Stories by Jason Leopold
Jason Leopold is the former Los Angeles bureau chief of Dow Jones Newswires where he spent two years covering the energy crisis and the Enron bankruptcy. He just finished writing a book about the crisis, due out in December through Rowman & Littlefield.
Posted on Sep 12, 2011, Source: TruthOut.org
Whistleblower says he was told to stop tracking Bin Laden and suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in the months prior to 9/11.
Posted on Aug 5, 2011, Source: TruthOut.org
A mandatory ethics class for Air Force missile officers, shot through with biblical justifications for war, was suspended after two decades as the result of this report.
Posted on Mar 22, 2011, Source: TruthOut.org
One of the architects of the government's top-secret torture program said detainees were brutalized -- and not just to obtain intelligence.
Posted on Dec 3, 2010, Source: TruthOut.org
The Defense Department forced all "war on terror" detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison to take a high dosage of a controversial antimalarial drug, mefloquine.
Posted on Jul 6, 2010, Source: TruthOut.org
Explosive allegations leveled by managers reveal that severe cost-cutting efforts could put the integrity of an 800-mile Trans Alaska Pipeline System at risk.
Posted on May 30, 2010, Source: TruthOut.org
BP is a convicted serial environmental criminal. Why is there no criminal investigation?
Posted on Mar 22, 2010, Source: TruthOut.org
Following months of relentless attacks by Republicans over a manufactured scandal, the poor people's advocacy group has announced that it will permanently shut its doors.
Posted on Feb 22, 2010, Source: TruthOut.org
Despite this latest disturbing revelation, Yoo’s culpability in Bush administration abuses has been deemed "poor judgment," not a violation of "professional standards."
Posted on Aug 26, 2009, Source: TruthOut.org
In a craven attempt to keep CIA abuses under wraps, nine senators wrote to the attorney general warning him not to appoint a special prosecutor.
Posted on Apr 27, 2009, Source: TruthOut.org
Ignoring the 1983 case is just one of the flagrant violations committed by Bush lawyers who crafted the newly released "torture memos."
Posted on Mar 20, 2009, Source: TruthOut.org
Yoo has no regrets about the controversial legal opinions he wrote for the White House, giving Bush unfettered power in the aftermath of 9/11.
Posted on Mar 12, 2009, Source: TruthOut.org
ACLU: "This new information underscores the need for full and immediate disclosure of the CIA's illegal interrogation methods."
Posted on Jan 26, 2009, Source: Consortium News
To the surprise of progressives and anger of the GOP, leading Dems support investigations.
Posted on Aug 12, 2008, Source: Consortium News
Once considered an ally of environmental groups, McCain now has a plan drafted by industry execs pushing more drilling and nuclear power.
Posted on Jul 6, 2008, Source: Consortium News
A new report urges policymakers to find a solution to the health-care crisis; long-term fiscal problems may develop if the issue is not addressed.
Posted on May 14, 2008, Source: Consortium News
Mark “Thor†Hearne is working to enact an amendment that may suppress the vote in the key battleground state of Missouri this November.
Posted on Feb 19, 2008, Source: Consortium News
Seems this administration will do anything to defend cruel, inhuman treatment.
Posted on Apr 20, 2006, Source: AlterNet
A newly declassified State Department memo provides the first hard evidence that the Bush administration manipulated and ignored intelligence in their thirst for war.
Posted on Feb 10, 2006, Source: TruthOut.org
Bush administration officials reveal that the Vice President spearheaded the White House's efforts to discredit Joseph Wilson.
Posted on Oct 4, 2004, Source: AlterNet
With jobs going overseas, deficits soaring high, Bush and Kerry offer voters sharply different approaches to turning things around.
Posted on Aug 27, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Vice-President Dick Cheney has said he didn't know about Halliburton's dubious accounting practices or its dealings with Iraq in the 90s. There's plenty to counter those assertions.
