Douglas Feith

Jason Linkins

Donald Rumsfeld Sent Douglas Feith A 'Honey Do' List Asking Him To Handle All Of The Bush Administration's Geopolitical Problems

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George W. Bush, Pakistan, North Korea, Douglas Feith, Eat the Press, Donald Rumsfeld, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld basically asked his undersecretary for policy, Douglas Feith, to go and solve all of the world's thorny geopolitical situations with all the casualness of the grocery list my wife had sent me.

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Top 7 Underemployed Former Bush Officials

Paul Tullis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Douglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, Office of Special Plans, Paul Bremer, David Addington, Dirk Kempthorne, Alberto Gonzales, Mms, Politics News
Paul Tullis

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An Unsanitized Look at the Origins of the Iraq War

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul Wolfowitz, President George W. Bush, Douglas Feith, Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, John Bolton, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Iraq Occupation, Pnac, Dick Cheney, Msnbc, Pope John Paul, Cnn, Iraq WMD, Richard Armitage, Saddam Hussein, Peter Rodman, Iraq War, Fox News, Baghdad, Richard Perle, William Schneider, Dov Zakheim, Zalmay Khalilzad, Iraq Liberation Act, Elliot Abrams, Project for a New American Century, Neo-Conservatives, Neo-Cons, Paula Dobriansky, Karen Kwiatkowski, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The debacle in Iraq is not merely a result of errors in planning or poor decision-making. Soldiers are still risking their lives every day in Iraq, "combat" or no "combat," and many more will die for this policy our neo-con leaders handed down to us.

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No Tea Parties for "Bibi"

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George H. W. Bush, Douglas Feith, Dennis Ross, Jeane Kirkpatrick, John Hagee. Richard Perle, Ronald Reagan, David Wursmer, Joseph Lieberman, Max Kampelman, Barack Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority, Emanuel Rahm, James Baker, Jerusalem, Kenneth Adelman, Bill Kristol, Elliott Abrams, David Axelrod, Israel, World News
Leon T. Hadar

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's arrival in Washington shortly after President Barack Obama's victory on health care reform had both symbolic significance and practical implications for the Likud leader.

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Shadow Elite: March to War -- The Neocon Playbook, Straight from the Soviet Bloc

Janine R. Wedel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War Anniversary, Iraq War, Douglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, Communism, Janine Wedel, Huffpost Books, Eastern Europe, Shadow Elite, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Richard Perle, Cold War, World News
Janine R. Wedel

Despite a new administration in Washington, not to mention the damage done to their credibility since the Iraq invasion, the Neocon core lives on, because networks like it are self-propelling and enduring.

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Spanish Judge Resumes Torture Case Against Six Senior Bush Lawyers

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Douglas Feith, Philippe Sands, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Spain, Bush Prosecutions, David Addington, John Yoo, Justice Department, Eric Holder, World News, Office of Legal Counsel, Politics News, Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon, Bush Administration Torture, Jay Bybee, Sami El-Leithi, Jamil El-Banna, Omar Deghayes, Guantanamo Bay, Breaking Politics News, William J. Haynes II, Alberto Gonzales, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Judge Baltasar Garzón is pressing ahead with a case against six senior Bush administration lawyers for implementing torture at Guantánamo.

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FBI Whistleblower: Hastert, Burton, Blunt, Other Members of Congress 'Bribed, Blackmailed'

Brad Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Douglas Feith, Turkey, Valerie Plame Wilson, Lobbyists, Roy Blunt, Ohio, State Secrets, Sibel Edmonds, Dan Burton, Fbi, Valerie Plame, Blackmail, Tom Lantos, Bribery, Armenian Genocide, Dennis Hastert, Paul Wolfowitz, Whistleblowers, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, State Secrets Privilege, Marc Grossman, Stephen Solarz, Jean Schmidt, FBI Surveillance, Politics News
Brad Friedman

The broad criminal conspiracy is said to have resulted in, among other things, the sale of nuclear weapons technology to black market interests including Pakistan, Iran, North Korea, Libya and others.

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Formerly-'Gagged' FBI Whistleblower Details Congressional Blackmail, Bribery, Espionage, Corruption in Remarkable Videotaped Deposition

Brad Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Douglas Feith, House of Representatives, Turkey, Valerie Plame Wilson, Roy Blunt, State Secrets, Dan Burton, Sibel Edmonds, Fbi, Blackmail, Valerie Plame, Justice Department, Armenian Genocide, State Department, Dennis Hastert, Paul Wolfowitz, Whistleblowers, National Security, State Secrets Privilege, Marc Grossman, Stephen Solarz, Nuclear Proliferation, Jean Schmidt, Politics News
Brad Friedman

Just over two weeks ago, FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds was finally allowed to speak about much of what the Bush Administration spent years trying to keep her from discussing publicly.

