Mark Follman

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  • Colonel of truth

    Former Bush insider Lawrence Wilkerson blasts Dick Cheney's "paranoia" -- and says Cheney and Rumsfeld are to blame for Abu Ghraib.
    By Mark Follman February 27, 2006

  • America can't take it anymore

    The Bush administration has embraced torture as a key part of the "war on terror." Finally, members of Congress, the military and the CIA are speaking out against the abuse.
    By Mark Follman December 5, 2005

  • Still an angel?

    Ashley Smith was sainted by conservatives for reading "The Purpose-Driven Life" to her captor. Now she admits to also giving him crystal meth.
    By Mark Follman October 1, 2005

  • The enemy is closer than we think

    A top counterterrorism expert says the London suicide bombers may not have acted alone -- and America may be next.
    By Mark Follman July 19, 2005

  • The ominous truth about Iraq

    "Ghost soldiers," a new breed of better-trained terrorists, and an insurgent support network nearly a half million strong: These are the faces of America's increasingly dire Iraq problem.
    By Mark Follman June 22, 2005

  • Cooking up some intel for Iran next?

    Could the hunt for the elusive Osama bin Laden lead to Tehran?
    By Mark Follman June 20, 2005

  • The public opinion quagmire

    A conservative columnist and military blogger offers some intriguing perspective on why support for the war is waning on the home front.
    By Mark Follman June 17, 2005

  • Dick Durbin takes Gitmo head on

    Angered by an FBI report of abuse against detainees, the senior Senate Democrat brings the debate over the U.S. military prison to a boil.
    By Mark Follman June 17, 2005

  • Summer of discontent

    From Social Security to the war, the polls continue to plunge on President Bush and the Republican-led Congress.
    By Mark Follman June 17, 2005

  • Divided on the United Nations

    A riff between the White House and conservative House Republicans on how to bring about reform at the U.N.
    By Mark Follman June 16, 2005

  • Where's bin Laden?

    Nearly four years later, nobody seems to know.
    By Mark Follman June 16, 2005

  • The rising backlash against Bush

    From the war on terrorism to the war in Iraq, the president is starting to feel heat from his own party.
    By Mark Follman June 16, 2005

  • Closing the books on the Patriot Act

    Are cooler heads prevailing on both sides of the aisle in Congress?
    By Mark Follman June 16, 2005

  • Cozy with Big Tobacco, too

    Senior Justice Department officials -- one with close ties to the president -- take the bite out of a major five-year case against the industry.
    By Mark Follman June 16, 2005

  • The media's Downing Street rebound?

    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 Mark Follman June 15, 2005

  • From one slick operation to another

    Surprise, surprise: The man who cooked the books on global warming at the Bush White House has a bright future with Big Oil.
    By Mark Follman June 15, 2005

  • Revenge takes root in Iraq

    The emboldened Kurds are resorting to some decidedly undemocratic methods toward consolidating power.
    By Mark Follman June 15, 2005

  • The truth about Tillman

    The U.S. military is in for some more miserable publicity over Pat Tillman's death -- but the disgraceful handling of his story is equally damning for the Bush White House.
    By Mark Follman June 15, 2005

  • The nationwide no-spin zone

    Who, according to the American public, takes the prize for top reporter: Bob Woodward, Bill O'Reilly or Rush Limbaugh?
    By Mark Follman June 14, 2005

  • Secret Service does another patriot act

    A Portland man who responded to news of an investigation of controversial anti-Bush art in Chicago, receives a visit of his own from the feds.
    By Mark Follman June 14, 2005

  • The whitewasher in chief

    Vice President Cheney dubs Guantánamo a model prison. Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter marches along behind him, talking up the facility's fine dining.
    By Mark Follman June 14, 2005

  • Doing double duty in Iraq

    More evidence that Iraqi forces are a long way from taking over security operations for their own country -- and that U.S. forces will be stuck in the war zone for years to come.
    By Mark Follman June 13, 2005

  • GOP lawmakers join call to close Gitmo

    Even Vice President Dick Cheney is now hinting at the possibility -- though Rumsfeld's Pentagon continues to hype the prison's importance.
    By Mark Follman June 13, 2005

  • The Army's not-so-heroic damage control

    The Army blames muddled regulations -- not a coverup -- for its failure to tell the truth about sports star-turned-soldier Pat Tillman's death, until after his family buried him.
    By Mark Follman June 10, 2005

  • The big Gitmo debate

    Shut it down, or just shut up?
    By Mark Follman June 9, 2005
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