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Is the U.S. Paying Off the Italian Government for Forging the Niger Documents?

Posted on: Feb 19, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Evidence suggests a payoff to Italy for supplying the forged documents Bush famously used to justify launching the Iraq war.

President Obama Fails His First Hard Choice

Posted on: Jan 20, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Obama has chosen Tim Geithner, a serial tax cheater, for secretary of the treasury.

Obama's Perilous Compromise with Wall Street Looters

Posted on: Jan 4, 2009, Source: Huffington Post

President Obama has made a bad mistake: Instead of cracking down on serial looters and complicit regulators, he plans to reward them.

NY Times Hypes McCain Credentials

Posted on: Jun 18, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Looks like McCain's national security adviser is inventing history.

Saudi Royals Snub Bush, Fund Opposition to U.S. Troops

Posted on: Dec 20, 2006, Source: New America Media

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.

The Corrupting Power of Military-Industrial Complex

Posted on: Nov 1, 2006, Source: New America Media

Recent kickback scandals involving Rep. Curt Weldon prove that Congress would do well to remember President Eisenhower's warning against "unwarranted influence."

Inside the Feds' Secret Wiretapping Rooms

Posted on: Sep 19, 2006, Source: New America Media

Congress is considering three bills to "reform" massive surveillance programs. But secret facilities around the country are already eavesdropping on Americans.

Two Strange Deaths in European Wiretapping Scandal

Posted on: Aug 18, 2006, Source: New America Media

European investigators are tracking the mysterious deaths of two security experts who had uncovered extensive spyware in their telecommunications firms.

Waging a Dirty War With Italy's Help

Posted on: Jul 25, 2006, Source: AlterNet

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.'

Exposing the CIA's Italian Kidnapping Plot

Posted on: Jun 19, 2006, Source: New America Media

Italy is delving into its intelligence agency's involvement with the CIA in waging an off-the-books war on global terrorism.

Italian Pay-off From Niger Forgery?

Posted on: May 14, 2006, Source: New America Media

What did the Italian government, under then-Prime Minister Berlusconi, get in return for providing Bush with a smoking gun to attack Iraq?