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Spain Investigates What America Should

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Yoo, Convention Against Torture, Universal Jurisdiction, Torture, Douglas Feith, Jay Bybee, Warantless-Wiretap, Bush-Waterboarding, Alberto Gonzalez Torture, Alberto Gonzales Willia Haynes, Bush-Torture, Spain Universal Jurisdiction, Guantanamo, Warantless Wiretapping, David Addington, Water Boarding, Abu Ghraib, War Crimes, Torture Bush Adminstration, Icc, Guantanamo Bay, Slavery, Waterboarding, International Criminal Court, Spain, World News
Marjorie Cohn

It is the responsibility of the United States to investigate allegations of torture. The use of torture should be purged from our system, much like we eradicated slavery.

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The Torture Lawyers: Where Are They Now?

Andrew Woods | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Douglas Feith, William Haynes II, Bush Administration Torture, Jay Bybee, Terrorism, Oil, John Yoo, David Addington, Alberto Gonzales, Accountability, News, Torture, Chevron Human Rights, Politics News
Andrew Woods

William "Jim" Haynes II was hired in 2008 as Chief Corporate Counsel at Chevron Corporate Office in San Ramon, CA. Why would Chevron hire Haynes?

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Douglas Feith (and the Times) are Silly

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Douglas Feith, Politics, Neoconservatives, New York Times, Media, Pakistan, Media News
Allison Kilkenny

The editors of our major, failing newspapers seem perfectly comfortable with printing foreign policy advice from men who would be arrested in other countries for war crimes.

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The Bush Presidency: Shakespearean Tragedy or Cruel Farce?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Douglas Feith, White House, Herbert Hoover, Colin Powell, Economic Crisis, George W. Bush, Hurricaine Katrina, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Bremer, Iraq, American Foreign Policy, Bush, Dick Cheney, Bush Economy, Iraq War, Bush Administration, Paul Wolfowitz, Condoleezza Rice, George Tenet, Tommy Franks, President Bush Economy, Financial Crisis, Richard Perle, Richard Nixon, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

Unlike earlier failed presidents like Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon, Bush does not seem to acknowledge or even recognize the destruction that he has wrought.

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Douglas Feith On Torture: "Some People Do Bad Things"

Washington Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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At a hearing about interrogation techniques in Guantanamo, the former Under Secretary of Defense explains away abuse: After going back and forth wit...

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Neocons Busy Rewriting History On Iraq

Washington Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Douglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, Bush Administration, Revisionist History, War in Iraq, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Politics News

Ever since the Rumsfeld era at the Pentagon ended abruptly in the aftermath of the Democratic victory in the 2006 mid-term elections, the civilian haw...

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Feith Scared To Testify At Torture Hearing

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Douglas Feith, Department of Defense, Torture Investigation, Torture Hearings, House Judiciary Committee, Torture, Politics News

Today, the House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Rights held a hearing on abusive interrogation to look at the role of administra...

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Iraq War Architect Doug Feith: "What We Found In Iraq Was A Serious WMD Threat"

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday, Iraq War architect Douglas Feith spoke to the National Press Club to promote his book, "War and Decision," and its revisionist description ...

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Jon Stewart Interviews Douglas Feith

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Have you ever wanted someone to ask Douglas Feith real questions. You remember, Feith, the Undersecretary of Defense under Rumsfeld and architect of ...

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Vanity Fair: Senior Bush Advisers Pressured Underlings To Use Torture Tactics At Guantanamo

Vanity Fair | Phillippe Sands | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, George Bush, Vanity Fair, Cia, Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, Dick Cheney, Douglas Feith, Home News

The abuse, rising to the level of torture, of those captured and detained in the war on terror is a defining feature of the presidency of George W. Bu...

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Architect Of Iraq War Strategy Blames Powell In New Memoir

Washington Post | Thomas E. Ricks and Karen DeYoung | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Feith Iraq, Douglas Feith, Doug Feith, Paul Bremer, Colin Powell, Iraq, War in Iraq, Politics News

In the first insider account of Pentagon decision-making on Iraq, one of the key architects of the war blasts former secretary of state Colin Powell, ...

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