Jasmin Ramsey, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. September 16, 2009. In his late summer media blitz, former VP Dick Cheney reminded us just how callous, corrupt, and creepy he can be.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. September 9, 2009. A Spanish newspaper reports that Judge Baltasar Garzón is pressing ahead with a case against attorneys who implemented torture at Guantánamo.
Christopher Hayes, The Nation. September 2, 2009. From CIA assassinations to domestic spying, a sweeping investigation of government crimes is not only possible -- it has been done before.
Peter Weiss, Brad Blog AlterNet: PEEK. September 2, 2009. David Swanson has taken a leaf from Emile Zola's playbook and written an American "J'accuse".
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. September 1, 2009. Cheney is all over the airwaves, trotting out his propaganda and defense of the Bush administration's serial violations of the Geneva conventions.
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. August 20, 2009. The dark history behind the explosive revelations of Blackwater's role in the CIA's assassination program.
The Huffington Post News Team, Huffington Post July 22, 2009. A leading watchdog group said Wednesday that Obama's refusal to release the names of health care executives with whom he has consulted mirrored Cheney-style secrecy.
John Nichols, TheNation.com AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 20, 2009. As Cheney told ABC News: "I was aware of the program ... and involved in helping get the process cleared ... I supported it."
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. July 16, 2009. While the current focus is on Dick Cheney's role concealing these nefarious missions, the U.S. has long had a bipartisan assassination policy.
John Nichols, TheNation.com. July 14, 2009. Disclosures about Dick Cheney's secret counterterrorism program has even cautious Democrats suggesting Bush's VP may have clearly broken the law.
Jason Linkins, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. June 26, 2009. If the arc of the Obama administration truly bends toward transparency, it seems that we've still got a ways to bend.
Greg Mitchell, Huffington Post. June 8, 2009. Dick Cheney took the article's questionable facts and ran with them, arguing against trying Gitmo prisoners in the U.S.
Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. June 8, 2009. Cheney is practicing historical revisionism at its most despicable. Why does anyone believe anything he says?
Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post AlterNet: Media and Technology. June 2, 2009. "The first thing that happens in a revolutionary era is the great figures of the old era get discredited."
Ryan Grim, Huffington Post AlterNet: Video. May 26, 2009. Matthew Alexanders says torture has "literally cost us hundreds if not thousands of American lives."
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. May 25, 2009. Weird, considering the "Cheney" name is not exactly a strong political "brand" right now.
Ray McGovern, Consortium News. May 22, 2009. Will Cheney fire his speechwriter? He clearly stated that U.S. support for Israel is one of the "true sources of resentment" for terrorists.
Marcy Wheeler, Salon. May 22, 2009. The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it.
Center for American ProgressMay 21, 2009. Weak claims by right-wingers like Dick Cheney and Mitch McConnell about Obama's Gitmo plans don't hold water.
