Ari Fleischer

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Joe Conason's Journal
Does Donald Rumsfeld really believe no one remembers what he was saying about Iraqi weapons before the war?
What the definition of "WMD" is
The White House helpfully explains what the president meant when he claimed weapons of mass destruction had already been found.
Vigilante injustice
Arizona militia members, a Colorado Republican and a national group with white supremacist ties have made a remote stretch of the Mexico border a flash point for anti-immigrant hostility.
The Fix
Edward Norton disses the prez, Ari Fleischer has groupies, and man bites dog! Plus: Naked cocktail party in London shocks no one.
Republican moderates balk at Bush tax cut
Resistance from McCain, Snowe, Chafee and others could spell trouble for the president's radical proposal.
Wolf in sheep's clothing
Deputy Defense Secretary Wolfowitz was in San Francisco to indict Saddam Hussein. But despite growing impatience, he provided no evidence.
Antisocial security
Republicans who argue that savings accounts can save Social Security are hiding the risks -- and the true costs.
Hillary Clinton takes the high road
The junior senator from New York defends herself against White House charges that she played politics with news of 9/11 warnings -- but she won't fire back.
Storm on Capitol Hill
The president smells "the sniff of politics in the air," but as the 9/11 story hits Washington, Democrats and Republicans alike demand "a sniff of truth."
The Bush 9/11 spin machine
What did they lie about, and when did they lie about it?
The 9/11 coverup
First the White House ignored warnings about al-Qaida. Then it tried to stop Congress from getting the truth. Now we know why.
The meaning of Ari's blunder
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer's attempt to blame Clinton for Middle East violence was short-lived -- but it shows what the Bush administration really thinks.
Bush scolds Congress
The president limits access to classified information in an attempt to plug leaks on Capitol Hill.
White House whitewashers
Bush staffers chastise NBC for a Clinton interview, Fleischer whacks Maher and the Bush-was-in-danger story falls apart. Tension mounts between the White House and the media.
The White House vandal scandal that wasn't
How the incoming Bush team nudge-nudged a credulous press corps into swallowing a trashy Clinton story.
Olson under fire
More questions arise over how accurate President Bush's solicitor general-designate has been about his role in an anti-Clinton investigation.
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