The CIA’s Turn? UPDATED The CIA’s Turn? UPDATED
Is it the CIA's turn? For weeks, the FBI has been excoriated for having failed to follow 9/11-related leads unearthed by field agents months before ...
Jun 3, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
The September 11 X-Files The September 11 X-Files
On March 25, during a Pacifica radio interview, Representative Cynthia McKinney, a Georgia Democrat, said, "We know there were numerous warnings of the ...
May 30, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
The 9/11 Warning Game–Blame for Bush and Many Others The 9/11 Warning Game–Blame for Bush and Many Others
The question is not the 1970s cliché, What did the President know and when did he know it? The appropriate query is, What did US intelligence know-and what ...
May 23, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
The bin Laden Warning: Why Did Bush Keep It a Secret? The bin Laden Warning: Why Did Bush Keep It a Secret?
By the way, we, uh, forgot to mention, that in August of 2001, while the President was taking a long vacation at his ranch in Crawford, the CIA told him tha...
May 16, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
Fidel and Bioweapons: Move Over Iraq? Fidel and Bioweapons: Move Over Iraq?
A few days ago, I was on a television show arguing there was nothing wrong with ex-President Jimmy Carter visiting Cuba, and the host kept exclaiming, "But ...
May 15, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
Crusader: Intrigue and Backstabbing In the House of Bush Crusader: Intrigue and Backstabbing In the House of Bush
It's a tale of big guns and a big gun. It's a Bush family melodrama, a story of personal connections, possible backstabbing and multiple intrigues, a Washin...
May 6, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
God, Make W Faster Than a Speeding Bullet? God, Make W Faster Than a Speeding Bullet?
Do you think Americans should ask God to grant George W. Bush the power to fly? House majority whip Tom DeLay, the ability to predict the future? Senate maj...
Apr 30, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
Searching for “Moral Clarity” Searching for “Moral Clarity”
If the rightwing had actual cheerleaders, they would be chanting, "What do we want? Moral clarity! When do we want it? Now." In recent weeks, "moral clarity...
Apr 23, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
Taiwangate: A Fallout-Free Scandal Taiwangate: A Fallout-Free Scandal
Some scandals find traction in Washington, others fizzle. The Taiwangate affair--which involves a $100 million secret Taiwan government slush fund that fina...
Apr 10, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
Taiwangate?–Bush Appointees Linked to Secret Slush Funds UPDATE Taiwangate?–Bush Appointees Linked to Secret Slush Funds UPDATE
[FOR TWO UPDATES, SCROLL TO THE END.] Allegations that a past president of Taiwan illegally set up a $100 million secret slush fund to pay for overs...
Apr 2, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn