http://dir.salon.com/topics/downing_street_memo/?source=rss&aim=downing_street_memo en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PDT By Joe Conason Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Mark Danner Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Tim Grieve Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Tim Grieve Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Tim Grieve Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Tim Grieve Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Arianna Huffington Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Tim Grieve Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By David Paul Kuhn Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Joe Conason Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Mark Follman Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Kevin Zeese Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Joe Conason Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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? By Eric Boehlert Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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? By Mark Tushnet, Jack Rakove, Michael J. Gerhardt and Cass Sunstein Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Juan Cole Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Tim Grieve Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Tim Grieve Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Mark Follman Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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. By Tim Grieve Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:09:00 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.