Dirty Tricks, South Carolina and John McCain
Ann Banks : Campaigns & Elections
Undone in South Carolina by the Bush campaign's dirty tricks in 2000, John McCain now turns to the man who smeared him.
2007
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A Whistleblower's Tale
Glynn Wilson : Attorney General
Republican lawyer Jill Simpson was the absent star of Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on selective prosecution.
2006
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The Hot Air Factory
Alexander Cockburn : Bush's Lies
Under Karl Rove's deft hand, Bush has been maneuvered from one catastrophe to another. Why is the left obsessed with him?
2005
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White House Plame-Out
Indictments or not, what America knows now about the outing of Valerie Plame is that Bush Administration officials deliberately leaked information that potentially damaged the nation--then lied about it.
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Anonymous Lies From Anonymous Sources
Frances Cerra Whittelsey : George W. Bush Administration
The Valerie Plame affair should be an occasion for soul-searching about how the media covers the President.
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Letter From Ground Zero
Jonathan Schell : George W. Bush Administration
Like every important government crisis, the outing of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame by Karl Rove, must be seen in many contexts at once.
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Don't You Dare Call It Treason
Alexander Cockburn : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
Any deed or disclosure that sabotages the CIA's capacity for covert operations deserves praise.
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An Odd Turn in the Criminal Justice System
Calvin Trillin : 1st Amendment
Judy Miller's in prison, but what about...?
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Anatomy of Rove's Leak
David Corn : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
Team Bush has hunkered down and ignored press inquiries, hoping the storm surrounding Karl Rove will pass.
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The Real Rove Scandal
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush Administration
Truth and competence are virtues easily shed by the Bush Administration.
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Lying Liars and the Presidents Who Employ Them
Eric Alterman : Media Analysis
The media passed along without prejudice Karl Rove's deliberate distortions of Richard Durbin's words.
2002
2001
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Bush's Hit Man
Louis Dubose : Conservatives & The American Right
Some wonder to what extent Karl Rove will use the power of the government against those who would cross Bush. Rove's past suggests such worries are not unfounded.
This week: Political shifts in the U.K.; Roberto Lovato and Jeanvieve Williams talk about "Juan Crow," a matrix of anti-immigration laws; and Ross Tuttle and Scott Horton look at the chaos in Guantanamo, as the first detainees head to trial. (13mb mp3)
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