http://dir.salon.com/topics/jake_tapper/?source=rss&aim=jake_tapper en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT By Alex Koppelman Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/22/qotd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/22/qotd/index.html?source=rss An exploration of the similarities between John McCain and Britney Spears. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/20/sharpton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/20/sharpton/index.html?source=rss The controversial political leader and Democratic presidential candidate delivers a pointed warning: If you attack me, you risk being sued. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/18/wmd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/18/wmd/index.html?source=rss Last August, Bush said Saddam merely "desired" weapons of mass destruction. A month later, as he began selling the Iraq war, his tone suddenly changed. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/12/mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/12/mccain/index.html?source=rss He still believes weapons of mass destruction will be found -- but says Congress should investigate whether intelligence was cooked. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/11/wmd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/11/wmd/index.html?source=rss The White House helpfully explains what the president meant when he claimed weapons of mass destruction had already been found. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/11/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/11/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss Critics deride his appearances before Congress as "carefully orchestrated," but he manages to come away from every face-off stronger than before. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/06/wmd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/06/wmd/index.html?source=rss The Bush administration goes into full spin mode and Tony Blair battles to save his political life, as charges mount that they lied their way into war. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/03/graham/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/03/graham/index.html?source=rss Democratic hopeful Sen. Bob Graham keeps an incredibly detailed daily log. His rivals say it's weird, and they plan to use it against him. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/30/wmd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/30/wmd/index.html?source=rss The Dems and the U.S. public may meekly accept the administration's ever-changing answers about Saddam's alleged weapons. But our foreign allies don't -- and the more the White House spins, the angrier they get. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/05/28/corrections_satire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/05/28/corrections_satire/index.html?source=rss Just a few more dateline problems, editing errors and minor examples of moral turpitude from the nation's newspaper of record. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/23/foley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/23/foley/index.html?source=rss GOP Senate hopeful Mark Foley announces he won't answer questions about his sexuality. Should voters care? By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/22/whitman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/22/whitman/index.html?source=rss Tired of losing battles with far-right adversaries, Christine Todd Whitman hands in her resignation. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/19/buffalo_6/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/19/buffalo_6/index.html?source=rss They trained with al-Qaida and met with Osama. All but one member of the so-called Lackawanna Six have pleaded guilty to lesser charges -- but insist they never meant anyone any harm. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/15/deficit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/15/deficit/index.html?source=rss How Republicans learned to stop worrying and love the deficit. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/04/democrats/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/04/democrats/index.html?source=rss And it's Joe Lieberman who stands out in a crowded field without, yet, a breakaway star. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/01/gays/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/01/gays/index.html?source=rss The White House masters the art of saying little, and a would-be scandal about a senator's anti-gay remarks seems to fade away. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/30/wmd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/30/wmd/index.html?source=rss Before the war, the Bush administration said the weapons existed and we would find them. Now, it's saying maybe we won't find them after all -- and the rest of the world smells a rat. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/28/rugh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/28/rugh/index.html?source=rss Veterans of U.S. foreign information campaigns of both parties critique the administration's current efforts and bemoan the "one-liners coming out of Washington." By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/25/propaganda/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/25/propaganda/index.html?source=rss Why the State Department's propaganda campaign to win the hearts and minds of Arabs and Muslims is a mess. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/16/wmd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/16/wmd/index.html?source=rss Hasty, incomplete news reports have suggested that coalition troops found chemical weapons, or even nukes, in Iraq. They haven't -- at least not yet. And the rest of world is watching skeptically. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/11/aclu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/11/aclu/index.html?source=rss Right-wing activists team up with the left-wing ACLU to bash the PATRIOT Act. The Justice Department is not amused. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/10/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/10/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss The White House calls Afghanistan a success story. But the failure to commit needed resources has left it a chaotic, increasingly dangerous country where violent warlords run amok. Are we going to repeat our mistake in Iraq? By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2003/04/10/cdf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2003/04/10/cdf/index.html?source=rss On a big night for the sitting president, his Democratic challengers gather together to rally the faithful -- and crack Bush jokes. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/03/hart/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/03/hart/index.html?source=rss The former, and possibly future, presidential candidate says he pushed a resolution that could have kept the U.S. out of war. But no Democratic leader wanted to hear it. By Jake Tapper Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/02/dean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/02/dean/index.html?source=rss Dean, McAuliffe and the DNC wine and dine the party faithful in New York, pretending affirmative action, abortion and ethanol are really what's on their minds.