Stories by Paolo Pontoniere
Saudi Arabia, fearful of a nuclear Iran and a Shiite Iraq, is taking steps to influence U.S. policy in Iraq. The kingdom may also be building its own nuclear program.
Posted on Dec 21, 2006
Recent kickback scandals involving Rep. Curt Weldon prove that Congress would do well to remember President Eisenhower's warning against "unwarranted influence."
Posted on Nov 2, 2006
Congress is considering three bills to "reform" massive surveillance programs. But secret facilities around the country are already eavesdropping on Americans.
Posted on Sep 20, 2006
European investigators are tracking the mysterious deaths of two security experts who had uncovered extensive spyware in their telecommunications firms.
Posted on Aug 19, 2006
An exposé of the close relationship between President Bush and Italy's Silvio Berlusconi -- Big B and little b -- reveals that country to be our willing partner in our dirty 'war on terror.'
Posted on Jul 26, 2006
Italy is delving into its intelligence agency's involvement with the CIA in waging an off-the-books war on global terrorism.
Posted on Jun 20, 2006
What did the Italian government, under then-Prime Minister Berlusconi, get in return for providing Bush with a smoking gun to attack Iraq?
Posted on May 15, 2006
Three young U.S. servicemen currently living in Canada explain why they refused to return to Iraq.
Posted on Jul 7, 2005
