administration and the Intelligence Community
6/08/10 Jamail, TruthOut, Military Neglecting Fort Hood Soldiers' Medical Needs
6/08/10 Montgomery, WP, White House is directing agencies to cut budgets
6/08/10 Nordlan, NYT, Afghanistan Strategy Shifts to Focus on Civilian Effort
6/08/10 Allen, Transcript of Adm. Thad Allen's Tuesday BP oil leak briefing
6/08/10 Schmitt, NYT, Nominee for Spy Post Opposed More Clout
June 7, 2010
6/07/10 Worthington, PublicRecord, What is Obama Doing at Bagram? (Part One): Torture and the "Black Prison"
6/07/10 WP, Poll shows negative ratings for BP, federal government
6/07/10 Kasinof, CSM, US cluster bombs in Yemen: The right weapon in Al Qaeda fight?
6/08/10 Dickinson, Rolling Stone, The Spill, The Scandal and the President
June 4, 2010
6/04/10 DeYoung & Jaffe, WP, US 'Secret War' Expands Globally as Special Operations Forces Take larger Role
June 3, 2010
6/03/10 Wellen, FPIF, Outraged by Drone Strikes? Some Drone Operators Are Too
June 2, 2010
6/02/10 AFP, CIA Drones Claim 'License to Kill' with Impunity: UN Expert
6/02/10 Nebehay, Reuters, U.N. investigator calls for halt to CIA drone killings
June 1, 2010
6/01/10 Bolstad & Clark, McClatchy, Gulf oil spill now a criminal investigation, Holder says
May 30, 2010
5/30/10 Kraus, FPIF, The Court of Last Resort
May 27, 2010
5/27/10 Sanger & Baker, NYT, New Security Strategy Focuses on Managing Threats
5/27/10 Khimm, MoJo, Obama's Immigration Policy: "Bush on Steroids"?
5/27/10 Johnson, Baseline Scenario, So Damn Little Money
5/27/10 Lobe, Asia Times, US Congress slows on Iran
5/27/10 BBC, US President Barack Obama 'to extend oil drilling ban'
May 26, 2010
5/26/10 Tumulty, WP, Five questions for Obama on the oil spill
May 25, 2010
5/25/10 Kaye, PublicRecord, Obama Interrogation Official Linked to U.S. Mind Control Research
5/25/10 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, Regulation vs. Structural Change
5/25/10 Al Jazeera, US and S Korea to hold war games
May 24, 2010
5/24/10 Dayee, Scotland Herald, Forces of Fear: US as Bad as Taliban, Refugees Claim
5/24/10 Mason, Reuters, Obama tells military: prepare for North Korea aggression
5/24/10 Mason, Reuters, Obama Tells Military: Prepare for North Korea Aggression
5/24/10 CNN, Mixed messages as frustration mounts over Gulf oil spill
5/24/10 Mazzetti, NYT, U.S. Is Said to Expand Secret Military Acts in Mideast Region
5/24/10 Bink, OpenLeft, Breaking: White House agrees to set end date/delayed implementation plan on Don't Ask, Don't Tell
5/24/10 BBC, US troops in Afghanistan outnumber those in Iraq
May 23, 2010
5/23/10 Beaumont, Guardian, US appoints first cyber warfare general
5/23/10 Urbina, NYT, Despite Obama's Moratorium, Drilling Projects Move Ahead
5/23/10 Dash & Schwartz, NYT, As Reform Takes Shape, Some Relief on Wall St. (Size and power left intact)
5/23/10 Bengali, McClatchy, Thad Allen: Only BP has expertise to stop oil spill
May 21, 2010
5/21/10 Nicholas, LAT, Democrats point the finger at Obama's chief of staff for immigration reform's poor progress
5/21/10 Clark, Guardian, Barack Obama hails vote on tightening regulation of Wall Street's banks
May 20, 2010
5/20/10 CNN, Obama's top intelligence adviser resigns
5/20/10 Rozoff, IntelDaily, U.S. And NATO Accelerate Military Build-Up In Black Sea Region
5/20/10 Madsen, WMR, White House Covers Up Menacing Oil "Blob"
5/20/10 Durden, DeepJournal, US Begins Massive Military Build Up Around Iran, Sending Up To 4 New Carrier Groups In Region
May 19, 2010
5/19/10 Buskirk, Wired, Sneak Peek: Obama Administration's Redesigned Data.gov
5/19/10 Bybee, ITT, Regulate or Capitulate
May 18, 2010
5/18/10 Walsh, DeepJournal, US military's private spy and murder ring continues to operate in Afghanistan, Pakistan
5/18/10 Entous, Reuters, Special Report: How the White House learned to love the drone
5/18/10 Entous, Reuters, Obama starts deploying interrogation teams
5/18/10 NYT, U.S. to Promote Press Freedom
5/18/10 McClatchy, BP withholds oil spill facts -- and government lets it
May 17, 2010
5/17/10 Peptone, CNN, Doctors' Medicare payouts to be cut 21% June 1
5/17/10 Wang, ProPublica, Check Out President Obama and VP Biden's Financial Disclosure Forms
5/17/10 Cliftin, IPS, Bill for Afghan War Could Run into the Trillions
May 14, 2010
5/14/10 Scahill, DeepJournal, Who Runs The Secret 'Black Jail' at Bagram?
May 13, 2010
5/13/10 Dennis, WP, Senate votes to keep small banks under Federal Reserve's oversight
5/13/10 Eilperin, WP, White House, BP unprepared for relationship in wake of oil spill
5/13/10 Weaver, Guardian, Obama to force BP to pay more cleanup costs for Deepwater disaster
5/13/10 Shane, NYT, U.S. Decision to Approve Killing of Cleric Causes Unease
May 12, 2010
5/12/10 Black, Guardian, Barack Obama serves notice on Egypt: I meant what I said about human rights
5/12/10 Porter, AsiaTimes, Doubts grow on McChrystal's war plan
May 11, 2010
5/11/10 Wang, ProPublica, After Spill, More Gulf Drilling Plans Got Environmental Exemptions
5/11/10 Swanson, MoJo, Afghan Escalation Funding
5/11/10 Mencimer, MoJo, Why Do So Many People Think Elena Kagan Is Gay?
5/11/10 Andersson, BBC, Red Cross Confirms 'Second Jail' at Bagram, Afghanistan
5/11/10 Eaton, Austin American, Predator Drones to Fly Over Texas-Mexico Border by Fall
5/11/10 Perlez & Shah, NYT, Drone Strikes Pound West Pakistan
5/11/10 Bolstad, McClatchy, Agency that oversees offshore drilling to be split by Obama administration
May 10, 2010
5/10/10 Meikle, Guardian, Barack Obama to nominate Elena Kagan for supreme court
May 8, 2010
5/08/10 Taylor, McClatchy, Since Spill, Feds Have Given 27 Waivers to Oil Companies in Gulf
May 7, 2010
5/07/10 Wang, ProPublica, Offshore Drilling Regulators Had Concerns, but Let Industry Self-Police
5/07/10 Savage, NYT, New Justice to Confront Evolution in Powers
5/07/10 Kroll, MoJo, Why Didn't Obama Back Busting Up Big Banks?
May 6, 2010
5/06/10 Smith, AsiaTimes, OBAMA'S WAR MACHINE, Part 2 ... Part 1
May 5, 2010
5/05/10 Lovley, Politico, Obama Biggest Recipient of BP Cash
5/05/10 Volman, FPIF, Obama and U.S. Military Engagement in Africa
5/05/10 Youssef, McClatchy, GAO reports casts new doubt on Afghanistan policy
5/05/10 Cloud, LAT, CIA drones have broader list of targets
5/05/10 Smith, Asia Times, The Pentagon's game plan
May 4, 2010
5/04/10 Starr, CNN, Pakistan drone strategy originated with Bush, official says
5/04/10 BBC, Barack Obama renews US-Syria sanctions
May 3, 2010
5/03/10 Mount CNN, U.S. reveals it has 5,113 nuclear warheads
May 2, 2010
5/02/10 Pilkington, Guardian, Barack Obama flies in to meet BP chief over Deepwater Horizon oil spill
May 1, 2010
5/01/10 Mason, Reuters, Obama calls for limits on corporate campaign money
5/01/10 LaFranchi, CSM, UN conference on nuclear proliferation a big test for Obama
April 30, 2010
4/30/10 AP, Axelrod: No new drilling until answers on accident
5/30/10 BBC, Oil spill sparks new drilling ban
April 29, 2010
4/29/10 Martin, WSWS, Obama's blueprint for austerity
4/29/10 Pervez, FPIF, Coverups in Afghanistan
April 28, 2010
4/28/10 Lindorff, PublicRecord, The Stupidity of Obama's Drill-Drill-Drill Offshore Oil Policy
4/28/10 Felsenthal, Reuters, Obama to tap Yellen, others for Fed: sources
April 18, 2010
4/18/10 RebelReports, Dennis Kucinich: White House Assassination Policy Is Extrajudicial
4/18/10 Starr, CNN, U.S. military plans against Iran being updated
April 15, 2010
4/15/10 Whitwell, Times, Obama's Efforts to Foster Harmony on Wall St Reform Erupts into Warfare
4/15/10 Andersson, BBC, Afghans 'abused at secret prison' at Bagram airbase
4/15/10 BBC, Russia closes last weapons-grade plutonium plant
April 13, 2010
4/13/10 Corn, MoJo, Obama's Nuclear Summit: The Big Truth That's Missing
4/13/10 BBC, Barack Obama warns of increased nuclear terror threat
April 12, 2010
4/12/10 Vidal, Guardian, Confidential Document Reveals Obama's Hardline US Climate Talk Strategy
April 9, 2010
4/09/10 Hayes, Nation, The Breakdown: What Will Student Loan Reform Do?
April 8, 2010
4/08/10 Sahoo, IPS, Lucrative KBR Contracts Unaffected by Troop Drawdown
April 7, 2010
4/07/10 BBC, US 'approves killing' US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki
April 2, 2010
4/02/10 Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, The alienation of Hamid Karzai
4/02/10 AFP, US 'to Begin Profiling Air Passengers'
4/02/10 Nichols, Nation, Court: Feingold's Right On Wiretaps, Censure, Bush -- and Obama
4/02/10 Lobe, IPS, RIGHTS-US: Legality of Drone Strikes Still in Question
April 1, 2010
4/01/10 CNN, Obama energy plan would open Atlantic and Gulf drilling
March 31, 2010
3/31/10 Landau, CNN, $250 million for abstinence education not evidence-based, groups say
March 29, 2010
3/29/10 AP, Big Pharma Wins Big With Health Care Reform Bill
March 28, 2010
3/28/10 Roston, Nation, Banking on Chalabi
March 25, 2010
3/25/10 CNN, Gates eases ban on gays in the military
March 22, 2010
3/22/10 Porter, IntelDaily, JSOC Interests Snag Plan to Free Afghan Detainees
3/22/10 Randall, WSWS, An attack on health care in the guise of reform
3/22/10 Nairn, NAtion, Washington's Indonesian Bully Boys
March 21, 2010
3/21/10 Finn, Warrick, WP, Under Panetta, a more aggressive CIA
March 20, 2010
3/20/10 Cho, WP, Key appointees at Treasury used as pawns in unrelated legislative battles
March 18, 2010
3/18/10 Lindorff, PublicRecord, Laughable: Top Military Official Who Oversaw Detainee Torture Now In Charge Of Reducing Afghanistan Civilian Casualties
3/18/10 Corn, MoJo, Why Won't Obama Get Tough on JPMorgan?
