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FBI Ignored Bush-Hussein Ties
FBI released its interrogations of Saddam Hussein, but nothing on the Bush Family's past ties to Iraq's dictator, says Robert Parry. July 2, 2009

The Bible's Odd Idea of Marriage
Critics of gay marriage say it offends God's "sacred institution," but the Bible is an odd source on the topic, says Rev. Howard Bess. July 2, 2009

Obama 'Bottles Up' Torture Probes
President Obama resists demands for transparency and accountability for George W. Bush's torture crimes, reports TheRealNews. July 2, 2009

Iraq: A Bitter Strategic Failure
Iraqi celebrations over the pullback of U.S. forces marks what looks like an end game to a strategic failure, says Robert Parry. July 1, 2009

America's Matrix
From the Archive: A look-back at how we exposed George W. Bush's deceptions at the start of the Iraq War. By Robert Parry

Who Sits at the Health-Reform Table?
While single-payer advocates are excluded, pricy medical industry execs are welcome in the health-care debate, Tom Klammer notes. July 1, 2009

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Key Bush Torture Lawyers Still at Work
Not all the lawyers implicated in George W. Bush's torture scandal are out of government; at least two remain, notes David Swanson. June 30, 2009

Obama's 'Realism' on Iran
The Iranian election dispute was a test of President Obama's commitment to foreign policy "realism," writes Ivan Eland. June 30, 2009

Giving Diplomacy a Chance
President Obama is under fire for advocating diplomacy, but ex-CIA Station Chief Haviland Smith says it deserves a chance. June 29, 2009

Obama's Troubling Caution on Torture
After releasing four torture memos, President Obama has shied away from pressing the fight, say Diana Gibson and Ray McGovern. June 29, 2009

Obama, They Want You to Fail
The Democrats again are reaching out to Republicans on health-care reform, missing the GOP's core agenda, says Robert Parry. June 29, 2009

WP's Connolly Back, on Health Reform
The Washington Post's Ceci Connolly, who misquoted Al Gore, now is taking aim at health-care "activists," notes Robert Parry. June 29, 2009

Obama's Torture Hypocrisy
President Obama vows to "stand against torture wherever it takes place," but apparently not always, reports Jason Leopold. June 29, 2009 (This is a corrected version of an earlier story.)

Waking Up Is Hard to Do
Five months into the Age of Obama, it looks like troubling business as usual in big media and big politics, writes Pablo Ouziel. June 28, 2009

Dissent as 'Low-Level Terrorism'
The U.S. government has begun conflating dissent with terrorism, much like repressive regimes do, writes Emily Spence. June 26, 2009

A Risky Rush to Judgment on Iran
The neocon Iraq War promoters are back, demanding tough action against Iran for its disputed election, notes Michael Winship. June 26, 2009

Who to Trust on a Truth Commission?
A fatal flaw for a George W. Bush truth commission may be the lack of a Washington "wise man" to tell the truth, says Robert Parry. June 26, 2009

Treading Softly with the CIA's Panetta
CIA Director Leon Panetta's defenders excuse his softness with agency hardliners as self-preservation, writes Melvin A. Goodman. June 25, 2009

False Health-Scare Ad on CNN
A right-wing group is twisting the choice argument on health insurance to deny the choice of a public option, says Robert Parry. June 25, 2009

Iran Divided & the 'October Surprise'
Today's divisions in Iran's leadership date back to secret decisions made to influence a U.S. election in 1980, reports Robert Parry. June 24, 2009

El Salvador: Ghosts at the Polls
El Salvador's recent election pitted the memory of a martyred archbishop against the legacy of his alleged killer, writes Don North. June 24, 2009

Serving the Medical-Industrial Complex
A new U.S. poll shows 72 percent want a public health insurance option, but Republicans and some Dems say no, says Robert Parry. June 22, 2009

Pushing Obama to Confront Iran
The neocons are back, joining the pundit chorus demanding that President Obama get tough with Iran, as Ivan Eland notes. June 22, 2009

Obama Opposes Plame-gate Release
Barack Obama's lawyers are protecting another Bush-era secret, Dick Cheney's Plame-gate interview, writes Jason Leopold. June 20, 2009

Should the Airbus Be Grounded?
After the Air France crash into the Atlantic, questions are raised about the composite material in the Airbus, says William John Cox. June 20, 2009

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Rev. Moon, North Korea & the Bushes
From the Archive: A look-back on the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's secret financial ties to North Korean and U.S. leaders. By Robert Parry

The Disappointing Leon Panetta
Instead of reform, CIA Director Leon Panetta has protected the spy agency's turf, says ex-CIA analyst Melvin A. Goodman. June 19, 2009

Ray McGovern on Illness and Health
A second bout with a serious illness gives ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern an insight on the need for universal health coverage. June 18, 2009

Taking Sides in Iran
The U.S. news media casts aside objectivity in covering Iran's election despite the real question of who won, says Robert Parry. June 18, 2009

CIA Secret File Tests Obama's Pledge
President Obama must decide on releasing an internal CIA report telling how three detainees died, reports Jason Leopold. June 18, 2009

Flawed Elections: US and Iran
It's easy to throw stones at Iran, but the United States has built a glass house when it comes to secure elections, Lisa Pease says. June 17, 2009

A Shifting of Iran's Power Centers
Behind Iran's election battle may be an important shifting of power toward the Revolutionary Guard, reports TheRealNews. June 16, 2009

What If Ahmadinejad Really Won?
Many Western journalists assume Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stole reelection -- but maybe not, Robert Parry notes. June 15, 2009

