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  • Paul Wolfowitz's fatal weakness

    The cronyism that may cost him his World Bank job is also what caused the Iraq debacle.
    By Juan Cole May 14, 2007

  • George Tenet, spook for all seasons

    The former CIA chief seems strangely oblivious that his self-serving defense is shredding the remains of his reputation.
    By Sidney Blumenthal May 3, 2007

  • A new low for Giuliani

    The braying ex-mayor claims a Democrat in the White House will mean more terror attacks, but he's just trying to hide from his own 9/11 mistakes.
    By Joe Conason April 27, 2007

  • Al-Qaida's next generation

    Young jihadists have climbed the ranks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, restoring the group's chain of command -- and ability to plan attacks.
    By Yassin Musharbash April 16, 2007

  • How the intelligence was cooked

    A newly declassified Defense Department report sheds more light on Douglas Feith's office, his push for war, and how persistently he ignored the intelligence community.
    April 10, 2007

  • John McCain's Iraq problem

    His rosy statements about Iraq were aimed at GOP primary voters, but they suggest the would-be president doesn't understand the war he'd be fighting.
    By Juan Cole April 9, 2007

  • The reason we haven't noticed American Muslims condemning terrorism

    Actually, they do, but until recently it was often in ways that their fellow Americans had a hard time hearing.
    By Paul M. Barrett March 1, 2007

  • How Cheney bombed in Afghanistan

    The vice president slinks home from a disastrous trip where a failed assassination attempt was only the loudest proof that his war policies have emboldened al-Qaida and the Taliban.
    By Sidney Blumenthal March 1, 2007

  • Watching Afghanistan fall

    Stationed with a battle-scarred U.S. Army troop in the mountain region where Osama bin Laden supposedly hides, with the insurgency on the rise, I witnessed why the other war is going to hell.
    By Matthew Cole February 27, 2007

  • The British retreat from Iraq brings peril for U.S. troops

    Vice President Cheney says the British are leaving southern Iraq because things are going so well. In the real world, Basra is a mess.
    By Juan Cole February 23, 2007

  • On the difference between "before" and "after"

    The National Review's Cliff May makes a leap of logic.
    By Alex Koppelman February 20, 2007

  • What Hillary won't say about Iraq

    As transcripts show, Sen. Clinton's views on the war have slowly changed since 2002, but she still can't say her own vote to authorize force was a mistake.
    By Tim Grieve February 14, 2007

  • A time for the Senate to lead

    Why I back the Warner-Levin compromise as a first step to changing direction in Iraq.
    By Sen. Jim Webb February 7, 2007

  • The danger of Bush's anti-Iran fatwa

    The president's decision to use force against Iranian "agents" inside Iraq could snare innocent pilgrims, and raises the risk of open warfare.
    By Juan Cole January 30, 2007

  • The terrorist you've never heard of

    Unlike alleged al-Qaida terrorist Jose Padilla, right-wing "dirty bomber" Demetrius Crocker was investigated and prosecuted the old-fashioned constitutional way.
    By Alex Koppelman December 18, 2006

  • America's Next Top Traitor

    Some delightful al-Qaida recruitment efforts from America's new No.1 Traitor!
    By K.L. October 12, 2006

  • Why we can't win the "war on terror"

    A provocative new book from an expert on terrorism argues that Bush's tough-guy stance is making things much worse -- and that we should negotiate with al-Qaida.
    By Gary Kamiya September 15, 2006

  • The false path to 9/11

    Despite a few tweaks, ABC stands by its deceptive miniseries, and in tonight's episode, all the lies make Bush look better.
    By Joan Walsh September 11, 2006

  • The path to Iraq

    Even after reports from the 9/11 Commission and the Senate Intelligence Committee, Rice and Cheney insist on linkage between Iraq and al-Qaida.
    By Tim Grieve September 11, 2006

  • Mocking Bush is my patriotic duty

    A comedian explains how cruel jokes about the president can stop terrorism.
    By Bill Maher September 8, 2006

  • Remembrance of Bush's fiascoes

    As he travels the nation to commemorate Katrina and 9/11, the president is only highlighting the tragedy of his own incompetence.
    By Sidney Blumenthal August 31, 2006

  • The U.S. is "indefensible"

    Former Bush insider Ron Suskind discusses the London bomb plot, and says the president shouldn't claim we're safer than we were before 9/11.
    By Alex Koppelman August 11, 2006

  • Surrealpolitik

    Ron Suskind's latest book offers new details about how the Bush White House has used theological certainty to mask political expediency -- facts be damned.
    By Sidney Blumenthal June 22, 2006

  • "Mission Accomplished" in a business suit

    Ignoring U.S. intelligence, Bush inflated Zarqawi, then made a pointless trip to Iraq to pose as a heroic dragon slayer. It doesn't work anymore.
    By Sidney Blumenthal June 15, 2006

  • Attacking Iran: Are they nuts?

    If the U.S. attacked Iran, the consequences would be catastrophic -- including a possible American retreat under fire in Iraq.
    By Joe Conason April 21, 2006
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