The CIA’s Failures The CIA’s Failures
The history of American intelligence-gathering is rife with incompetence, dysfunction and contempt toward legislative oversight.
Jun 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Spencer Ackerman
Surveillance Bill: The Worst of All Worlds Surveillance Bill: The Worst of All Worlds
House Democrats capitulate to pass a surveillance bill that further compromises our privacy and limits accountability of the government and telecoms. Will the Senate fight back?
Hothead McCain Hothead McCain
The GOP nominee favors unilateralism and "rogue state rollback."
Mar 6, 2008 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Wiretapped Out Wiretapped Out
The House stalemate with the White House over electronic surveillance creates a rare moment to reconsider an array of unconstitutional post-9/11 laws.
Feb 21, 2008 / Editorial / The Editors
Will the Senate OK More Bush Spying? Will the Senate OK More Bush Spying?
Democratic leaders are poised to validate Bush's illegal surveillance, giving up even more ground than their Republican colleagues did. Why?
Feb 5, 2008 / Editorial / Ari Melber
The CIA’s Jose: Case Study in Cynicism The CIA’s Jose: Case Study in Cynicism
Long before a top bureaucrat was exposed for destroying secret interrogation tapes, the CIA shrouded his identity, making the press corps complicit in practices that would offend t...
Congress to CIA Torturers: ‘If Only You’d Told Us’ Congress to CIA Torturers: ‘If Only You’d Told Us’
The agency's secret destruction of tapes is a parable of the futility of oversight.
Dec 13, 2007 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Crime and Cover-Up Crime and Cover-Up
The CIA tapes' destruction and violation of anti-torture statutes they recorded require a special prosecutor.
Dec 13, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors
Waterboarding Democracy Waterboarding Democracy
Why did four key members of Congress failed to inform the public and the 9/11 Commission about the use of torture on terror suspects?
Dec 12, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Torture Tapes: Failure at All Levels Torture Tapes: Failure at All Levels
CIA, Department of Justice, White House--and members of Congress--ran through every legal and procedural red light designed to prevent criminal conduct and its cover-up.