Taking a Rational Look at Iran
U.S. policymakers often exaggerate foreign threats and demonize foreign leaders, a process that Ivan Eland sees again in Iran. June 15, 2009

Iran's Struggle Among the Elites
Iran's political conflict pits President Ahmadinejad and the military against other key elites, reports TheRealNews. June 15, 2009

Excusing Outrages of the Right
As the angry American Right ramps up its rhetoric, the U.S. news media mostly looks the other way, Robert Parry says. June 15, 2009

Extremism and Suffering Children
The further radicalizing of U.S. rightists and recent outbursts of violence recall other extremist excesses, writes William John Cox. June 15, 2009

The Silence About Guns
Murder at Washington's Holocaust museum and other attacks fail to stir gun control debate, say Bill Moyers and Michael Winship. June 13, 2009

'Emergent Church' v. Fundamentalism
The stirrings of an "emergent church" are challenging the clout of Christian fundamenalism, writes the Rev. Howard Bess. June 13, 2009

Computer Piloting & Air France Crash
The mysterious Air France crash over the Atlantic prompts worries about the Airbus on-plane computers, writes William John Cox. June 12, 2009

Meet Ahmadinejad's Opponent
Iranian reformer Mir-Hossein Mousavi has mounted a strong challenge to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, reports TheRealNews. June 12, 2009

Two Key Health-Care Numbers
Insurance lobbyists want Washington to force 50 million Americans to sign up and stop 119 million from defecting, says Robert Parry. June 11, 2009

Obama Aids Bush's Torture Cover-up
By withholding proof of prisoner abuses, President Obama furthers George W. Bush's cover-up of torture, Jason Leopold writes. June 11, 2009

Tying Obama to Bush's Budget Mess
Republicans blame President Obama for an ocean of red ink, but a study shows most came from President Bush, says Robert Parry. June 10, 2009

GOP's Civil Liberties Hypocrisy
In April, Republicans blasted a Homeland Security report that correctly warned of a surge in right-wing violence, Nat Parry wrote. June 10, 2009

America's Toxic 'Innocence'
With corrupt elites and a self-indulgent culture, the big question is: Can the United States change in time? writes Phil Rockstroh. June 10, 2009

CIA Shifts Reasons for Torture Secrets
CIA Director Leon Panetta says torture documents must be concealed to deny al-Qaeda a propaganda boon, reports Jason Leopold. June 10, 2009

Obama's Era of Openness Is Closed
President Obama pledged an "era" of openness but now is shutting the door on proof of "war on terror" crimes, says Robert Parry. June 9, 2009

Nuclear Treaty Faces Challenges
The 40-year-old Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty didn't anticipate some of the trends of nuclear armaments, reports TheRealNews. June 9, 2009

Bush/Cheney Pushed Torture on DOJ
E-mails show President Bush and Vice President Cheney leaning on the Justice Department to permit torture, reports Jason Leopold. June 8, 2009

Al Qaeda Adjusts to Obama
After eight years of playing George W. Bush, al Qaeda faces a trickier challenge with Barack Obama, says Ivan Eland. June 8, 2009

Two Colombian Generals Face Charges
Two Colombian officers who got training at the U.S. School of the Americas are implicated in crimes, says Sherwood Ross. June 8, 2009

119 Million Americans Must Be Wrong
A curious argument against a U.S. public health insurance option is that 119 million Americans want to sign up, notes Robert Parry. June 5, 2009

Obama Fuzzed Up Reality in Speech
President Obama's uplifting speech in Cairo benefited from some gauzy depiction of reality, observes David Swanson. June 5, 2009

Privatizing 'Obama's War'
Mercenaries and other security contractors are expanding their role in Afghanistan, "Obama's War," writes Michael Winship. June 5, 2009

Baucus Still Shuns Single-Payer Option
Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus continues to exclude advocates of a single-payer health plan, reports David Swanson. June 4, 2009

Ronald Reagan: Worst President Ever?
Ronald Reagan is an icon of the Right and wins praise from Democrats, but his real record may be the worst ever, writes Robert Parry. June 3, 2009

The Intel-Journo Alliance
One positive trend in U.S. intelligence and journalism is an ad hoc alliance of truth-tellers who bucked the system, says Robert Parry. June 2, 2009

Ed Schultz on Obama's Health Plan
Talk-show host Ed Schultz says President Obama would be hurt if he bails on a public health insurance option, reports TheRealNews. June 2, 2009

Navy Vet Honored, Foiled Israeli Attack
A USS Liberty seaman whose heroism in 1967 forced Israel to halt a lethal attack gets a belated Silver Star, writes Ray McGovern. June 1, 2009

America's Political/Media Kabuki
Despite President Obama's vow of "change," the U.S. political/media system is stuck in a kabuki-style dance, says Robert Parry. June 1, 2009

The Cap-and-Trade Controversy
A Democratic plan to limit greenhouse gas emission with a cap-and-trade plan has some environmental critics, reports TheRealNews. June 1, 2009

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A Cold Rain: Excerpt from Neck Deep
With George W. Bush's inauguration in 2001, the United States was at an ominous turning point, handing the White House and its immense power to a popular-vote loser who disdained democracy. Official Washington was oblivious to the danger, but thousands of Americans braved an icy rain to protest this travesty of the nation's principles.

Lost History: How the Neocons Did It
If you want to know how the neoconservatives got control of the most powerful nation on earth, Robert Parry’s Lost History is a must-read. (To read more, click here.)