Weapons of mass destruction - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/weapons_of_mass_destruction/?source=rss&aim=weapons_of_mass_destruction en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT The media can't handle the truth By Gene Lyons Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/27/lyons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/27/lyons/index.html?source=rss Media sheep facing truth-hungry Internet wolves New evidence suggests Ron Suskind is right By Joe Conason Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/08/08/suskind/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/08/08/suskind/index.html?source=rss What was an Iraqi politician doing at CIA headquarters just days before he distributed a fake memo incriminating Saddam Hussein in 9/11? Forging the missing case for war By Louis Bayard Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/06/suskind/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/06/suskind/index.html?source=rss In further chronicles of Bush government deceit, author Ron Suskind drops a bombshell: The White House ordered the CIA to fake a letter linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida. Writing through the rubble By Salon staff Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/03/21/iraq_books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/03/21/iraq_books/index.html?source=rss While clouds of destruction hang over Iraq, a set of new books sheds light on how America bungled the war, and on the hope that lingers in small Iraqi towns. How the press failed on Iraq By Greg Mitchell Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/03/11/greg_mitchell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/03/11/greg_mitchell/index.html?source=rss A hard look back at the past five years -- with all its death and destruction and missteps -- reveals that the American media has been sleepwalking through the war. An Iran bombshell for Bush By Mark Follman Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/05/iran_nie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/05/iran_nie/index.html?source=rss The White House knew months ago about Iran's stalled nuclear program. But Bush and Cheney have kept up the war rhetoric. The man who sold the war By Alex Koppelman Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/10/16/curveball/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/10/16/curveball/index.html?source=rss "Curveball" author Bob Drogin talks about the Iraqi defector responsible for much of the CIA's bogus prewar intelligence about Iraqi WMD. Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/06/bush_wmd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/06/bush_wmd/index.html?source=rss Salon exclusive: Two former CIA officers say the president squelched top-secret intelligence, and a briefing by George Tenet, months before invading Iraq. What George Tenet really knew about Iraq By Thomas Powers Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/02/tenet_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/02/tenet_iraq/index.html?source=rss Unraveling the former CIA chief's cover story about bogus intelligence -- and the grand scheme that launched the war. Secrets and lies By Tim Grieve Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/06/25/report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/06/25/report/index.html?source=rss As the White House fights to keep a WMD report hidden, a new poll shows that 41 percent of the public still believes Saddam had a hand in 9/11. George Tenet, spook for all seasons By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 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. But first, I'll be buying some shoes By Tim Grieve Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/04/26/rice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/04/26/rice/index.html?source=rss A subpoena from the House of Representatives? Condoleezza Rice can't be bothered How Libby became Cheney's pawn By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/02/01/libby_cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/02/01/libby_cheney/index.html?source=rss The vice president knew the intelligence for the Iraq war was cooked. So he launched his aide to smear the man who took the information public. The seven deadly sinners of the Scooter trial By Jonathan Turley Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/16/libby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/16/libby/index.html?source=rss Jury selection begins today in the case of former Cheney chief of staff I. Lewis Libby. But are any of the players in this scandal worth rooting for? North Korea fallout By Joseph Cirincione Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/10/10/north_korea/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/10/10/north_korea/index.html?source=rss Kim Jong Il's nuclear test could set off a new arms race in Asia. Yet the White House has no viable plan for stopping the global spread of nukes. Killing the CIA By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/05/11/cia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/05/11/cia/index.html?source=rss In Goss, Bush found the perfect hatchet man to take vengeance on a despised agency. Now Goss is gone, scandal looms -- and the CIA is ruined. Spooked by red tape By Michael Scherer Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/21/negroponte/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/21/negroponte/index.html?source=rss Who's bungling U.S. intelligence reform -- Bush's new spymaster, or the politicians who designed his job? The slow-motion trap By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/04/13/leaks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/04/13/leaks/index.html?source=rss His presidency was built on secrecy and, we now know, on lies. The more Bush struggles to free himself, the more his past deceptions bind him. Bush's bogus document dump By Fritz Umbach Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/04/13/document_dump/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/04/13/document_dump/index.html?source=rss The administration seeded its new public archive of Iraq documents with jihadist materials completely unrelated to Saddam. Mobile weapons labs? They didn't tell the truth about those, either By Tim Grieve Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/04/12/labs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/04/12/labs/index.html?source=rss Even after a team of experts concluded that Iraqi trailers weren't suitable for weapons use, the Bush administration continued to insist that they were. The deception Bush can't spin By Joe Conason Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/04/07/libby_case/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/04/07/libby_case/index.html?source=rss Libby's testimony shows that Bush disclosed national secrets for political gain -- and makes Bush's statements about finding the leaker ludicrous. "Saddam chose to deny inspectors" By Joe Conason Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/03/31/bush_lies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/03/31/bush_lies/index.html?source=rss Bush repeated this bald-faced lie recently. The cowering press still lets him get away with it, but the public is no longer fooled. Bush is vindicated on Iraq -- or not By Tim Grieve Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/03/13/iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/03/13/iraq/index.html?source=rss Tapes suggest Iraqi regime had WMD factories "in the mind." Colonel of truth By Mark Follman Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/27/wilkerson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/27/wilkerson/index.html?source=rss Former Bush insider Lawrence Wilkerson blasts Dick Cheney's "paranoia" -- and says Cheney and Rumsfeld are to blame for Abu Ghraib. Countdown to the Iranian bomb By Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/01/26/iran/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/01/26/iran/index.html?source=rss A top proliferation expert says the real danger isn't a nuclear attack by Iran, but a Middle East arms race.