March 16, 2010
3/16/10 Byrne, DeepJournal, Obama agencies invoking secrecy provision more often than under Bush
3/16/10 Shiels, BBC, US plans to give high-speed broadband to every American
March 15, 2010
3/15/10 Filkins & Mazzetti, NYT, Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants
March 11, 2010
3/11/10 Zunes, FPIF, Obama and the Denial of Genocide
3/11/10 Stein, Huffington, Sanders: Obama Has Tragically Lost the Youth, Antagonized Unions
3/11/10 Mears, CNN, Chief justice chides State of the Union as 'political pep rally'
March 6, 2010
3/06/10 CNN, Official: Armenian genocide resolution unlikely to get full House vote
March 5, 2010
3/05/10 Quinn, Telegraph, US Public 'Will Pay Obama's $90bn Bank Levy'
3/05/10 Rothschild, Progressive, Hillary Clinton's Honduran Disgrace
3/05/10 BBC, US administration to block vote on Turkey 'genocide'
3/05/10 Malveaux, CNN, White House considers military trial for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
3/05/10 Gettleman, NYT, U.S. Aiding Somalia in Its Plan to Retake Its Capital
3/05/10 Calmes. NYT, Why the Rainmaker Is Now the Gatekeeper
March 4, 2010
3/04/10 Hunter, CNN, U.S. travel promotion bill signed into law
March 1, 2010
2/26/10 Kaufmann, Nation, Profiting from the Inside? Friedmanism at the Fed
3/01/10 Foulkes, BBC, Big rise in Afghan child migrants
February 28, 2010
2/28/10 Sanger & Shanker, NYT, White House Is Rethinking Nuclear Policy
February 24, 2010
2/24/10 Goldenberg, Guardian, Obama's Nuclear Vision Suffers Setback as Vermont Plant Faces Shutdown
February 23, 2010
2/23/10 Jones, ProPublica, Inside the Administration's Deal with the Pharmaceutical Lobby
February 22, 2010
2/22/10 MacAskill, Guardian, Obama pushes healthcare reform plan to break deadlock
February 21, 2010
2/21/10 Stroebel, McClatchy, War Game Shows How Attacking Iran Could Backfire
February 19, 2010
2/19/10 Mason, Reuters, Obama unveils new fund to address housing woes
2/19/10 Taylor, McClatchy, Justice Department clears Bush lawyers for 'torture memos'
February 18, 2010
2/18/10 Pollin, Nation, 18 Million Jobs by 2012
February 17, 2010
2/17/10 Berger, IPS, POLITICS: Cluster Bomb Ban to Become Law - Without U.S.
2/17/10 Al Jazeera, Pakistan plot suspects 'tortured'
February 16, 2010
2/16/10 McNulty & Fifield, FT, BP deals blow to Obama fight on climate
2/16/10 Gerstein, Politico, Lindsey Graham: White House Mulling Indefinite Detention
2/16/10 Mason, Reuters, Obama ups nuclear investment for climate fight
February 15, 2010
2/15/10 Godoy, IPS, Nuclear Does Not Make Economic Sense Say Studies
February 14, 2010
2/14/10 Pensacola Beach Journal, Floridians Gather to Say 'No' to Offshore Drilling
2/14/10 Eggen, WP, Success of President Obama's crackdown on lobbying questioned
February 13, 2010
2/13/10 Hari, Independent, Obama's Secret Prisons in Afghanistan Endanger Us All
2/13/10 Kirchgaessner & McNulty, FT, Obama offers nuclear plant loan guarantee
2/13/10 Doherty, Reuters, Obama names U.S. envoy to Muslim world body
February 12, 2010
2/12/10 Greenwald, Salon, Then and Now: Rule of Law, Mukasey, and Obama's DOJ
2/12/10 Sirota, ITT, Beyond Budget Brainwashing
February 11, 2010
2/11/10 Daniel, TruthOut Bagram, Obama's Secret Penal Colony
February 9, 2010
2/09/10 Eilperin, WP, U.S. proposes new climate service
February 8, 2010
2/08/10 Swanson, The Hill, Obama Starts New Push on 'Free Trade' Deals
2/08/10 Chatterjee, MoJo, Destabilizing Pakistan
February 7, 2010
2/07/10 Al Jazeera, US denies 'direct Taliban contact'
February 5, 2010
2/05/10 Kim, Deep Journal, U.S. Uses Iran to Globalize Its Defenses, Russia Says
2/05/10 Scahill, Nation, The Expanding US War in Pakistan
2/05/10 Fisher, IPS, Legal Experts Slam 'Targeted Killings' of US Citizens
2/05/10 Hayes, Nation, The Breakdown: Defense Spending and the 2011 Budget
2/05/10 Shamoo, FPIF, Iraq Policy: D
February 4, 2010
2/04/10 Sheppard, MoJo, Obama's Nuclear Giveaway
February 3, 2010
2/03/10 Walsh, Guardian, Obama's Silent War Shocks Pakistan
February 2, 2010
2/02/10 Vanden Heuval, Nation, No Defense for This Budget
February 1, 2010
2/01/10 Corn et al, MoJo, Obama's Five Worst Nominees
January 28, 2010
1/28/10 Worthington, Deep Journal, UN Secret Detention Report Asks, "Where Are the CIA Ghost Prisoners?"
January 27, 2010
1/27/10 Hall & Gordon, McClatchy, Geithner, predecessor and Fed defend controversial AIG payments
1/27/10 Walsh, NYT, Geithner Denies Role in Limiting A.I.G. Disclosures
1/27/10 Walsh & Chan, NYT, Geithner Says A.I.G. Rescue Prevented a Depression
1/27/10 Ghobari, Reuters, Yemen plans U.S.-funded militant rehab centre
1/27/10 Priest, WP, US Military Teams, Intelligence Deeply Involved in Aiding Yemen on Strikes
January 26, 2010
1/26/10 Shachtman, Wired, Pentagon Report Calls for Office of 'Strategic Deception'
January 25, 2010
1/25/10 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, Tim Geithner Says to Leave Your Money at Big Banks
1/25/10 Schmitt, NYT, U.S. Envoy's Cables Show Concerns on Afghan War Plans
January 24, 2010
1/24/10 Baseline Scenario, Is The "Volcker Rule" More Than A Marketing Slogan?
1/24/10 Reuters, Obama turns to former campaign manager for help
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 Taylor, McClatchy, Obama Quietly Continues to Defend Bush's Terror Policies
1/23/10 Potter, Toronto Star, Climate Slips Off US Agenda
1/23/10 CNN, Biden: U.S. to appeal dismissal of Blackwater charges
1/23/10 BBC, Indefinite Guantanamo detention plans condemned
January 22, 2010
1/22/10 Applebaum & Cho, WP, Obama's 'Volcker Rule' shifts power away from Geithner
1/22/10 Finn, WP, Justice task force recommends about 50 Guantanamo detainees be held indefinitely
1/22/10 Bumiller, NYT, Gates Says Taliban Must Take Legitimate Afghan Role
1/22/10 Eley & Grey, WSWS, Another toothless bank "reform" from Obama
1/22/10 Fisher, PublicRecord, Obama Administration Continues To Withhold Vital Information About Bagram Detainees
1/22/10 FPIF, Africa Policy Outlook 2010
January 21, 2010
1/21/10 Chan & Dash, NYT, Obama's Move to Limit 'Reckless Risks' Has Skeptics
January 20, 2010
1/20/10 Ross, IntelDaily, Panetta Turns a Blind Eye To CIA Crimes
January 19, 2010
1/19/10 Eley, WSWS, US military to enforce state of emergency in Haiti
1/19/10 Reuters, Fewer see Obama advancing racial ties
January 18, 2010
1/18/10 Bender, Boston Globe, US Cloaks Case Files Involving Civil Rights
January 17, 2010
1/17/10 Burghardt, IntelDaily, Obama Executive Order Seeks to "Synchronize and Integrate" State and Federal Military Forces
January 16, 2010
1/16/10 BBC, US releases names of prisoners at Bagram, Afghanistan
January 15, 2010
1/15/10 Wagner, AP, Geithner Will Defend Secretive AIG Bailout Deals
January 13, 2010
1/13/10 Reuters, Obama to ask for $33 billion for Afghan troop buildup
January 11, 2010
1/11/10 McGreal, Guardian, Obama's Indian problem
1/11/10 Calmes, NYT, Obama Weighs Bank Fee to Help Cut the Federal Deficit
1/11/10 Hareal, Ha'aretz, U.S. to store $800m in military gear in Israel
1/11/10 Pilger, IntelDaily, Welcome to Orwell's world
January 9, 2010
1/09/10 Ghattas, BBC, Hillary Clinton sets out US plan for Middle East peace
1/09/10 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, Bush-Obama DOJ runs protection racket for superwealthy tax cheats
January 8, 2010
1/08/10 Kaye, Public Record, Under Auspices of the Army Field Manual, Ongoing Torture Interrogations Continue at Guantanamo
1/08/10 AFP, US Wary Over Granting Bagram Inmates' Rights
1/08/10 Partlow, WP, U.S. military investigates allegations of detainee abuse in Afghanistan
1/08/10 Savage, NYT, Obama Takes New Route to Opposing Parts of Laws
1/07/10 CNN, Two security contractors charged in Afghanistan killings
January 7, 2010
1/07/10 Gordon, McClatchy, Fed delayed disclosure of controversial AIG payout
January 5, 2010
1/05/10 Labott, CNN, U.S. lowers threshold for inclusion on no-fly lists
January 4, 2010
1/04/10 Lindorff, Public Record, Are U.S. Forces Executing Kids in Afghanistan? Americans Don't Even Know to Ask
1/04/10 BBC, Obama effigy hanged in Jimmy Carter's home town
January 2, 2010
1/02/10 Deep Journal, Over 700 killed in 44 drone strikes in 2009
December 31, 2009
12/31/09 Branan, Fresno Bee, Hmong leaders write to Obama
12/31/09 Shiels, BBC, New visa proposal to help create the next big thing
December 30, 2009
12/30/09 Alden, New American Media, Obama Quietly Changes U.S. Immigration Policy
12/30/09 Baker, NYT, Cheney Attacks; White House Hits Back
December 29, 2009
12/29/09 Andrews, ProPublica, TSA's Top Post Sits Vacant Because of Sen. DeMint's Union Beef
12/29/09 Savage, NYT, Obama Curbs Secrecy of Classified Documents
December 28, 2009
12/28/09 McGreal, Guardian, Barack Obama pledges to take fight to terrorists behind jet bomb plot
December 27, 2009
12/27/09 Schmitt & Worth, NYT, U.S. Widens Terror War to Yemen, a Qaeda Bastion
December 26, 2009
12/26/09 Al Jazeera, 'US drone' hits Pakistan home
December 24, 2009
12/24/09 Goldfarb, WP, Fannie, Freddie chiefs to get Wall Street-style compensation packages
12/24/09 Raghavan, WP, Yemeni air strike kills 30, targets home of cleric linked to Ft. Hood attack
12/24/09 Obama, Official Transcript, Here's what Obama said about Senate health care vote
12/24/09 BBC, Obama curbs trade benefits for several African nations
December 23, 2009
12/23/09 BBC, Obama says disappointment over Copenhagen is valid
December 22, 2009
12/22/09 BBC, US woman held after 'threat to kill' Michelle Obama
December 20, 2009
12/19/09 Cruikshank, Firedog Lake, How the White House Misjudged the Political Landscape
12/20/09 BBC, US repatriates 12 Guantanamo men, including 6 Yemenis
12/20/09 BBC, Climate summit most chaotic show on earth - Miliband
12/20/09 Landler, NYT, Civilians Train in 'Afghan City' in the Midwest
12/20/09 Pear, NYT, Deep in Health Bill, Very Specific Beneficiaries
December 19, 2009
12/19/09 Reuters, Congress must resist health insurance lobby: Obama
12/19/09 Hulse & Pear, NYT, Democrats Say They Clinch Deal on Health Care Overhaul
December 18, 2009
12/18/09 Swanson, IntelDaily, Look Who Just Funded the Escalation
12/18/09 BBC, President Obama warns leaders over climate summit deal
12/18/09 Rowland, Boston Globe, Not Much Done on Agenda of Change
12/18/09 Shanker & Landler, NYT, U.S. Aids Yemeni Raids on Al Qaeda, Officials Say
12/18/09 Corn & Shepard, MoJo, Obama's Copenhagen Deal
12/18/09 Spotts, CSM, Sticking points for a Copenhagen global warming pact
December 17, 2009
12/17/09 Porter, Asia Times, US silent on Taliban's al-Qaeda offer
12/17/09 Cobain, Guardian, CIA working with Palestinian security agents
12/17/09 Chick, CSM, US to stage simulated Iran missile attack after Sajjil-2 test
December 16, 2009
12/16/09 Gabbatt, Guardian, Barack Obama sends letter to Kim Jong-il
12/16/09 DeepJournal, House passes Iran gasoline sanctions bill
December 15, 2009
12/15/09 Reuters, Contractor arrest may ruffle Obama's Cuba overture
12/15/09 Thomson-Burns, PSL, Obama administration defends John Yoo
December 14, 2009
12/14/09 Barnes, LAT, Obama May Launch Drone Attacks on Major Pakistani City
12/14/09 Savage, NYT, U.S. Said to Pick Illinois Prison to House Detainees
12/14/09 CNN, Millions of Bush administration e-mails recovered
12/14/09 LAT, Drone attacks may be expanded in Pakistan
December 12, 2009
12/12/09 Al Jazeera, US 'militarising' Afghanistan aid
12/12/09 Leopold, TruthOut, Blistering Indictment Leveled Against Obama Over His Handling of Bush-Era War Crimes
12/12/09 BBC, US federal agents arrest 286 'immigrant criminals'
December 11, 2009
12/11/09 BBC, Hillary Clinton warns Latin America off close Iran ties
12/11/09 McDermott, BBC, 'US backed' Colombian attack on Ecuador camp
December 10, 2009
12/10/09 Feller, AP, Obama Nobel Speech: 'War Is Peace'
12/10/09 UPI, US Negotiator Rejects Climate Reparation
12/10/09 Sidiqi, FPIF, Obama's Surge and Pakistan
December 7, 2009
12/07/09 Bolstad, McClatchy, Drill, Baby, Drill: Obama Administration OKs Oil Drilling in Arctic off Alaska
December 6, 2009
12/06/09 CNN, Karzai: U.S. must have patience if Afghanistan not ready
12/06/09 Montero, CSM, Will US drones start attacking Mullah Omar in Pakistan?
