By Peter Spiegel and Julian E. Barnes, LA Times President Bush has mobilized his administration, including his top general in Iraq, in a major push to win more time and money for his war strategy. But one crucial voice has been missing from the chorus: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’. In fact, Gates’ recent comments…
Michael Roston, rawstory.com The governments of Saudi Arabia and the United States are working with other states in the Middle East region to sponsor covert action against Iran, according to a report in this month’s edition of The Atlantic. The report also suggests that covert attacks may occur against Iran’s oil sector. David Samuels, in…
By Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t With the publication of his memoir, “At the Center of the Storm,” former CIA Director George Tenet joins a growing list of former Bush administration officials who have written books accusing the White House of cooking intelligence immediately after 9/11 to win support for…
By Robert Parry, Consortium News Bush has never stopped making statements about the Iraq War that are untrue, illogical or irrelevant. Yet, the Washington press corps remains almost as lax today about holding Bush accountable as it was in 2002 and 2003. So, when Bush mocks Democratic “politicians in Washington” who supposedly seek to substitute…
