Downing Street Memo - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/downing_street_memo/?source=rss&aim=downing_street_memo en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT Bush "at peace" waging war By Mark Danner Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/18/aznar_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/18/aznar_bush/index.html?source=rss A new transcript reveals the president, on the brink of the Iraq invasion, full of faith, calm and unyielding optimism. The war president "at peace" with himself By Joe Conason Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/09/28/aznar_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/09/28/aznar_iraq/index.html?source=rss Bush's 2003 conversation with the Spanish prime minister shows his smug determination to invade Iraq at all costs. George Tenet, spook for all seasons By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/03/george_tenet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/03/george_tenet/index.html?source=rss The former CIA chief seems strangely oblivious that his self-serving defense is shredding the remains of his reputation. A new Downing Street memo Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/11/troops/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/11/troops/index.html?source=rss This time, it's about getting out of Iraq, not in. Conyers wants Downing Street documents Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/01/downing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/01/downing/index.html?source=rss A week after John Kerry called for a Senate investigation, Conyers and 51 House members send a FOIA request to the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department. Hey, look! A story about Downing Street Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/28/post/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/28/post/index.html?source=rss The Washington Post fronts a Glenn Frankel article on British views of the run-up to the Iraq war. Judging what's news By Arianna Huffington Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2005/06/23/holloway/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2005/06/23/holloway/index.html?source=rss When the major networks cover stories like the Michael Jackson trial instead of the Downing Street memo, just click the remote. "Get moving" By Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/lotp/2005/06/20/wes_clark/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/lotp/2005/06/20/wes_clark/index.html?source=rss Wes Clark talks about cleaning up the mess in Iraq and says Democrats better start convincing Americans that they can keep our country safe. It's Rathergate all over again! Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/20/memo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/20/memo/index.html?source=rss What do you do when the Downing Street memo seems to confirm that your president lied? Call it a fake, of course. Just hearsay, or the new Watergate tapes? By David Paul Kuhn Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/17/forum/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/17/forum/index.html?source=rss At a crowded basement forum on the Downing Street memo, Democrats demanded an inquiry into what Bush knew about Iraq war planning and when he knew it, but stopped short of calling for impeachment. A press coverup By Joe Conason Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/06/17/dsm_press/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/06/17/dsm_press/index.html?source=rss Leave it to the Beltway herd, with their special brand of arrogance, to insist that the Downing Street memo wasn't news. The media's Downing Street rebound? Mark Follman Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/15/downing_effect/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/15/downing_effect/index.html?source=rss The secret British memo isn't the ultimate smoking gun, but outcry over the initial scant coverage of it may be helping the story get its proper legs now. Bush is not above the law By Kevin Zeese Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/06/15/case_for_bush_impeachment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/06/15/case_for_bush_impeachment/index.html?source=rss Scholars missed the point of the essay I wrote with Ralph Nader about the case for impeachment. AP dropped the ball on the Downing memo By Eric Boehlert Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/14/ap_memo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/14/ap_memo/index.html?source=rss Newspaper editors looking for wire copy on the British prewar document came up empty. But it wasn't just the Associated Press who neglected the story. New York Times' Downing Street shuffle Eric Boehlert Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/13/nyt_shuffle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/13/nyt_shuffle/index.html?source=rss The paper gets to the second leaked briefing late, and gets it wrong. The briefing before Downing Street Eric Boehlert Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/13/dsm_briefing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/13/dsm_briefing/index.html?source=rss It took six weeks, but the other shoe has dropped regarding the Downing Street Memo. The last laugh By Joe Conason Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/06/10/downing_street_memo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/06/10/downing_street_memo/index.html?source=rss History will hold Bush and Blair accountable for their lies in the run-up to the Iraq war, even if the D.C. press corps just finds them funny. "Kicking butt" at CNN? Eric Boehlert Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/10/cnn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/10/cnn/index.html?source=rss The cable network's new chief says his reporters are "rollicking, aggressive pursuers of facts." Where have they been on the Downing Street memo? Bush lied about war? Nope, no news there! By Eric Boehlert Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/09/press_and_downing_street_memo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/09/press_and_downing_street_memo/index.html?source=rss Why did it take more than a month for the U.S. press to report on the serious revelations in the Downing Street memo? The I-word By Mark Tushnet, Jack Rakove, Michael J. Gerhardt and Cass Sunstein Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/06/09/impeachment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/06/09/impeachment/index.html?source=rss Ralph Nader says the Downing Street memo is grounds to debate the impeachment of the president. Four constitutional scholars weigh the issue. The revenge of Baghdad Bob By Juan Cole Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/06/09/baghdad_bob/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/06/09/baghdad_bob/index.html?source=rss Bush's ludicrous statements about Iraq are increasingly reminiscent of the propaganda spouted by the former spokesman for the Iraqi regime -- except that they're not funny. Impeachment impractical? Don't tell Conyers Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/09/conyers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/09/conyers/index.html?source=rss The Michigan Democrat and more than 160,000 other Americans want answers from the president. The question is finally asked Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/08/downing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/08/downing/index.html?source=rss Reuters correspondent Steve Holland asks Bush and Blair about the Downing Street memo. What did he decide and when did he decide it? Mark Follman Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/07/when_bush_decided/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/07/when_bush_decided/index.html?source=rss President Bush was set on war against Saddam Hussein by July 2002, but in public he kept calling it like he didn't see it. Will anyone ask the president today? Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/07/downing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/07/downing/index.html?source=rss With Tony Blair in Washington to talk about Africa, reporters have been offered $1,000 to ask Bush about the Downing Street memo.