How I Got That Story How I Got That Story
“Stay to the end…and read everything”: Reporting the Iran/Contra scandal taught me everything I needed to know about covering Washington.
Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / David Corn
Obama’s Copenhagen Deal Obama’s Copenhagen Deal
How the deal at the Copenhagen climate change summit came about--and why it may not be a real deal.
Dec 19, 2009 / Feature / David Corn and Kate Sheppard
Plamegate Finale: We Were Right; They Were Wrong Plamegate Finale: We Were Right; They Were Wrong
Four and a half years ago, after reading the Robert Novak column that outed Valerie Plame Wilson as a CIA operative specializing in counter-proliferation wo...
Oct 23, 2007 / Capital Games / David Corn
Judge Radhi Testifies on Iraqi Corruption; GOPers Attack–UPDATE Judge Radhi Testifies on Iraqi Corruption; GOPers Attack–UPDATE
On Thursday, former Judge Radhi al-Radhi, Iraq's top anticorruption official until he was recently forced out by the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-M...
Oct 5, 2007 / Capital Games / David Corn
Springsteen’s Magic: Darkness in the Center of Town Springsteen’s Magic: Darkness in the Center of Town
As I listened to Magic, the new (and maybe last?) album from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, I thought of a buddy and a movie. A few...
Oct 2, 2007 / Capital Games / David Corn
State Dept: Corruption in Iraq is Classified State Dept: Corruption in Iraq is Classified
Corruption in the Iraqi government--it's classified information. So says the State Department. In preparation for a September 27 hearing on corrupti...
Sep 26, 2007 / Capital Games / David Corn
An Iraqi “Eliot Ness” Out in the Cold–UPDATED An Iraqi “Eliot Ness” Out in the Cold–UPDATED
Three days ago, I called the State Department with a question: what is the Bush administration doing to help Radhi al-Radhi? The answer appears to be this: ...
Sep 20, 2007 / Capital Games / David Corn
Post-Petraeus, Obama & Clinton Jockey for Antiwar Position Post-Petraeus, Obama & Clinton Jockey for Antiwar Position
In the aftermath of General David Petraeus' stay-the-course presentation to Congress and as George W. Bush prepared yet another major speech-to-the-nation o...
Sep 13, 2007 / Capital Games / David Corn
Petraeus: I “Don’t Know” If Iraq War Makes U.S. Safer Petraeus: I “Don’t Know” If Iraq War Makes U.S. Safer
Did General David Petraeus today suggest that the war in Iraq may not make the United States safer? During his second day of appearances on Capitol ...
Sep 11, 2007 / Capital Games / David Corn
Top Iraqi Graft-buster: Maliki’s Government Must Go Top Iraqi Graft-buster: Maliki’s Government Must Go
With Congress and the White House engaging in yet another round of debate on the Iraq War, a former Iraqi judge who was--and who still may be--the chief ant...
Sep 7, 2007 / Capital Games / David Corn