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An FBI agent testifies that an al-Qaida prisoner provided useful intelligence until the CIA got rough -- and casts doubt on Bush's statements about the effectiveness of harsh interrogations.
By Mark Benjamin
May 14, 2009
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George W. Bush may have started the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but it's up to the new president to resolve them.
By Gene Lyons
May 14, 2009
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The Obama budget cuts two abstinence-only programs, but the administration's not completely ruling out funding for the idea.
By Vincent Rossmeier
May 12, 2009
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Our undercover conservative answers two different Salon readers who want to know why the GOP seems anti-intellectual and anti-science.
By Glenallen Walken
May 11, 2009
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The president has promised to increase religion's influence on policymaking. He should honor the late Ann Dunham by strengthening the wall between church and state instead.
By Frances Kissling
May 10, 2009
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Some are arguing that if we prosecute Bush officials for torture, or reregulate the financial industry, talented people won't enter government or become bankers. No, they're not kidding.
By Michael Lind
May 5, 2009
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A Senate report shows that during the Bush administration's War on Terror, mental health professionals raised questions about harsh interrogations -- but helped design interrogation programs anyway.
By Sheri Fink
May 5, 2009
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If you don't love George W. Bush, it's probably because you're an awful person.
By Alex Koppelman
May 1, 2009
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We need to investigate the Bush years, even if it means tearing the country -- and ourselves -- apart.
By Gary Kamiya
May 1, 2009
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His first 100 days has been a sprint. But the success of his second 100 days -- and his presidency -- hinges on a series of tough decisions.
By Robert Reich
April 27, 2009
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From his undisclosed location, our undercover Wingnut explains why the right thinks George Bush has been unfairly criticized and will be vindicated by history.
By Glenallen Walken
April 27, 2009
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If Dick Cheney believes he can prove that torture saved us from terrorist attacks, why does he oppose a full investigation?
By Joe Conason
April 27, 2009
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Those teenage high-seas renegades are not about to team up with terrorists, so why is the U.S. military devoting so much attention to them?
By John Feffer
April 24, 2009
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Judge Jay S. Bybee provided the legal framework for torture to the Bush administration. If he had even a particle of decency, he'd resign.
By Gene Lyons
April 23, 2009
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The "ticking bomb" scenario only happens on TV. Those, like Dick Cheney, who cite it are leading society down a fatal slippery slope of abuse.
By Gary Kamiya
April 23, 2009
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Bush officials said they only tortured terrorists after they wouldn't talk. New evidence shows they planned torture soon after 9/11 -- and used it to find links between al-Qaida and Saddam.
By Mark Benjamin
April 22, 2009
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The secretary of defense began laying the groundwork for detainee abuse years before Abu Ghraib.
By Mike Madden
April 22, 2009
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A Senate report describes how the Bush administration began its torture program -- and may have pushed for the use of torture to produce evidence linking al-Qaida and Saddam Hussein.
April 22, 2009
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Symptoms of the conservative crack-up were on full display after President Obama's trip abroad. Bill Kristol, take a bow.
By Juan Cole
April 13, 2009
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A fight is brewing between former Bush aides and the current vice president.
By Vincent Rossmeier
April 10, 2009
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In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, the former Bush advisor says the president is polarizing and breaking promises to be bipartisan.
By Alex Koppelman
April 9, 2009
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The president needs to stop shielding financial executives from the pitchfork-wielding public.
By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
April 9, 2009
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A new Gallup poll shows that the previous administration's absence hasn't made any hearts grow fonder.
By Alex Koppelman
April 3, 2009
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The former president reportedly got a $7 million deal to write a book about some of his toughest decisions.
By Alex Koppelman
March 19, 2009
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According to the former V.P., war and torture made the U.S. safer during the past eight years and Obama is undoing all of it.
March 18, 2009
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