Stories by Judd Legum
Can a man who played a significant role in the Enron scandal be the best pick to head the SEC? And it's not just Enron...
Posted on Jun 3, 2005
Faced with an intractable insurgency in Iraq, the Pentagon is returning to its bad old ways. Remember El Salvador?
Posted on Jan 10, 2005
Today is International Human Rights Day, but a few small human rights abuses are getting in the way of our celebration.
Posted on Dec 10, 2004
The response of the Secretary of Defense to questions from National Guardsmen reveals the callousness of the Bush administration.
Posted on Dec 9, 2004
A rundown of the record of Bush's nominee for Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales.
Posted on Nov 11, 2004
In an abrupt about-face, the Bush administration sends the FDA to beg for flu vaccine from a Canadian manufacturer.
Posted on Oct 21, 2004
The broadcasting company with a track record of biased journalism that would make Fox News blush is doing its bit to smear John Kerry just in time for the election.
Posted on Oct 12, 2004
Each of George Bush's claims about Iraq is in direct contradiction to the assessments of his own intelligence officials.
Posted on Sep 28, 2004
A new, grisly milestone in Iraq: 1,000 American soldiers dead.
Posted on Sep 8, 2004
Cheney hasn't been telling the truth about his involvement in giving sweetheart deals in Iraq to his former employer, Halliburton.
Posted on Jun 16, 2004
The most prominent theory behind CIA Director George Tenet's resignation is that he's the designated fall guy for pre-9/11 intelligence failures.
Posted on Jun 4, 2004
Chaos rules in Iraq as the head of the Iraqi Governing Council is assassinated and reports about accountability for the Abu Ghraib scandal continue to surface.
Posted on May 17, 2004
The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) -- created to avoid a repeat of the 2000 election debacle -- is discussing electronic voting this week. Unfortunately, it's broke and will have to "abandon or delay much of its intended mission."
Posted on May 6, 2004
The administration's deep belief that it has the right to act as it pleases was in full evidence at the opening of the Supreme Court hearing concerning Dick Cheney's 2001 energy task force.
Posted on Apr 28, 2004
Here's a point-by-point analysis of the errors, evasions and omissions in Condoleezza Rice's testimony in front of the 9/11 commission.
Posted on Apr 8, 2004
The smear campaign against Richard Clarke reveals the Bush administration's anxiety over the 9/11 Commission's probe.
Posted on Mar 29, 2004
While Conservatives claim that the triumph of the Socialist Part in Spain is a triumph for terrorists, the real lesson is that if you mislead the people in a democratic society they will hold you accountable.
Posted on Mar 17, 2004
Well before the debris from Ground Zero was cleared, the White House at every turn began distracting the public from its pre-9/11 security failures, trying to reap political advantage from the terrorist attacks themselves.
Posted on Mar 12, 2004
What do you get when you add 'industry suggestions' to generous campaign contributions? Some not very regulatory 'regulations.'
Posted on Feb 3, 2004
In what may be the most deceitful budget in history, President Bush calls for more money for missile defense and less for education, energy, aviation, and AIDS.
Posted on Feb 2, 2004
While the administration claims to be serious about the growing deficit and still points to tax cuts as a solution, the true extent of our nation's budgetary woes is underestimated.
Posted on Jan 28, 2004