12/06/09 Kornblut et al, WP, Obama pressed for faster surge
12/06/09 AP, Gates Expects 2-4 Years of Big Afghan Role for U.S.
December 5, 2009
12/05/09 Eley, WSWS, US prepares Fallujah-style offensive in Afghanistan
December 4, 2009
12/04/09 DeGraw, DeepJournal, Af-Pak War Racket: The Obama Illusion Comes Crashing Down
12/04/09 Benson, CNN, White House OKs expanding CIA drone program in Pakistan
December 3, 2009
12/03/09 Shane, NYT, C.I.A. to Expand Use of Drones in Pakistan
December 2, 2009
12/02/09 Arnoldy, CSM, Obama's Afghanistan speech: How it sounded to Afghans
November 28, 2009
11/28/09 MacLeod, Canada Citizen, US Navy Plots Arctic Push
11/28/09 Cohen, TruthOut, Get Ready for the Obama/GOP Alliance
November 27, 2009
11/27/09 Lobe, IPS, Obama's State Department Backpedals on Landmine Treaty Stance
November 25, 2009
11/25/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Why Is the State Department Speaking for JSOC?
11/25/09 Alexander, Reuters, US Will Not Join Treaty Banning Landmines
November 24, 2009
11/24/09 CNN, Pentagon preparing to send 34,000 troops to Afghanistan, official says
November 23, 2009
11/23/09 Scahill, Nation, Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan
November 22, 2009
11/22/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, Barack Obama ready to offer target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions
11/22/09 Boone, Guardian, US pours millions into anti-Taliban militias in Afghanistan
11/22/09 Shah, CSM, Pakistan to US: Don't surge in Afghanistan, talk to Taliban
November 20, 2009
11/20/09 Arab News, Kingdom, US sign pact
November 19, 2009
11/19/09 Gray-Block, Reuters, US Makes Debut Attendance at Hague War Crimes Court
November 17, 2009
11/17/09 Rosen, McClatchy, Obama Web site claims stimulus jobs in non-existent places
11/17/09 bbc, NY Fed 'paid AIG banks too much'
November 16, 2009
11/16/09 Al Jazeera, US Unveils Extended Bagram Prison
11/16/09 Walsh, NYT, Audit Faults New York Fed in A.I.G. Bailout
November 14, 2009
11/14/09 Deen, IPS, US, Somalia Still Opt Out of Children's Treaty
November 13, 2009
11/13/09 Raum & Taylor, AP,
November 12, 2009
11/12/09 Richter, LAT, U.S. ambassador warns against Afghanistan troop buildup
November 11, 2009
11/11/09 Stein, Huffington Post, Pharma Deal With White House on Course to Net Industry Billions
November 10, 2009
11/10/09 EDIE, New rules for pesticide crop spraying
November 5, 2009
11/05/09 Grim, Huffington Post, Pelosi: Single-Payer Amendment Breaks Obama's Health Care Promise
11/05/09 BBC, Obama pledge to Native Americans
November 4, 2009
11/04/09 Rozoff, IntelDaily, Twenty Years After End Of The Cold War: Pentagon's Buildup In Latin America
November 3, 2009
11/03/09 Al Jazeera, US blocks 'Syria torture' lawsuit
November 2, 2009
11/02/09 Fisher, PublicRecord, Controversial Patriot Act Provisions Appears Set For Reauthorization
October 30, 2009
10/30/09 Andrews, ProPublica, The Battle Over Tired Truckers: Obama Ditches Another Bush Rule
10/30/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, "TARP on Steroids"
10/30/09 ACLU, President Signs Law Giving Defense Department Authority To Exempt Photos From Freedom Of Information Act
10/30/09 Bybee, ITT, The Pillage People
October 29, 2009
10/29/09 Moss, Baseline Scenario, Naming Systemically Dangerous Firms
10/29/09 Rolbein, BU Today, The Return of Howard Zinn, and Company
10/29/09 Perez-Rocha, FPIF, More Than Backpedaling on NAFTA
October 28, 2009
10/28/09 AFP, US Drone Strikes May Break International Law: UN
10/28/09 Jenkins, It's Getting Hot In Here, Blasting Begins on Coal River Mountain
10/28/09 Dreyfus, Nation, J Street, Obama, and Israel
10/28/09 Palitto, FPIF, Obama and State Secrets
10/28/09 Hornick, CNN, U.S. set to pay Taliban members to switch sides
10/28/09 Marquand, CSM, The new US point man on war crimes: Stephen Rapp
10/28/09 Forestier-Walker, CSM, As US seeks closer ties with Turkmenistan, government cracks down on students
10/28/09 Cho, WP, N.Y. Fed pushed AIG on contracts
10/28/09 Brittain, IntelDaily, US Strategic Interests in Latin America: The Militarization of Colombia
10/28/09 BBC, US warned on deadly drone attacks
October 26, 2009
10/26/09 Johnson, Telegraph, Peaceful Protesters Included on Police Database of 'Domestic Extremists'
10/26/09 NYT, Bush's Cover-Up of Abuse Turning into Obama's Cover-Up
October 25, 2009
10/25/09 Taylor, McClatchy, Costs for U.S. project in Afghanistan balloon, benefit hyped
10/25/09 Hamburger & Hart, LAT, White House confronts the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
October 24, 2009
10/24/09 Filkins, NYT, The Great American Arm-Twist in Afghanistan
October 23, 2009
10/23/09 Hentoff, Deep Journal, Cato Institute: Obama Every Bit as Bad as Bush/Cheney on Patriot Act
10/23/09 Hopkins, ADN, Feds seek to reshape hunting and fishing rules
10/23/09 Lubold, CSM, NATO backs McChrystal's Afghanistan strategy
October 20, 2009
10/20/09 Sullivan, Reuters, Congress agrees on moving Guantanamo inmates
10/20/09 Ghattas, BBC, Obama opts for compromise on Sudan
10/20/09 BBC, US medical cannabis policy eased
10/20/09 Sheppard, MoJo, Obama's Radioactive Regulator
10/20/09 Pilkington. Guardian, US gives Shell green light for offshore oil drilling in the Arctic
October 19, 2009
10/19/09 Raimundo, Deep Journal, Rethinking World War III
10/19/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Hillary Clinton Gives "Shameless Pitch" for Crooked Corporation in Russia
10/19/09 Ross, Wired, Obama Steps Up Killer Drone Raids Despite Deaths of Civilians
October 18, 2009
10/18/09 Henderson, Politico, Teachers' Unions Uneasy with President Barack Obama
10/18/09 Pincus, WP, Military Seeks $1.3 Billion For Projects in Afghanistan
October 17, 2009
10/17/09 Swanson, Public Record, Presidential Power Grows: Will You Love Every Future President?
October 16, 2009
10/16/09 Pilger, Deep Journal, War is peace. Ignorance is strength - Pilger on Obama
October 14, 2009
10/14/09 Connolly, WP, Health Insurers Emerge as Obama's Top Foe in Reform Effort
October 13, 2009
10/13/09 McGreal, Guardian, War breaks out between Fox News and the Obama administration
October 11, 2009
10/11/09 BBC, Obama to end military gay policy
October 9, 2009
10/09/09 Spiegel & Dreazen, WSJ, Top Troop Request Exceeds 60,000
10/09/09 Stan, AlterNet, Limbaugh, Bolton and Other Right-Wingers Respond to Obama's Nobel Prize: Proof that He's the Anti-Christ, and Other Wing-Nut Theories
10/09/09 Thomma, McClatchy, President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
10/09/09 BBC, UN climate talks split on treaty
October 8, 2009
10/08/09 KuhnHenn & Zibel, AP, Watchdog doubts goals of Obama loan relief plan
10/08/09 LaFranchi, CSM, US to give Pakistan $1.5 billion a year - with strings attached
October 7, 2009
10/07/09 Borger, Republicans don't really want to work with Obama
10/07/09 Henry & Borger, Sources: Administration considering safety net measures
October 6, 2009
10/06/09 Weismann, TruthOut, 500,000 Troops for Pashtunistan?
10/06/09 Baker, NYT, Surgical Strikes Shape Afghanistan Debate
10/06/09 Chomsky, ITT, Barack Obama and the 'Unipolar Moment'
10/06/09 Chick, CSM, Geithner: Be vigiliant of terror financing risk from Iran banks
October 5, 2009
10/05/09 Spetalnick, Reuters, U.S. Afghan pullout not an option, White House says
10/05/09 Doyle, McClatchy, Sotomayor shows she's no Clarence Thomas as Supreme Court opens
October 4, 2009
10/04/09 Burghardt, Deep Journal, FBI Data-Mining Programs Resurrect "Total Information Awareness"
10/04/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, US climate bill not likely this year, says Obama adviser
October 3, 2009
10/03/09 Al Jazeera, US 'silent on Israeli nuclear arms'
October 2, 2009
10/02/09 Shanker, NYT, U.S. Review of Battle Disaster Sways Strategy on Afghanistan
October 1, 2009
10/01/09 Tankersley, LAT, EPA proposes curbs on industrial greenhouse gases
September 30, 2009
9/30/09 McKinnley, NYT, Plan Outlines Removal of Four Dams on Klamath River
9/30/09 Cardinale, IPS, POLITICS-US: Nukes Agency Pushes New Bomb Production
September 29, 2009
9/29/09 Shuler, PublicRecord, Whistleblower's Letter to Holder Reveals Corruption in Siegelman Prosecution
9/29/09 lewison, DailyKos, GOP Congressman Calls Obama an "Enemy of Humanity"
9/29/09 Preston, NYT, Immigration Crackdown With Firings, Not Raids
September 28, 2009
9/28/09 Leopold, PublicRecord, Secret Service Probing Facebook Poll That Asked Whether Obama Should Be Killed
9/28/09 Bauman, MoJo, Will the Supreme Court Expose the Torture Photos?
