New Yorker Reporter On His Iran Bombshell
I'm a little amazed that more reporters aren't asking more questions about this, because it seems to be so egregious. This is--right now, our Treasury...
I'm a little amazed that more reporters aren't asking more questions about this, because it seems to be so egregious. This is--right now, our Treasury...
newyorker.com | Posted by Seymour M. Hersh | Posted 04.09.2012
Mike Wallace, who died on Sunday, was a superb role model. His success came the hard way--he was self-made, with a relentless determination to tell th...
Michael Rose | Posted 12.14.2011
The Man Nobody Knew chronicles the life of the filmmaker's father, CIA Director William Colby, whose testimony to the Senate panel prompted numerous reforms in the agency.
Posted 05.25.2011
The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh alleged in a speech in Qatar that key branches of the U.S. military are being led by Christian fundamentalist "crusader...
Kitty Kelley | Posted 05.25.2011
The difference between authorized and unauthorized biographies is the difference between riding in carriage or squatting in steerage. The authorized b...
Pearl Korn | Posted 05.25.2011
Michael, while doing important, good works, misses no opportunity to promote himself, yet occasionally he misses the mark in his documentaries or when he appears on TV promoting his films.
Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011
One of the best investigative journalists who has been reporting on America's wars is Seymour Hersh. Hersh has been ahead of the pack -- revealing ...
Jawal Nga | Posted 05.25.2011
Since when has Ari Fleisher's opinion on anything other than what President Bush caught fishing mattered to the global consensus?
Posted 05.25.2011
Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh says that US forces in Afghanistan are carrying out what he referred to as "battlefield executions" of prisoner...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
In addition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States military is also fighting a war against the Obama administration at the White House...
New Yorker | Seymour Hersh | Posted 05.25.2011
In the tumultuous days leading up to the Pakistan Army's ground offensive in the tribal area of South Waziristan, which began on October 17th, the Pak...
Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011
You don't have to be a dove to understand what President Kennedy understood: putting U.S. troops on the ground somewhere doesn't automatically make you more powerful.
David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011
Citizen journalists must not give in to the urge to un-take a photo, to click delete and banish the evidence for the parts of a story that shame them, their cause, their friends, their country, their species.
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011
The "secret" CIA assassination program that Dick Cheney allegedly concealed from Congress sounds a lot like the assassination policy implemented by President Bill Clinton.
The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011
The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh was mocked in March when he referred to Dick Cheney's secret squad of CIA assassins. Now, he talks to the Daily Beast a...
John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011
American law is clear as to what constitutes torture. Those within the Bush administration who sanctioned torture, deliberately and unapologetically violated U.S. law and must be held responsible.
Mike Malloy | Posted 05.25.2011
They must be horrific. So violent, in fact, so obscene, so counter to even the basic tenets of human decency that President Barack Obama sought today ...
David Fiderer | Posted 05.25.2011
The story of Taguba's report reflects a truism applicable to every investigation: When large swaths of information are declared off limits, the resulting work product may be fatally flawed.
Anne-Marie Cusac | Posted 05.25.2011
What astonished me was not the Abu Ghraib torture, but the public's shock and dismay. How could people be so surprised when so many of the same practices had already happened here?
Leslie Griffith | Posted 05.25.2011
We all remember conniving against a democratically-elected president ended in 1963. And we hear comparisons between the young, vibrant JFK and Obama. May the parallels end there.
Murray Fromson | Posted 05.25.2011
Resolution of the Golan Heights problem could lead to a settlement of other thorny issues that are part of the Middle East process.
Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011
In an interview on NPR's Fresh Air yesterday, host Terry Gross asked investigative journalist Seymour Hersh if, as he continues to investigate the Bus...
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 05.25.2011
What if there were a small city whose entire purpose for existing was to promote education for an entire country?
Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011
During a speech at the University of Minnesota last week, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh claimed that the Bush administration had employed "an e...
Will Menaker | Posted 05.25.2011
When pressed for details, Hersh said that his sources described the program as consisting of between 5 and 6 female agents who worked solely under the Vice President's authority performing hits all over the globe.
democracynow.org | Posted 04.11.2012