We Count, They Don't
Tom Engelhardt : Iraq War
The Bush Administration once professed there were no body counts in its war on terror. But in the metrics-driven post-surge accounting in Iraq, it turns out it's been counting everything.
2006
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A Fabric of Illegality
The White House practices the dark arts of trashing whistleblowers who exposed prisoner abuse at Guantánamo and the warrantless spying program, adding another layer of illegality to the war on terror.
2005
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Pentagon Secretly Paid to Place Articles In Iraqi Newspapers: Another Lesson in Democracy
Calvin Trillin : Journalists & Journalism
This just in: The Pentagon offers yet another lesson in democracy. Just don't look for any bylines.
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Hall of Mirrors
A report on the mysteries of the FBI's Larry Franklin/AIPAC investigation.
2004
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Freeze-Out of the Arabists
Stephen Glain : US Foreign Policy
Neocons isolate State Department experts, with disastrous results.
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Agents of Influence
Did Ariel Sharon run a covert program to influence the Bush Administration's decision to go to war in Iraq?
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Implausible Denial II
Jason Vest : Iraqi Reconstruction/ Occupation
Seymour Hersh has been much more right than not in his reporting on the current Administration.
2003
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Ideas the Pentagon Wishes It Never Had
A recap of the Pentagon's most egregious post-9/11 mistakes, mishaps and manifestations of misdirection.
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Pentagon Aims Guns at Lynch Reports
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush Administration
When the Pentagon savages individual journalists for questioning its version of events, it is worth noting.
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In Bed With the Pentagon
Carol Brightman : Media Coverage of the War on Terrorism
Instead of sidelining the press, as in the Gulf War, the Pentagon has decided to enlist the media's vast resources.
This week: A look at the advocacy group MoveOn.org at 10. Plus: Controversy in Africa over the indictment of the Sudanese President; Amy Alexander and Chris Rabb on the challenges facing minority journalists in their transition to the web; and The Nation's new sex column. (13mb mp3)
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