9/28/09 VIPS, Intelligence Veterans Write to President on Torture
September 25, 2009
9/25/09 Anderson WP, Unions Criticize Obama's School Proposals as 'Bush III'
September 24, 2009
9/24/09 Shahzad, Asia Times, The US on a new mission in Pakistan
September 23, 2009
9/23/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, Bank of America $4 Billion, Taxpayers $425 Million
9/23/09 Savage, Chicago Tribune, Patriot Act May Get Renamed, but With a Few Changes
9/23/09 Labaton, NYT, White House Pares Its Financial Reform Plan
9/23/09 Baker, NYT, Obama to Use Current Law to Support Detentions
9/23/09 Williams, FPIF, The Goldstone Report
9/23/09 Conniff, Progressive, Banks Take Over the G20, and Their Own Bailout
September 22, 2009
9/22/09 Goodman, ITT, Sold to the United States for Cash
September 21, 2009
9/21/09 Stein, Huffington Post, Authors of Iraq War Push Obama on Afghanistan
9/21/09 Giroux, TruthOut, The Politics of Lying and the Culture of Deceit in Obama's America: The Rule of Damaged Politics
9/21/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Obama Leaves Bush-Cheney Repressive Apparatus Standing
9/21/09 Bohan, Reuters, Obama lashes out at U.S. banks over student loans
9/21/09 Schulman, MoJo, Will Senate Grill Obama's CFTC Nominee About His Lobbying Past?
9/21/09 Lee, Wired, Secret Ops, Domestic Spying OK -- As Long As Someone's Watching the Watchmen
September 20, 2009
9/20/09 Tiron, The Hill, Missile Defense Shift Redirects Billions in Government Contracts
September 19, 2009
9/19/09 Johnson et al, WP, Inquiry Into CIA Practices Narrows
September 18, 2009
9/18/09 Martin, WSWS, Obama administration to seek extension of Patriot Act spy powers
9/18/09 BBC, US gets tough on ratings agencies
September 17, 2009
9/17/09 Baker & Kulish, NYT, White House to Scrap Bush's Approach to Missile Shield
9/17/09 Friedsen, CNN, ACORN announces new training, review after 'prostitution' videos
September 16, 2009
9/16/09 Tankersley, LAT, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to end royalty program that erupted in scandal
9/16/09 Youseff, McClatchy, White House issues yardsticks for success in Afghanistan
9/16/09 Vicini & Pelofsky, Reuters, U.S. says seeking 60-day delay in Guantanamo trials
9/16/09 Al Jazeera, Carter: Obama a target for racism
9/16/09 Kawak, BaselineScenario, Voodoo Cost Savings
9/16/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Jamie Rubin, Cruise Missile Liberal, Calls for Hypnotizing Americans About Afghan War
September 15, 2009
9/15/09 Pelofsky, Reuters, US Justice Dept Wants Surveillance Methods Extended
September 14, 2009
9/14/09 Kurtz, WP, Unamplified, Beck's Voice Still Carries
9/14/09 Reuters, Obama tries to reinvigorate Wall Street reform
9/14/09 Burghardt, IntelDaily, Obama Administration Moves to Keep Terror Watch-List Data Strictly Hush-Hush
9/14/09 BBC, Obama issues warning to bankers
September 13, 2009
9/13/09 BBC, US plans Afghan prisoner overhaul
September 12, 2009
9/12/09 Klein, Guardian, Obama's Big Silence: The Race Question
9/12/09 Klein, Guardian, Obama's Big Silence: The Race Question
9/12/09 PublicRecord, Teabagger: 'We Want to Get Back to the Way Our Country Was 100 Years Ago'
9/12/09 Clinton, Progressive, White Whine
9/12/09 Luban & Lobe, IPS, Iran War Drums Begin Beating in Washington
9/12/09 Sirota, ITT, We've Seen This Trigger Before
September 11, 2009
9/11/09 Marcus, BBC, US 'risks Afghan Soviet failure'
September 10, 2009
9/10/09 Rodda, PublicRecord, Army Officer Who Said Blacks Were Better Off as Slaves Promoted With Obama's Blessing
9/10/09 Hallinan, FPIF, Afghanistan: What Are These People Thinking?
September 8, 2009
9/08/09 Harkinson, MoJo, What's Really Behind the Van Jones Attack
September 6, 2009
9/06/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Rep. Mike Pence, Who Led Witch Hunt Against Van Jones, Took $1000s From Extremist Erik Prince
9/06/09 Nichols, Nation, Van Jones Exit Isn't Right-Wing Win, It's an Obama Surrender
9/06/09 CNN, White House adviser resigns amid 9/11 controversy
September 5, 2009
9/05/09 Andersen, NYT, Wall Street Pursues Profit in Bundles of Life Insurance
9/05/09 Andrews, NYT, Obama Announces Initiatives to Increase Savings
9/05/09 CNN, White House ready to draft own health care bill, sources say
September 4, 2009
9/04/09 Nicholas & Perkins, LAT, Democrats consider setting 'trigger' for government healthcare
9/04/09 Rozoff, IntelDaily, U.S. Marines In The Caucasus As West Widens Afghan War
September 3, 2009
9/03/09 Tresaugue, Houston Chron., Feds Allow Large Gulf Fish Farms by Taking No Action
9/03/09 Tapper, ABC News blog, Controversial Obama Administration Official Denies Being Part of 9/11 "Truther" Movement, Apologizes for Past Comments*
September 2, 2009
9/02/09 Pearlstein, WP, So You Just Squandered Billions . . . Take Another Whack at It
9/02/09 Christie, Reuters, A year on, Reuters cameraman still held by U.S. army

9/02/09 Barnes, LAT, U.S. to boost combat force in Afghanistan
9/02/09 Smith, ITT, COIN Toss
September 1, 2009
9/01/09 Dlouhy, SF Chron, EPA to Declare CO2 a Dangerous Pollutant
9/01/09 Allen, Politico, White House Fears Liberal War Pressure
9/01/09 Glanz, NYT, Contractors Outnumber U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
August 31, 2009
8/31/09 Gavin, Politico, Bill Moyers says Obama Must Fight, Not Finesse
8/31/09 Baker & Filkins, NYT, Groundwork Is Laid for New Troops in Afghanistan
8/31/09 Savage, NYT, Justice Dept. to Recharge Enforcement of Civil Rights
August 30, 2009
8/30/09 DeYoung, NYT, U.S. Sets Metrics to Assess War Success
August 28, 2009
8/28/09 Conaway, NPR, The New Secrecy At The FDIC
8/28/09 McCullagh, CNET, Bill would give president emergency control of Internet
August 25, 2009
8/25/09 Coutts, ProPublica, UBS and the Taxpayers' Hidden Billions
8/25/09 Scahill, RebelReports, U.S. Increasing Use of Private Contractors in War Zone
8/25/09 Meyer & Miller, LAT, Holder opens investigation into CIA interrogations
August 24, 2009
8/24/09 Cole et al, ABC News, Tensions Lead to CIA Director's "Screaming Match" at the White House
8/24/09 Hamburger & Geiger, LAT, Healthcare insurers get upper hand
8/24/09 Johnston, NYT, Justice Dept. Report Advises Pursuing CIA Abuse Cases
8/24/09 LAT, Obama backs setting up new interrogation unit
August 23, 2009
8/23/09 Knowlton, NYT, Mullen Pessimistic on Afghanistan
8/23/09 Mason, Reuters, New deficit projections pose risks to Obama's agenda
8/23/09 Cooper. NYT, U.S. Military Says Its Force in Afghanistan Is Insufficient
August 22, 2009
8/22/09 Watanabe, LAT, White House moves to placate immigration reform advocates
August 21, 2009
8/21/09 Lee, ProPublica, More at Stake in Gitmo Court Orders Than Detainees' Fates
8/21/09 Kravets, Wired, Feds Urge Dismissal of High-Profile Spy Case
August 20, 2009
8/20/09 Schouten, USA Today, Following the Money from Defense Lobby
8/20/09 Friedman, AsiaTimes, Washington ponders its endgame
August 18, 2009
8/18/09 Burghardt, IntelDaily, Obama Administration Revives Bush-Era Quarantine Regulations for H1N1 Flu Virus
8/18/09 August, Times Online, US Troops to Return to Iraq Despite Barack Obama's Withdrawal Plan
8/18/09 Berman, Nation, Baucus & Grassley Hijack Obama's Agenda
August 17, 2009
8/17/09 Bartosiewicz, MoJo, A Thousand Little Gitmos
8/17/09 Pear, NYT, Lack of Medicare Appointee Puzzles Congress
August 16, 2009
8/16/09 Nichols, Nation, If Obama Discards Public Option, What's Left of Reform?
8/16/09 AP, Sebelius: Public insurance option not essential
August 15, 2009
9/15/09 Kutzelben, IPS, US Withholds Information About Bagram Detainees
8/15/09 Baker & Zeleny, NYT, Emanuel Wields Power Freely, and Faces the Risks
August 13, 2009
8/13/09 Flavelle, ProPublica, Obama Administration Redacts Contract Details for Recovery.gov
8/13/09 Vanden Heuvel, Nation, Let's Get Real about Obama
8/13/09 Reyes, Miami Herald, U.S. says it might operate from -- but not run -- Colombian military bases
8/13/09 Cobban, Asia Times, Saudi Arabia wavers on Obama's plan
August 12, 2009
8/12/09 Rothschild, Progressive, The Pentagon Wants Authority to Post Almost 400,000 Military Personnel in U.S.
