Ron Suskind

General Ricardo Sanchez Calls for War Crimes Truth Commission - VIDEO UPDATE

Jack Hidary | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics


Jack Hidary

Last night, General Ricardo Sanchez, the former commander of all coalition forces in Iraq, became the first senior military officer from the Iraqi theater to call for a truth commission.

Who Authorized The Torture of Abu Zubaydah?

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2009 | World


Andy Worthington

For the defendants of the use of torture by U.S. forces -- still led by former Vice President Dick Cheney -- this has been a rocky few weeks.

Jason Linkins

Ron Suskind: Torture Employed To Alleviate White House 'Frustration' In Run Up To War

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics


Via Media Monitor Brian C. comes this segment from last night's Rachel Maddow Show, which began with the host stressing the need to "disambiguate" the...

Why the War Crimes?

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics


Harry Shearer

The reporting that Abu Zubaydah wasn't the feared number 3 of Al-Qaeda, was -- or should be -- the last step in removing the scales from the eyes of all but the Cheney retainers.

Fear and Loathing in the Conservative Blogosphere

Dan Sweeney | Posted 12.12.2008 | Media


Dan Sweeney

How long until a major conservative blogger finally suffers a complete breakdown, disassociates from reality, and starts pretending that Bush is still president?

Secret Memo From Bush: "Don't Throw Up Just Yet!"

Steven Denlinger | Posted 10.15.2008 | Business


Steven Denlinger

I think it's very possible the Bush administration might be willing to make bad financial decisions in the short run just to keep the Republican Party in power.

George W. Bush Blew the Biggest British Terror Investigation Ever to Score Pre-Midterm Election Political Points... McCain '08!

Dan Brown | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics


Dan Brown

I saw Ron Suskind give a talk tonight at Politics and Prose in Washington on his essential new book The Way of the World . I tore through this book i...

CIA Officially Responds To Suskind Book: Charges Are "False" And "Offensive"

Editor and Publisher | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media


In a statement to be released on its Web site later this afternoon, the Central Intelligence Agency has officially responded to charges in the current...

Pelosi Gets "Booked" & Confronts Her Own Past

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics


Linda Milazzo

For a woman who was once at the cutting edge of social progressivism, Nancy Pelosi has lost her way. She has strayed from her former social consciousness into the malaise of power.

Will The Real Domestic Terrorist Please Stand Up?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 09.14.2008 | Home


Jayne Lyn Stahl

Is it okay to firebomb villages, maim and kill innocent civilians and call these acts of domestic heroism because in the Oval Office the ideology they represent passes the smell test?

House Panel To Probe Book's Forged Iraq Intel Allegations

Talking Points Memo | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics


After pundits have commented about the muted reaction to author Ron Suskind's explosive allegations last week, the House Judiciary Committee said toda...

No Take-Home Swag: Stripping Bush and Cheney of Retirement Perks

Jackson Williams | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics


Jackson Williams

Let's strip Bush and Cheney of our hard-earned tax dollars, without gloat or bloodlust, then quickly move on. It's the least we can do. They've more than earned it.

Exactly What are We "Winning" in Iraq?

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics


Larry Gellman

Fortunately for Bush, an organization calling itself Al Qaeda in Iraq emerged -- a group having no relationship to Osama Bin Ladin or the Al Qaeda that attacked us years earlier.

Author Of Book Claiming Forged Iraq Intel Posts Evidence

Raw Story | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics


A forged letter linking Saddam Hussein to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks was ordered on White House stationery and probably came from the office of Vice P...

White House Has Its Own Interrogation Room: Report

Think Progress | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics


In Ron Suskind's new book, Suskind describes a disturbing case in Washington, D.C., where security officials detained and interrogated Usman Khosa, a ...

Paris Strikes Back! Will McCain Bare His Bikini Bod Next?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media


Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Does Paris Hilton's energy "plan" put the rest of the candidates to shame? Is Paris showing her smarts? And how about her for president?

Why Americans Hate Journalism, Part 62

Marty Kaplan | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media


Marty Kaplan

In less time than it takes to say "Dick Cheney," the secret Iraq letter -- what would be one of the most outrageous violations of the Constitution in the history of the Republic -- is made into a left/right issue.

The Forged Iraqi Letter: What Just Happened?

Ron Suskind | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics


Ron Suskind

What just happened? Evidence. A secret that has been judiciously kept for five years just spilled out. All of what follows is new, never reported in any way...

CIA Forged Iraq Intelligence, New Book Says

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics


Ron Suskind, author of "The Price of Loyalty" and "The One Percent Doctrine," is out with a new book that includes CIA forgery of pre-war intelligence...

Jason Linkins

"War And The Fourth Estate" Panel Yields Stark Contrast

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Despite having enjoyed unprecedented access to the Bush administration's Iraq war machine -- access that has yielded three books on the topic -- Bob Woodward still doesn't get it.