On AlterNet: wmd

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "wmd"

Blair Should Take a Journey to Jail

Jodie Evans, AlterNet. September 15, 2010.

How do we bring liars like Tony Blair to justice? Continue to disrupt their lies everywhere they go.

Iraq-WMD Claim Came from ... a Cab Driver?

John Byrne, Raw Story. December 9, 2009.

News in the UK: Iraqi cab driver was source of an infamous claim made by Prime Minister Tony Blair that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

The Stomach-Turning Truth About Bush's Torture Programs

Scott Horton, The Daily Beast. April 28, 2009.

Obama insists America must "look forward" on the question of torture and accountability, but we're far from closure.

All Troops Out By 2011? Not So Fast; Why Obama's Iraq Speech Deserves a Second Look

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. February 28, 2009.

Obama's speech promising a full withdrawal from Iraq adopted the long-discredited narrative of the Bush administration.

The New Face of Terrorism? A Square White Guy

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. August 6, 2008.

The deadliest biological assault on the United States may have been perpetrated by a church-going white man, with anthrax from our own weapons labs.

McClellan: White House Officials Blocked Intelligence Report, ‘Continue To Bury Their Heads In The Sand'

Ali Frick, ThinkProgress. June 10, 2008.

More revelations a day late and a dollar short from McClellan.

Huckabee Claims Iraq WMD Were Hidden Like "Easter Eggs"

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. January 25, 2008.

During the GOP presidential debate last night, Huckabee suggested that Iraq did have WMD, but that they were moved prior to the war.

Hocus POTUS: A Fictional Account of the Search for WMDs in Iraq

Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet. September 20, 2007.

The new novel from a veteran journalist and former Marine, captures a truth about Iraq that you won't get from reading the daily news. Here's an interview with him and an excerpt.

CIA Told Bush There Were No WMD In Iraq In 2002

Mustang Bobby, September 6, 2007.

Mustang Bobby: A CIA officer says, "Bush didn't give a fuck about the intelligence. He had his mind made up."

Fool Us Twice? From Iraq to Iran

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. February 14, 2007.

Hyped claims of nuclear weapons with no evidence to back it up ... Why does that sound familiar?

Trial of Cheney's #2 Begins

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. January 24, 2007.

Scooter Libby is charged with lying to a grand jury during their investigation of the outing of Valerie Plame.

Colin Powell pressed on Pre-war lies [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, December 19, 2006.

Mommy, what was journalism?