8/12/09 Press TV, US launches offensives ahead of Afghan polls
8/12/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, Obama Promises Senators He Will Help Pass Bill Banning Torture Photos
8/12/09 Atzmon, FPIF, The Bully in Baghdad
8/12/09 CNN, Obama presents 16 with Presidential Medal of Freedom
8/12/09 Cratty, CNN, Feds to tour Michigan prison where Gitmo detainees could go
August 10, 2009
8/10/09 Rutenberg * Calmes, NYT, White House Adapts to New Playbook in Health Care Debate
8/10/09 Edwards, BNet, Pfizer Defends Ex-CIA Agent Who "Terrified" Neurontin Witness
8/10/09 Lendman, IntelDaily, No Letup in Political Witch-Hunts Under Obama
8/10/09 Volman, IPS, Clinton Sprinkles US Military Aid Across Africa
August 9, 2009
8/09/09 AFP, Holder to Name Prosecutor to Probe CIA Abuses: Report
8/09/09 Savage, LAT, Sonia Sotomayor sworn in as Supreme Court justice
August 8, 2009
8/08/09 Savage, NYT, Obama's Embrace of a Bush Tactic Riles Congress
August 7, 2009
8/07/09 Examiner, John P. Holdren, Obama's Science Czar, advocates De-development
8/07/09 PublicRecord, Obama Admin. Asks High Court to Hear Torture Photo Case
8/07/09 Lee, ProPublica, Tracking Obama's Struggles to Defend Gitmo Detentions
8/07/09 Kirkpatrick, NYT, Obama Reverses Stand on Drug Industry Deal
8/07/09 Martenson, ChrisMartenson.com, Unemployment Report Distortions
August 6, 2009
8/06/09 Kirkpatrick, NYT, White House Affirms Deal on Drug Cost
8/06/09 Hallinan, FPIF, Honduran Coup: The U.S. Connection
8/06/09 Hsu & Warrick, WP, Obama's Battle Against Terrorism To Go Beyond Bombs and Bullets
8/06/09 Goldfarb & Cho, WP, U.S. Considers Remaking Mortgage Giants
August 5, 2009
8/05/09 Appelbaum, WP, Bank Balances Shift With Rule Changes
8/05/09 AFP, Obama Pentagon Plans Speeding Up 'Bunker Buster' Bomb
August 4, 2009
8/04/09 Lee, ProPublica, New Gitmo Decision Offers Unusual Insight Into Weakness of Government Evidence
8/04/09 Liptak, NYT, Obama Administration Weighs in on State Secrets, Raising Concern on the Left
8/04/09 Carrington & Phillips, Guardian, Crackdown Against 'Environmental Criminals' Follows Greenpeace Report
8/04/09 Duhigg, NYT, S.E.C. Starts Crackdown on 'Flash' Trading
August 2, 2009
8/02/09 Connolly, WP, Obama Trims Sails On Health Reform
August 1, 2009
8/01/09 Sirota, ITT, Healthcare Tyranny
8/01/09 Sirota, ITT, Healthcare Tyranny
July 29, 2009
7/29/09 Brodzinsky, CSM, Possible US-Colombia military deal raises regional tensions
7/29/09 Martin, CNN, Obama's most trusted aide
7/29/09 Deep Journal, Monsanto lobyists to be placed in charge of food safety
July 28, 2009
7/28/09 Pemberton, FPIF, Military vs. Climate Security: Mapping the Shift from the Bush Years to the Obama Era
July 27, 2009
7/27/09 DaveJ, OpenLeft, The Origins Of The Birther Theory
7/27/09 Mian, FPIF, Pushing South Asia Toward the Brink
7/27/09 Perez-Rocha & Trew, FPIF, Obama: Renegotiate NAFTA as You Promised
7/27/09 Starr, CNN, U.S.: No more enemy body counts in Afghanistan
July 26, 2009
7/26/09 Pincus, WP, Military Weighs Private Security on Front Lines
July 24, 2009
7/24/09 Trang, New America Media, Secret Bush-Era Prisons Continue
7/24/09 Johnson, Baseline, After Peak Finance: Larry Summers' Bubble
7/24/09 Scahill, Nation, Feingold: White House is Whistling Past Afghan Graveyard
7/24/09 Hall, McClatchy, Bank regulators resist Obama's encroachment on their turf
7/24/09 Taylor, McClatchy, U.S. admits it has no case against teen held at Guantanamo
July 23, 2009
7/23/09 NYT, Clinton Outlines Terms for N. Korea
7/23/09 LAT, White House releases list of health executive visitors
July 22, 2009
7/22/09 Puryear, PSL, Obama denies any U.S. blame for imperialist aggression in Africa
7/22/09 Gerstein, Politico, Justice Department Argues Against Releasing Cheney Interview
7/22/09 Nichols, LAT, White House declines to disclose visits by health industry executives
7/22/09 Lee, ProPublica, Their Own Private Guantanamo
7/22/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, Obama's DOJ Wants to Protect Cheney From Political Embarrassment
7/22/09 Borger, Guardian, US will take 'crippling action' if Iran becomes nuclear, says Clinton
July 21, 2009
7/21/09 Draper, NYT, The Ultimate Obama Insider
7/21/09 Meek & Defrank, NY Daily News, President Barack Obama authorizes extended Secret Service guard for former VP Dick Cheney
7/21/09 Hayes, Nation, Fact Checking Obama on Transparency
7/21/09 Reuters, Obama says healthcare bills need more work
7/21/09 Feehery, CNN, Commentary: Obama enters 'The Matrix'
7/21/09 BBC, US terror policy report delayed
July 20, 2009
7/20/09 Hammond, IntelDaily, Clinton Outlines Continuation of Bush Policies Under Obama at CFR
7/20/09 Sullivan, PNHP, Bait and Switch: How the "Public Option" Was Sold
7/20/09 Weise, ProPublica, How Banks Are Using Bailout Money
7/20/09 AP, Clinton says 9/11 ringleaders are in Pakistan
7/20/09 BBC, US to add 22,000 troops to army
July 19, 2009
7/19/09 BBC, Climate tops Clinton India talks
July 17, 2009
7/17/09 Muskal, LAT, Bush-era intelligence issues trip up Obama
7/17/09 Stobbe, AP, Legal immunity set for swine flu vaccine makers
7/17/09 Public Record, Pentagon Reclassifying Documents Already in the Public Domain
July 16, 2009
7/16/09 Murray, WP, Obama Eyes The Purse Strings for Medicare
July 15, 2009
7/15/09 Rucker, Reuters, Obama mulls rental option for homeowners: sources
7/15/09 Keim, Wired, Obama's Computerized Hospital Vision May Have Blind Spot
July 14, 2009
7/14/09 Tron, The Hill, Obama's Veto Threat Over F-22 Divides Democrats
7/14/09 Flavelle, ProPublica, Disappearance of Privacy Board From White House Web Site Raises Questions
7/14/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Is Obama Continuing the Bush/Cheney Assassination Program?
7/14/09 Al Jazeera, US invites Gulf Arab investment
7/14/09 Johnson & Thompson, WP, Holder Faces Avalanche Of Work, and Scrutiny
July 13, 2009
7/13/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Wall Street Journal Loves Obama's Drone War Vs. Pakistan: "Unmanned Bombs Away"
7/13/09 Stout & de la Merced, NYT, Obama's Chief Auto Adviser Steps Down
7/13/09 Woods, FPIF, Obama Visits Africa's 'Oil Gulf'
7/13/09 Giroux, TruthOut, Obama's Tortured Democracy: The Power of Images and the Politics of State Secrecy
July 12, 2009
7/12/09 McCown, TriCities, Demolishing Appalachia
July 9, 2009
7/09/09 BBC, US 'frees' five Iranians in Iraq
July 8, 2009
7/08/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Obama Slides Further Down Bush's Hill on Indefinite Detention
July 7, 2009
7/07/09 Hall, McClatchy, What happened to those bad bank assets? So far, nothing
7/07/09 Jalonick, AP, Government tightening food safety standards
7/07/09 Connolly & Shear, WP, Hospitals Reach Deal With Administration
7/07/09 Hall, McClatchy, Regulators aim to curb speculators' influence on oil prices
July 6, 2009
7/06/09 Tercer, AlterNet, Taibbi: New Secrecy Rule Lets Goldman Sachs Control Stock Prices Unmolested by Public Scrutiny
7/06/09 Kuhnhenn, AP, Obama plan could trim back financial powerhouses
7/06/09 Wikileaks, US Special Forces briefing to Congressman Miller exposes involvement in 19 Latin American countries during 2009 including Honduras, 17 May 2009
7/06/09 Abdullah, McClatchy, Mine safety advocates praise Obama's choice to lead agency
July 3, 2009
7/03/09 McAfee, IntelDaily, Questioning The Ethical Legitimacy of Drone Attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan
July 2, 2009
7/02/09 Linzer, ProPublica, Obama Seems to Rule Out Executive Order on Indefinite Detentions
7/02/09 Reeves, AP, EPA Allows TVA to Dump Spilled Coal Ash in Ala.
7/02/09 Chart, OpenLeft, Hamstringing Environmental Protection for Coal
7/02/09 Preston, NYT, U.S. Shifts Strategy on Illicit Work by Immigrants
7/02/09 Weiser & Shane, NYT, U.S. Says It Will Preserve C.I.A. Secret Jails for Terrorism Case
7/02/09 Porter, IPS, POLITICS: U.S. Uses False Taliban Aid Charge to Pressure Iran
7/02/09 Mears, CNN, New Sotomayor documents detail work of Puerto Rican rights group
July 1, 2009
7/01/09 Hall, McClatchy, Obama expands program to aid borrowers who're 'underwater'
7/01/09 BBC, US opens 'major Afghan offensive'
7/01/09 Swanson, IntelDaily, Cheney's Top Torture Lawyers Now Work for Obama
7/01/09 Starr, CNN, Defense chief giving 'don't ask, don't tell' a closer look
7/01/09 Montero, CSM, Obama could send 1,500 National Guard troops to Mexican border
June 30, 2009
6/30/09 Gerstein, Politico, Bush Appointees Buck Barack Obama on Terror Policies
June 29, 2009
6/29/09 Nichols, Nation, Honduras Coup Poses Challenges, Questions for Obama, Congress
6/29/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, Obama Vows to Prosecute Torture, But There's a Catch
June 27, 2009
6/27/09 Linzer & Finn, WP, White House Weighs Order on Detention
June 26, 2009
6/26/09 Nichols, Nation, House Passes "Weak" Climate Change Bill
6/26/09 Ross, IntelDaily, CIA's Panetta won't penalize torturers, okays renditions
6/26/09 CNN, Holder pushes for hate-crimes law; GOP unpersuaded
June 25, 2009
6/25/09 Baseline Scenario, Conventional Wisdom About Credit Default Swaps
June 24, 2009
6/24/09 Scheer, Nation, Foreclosure Fiasco
6/24/09 Jones & Shah, Guardian, US missile strike kills 60 at funeral in Pakistan
6/24/09 Leaver & Atzmon, FPIF, A Withdrawal in Name Only
6/24/09 CNN, Health care battle intensifies for Obama, Congress
June 22, 2009
6/22/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Obama's Undeclared War Against Pakistan Continues, Despite His Attempt to Downplay It
6/22/09 Fisher, IPS, Obama's Right Turn
June 21, 2009
6/21/09 NY Daily News, Obama spies new way to train intelligence agents
June 20, 2009
6/20/09 Leonard, NYT. Treasury's Got Bill Gross on Speed Dial
June 19, 2009
6/19/09 Baseline, TARP for Rating Agencies
6/19/09 Grieder, Nation, Obama's False Financial Reform
6/19/09 Youssef, McClatchy, U.S. admits Afghan airstrike may have killed 86 civilians
6/19/09 Doyle, McClatchy, In stark legal turnaround, Obama now resembles Bush
6/19/09 Eley, IntelDaily, NSA monitors millions of American e-mails
6/19/09 CNN, Sotomayor resigns from women's club
6/19/09 CNN, Probe into Afghan civilian deaths: Airstrikes 'appropriate'
6/14/09 LaFranchi, CSM, Obama's new tune on trade
June 18, 2009
6/18/09 Scahill, RebelReports, "The Responsible Left:" Funding Obama's Expanding Wars $100 Billion a Vote
6/17/09 Baumann, MoJo, Is Obama Blowing It on Derivatives Reform?
