Bush Era

Bush Scandals: It’s the Politics, Stupid

By Bernard Weiner, The Crisis Papers When trying to figure out the motives of the Bush Administration on nearly any issue you can think of, the first place to look should always be Karl Rove’s […]

Bush Era

Bush Faces Libby Pardon Dilemma

By Peter Baker, The Washington Post The 2-1/2 year sentence imposed on former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby today puts new pressure on President Bush, who may soon confront the choice of triggering […]

Bush Era

Rice Blamed for Staff Shortage, Low Morale Among US Diplomats

By P. Parameswaran, Agence France-Presse Saddled by the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US State Department faces an acute staff shortage amid “worsening morale,” according to a study blaming Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice […]

Bush Era

Scooter Libby Love Letters

The Smoking Gun Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Richard Perle, former Pentagon adviser; James Woolsey, ex-CIA director; Douglas Feith, former Under Secretary of Defense; Christopher Cox, ex-congressman and current Securities and Exchange […]