Politics - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/politics/?source=rss&aim=politics en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST Iran's nuke negotiator: "We have nothing to hide" By Dieter Bednarz Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/24/soltanieh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/24/soltanieh/index.html?source=rss In an interview, Iran's nuclear ambassador, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, says his country doesn't fear the West's threats Tough-guy John Bolton, hiding under his bed By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/25/bolton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/25/bolton/index.html?source=rss As usual, right-wing pseudo-warriors are drowning in extreme cowardice. Is it tea party time in Texas? By Mike Madden Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/23/texas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/23/texas/index.html?source=rss A GOP primary between Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will test the Republican path for the future Top two Arlington officials tell conflicting stories By Mark Benjamin Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/23/arlington_investigation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/23/arlington_investigation/index.html?source=rss The superintendent and his deputy disagree on who knew what, and when, about misplaced remains at the cemetery Another mystery grave at Arlington By Mark Benjamin Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/22/unknown_remains/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/22/unknown_remains/index.html?source=rss An Army investigation has found yet another unmarked casket at the historic burial site Phil Carter's resignation from key detainee policy post By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/25/carter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/25/carter/index.html?source=rss Many of the "War on Terror" policies he spent years condemning were ones expressly embraced by Obama. Greg Craig and Obama's worsening civil liberties record By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/24/civil_liberties/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/24/civil_liberties/index.html?source=rss A new Time account of the fall of Obama's White House counsel sheds much light on rule of law issues. The extreme secrecy of the federal courts By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/23/courts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/23/courts/index.html?source=rss Judges are not only permitted, but required, to conceal anything the government declares to be secret. Rule-of-law extremism engulfs primitive Eastern Europe By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/21/accountability/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/21/accountability/index.html?source=rss Why would the new President of Lithuania demand investigations of CIA black sites in her country? Glenn Beck's white nationalist fans By Alexander Zaitchik Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/20/glenn_beck_and_stormfront/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/20/glenn_beck_and_stormfront/index.html?source=rss After an ADL report says Beck may foment violence, I visit racist Web sites to see if their denizens are listening The Washington establishment suffers a serious defeat By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/20/transparency/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/20/transparency/index.html?source=rss Approval of the Paul/Grayson bill to audit the Fed is both rare and important in several ways How the GOP got its groove back By Mike Madden Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/19/republican_governors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/19/republican_governors/index.html?source=rss Republicans look ahead to 2010, without bothering to figure out whether they've solved their problems first "Get your pit bull on!" By Edward McClelland Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/19/palin_book_tour/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/19/palin_book_tour/index.html?source=rss Palin fans left their hunting camps and donned tea party gear to greet sister Sarah from Alaska and jeer the media Scientists baffled by global warming's time-out By Gerald Traufetter Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/19/cooling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/19/cooling/index.html?source=rss Temperatures haven't risen this decade, as climatologists expected. Is it sunspots? Ocean currents? Secret volcano? The administration guts its own argument for 9/11 trials By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/19/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/19/obama/index.html?source=rss If some detainees get military commissions or indefinite detention, how can 9/11 trials be justified? Candy Crowley's greatest accomplishment By Kate Harding Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/18/candy_crowley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/18/candy_crowley/index.html?source=rss The CNN political correspondent has had a long and distinguished career -- but more important, she lost weight! The Weekly Standard's ACLU smear indicts only itself By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/18/weekly_standard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/18/weekly_standard/index.html?source=rss Neoconservative contempt for the Constitution is not only un-American; it is al-Qaida's greatest ally Paying off Afghanistan's warlords By Pratap Chatterjee Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/17/afghanistan_corruption/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/17/afghanistan_corruption/index.html?source=rss Favoritism and corruption are the essence of the government the U.S. has helped "reconstruct" since 2001 CNN on our new "huge, huge bomb" to use against Iran By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/17/iran/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/17/iran/index.html?source=rss What could possibly lead Iran to want to hide their nuclear facilities? Sarah Palin not anti-choice enough? By Kate Harding Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/16/palin_not_antichoice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/16/palin_not_antichoice/index.html?source=rss A far right group claims the former Alaska governor's rhetoric on abortion sounds too "liberal" and "pro-choice" Ex-Islamic radicals on what motivates -- and impedes -- extremism By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/16/terrorism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/16/terrorism/index.html?source=rss Why are such glaring truths about the effects of our policies continuously ignored? Camp Lejeune whistle-blower fired By Mark Benjamin Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/15/camp_lejeune/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/15/camp_lejeune/index.html?source=rss A psychiatrist who tried to prevent Fort Hood-style violence among Marines about to "lose it" instead loses his job The Right's textbook "surrender to terrorists" By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/14/terrorism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/14/terrorism/index.html?source=rss "We're too scared to have real trials in our country" is a level of cowardice unmatched in the world. The new WH counsel and "Scooter Libby justice" By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/14/bauer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/14/bauer/index.html?source=rss Robert Bauer's passionate call for a pardon of his fellow Washington lawyer sheds light on his thinking. The real meaning of Stupak By Kate Harding Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/13/stupak_roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/13/stupak_roundup/index.html?source=rss Feminist writers and Urban Dictionary contributors wrestle with the latest assault on reproductive rights