6/18/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Ratings Agencies Largely Escape Regulatory Overhaul
6/18/09 Frieden, CNN, Senate OKs block of alleged abuse photos
6/18/09 Carlsen, FPIF, Trade Agreement Kills Amazon Indians
June 17, 2009
6/17/09 Prins, MoJo, Obamanomics: The Good, the Bad, the Weak
6/17/09 Clark, Guardian, Obama launches overhaul of US financial regulation
6/17/09 Smith & Warrick, W{, CIA Fights Full Release Of Detainee Report
6/17/09 Momigliano, BBC, Why Italy is taking Gitmo prisoners
6/17/09 Smith & Warrick, WP, CIA Fights Full Release Of Detainee Report
6/17/09 Scheer, Nation, Obama's Money Men Finally Get It
June 16, 2009
6/16/09 AP, Obama to Extend Benefits to Federal Gay Workers
6/16/09 Hall & Pugh, McClatchy, In huge change, Obama to strip Fed of credit card oversight
6/16/09 Rizvi, IPS, Activists Urge Obama to Use Trade Pact as Leverage
6/16/09 Zeese, Truthout, Congress to Transfer Hundreds of Billions in Tax Dollars to the Insurance Industry
6/16/09 Renner, TruthOut, Bank Plan Leaves Out Prosecution and Compensation
6/16/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, Obama targets US public with call for climate action
6/16/09 Dedman, MSNBC, Obama blocks list of visitors to White House
June 15, 2009
6/15/09 Stolberg & Pear, NYT, Obama Open to Reining in Medical Suits
6/15/09 McClatchy, Pentagon wavers on release of report on Afghan attack
June 14, 2009
6/14/09 Swain, Times Online, Afghan Villagers Slain as They Took Cover
6/14/09 Lightman, McClatchy, Congress will pass war spending, but not without fight over photos
June 13, 2009
6/13/09 Al Jazeera, US transfers Guantanamo detainees
6/12/09 BBC, US 'kept Guantanamo deal from UK'
6/13/09 Feingold, Progressive, Feingold Expresses "Concern" that Obama May Now Endorse Warrantless Wiretapping
June 12, 2009
6/12/09 Al Jazeera, US court drops abuse images order
6/12/09 Barnes & Hook, LAT, U.S. increasingly unlikely to take any Guantanamo detainees
6/12/09 Van Auken, IntelDaily, New US commander in Afghanistan assembles team of assassins
6/12/09 Porter, IPS, US-PAKISTAN: CIA Secrecy on Drone Attacks Data Hides Abuses
6/12/09 Toy, NYT, Penetrating the Maze of Mortgage Relief
June 11, 2009
6/11/09 Ourdon, le Monde, Mercenaries Set Off for Afghanistan
June 10, 2009
6/10/09 Edwards, IntelDaily, The Current Battle against State Secrets Privilege -- 'Sanitization' is not the answer
6/10/09 Cho et al, WP, Goals Shift For Reform Of Financial Regulation
6/10/09 Watts, Guardian, Palau to resettle 17 Guantanamo detainees
6/10/09 BBC, US to unveil corporate pay rules
June 9, 2009
6/09/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Rahm Emanuel Is the Definition of Unprincipled
6/09/09 Rogers, CSM, US may punish Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega with $64 million aid cut
6/09/09 Heller, EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Air Raid Victim Tells Obama to Leave Afghanistan
6/09/09 Javers, Politico, Obama Invokes Jesus More Than Bush
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 Pelofsky, Reuters, U.S. war funding bill brims with unrelated extras
6/08/09 Youseff, McClatchy, Yet another review ordered of Afghan policy -- fifth this year
6/08/09 Silva, LAT, Obama's summer jobs plan: work for 600,000 people
June 7, 2009
6/07/09 Girion, LAT, Private insurance companies push for 'individual mandate'
June 6, 2009
6/06/09 BBC, US intelligence nominee withdraws
6/06/09 Winship, TruthOut, The Privatization of "Obama's War"
June 5, 2009
6/05/09 Reuters, White House mulls Guantanamo guilty pleas: report
6/05/09 Burghardt, IntelDaily, Obama's Cybersecurity Plan: Bring in the Contractors
6/05/09 Scahill, IntelDaily, UN Human Rights Council Blasts US for Killing Civilians, Drone Attacks and Using Mercenaries
6/05/09 Lendman, IntelDaily, Obama Administration Targets Environmental and Animal Rights Activists As Eco-Terrorists
6/05/09 Senate Judiciary Committee, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court - Sonia Sotomayor - Questionnaire
June 4, 2009
6/04/09 Eggen, WP, Groups on the Left Are Suddenly on Top
6/04/09 Heller, OpenLeft, Female Afghan MP Warns Congress of Dire Situation After US Airstrikes
6/04/09 AFP, Obama admits US involvement in 1953 Iran coup
6/04/09 CNN, U.N. envoy calls for probe into U.S. drone attacks
June 2, 2009
6/02/09 Cocks, Reuters, U.S. combat troops to leave all Iraqi cities
6/02/09 AFP, US Must Release Guantanamo Evidence: Judge
6/02/09 Hamburger & Wallsten, Chicago Trib , Controversial Coal Mining Method Gets Obama's OK
June 1, 2009
6/01/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Obama Has 250,000 'Contractors' in Iraq and Afghan Wars, Increases Number of Mercenaries
6/01/09 Scahill, Rebel Reports, Jimmy Carter Charges Obama 'Doesn't Want to Punish Those Who are Guilty' of Crimes
6/01/09 Taylor, AP, Tentative Deal Struck for Funding War
6/01/09 Trend Capital, USA stands ready to assist Azerbaijan in delivering hydrocarbons: U.S. special envoy
6/01/09 Fisher, IPS, POLITICS-US: Eavesdropping Case Tests Obama Vows on Secrecy
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 St. Claire & Frank, AlterNet, How Much Has Changed? Obama Administration Deals Series of Anti-Environmental Blows
5/29/09 Kiel, ProPublica, GM Belongs to Us
5/29/09 Leahy, IPS, CLIMATE CHANGE: More Subsidies for Fossil Fuels in Recovery Plans
5/29/09 BBC, US to set out cyber security plan
5/29/09 Fellowship For Reconciliation, Pentagon Plans Latin America-Wide Intervention Ability for New Military Base in Colombia
5/29/09 Mears, CNN, Supreme Court asked to weigh in on detainee photos
May 28, 2009
5/28/09 CNN, Petraeus says releasing detainee photos would be risky
5/28/09 Ghattas, BBC, High stakes for Obama-Abbas talks
May 27, 2009
5/27/09 Shah et al, Miami Herald, U.S. undertakes Iraq-scale embassy project in Pakistan
5/27/09 Nichols, Nation, Judge Sotomayor's Diabetes: Not a Weakness But a Strength
May 26, 2009
5/26/09 Scahill, If Iran Freed Roxanna Saberi, Why Won't the US Release Journalist Ibrahim Jassam?
5/26/09 Kravets, Wired, Showdown in NSA Wiretap Case: Judge Threatens Sanctions Against Justice Department
May 25, 2009
5/25/09 Edmonds, Two Sides of the Same Coin: Heads-Heads
May 24, 2009
5/24/09 Rothschild, Progressive, So Philip Gourevitch Can See the Torture Photos, But We Can't?
5/24/09 Kessler, WP, State Dept. Plan Would Extend Benefits to Same Sex Partners
May 23, 2009
5/23/09 Sapien, ProPublica, EPA Administrator Forecasts Potential Shift on Bush-Era Drilling LoopholeEPA Administrator Forecasts Potential Shift on Bush-Era Drilling Loophole
May 22, 2009
5/22/09 Feingold, Progressive, Feingold to Obama: Preventing Detention "Likely Unconstitutional."
May 21, 2009
5/21/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, Geithner Plan vs. Paulson Plan
5/21/09 Conery, Wa. Times, Administration Opposes Plame Appeal
5/21/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Foxes Confirm Fellow Fox As Guardian of the American Henhouse
5/21/09 Talev & Landay, McClatchy, Obama outlines plans for Guantanamo detainees
5/21/09 Wysham, ITT, What's Wrong With the New Climate Bill
5/21/09 MacAskill, Guardian, Obama and Cheney clash over Guantanamo torture
5/21/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Obama Whitewashes U.S. History at National Archives
May 20, 2009
5/20/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, First Buy High; Then Sell Low
5/20/09 LeFleur, ProPublica, White House Office Not Covered by FOIA
5/20/09 IntelDaily, White House announces national vehicle emissions policy
5/20/09 Salzman, IntelDaily, Four More Years: The Obamavore's Dilemma
5/20/09 WIllis, Wa. Independent, EPA Mining Decisions Favor Coal Industry
May 19, 2009
5/19/09 Hsu, WP, U.S. to Expand Immigration Checks to All Local Jails
5/19/09 Biggers, AlterNet, Dear Mr. President: Declare August 3rd as Armistice Day in the Appalachian Coalfields
5/19/09 Raum, AP, Analysis: Obama moving to center on some issues
5/19/09 BBC, Obama to curb vehicle emissions
May 18, 2009
5/18/09 Doyle, Telegraph, Gen McChrystal, America's New Army Chief in Afghanistan, Under Fire Over Rough Tactics and 'Prisoner Abuse'
5/18/09 Kuhnhenn, AP, Geithner: No plans to cap executive pay
5/18/09 Reuters, U.S. to propose most aggressive auto fuel standards
5/18/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Obama and the Right Wing vs. the ACLU and Human Rights Groups (Again)
May 16, 2009
5/16/09 PressTV, McChrystal was Cheney's Chief Assassin
5/16/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, Obama Nominates Leading Peace Activist To Top Pentagon Post
5/16/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, Documents Describe Prisoner Abuse Photos Obama is Withholding
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Scahill, TruthOut, Torture Continues at Guantanamo Bay
5/15/09 Hook, LAT, Obama's extra war funding wins House approval
5/15/09 Sirota, ITT, Healthcare's Enigma-In-Chief
5/15/09 Lillis, Wa. Independent, Coal, Electric Industries Big Winners in Climate Bill Deal
5/15/09 Bright, CSM, Obama to relaunch military tribunals for terror suspects
May 14, 2009
5/14/09 Cho & Goldfarb, WP, U.S. Pushes Ahead With Derivatives Regulation
5/14/09 Smith, Guardian, Without truth about torture, no reconciliation
5/14/09 BBC, Obama defends abuse photos U-turn
May 13, 2009
5/13/09 Halsey, WP, Obama Orders EPA to Take the Lead in Bay Cleanup
5/13/09 Faux, Nation, The More Things Change
5/13/09 Cho & Dennis, WP, Officials Knew of AIG Bonuses Months Before Firestorm
5/13/09 Bigwood, ITT, Reinventing Demons
5/13/09 Bigwood, ITT, Reinventing Demons
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 Verghese. The Retriever Weekly, Banks Gather Their Forces to Fight Back Against Obama's Higher Education Plan
5/12/09 BBC, US elected to UN rights council
5/12/09 Urban. BBC, When generals become unstuck
May 11, 2009
5/11/09 Levine, MoJo, There's No Ammo on the Shelves
5/11/09 Labaton, NYT, Administration Takes Tougher Antitrust Line
5/11/09 Fisher, IPS, RIGHTS-US: Lawmakers Try to Block New Abuse Photos
5/11/09 Apuzzo & Blackledge, AP, STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest
May 9, 2009
5/09/09 Finn, WP, Obama Set to Revive Military Commissions
5/09/09, Escobar, Asia Times, Balochistan is the ultimate prize ... Part 1: Obama does his Bush impression
May 8, 2009
5/08/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, US denies polar bears protection from climate change
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 Scahill, RebelReports, After US Strikes, Afghans Describe 'Tractor Trailers Full of Pieces of Human Bodies;' Meanwhile, Obama Readies 21,000 More Troop
5/07/09 Shachtman, Wired, Pentagon's Black Budget Grows to More Than $50 Billion (Updated)
5/07/09 Nation, Stressing Over the Bank Stress Tests
May 6, 2009
5/06/09 Vine & Pemberton, FPIF, Marine Protection as Empire Expansion
May 4, 2009
5/04/09 Auken, IntelDaily, Obama administration seeks extraordinary military powers in Pakistan
5/04/09 Talev, McClatchy, Obama calls for crackdown on offshore tax havens
May 3, 2009
5/03/09 Asia News Intl, Advisor: 'US Needs to Call off Drone Strikes in Pak'
May 2, 2009
5/02/09 Glaberson, NYT, US May Revive Guantanamo Military Courts
5/02/09 Mason, Reuters, Obama says financial sector to shrink
May 1, 2009
5/02/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Did the US Reroute an AirFrance Plane to Keep a Leftist Journalist Onboard Out of US Airspace?
5/01/09 Boyer, ProPublica, ChangeTracker Update: Big Changes to WhiteHouse.gov on Obama's 100th Day
5/01/09 Pilkington, Guardian, Obama guard on Mexico trip 'has swine flu'
April 30, 2009
4/30/09 Karr, AlterNet, Fox News Continues to Hallucinate About a Socialist/Fascist Menace -- And It's Causing Real Damage
4/30/09 Macaskill, Guardian, Obama: 'I believe waterboarding was torture, and it was a mistake'
4/30/09 Mitchell, ProPublica, Previously Unpublished Obama Admin. Ethics Letters
April 28, 2009
4/28/09 Reuters, Treasury has new mortgage incentives: official
4/28/09 Mead, Lexington Herald, Obama plans to enforce mining limits
April 27, 2009
4/27/09 Rascoe, Reuters, US Seeks to End Bush Mountaintop Coal Mining Rule
April 26, 2009
4/26/09 USA Today, Our view on civil liberties and security: New administration plays 'I've got a (state) secret'
April 24, 2009
4/24/09 Sorrel, Wired, Obama to Get Back BlackBerry at Last, Toughened by NSA
4/24/09 Stanton, IntelDaily, Counterinsurgency for the Masses: Educating Americans for Campaigns of National Interest
April 23, 2009
4/23/09 Tyson, WP, Defense Secretary Gates Says He Approved of Release of CIA Memos
4/23/09 Barrett, AP, Holder Won't Selectively Release Terror Memos
4/23/09 Geran, AP, Pentagon plan won't echo Obama no-nukes pledge
April 22, 2009
4/22/09 Al Jazeera, US senate appoints Iraq ambassador
4/22/09 Cirello, IntelDaily, Pentagon general: President won't decide when troops leave Iraq
4/22/09 Spence, IntelDaily, Lies And Torture - When Policies And Words Diverge
April 21, 2009
4/21/09 Reuters, Treasury asset plan vulnerable to abuse: watchdog
April 20, 2009
4/20/09 Martin, IntelDaily, White House bars prosecution of Bush officials who authorized torture
April 19, 2009
4/19/09 Jordan, CSM, Why the US will boycott global racism conference
4/19/09 BBC, CIA torture exemption 'illegal' ... The Obama approach to interrogation (1/29/09)
April 18, 2009
4/18/09 Cappiello, AP, Congress weighs far-reaching global warming bill
4/18/09 BBC, US boycotts UN racism conference
April 17, 2009
4/17/09 Oppman, CNN, Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work
4/17/09 Reuters, EPA poised to declare dangers of greenhouse gas
4/17/09 Miller, PSL, US demands silence on Palestine, slavery, Islamophobia at racism conference
4/17/09 BBC, CIA 'amnesty' dismays campaigners
April 16, 2009
4/16/09 Eilperin, WP, EPA Will Mandate Tests On Pesticide Chemicals
4/16/09 Lovitt & Barrett, AP, Obama: No Charges for Harsh CIA Investigation
4/16/09 CNN, Obama unveils high-speed passenger rail plan
April 15, 2009
4/15/09 Kroll, TruthOut, The Corporatization of Public Education
4/15/09 Porter, IPS, Errant Drone Attacks Spur Militants in Pakistan
April 14, 2009
4/14/09 Carter, MoJo, Is Geithner's Hedge-Fund Bailout Illegal?
