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John McCain's gaffe about an Iran-al-Qaida connection revealed how he and his hard-line allies are itching to target the mullahs next.
By Joe Conason
March 21, 2008
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John McCain claims, on multiple occasions, that Shiite Iran is training Sunni al-Qaida.
By Alex Koppelman
March 19, 2008
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The presumptive Republican nominee's statement doesn't reflect the terror group's past actions.
By Alex Koppelman
March 14, 2008
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In a secret meeting with a Taliban commander, I learned how Bush administration aid to Pakistan helps fund insurgents who kill U.S. troops.
By Matthew Cole
March 10, 2008
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Leading presidential contenders exchange words on al-Qaida.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
February 27, 2008
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A jihadi advice column? Osama bin Laden's second-in-command answers questions from fans of the terror group worldwide.
By Yassin Musharbash
January 16, 2008
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Last week, a former CIA agent came out to defend one instance of waterboarding, saying it had produced valuable information; now, former FBI agents are hitting back.
By Alex Koppelman
December 18, 2007
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Forget Rudy's trysts. The real scandal crying out for investigation is his firm's business with Qatar, a haven for al-Qaida.
By Joe Conason
November 30, 2007
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From Turkey to Iraq to Pakistan, the mounting chaos proves the White House is just winging it.
By Juan Cole
October 24, 2007
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The president is now taking credit for turning Sunni tribes against al-Qaida in Iraq. But two years ago he rejected a Sunni offer to negotiate an end to the violence.
By Sidney Blumenthal
September 13, 2007
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The attacks exposed grave weaknesses in our nation's defenses, our national institutions and ultimately our national character.
By Gary Kamiya
September 11, 2007
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Jose Padilla lit up a stogie and was nailed for contemplating arson. Have I written something that could easily be misconstrued by a jury of my peers?
By Garrison Keillor
August 22, 2007
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It's a long way from 2002, when John Ashcroft declared Padilla a would-be dirty bomber.
By Tim Grieve
August 16, 2007
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Bush's backers are peddling a sunny view of the president's strategy -- despite Iraq's political chaos and soaring death counts.
By Juan Cole
August 7, 2007
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He's back in the saddle and Rush is over the moon.
By Digby
July 24, 2007
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A conversation with Buzzy Krongard, the executive director of the CIA from 2001 to 2004, about the new National Intelligence Estimate and al-Qaida's resurgence in Pakistan.
By Alex Koppelman
July 19, 2007
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The latest government estimate of the terrorist threat is just a rehash of the same old script, produced under pressure to support the president's efforts to sell the Iraq war.
By Sidney Blumenthal
July 19, 2007
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A top-level intelligence report made public Tuesday warns of more terrorist attacks inside the United States.
July 18, 2007
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How the actual threat from al-Qaida in Iraq seems to shift depending on who's talking.
By Digby
July 17, 2007
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War games predicting what would happen after a U.S. withdrawal show the president may be wrong again about the effect of al-Qaida in Iraq.
By Alex Koppelman
July 17, 2007
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Bush's moralistic Middle East crusade has backfired, creating more enemies than it destroys. It's time for a tactical retreat.
By Gary Kamiya
July 17, 2007
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As the president lies about al-Qaida, again, people may finally realize he's more concerned about protecting himself politically than protecting the country.
By Joan Walsh
July 13, 2007
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Despite recent reports that the president would debut a more conciliatory tone on Iraq in Cleveland on Tuesday, his speech offered little new.
By Alex Koppelman
July 10, 2007
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If the Bush administration forces the CIA to drop "tough" interrogation techniques like waterboarding, the agency will probably fall back on a brutal method that leaves no physical marks.
By Mark Benjamin
June 7, 2007
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The latest report about prewar intelligence from the Senate Intelligence Committee shows the administration was warned that an invasion of Iraq would help Iran and al-Qaida.
May 29, 2007