Intel Goes Down the Memory Hole Again
It's no surprise this latest NIE has fallen down the administration's memory hole, but what excuse do those in the media have for sipping the amnesia juice?
It's no surprise this latest NIE has fallen down the administration's memory hole, but what excuse do those in the media have for sipping the amnesia juice?
Paul Abrams | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
The minimal non-negotiable distinction must be that Obama will tell the Iraqis we are leaving, that our commitment is not open-ended. McCain will not.
Matthew Palevsky | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics
Kowtowing to an Israeli fear of Iran, McCain used the AIPAC forum to reinforce his three most dubious and dangerous policy claims and beat the drums of war.
Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.20.2008 | Home
I must say that I find a "yes" answer to the question in the headline impossible to believe. But apparently the real chance of that new war is still ...
Omid Memarian | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics
One of the strongest scenarios among neo-conservatives is based on the hypothesis that in the case of any military attack against Iran, the greatest beneficiary would be John McCain.
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics
If only Maliki had waited two or three weeks, Petraeus and Crocker could have testified that everything was hunky-dory in Iraq, and gotten out of Washington unscathed.
Paul Abrams | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
There have been several attempts to account for Senator Clinton's vote for the Iraq War Resolution. None withstand scrutiny.
Graham Allison | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics
The December 2007 National Intelligence Estimate raised new questions about Iran's nuclear program. Will the upcoming IAEA report address these questions?
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics
OK, here we go with Part 2 of my annual McLaughlin Awards. Last week's column covered the first half of these awards. Unfortunately (as of this writi...
Alex Leo | Posted 12.24.2007 | Politics
As I watch these nascent movements give all they have in the name of freedom, I cannot help but mourn what we are so easily casting aside in the name of war.
Robert Dreyfuss | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics
My suspicion is that Europeans know exactly what is going on: that the more dovish elements in the American national security community brilliantly outflanked the hawks, and it's game over.
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics
It's been a week of circular logic from the political world. To begin with, Mitt Romney gave a speech on religion. This speech was brilliantly summed...
Tony Hendra | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics
"The complete absence of evidence that Iran has hostile intentions towards the West is the most conclusive evidence we have yet seen that Iran has hostile intentions towards the West," said the president.
Justin Frank | Posted 12.06.2007 | Home
Nancy Pelosi and George W Bush have something dangerous in common: they both ignore the voice of the American people. In November 2006 the people vo...
Alan Dershowitz | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics
The authors of the perverse NIE report, which is influencing policy so negatively, will have much to answer for if their assessment results in a reduction of pressure on Iran.
Huff TV | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics
Barry Yourgrau | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics
Get hundreds of thousands--millions?--of furious people marching. Then see how the votes start add up then.
Tom Andrews | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics
The White House needs to shut up with its threats and start talking with Iran. Threats empower the hawks in Tehran with Bush's favorite weapon: fear.
Russ Wellen | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics
The Iran NIE has elicited a range of emotions in those opposed to the Bush administration's policies from gloating to discreet celebration.
HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics
A new assessment by the nation's intelligence community that says Iran halted its covert nuclear weapons program in 2003 provided fresh ammunition Tue...
Tony Hendra | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics
No one seems willing to grasp a very large nettle: the axis of evil that has this great nation in its paws, has been lying about Iran at least since August and probably far longer.
Gareth Porter | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics
The similarities between Cheney's efforts to cook the intelligence on Iraq and on Iran are worth noting, but so are the differences.
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Harry Shearer | Posted 07.20.2008 | Media