4/14/09 Atalli, L'Express, The Geithner Bubble
April 13, 2009
4/13/09 Reuters, U.S. may drop key condition for Iran nuclear talks: report
4/13/09 Whitney, AlterNet, Is Geithner's Game Up? Damning Report Calls BS on His Smoke-and-Mirrors Bank Rescue Plan
4/13/09 Scahill, Rebel Reports, Will Obama Prosecute the Captured Somali 'Pirate' in a US Court?
4/13/09 Burghardt, IntelDaily, Obama's Justice Department Moves to Squash NSA Spying Suits
April 12, 2009
4/12/09 Lobe, IPS, Obama Administration's Early Friction with New Israeli Govt
4/12/09 Herzenhorn, NYT, Plan to Change Student Lending Sets Up a Fight
April 11, 2009
4/11/09 Uygur, AlterNet, How the Toxic Asset Plan Will Magically Make Your Money Disappear
4/11/09 Jaffe & de Young, WP, Obama Team Mulls Aims Of Somali Extremists
April 10, 2009
4/10/09 Barnes, LAT, Obama requests $83.4 billion more for war spending
4/10/09 Pilkington, Guardian, CIA chief Leon Panetta orders closure of secret rendition sites
April 9, 2009
4/09/09 Johnson, WP, Holder Begins Justice Revamp
April 8, 2009
4/08/09 Reuters, Treasury says some insurers qualify for TARP
4/08/09 Boley & de la Merced, NYT, U.S. May Enlist Small Investors in Bank Bailout
4/08/09 Montero, CSM, Pakistan drone attacks to intensify, Obama officials say
April 7, 2009
4/07/09 Shalal-Esa, Reuters, Gates plan raises questions for firms, military
4/07/09 Mencimer, MoJo, Obama Sides With Banks Accused of Racism
April 6, 2009
4/06/09 Chiacu, Reuters, Geithner denies White House sidestepping CEO pay limits
April 5, 2009
4/05/09 Wesolowsky, CSM, Obama lays out steps for a nuclear free world
4/05/09 Kattakin & Lamb, Sunday Times, Thousands Flee Bomb Attacks by US Drones
April 4, 2009
4/04/09 Benson, CNN, Intelligence chief replaces inspector general
April 3, 2009
4/03/09 Harrabin, BBC, US to be 'pragmatic on climate'
4/03/09 Holland, AlterNet, Proof that Geithner's Bank Plan Is a Massive Giveaway to the Bastards Who Started This Mess
4/03/09 Damon, WSWS, Wall Street celebrates accounting rule changes designed to hide losses
4/03/09 Engdahl, Asia Times, Geithner's dirty little secret
4/03/09 Sanders, ITT, Do-It-Yourself Governance
April 2, 2009
4/02/09 Scahill, AlterNet, Obama's Blackwater? Chicago Mercenary Firm Gets Millions for Private "Security" in Israel and Iraq
April 1, 2009
4/01/09 BBC, US reverses rights council stance
4/01/09 Haider, Reuters, US Expands Pakistani Drone-Strike Zone
4/01/09 Perez-Rocha, FPIF, Empire and Latin America in the Obama Era
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Stein, MoJo, Climate Bill Kick Off
3/31/09 Adams, McClatchy, Watchdogs: Treasury won't disclose bank bailout details
March 30, 2009
3/30/09 Scahill, AlterNet, 283 Bases, 170,000 Pieces of Equipment, 140,000 Troops, and an Army of Mercenaries: The Logistical Nightmare in Iraq
3/30/09 Receio, McClatchy, DHS secretary proposes forgiving post-Katrina, Rita loans
3/30/09 Doyle, McClatchy, Obama signs massive wilderness bill
3/30/09 Engelhardt, Nation, The Great Afghan Bailout
March 29, 2009
3/29/09 Razzi, WP, Overhaul Targets Money Market
March 28, 2009
3/28/09 CNN, AIG director named to Obama tax task force
3/28/09 Hightower, AlterNet, Obama to Bring More Mercenaries to Afghanistan -- Sound Familiar?
3/28/09 Grieder, Nation, Trust Your Guts
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 Parenti, Nation, Three Mile Island, the NRC and Obama
3/27/09 Pilkington, Guardian, Barack Obama's aunt faces crucial immigration hearing
3/27/09 Arraf, CSM, US general: American forces may not leave key Iraqi cities
3/27/09 Krugman, NYT, The Market Wizards Were Exposed as Frauds -- Too Bad Obama's Team Still Believes in Their Magic
3/27/09 Strobel, CSM, Clinton says US shares responsibility for Mexico's drug violence
3/27/09 Fram, AP, The Influence Game: Obama limits stimulus lobbying
March 26, 2009
3/26/09 Pierce, ProPublica, Bonus Social Security Payments, Like Flowers, to Sprout in May
3/26/09 Prtoess, ProPublica, Stop the Clock: Treasury Releases Bailout Contract
3/26/09 Ferraro, Reuters, Senate votes to expand U.S. public service
3/26/09 Baker & Shanker, NYT, Obama to Set Benchmarks in Fight Against Militants
3/26/09 Schulman, MoJo, Crying Foul Over a Loon Decision
3/26/09 Astore, MoJo, Aboard the Imperial Star Ship Ameriprise
3/26/09 Fisher, IPS, RIGHTS-US: Obama Faces Spate of "Terror War" Lawsuits
3/26/09 BBC, US plans to rein in Wall Street
3/26/09 Andrews & Story, NYT, Geithner Calls for Major Overhaul of Financial Rules
3/26/09 GritTV, Geithner Should Go: Matt Taibbi, Robert Johnson, and Jane Hamsher
3/26/09 Sirota, Open Left, "Their Stated Goal Is to Protect Business Interests"
3/26/09 Kollewe, Guardian, Dollar regains ground after Timothy Geithner qualifies global currency remarks
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 Wilson & Kaman, WP, 'Global War on Terror' Is Given New Name
3/25/09 Scheer, Nation, Obama's Toxic Advisers
3/25/09 Hall, McClatchy, Geithner outlines regulatory changes for financial system
3/25/09 Perlez, NYT, U.S. Weighs Sharif as Partner in Pakistan
3/25/09 Meyer, LAT, White House unveils plan to fight drug cartels at border
3/25/09 Charles. Reuters, U.S. immigrant detentions violate human rights: report
March 24, 2009
3/24/09 Barnett & Sullivan, AP, White House unveils anti-cartel effort for border
3/24/09 Grieder, Nation, Obama's New Monopoly Set
3/24/09 Andrews & Dash, NYT, U.S. Seeks Expanded Power in Seizing Firms
3/24/09 Malveaux, CNN, Geithner to seek unprecedented powers, insiders say
March 23, 2009
3/23/09 Binyamin & Cho, NYT, White House to Seek Power to Seize Non-Bank Financial Companies
3/23/09 Borger & Macaskill, Guardian, US Will Appoint Afghan 'Prime Minister' to Bypass Hamid Karzai
March 22, 2009
3/22/09 Cho, WP, Treasury Presses Ahead With Plan For Toxic Assets
March 21, 2009
3/21/09 Baseline Scenario, This Time I'm Not the One Calling It a Subsidy
3/21/09 Obama, Transcript, President Barack Obama on the Federal Budget: Four Principles
March 20, 2009
3/20/09 WorldFocus, Obama to sign United Nations gay rights declaration
3/20/09 AP, Congress Budget Estimate Shows Much Bigger Deficits
3/20/09 Corn & Stein, MoJo, Top Geithner Aide Fought CEO Pay Reform
March 19, 2009
3/19/09 Coutts, ProPublica, Conflicting Accounts About Geithner's Involvement With AIG Bonuses
3/19/09 Reuters, Obama administration launches mortgage aid website
3/19/09 Luban, IPS, POLITICS-US: New Calls for a More Tolerant Intl Order
March 18, 2009
3/18/09 Eland, IntelDaily, Hypocrisy in Government
3/18/09 Peter, CSM, US considers broadening drone airstrikes in Pakistan
3/18/09 Lee, AP, Sources: US to Sign UN Gay Rights Declaration
3/18/09 Gillies, AP, Bush says it's 'essential' to help Obama
3/18/09 Kellman, AP, Analysis: AIG bonuses new cloud over Treasury boss
3/18/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Lying Or Incompetent - Either Way, Geithner Needs to Be Fired
3/18/09 BBC, Clinton's warning to Sudan leader
March 17, 2009
3/17/09 Goldman, McClatchy, Veterans assail proposal to have private insurance plans pay for their service ailments
3/17/09 Weaver, ProPublica, Why Obama's New Definition of Terrorists Is a Lot Like the Old One
March 16, 2009
3/16/09 Pierce, ProPublica, Stimulus Oversight Chief Questions Jobs Numbers Too
3/16/09 Alexander, Reuters, Obama unveils steps to aid small businesses
3/16/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, AIG Bonuses Raise More Questions About Geithner and Summers
3/16/09 Dreyfus, MoJo, The Freeman Affair
March 15, 2009
3/15/09 CNN, Cheney says Obama's policies 'raise the risk' of U.S. terror attack
March 13, 2009
3/13/09 AP, U.S. Abandons Term for Detainees but Keeps Policy
3/13/09 BBC, US drops 'enemy combatant' term
March 12, 2009
3/12/09 Lewis, ITT, Closing America's Torture Chambers
3/12/09 Montlake, CSM, Did 'Israel lobby' block Obama's pick for intelligence czar?
March 11, 2009
3/11/09 Wintour et al, Guardian,G20 deal at risk as US-Europe rift grows
3/11/09 BBC, US Congress eases curbs on Cuba
3/11/09 Alleyne, Telegraph, Obama Faces 'Revolution' If He Imposes Tough Carbon Targets, Warns IPCC
3/11/09 Stein, MoJo, Obama's Progressive Treasury Pick
3/11/09 Parsons, LAT, Obama outlines his goals for earmark reform
3/11/09 Burkeman, Guardian, US diplomat resigns from intelligence post over Israel criticism
3/11/09 BBC, Obama calls for G20 joint action
March 10, 2009
3/10/09 Faiola, WP, U.S. to Toughen Its Stance On Trade
March 9, 2009
3/09/09 Baseline, President Obama's Implied Future For Derivatives
March 8, 2009
3/08/09 Wired, Open Up Government Data
March 5, 2009
3/05/09 Luben & Lobe, IPS, Intel Council Head Draws Ire of Israel Lobby
3/05/09 AP, Senate clears way to reverse polar bear rule
3/05/09 Greenberg, TomDispatch, Obama's Guantanamo?: Bush's Living Legacy at Bagram Prison
March 4, 2009
3/04/09 Nakashima, NYT, New Post Proposed at Pentagon
3/04/09 AP, Details of Home Loan Plan Are Released
3/04/09 Luhby, CNN, Obama foreclosure fix open for business
March 3, 2009
3/03/09 Pierce, ProPublica, Diagnosing the New Health Czar's Industry Ties
3/03/09 CNN, Obama overturns Bush endangered species rule
3/03/09 Weaver, ProPublica, Chart: Obama Tracks Bush on National Security Cases
3/03/09 Macaskill, Guardian, Obama offers to drop missile project if Russian helps deal with Iran
3/03/09 Greenberg, MoJo, The Missing Prison
March 2, 2009
3/02/09 Cho, WP, On Economy, Two United Voices Steer Obama Agenda
3/02/09 Reuters, U.S. government calls "waterboarding" torture
February 28, 2009
2/28/09 Babington, AP, Obama Tells Powerful Lobbies: Bring It On
2/28/09 Thompson, WP, Top Officials Expand The Dialogue on Race
2/28/09 BBC, US may boycott racism conference
February 27, 2009
2/27/09 Young, CNN, White House set to reverse health care conscience clause
February 26, 2009
2/26/09 Nasaw, Guardian, Obama's budget projects estimated $1.75tn deficit
2/26/09 AP, Official: Obama budget sees $1.75 trillion deficit
2/26/09 Pearce, Guardian, Greenwash: Why 'clean coal' is the ultimate climate change oxymoron
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 Levey, LAT, Medicare cuts, tax hike on wealthy to pay for healthcare plan
2/25/09 Gardiner, FPIF, It's a Global Economic Crisis
February 24, 2009
2/24/09 Baumann, MoJo, Barney Frank to Obama: Cut Military Spending
2/24/05 McClatchy, Full text of Obama's speech 2/24/09 to full Congress
2/24/09 Lawder & Rucker, Reuters, Treasury battles financial crisis short-handed
2/24/09 Weaver, ProPublica, IG of Abramoff Fame to Oversee Stimulus Spending
2/24/09 Kiel, ProPublica, The Delphic Temple at Treasury: Can You Read the Signs?
