Secret Report: Corruption is “Norm” Within Iraqi Government Secret Report: Corruption is “Norm” Within Iraqi Government
As Congress prepares to receive reports on Iraq from General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and readies for a debate on George W. Bush's la...
Aug 30, 2007 / David Corn
Gonzales: Not a Man of His Word? Gonzales: Not a Man of His Word?
Is Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who today announced his resignation, a man of his word? Consider his comments of recent months. March 13, 2...
Aug 27, 2007 / David Corn
Karl Rove Should Stay Karl Rove Should Stay
Karl Rove should stay. The White House confirmed on Monday morning that George W. Bush's master strategist will be leaving Bush's side at the end of...
Aug 13, 2007 / David Corn
Vitter’s Close Call Vitter’s Close Call
Imagine this scenario: A young congressional aide who moonlights for an escort service receives a call from her madam. The woman who owns the service asks h...
Jul 31, 2007 / David Corn
Fred Thompson, Neocon Fred Thompson, Neocon
He has a strong claim on the neoconservative heart, and if he ends up in the White House, the moribund neocons will rise again.
Jul 26, 2007 / David Corn
An Obama Flub at the YouTube Debate? An Obama Flub at the YouTube Debate?
I can see the ad now: Kim Jong Il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Fidel Castro, Bashar al-Assad, and Hugo Chavez all strolling into the White House, and a grinning Ba...
Jul 24, 2007 / David Corn
A Blast from Vitter’s Past A Blast from Vitter’s Past
In the fall of 1998, David Vitter felt compelled to weigh in on the national debate over the possible impeachment of President Bill Clinton for lying about ...
Jul 11, 2007 / David Corn
Bush Commutes Libby’s Jail Sentence Bush Commutes Libby’s Jail Sentence
It's appropriate. The president who led the nation into a disastrous war in Iraq by peddling false statements and misrepresentations has come to the...
Jul 2, 2007 / David Corn
Bush Commutes Libby’s Sentence Bush Commutes Libby’s Sentence
This afternoon, after three appeals court judges turned down Scooter Libby's latest appeal, George W. Bush commuted the convincted felon's sentence, wiping ...
Jul 2, 2007 / David Corn
Libby Turned Down Again, Getting Closer to Jail Libby Turned Down Again, Getting Closer to Jail
Is Scooter Libby really going to jail now? Today a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, turned down Libby's request to r...
Jul 2, 2007 / David Corn