2/24/09 Reuters, Stanford reportedly had links to fund run by Bidens
February 23, 2009
2/23/09 Weaver, ProPublica, Obama Administration on Detention Policy: What He Said
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/23/network-coal-burning-protest-washington">Why I'll get arrested to stop the burning of coal
2/23/09 Burghardt, IntelDaily, Surging Towards Disaster in the "Afpak Theatre"
2/23/09 CNN, U.S. to pay 'forgotten' Filipino World War II veterans
February 22, 2009
2/22/09 Hrizi, PSL, Stimulus package aimed at salvaging capitalism
February 21, 2009
2/21/09 BBC, Ridge: We were wrong to torture
2/21/09 BBC, 'No US rights' for Bagram inmates
2/21/09 Mazzetti & Sanger, NYT, Obama Widens Missile Strikes Inside Pakistan
2/21/09 Lobe, Asia Times, Storm brews between US and Israel
February 20, 2009
2/20/09 Al Jazeera, US expands prison in Afghanistan
2/20/09 Kindall, BBC, Iran in 'backroom offers' to West
February 19, 2009
2/19/09 Frieden, CNN, Holder: U.S. a 'nation of cowards' on race discussions
February 18, 2009
2/18/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, Geithner: I Make A Bad Treasury Secretary
2/18/09 Stolberg, NYT, Nafta Looming Over Obama's Canada Trip
2/18/09 Healy, NYT, Obama Plans $75 Billion Outlay to Fight Foreclosures
2/18/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, Obama Working to Strike a Deal Over Bush Advisers' Testimony
2/18/09 BBC, Obama's housing plan to help 9m
February 16, 2009
2/16/09 Taylor & Talev, McClatchy, Obama seeks delay in deciding on Rove subpoena
February 14, 2009
2/14/09 BBC, US Congress passes stimulus plan
February 13, 2009
2/13/09 Burghardt, IntelDaily, State Secrets and Deceit: Obama Embraces CIA Torture
2/13/09 Artens, FPIF, Multilateralism in Munich
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 CNN, Senate confirms Panetta as CIA director
February 11, 2009
2/12/09 Norton-Taylor & CObain, Guardian, Binyam Mohamed torture evidence 'hidden from Obama'
2/11/09 Hananele, AP, Senate Panel Approves Labor Nominee Hilda Solis
February 10, 2009
2/10/09 Barr, CNN. Geithner unveils new bank rescue plan
February 9, 2009
2/09/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, "What He's Missing Is Financial People"
February 8, 2009
2/08/09 Starr, CNN, Sources: Iraq, Afghanistan withdrawals delayed
February 7, 2009
2/07/09 Reuters, Obama to revamp National Security Council: report
2/07/09 Swarns, NYT, 'Mom in Chief' Touches on Policy, and Tongues Wag
2/07/09 CNN, What got cut from the stimulus bill
February 6, 2009
2/06/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, "More to Promote Outsourcing Than Nearly Anyone Else In America"
2/06/09 Muskal & Silva, LAT, Obama names outside economic experts to advisory panel
2/06/09 Bloomfield, Telegraph, Cold warrior Henry Kissinger woos Russia for Barack Obama
2/06/09 Wald, NYT, Bomb Plants Could Shift to Control of Pentagon
February 5, 2009
2/05/09 Mooney, CNN, Controversy surrounds Obama's faith office
2/05/09 Susskind, FPIF, Un-Gagging Women's Human Rights
2/05/09 Levey, LAT, Obama signs expansion of children's health insurance
2/05/09 Puzanghera et al, LAT, Wall Street finds ways around executive pay caps
2/05/09 Douglas, ITT, The Dragon We Must Slay
February 4, 2009
2/04/09 Booth, TimesOnline, UK judges accuse Obama Administration of suppressing torture claim
February 3, 2009
2/03/09 Reuters, Obama sets salary cap for bailout companies: U.S. official
2/03/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Blacklisting Progressives: The Untold Story Beneath the Daschle Headlines
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 Porter, IPS, Generals Seek to Reverse Obama Withdrawal Decision
2/02/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, Defense Spending To Increase by 8% in 2010
2/02/09 CNN, Holder confirmed as attorney general
January 31, 2009
1/31/09 Fletcher, WP, 8 Questions on the Stimulus Package
1/31/09 Miller, Chicago Tribune, Obama Lets CIA Keep Controversial Renditions Tool
1/31/09 La Duke, Progressive, Obama's green plan must include Native Americans
Obama's Cabinet - pics and brief bio from the Charlotte Pbserver.
January 30, 2009
1/30/09 Finn, WP, Guantanamo Judge Denies Obama's Request for Delay
1/30/09 Palast, TruthOut, Obama Is a Two-Faced Liar. Aw-RIGHT!
January 29, 2009
1/29/09 CNN, Day of vindication for grandma as pay law signed
January 28, 2009
1/28/09 AP, Pentagon Nominee May Make $500,000 on Raytheon Stock
1/28/09 Hopper, CNN, Pakistan: U.S. must halt drone attacks
1/28/09 Stein, MoJo, Is Obama's Regulatory Czar a "Radical Animal Rights Activist"?
1/28/09 Coutts, ProPublica, How Serious Are Treasury's New TARP Lobbying Limits?
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 CNN, Gates says missile attacks in Pakistan will continue
1/27/09 Reuters, First batch of extra U.S. troops in east Afghanistan
1/27/09 Martin, WSWS, Obama's new foreign policy team prepares escalated bloodletting in Afghanistan and Pakistan
1/27/09 Cogan, IntelDaily, US moves to consolidate new supply routes to Afghanistan
1/27/09 LeMelle & Stulman, FPIF, Africa Policy Outlook 2009
1/27/09 Fenton, FPIF, Bush, Obama, and the 'Freedom Agenda'
1/27/09 CNN, 'Americans are not your enemy,' Obama tells Muslims
January 26, 2009
1/26/09 Irwin & Applebaum, WP, Fed May Gain More Financial Oversight
1/26/09 Branigin et al, Obama Announces New Energy, Environmental Policies
1/26/09 Sinharoy, ITT, Blackwater to Battle Pirates
January 25, 2009
1/25/09 Rutenberg & Nagourney, NYT, Retooling a Grass-Roots Network for a Presidency
1/25/09 Macaskill & Shah, Guardian, Obama administration warns public to expect rise in US casualties
1/25/09 Faiez & King, LAT, Deadly U.S.-led raid in Afghanistan prompts new dispute
January 24, 2009
1/24/09 Wolf, Times Online, Obama pricks America's bubble of denial
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 Reid, Times Online, President Obama 'orders Pakistan drone attacks'
1/23/09 Reuters, Obama removes restrictions on abortion funding
1/23/09 Reuters, Venezuela's Chavez warms to Obama after insults
1/23/09 BBC, Saudi warns US over Middle East
1/23/09 BBC, Obama diary: The first 100 days
January 22, 2009
1/22/09 Karon, MoJo, Obama's Gaza Opportunity
1/22/09 AP, Senate panel approves Geithner for treasury post
1/22/09 CNN, Obama signs executive order to close Guantanamo Bay
1/22/09 CNN, Obama retakes oath of office after Roberts' mistake
1/22/09 CNN, Obama 'to get spy-proof smartphone'
1/22/09 AP, Obama Moves to Reshape US Foreign Policy
1/22/09 Barber, Nation, A Revolution in Spirit
1/22/09 Schifferes, BBC, Tim Geithner's taxing problems
1/22/09 BBC, White House plans open government
January 21, 2009
1/21/09 LeFleur, ProPublica, Obama Begins Rollback of Bush-Era Secrecy
1/21/09 LeFleur, ProPublica, Obama Reverses Bush Executive Privilege Claim Over Documents
1/21/09 Douglas, McClatchy, Senate confirms Clinton as secretary of state by 94-2
1/21/09 Reuters, Geithner calls for TARP reform: report
1/21/09 Frieden,CNN, Holder confirmation hearing delayed a week
1/21/09 France, CNN, Obama unveils new presidential Web site
1/21/09 BBC, Obama plea stops Guantanamo trial
1/21/09 CNN, Vowing transparency, Obama OKs ethics guidelines
January 20, 2009
1/20/09 Pilkington, Guardian, Obama inauguration: Words of history ... crafted by 27-year-old in Starbucks
January 19, 2009
1/19/09 Kroll, MoJo, Will Public Education Be Militarized?
1/19/09 CNN, Israel says it plans swift Gaza withdrawal
1/19/09 Malveaux, CNN, Sources: Obama may quickly reverse abortion policy
January 18, 2009
1/18/09 Bruce, ABC News, Obama to Order Iraq Withdrawal on Day One, Axelrod Says
January 17, 2009
1/17/09 Ahmann, Reuters, Obama team weighs government bank to ease crisis
1/17/09 Drawbaugh, Reuters, Battered Wall St tops Obama inaugural donors: study
January 16, 2009
1/16/09 Jalon, LAT, Obama Eyes NEA Head
1/16/09 Shear, WP, Obama Pledges Entitlement Reform
1/16/09 Sirota, ITT, That Old Saying in Tennessee
January 14, 2009
1/14/09 Gerth, ProPublica, How Citigroup Unraveled Under Geithner's Watch
January 11, 2009
1/11/09 Gosselin, LAT, Audacity itself as economic experiment
1/11/09 Labaton, NYT, S.E.C. Choice Is Sued Over a Merger of Regulators
January 10, 2009
1/10/09 Courson, CNN, Powell endorses Obama service initiative
1/10/09 Barry, NYT, A Crossroad for Russia and America
January 8, 2009
1/08/09 Reich, Truthout, The Stimulus: How to Create Jobs Without Them All Going to Skilled Professionals and White Male Construction Workers
January 7, 2009
1/07/09 Nicholas, LAT, Obama names Nancy Killefer 'chief performance officer'
12/23/08 Hentoff, Village Voice, Obama's Black Widow
January 6, 2009
1/06/09 Meyer & Savage, LAT, Obama picks Clinton officials for four Justice Department posts
January 5, 2009
1/05/08 BBC, Obama 'has selected spying chief'
January 4, 2009
1/04/09 Tisdal, Guardian, Barack Obama is losing a battle he doesn't know he's in
January 2, 2009
1/02/09 Abunimah, Guardian, Inheriting Bush's blinkers
1/02/09 Broder, NYT, In Obama's Team, 2 Camps on Climate
January 1, 2009
1/01/09 Chopra, Truthout, Nine Steps to Peace for Obama in the New Year
1/01/09 Randerson, Guardian, Climate change policies failing, Nasa scientist warns Obama