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Judith Miller's evidence exposes White House manipulation of media;

Molly Ivins; Guantanomo hunger strikers say troops force-fed them with

dirty tubes; Virginia firm pleads guilty in oil-for-food scandal ...

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Secrets, Evasions and Classified Reports

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005A.shtml

The lengthy account by New York Times reporter Judy Miller about her

grand jury testimony in the CIA leak case inadvertently provides a

revealing window into how the Bush administration manipulated

journalists

about intelligence on Iraq's nonexistent weapons of mass destruction.

 

 

Guantanamo Hunger Strikers Shirk Tubes

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005B.shtml

Prisoners on hunger strike at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay say

troops force-fed them with dirty feeding tubes that have been violently

inserted and withdrawn as punishment, according to declassified notes

released Wednesday by defense attorneys.

 

 

The Los Angeles Times | Selling Harriet Miers

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005C.shtml

The Los Angeles Times: If Harriet E. Miers were a soft drink, she would

be New Coke: a carefully marketed product that no one is buying. The

Bush administration deserves most of the blame for this clumsy campaign,

but part of the problem is the confirmation process itself.

 

 

US May Seek Tehran's Help on Iraq

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005D.shtml

Officials are debating direct contact with Iran in an effort to defeat

insurgents and stabilize Baghdad's government, Rice tells senators.

 

 

Molly Ivins | Let's Fix This Mess

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005E.shtml

Molly Ivins: Listening to the Democratic debate on what to do now, it

seems to me some of the brethren and sistren are asking the wrong

questions. The question is not, " How Do We Win? " That's a technical

question

that comes after, " What the Hell Can We Do About This Disaster? "

 

 

Virgiania Firm Pleads in Oil-For-Food Scandal

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005F.shtml

A Virginia oil trading company pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the

UN oil-for-food scandal and will pay a $250,000 fine, prosecutors said

Thursday.

 

 

The Political Dimension of Natural Catastrophes

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005H.shtml

Natural catastrophes are also political events, but events difficult to

decipher in the very short term. Political analyst Jacques Amalric

wonders what the eventual political consequences of the huge

earthquake in

Northern Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir will be ...

 

 

William Rivers Pitt | Diary of a Plamegate Junkie

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005I.shtml

William Rivers Pitt describes the day of a Plamegate junkie.

 

 

Cheney 'Cabal' Hijacked Foreign Policy

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005J.shtml

In a scathing attack on the record of President George W. Bush, Colonel

Lawrence Wilkerson, chief of staff to Mr. Powell until last January,

said: " What I saw was a cabal between the vice-president of the United

States, Richard Cheney, and the secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld, on

critical issues that made decisions that the bureaucracy did not know

were being made.

 

 

Rove Told Jury Libby May Have Been His Source in Leak Case

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005K.shtml

White House adviser Karl Rove told the grand jury in the CIA leak case

that I. Lewis " Scooter " Libby, Vice President Cheney's chief of staff,

may have told him that CIA operative Valerie Plame worked for the

intelligence agency before her identity was revealed, a source

familiar with

Rove's account said yesterday.

 

 

Specter and Leahy Fault Miers's Responses

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005L.shtml

The Supreme Court nomination of Harriet E. Miers suffered another

setback on Wednesday when the Republican and Democratic leaders of the

Senate Judiciary Committee asked her to resubmit parts of her judicial

questionnaire, saying various members had found her responses

" inadequate, "

" insufficient " and " insulting. "

 

 

Larry C. Johnson | Dick Cheney's Covert Action

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005M.shtml

Larry C. Johnson writes, " Face it, America. You've been punk'd.... It

is now quite clear that the outing of Valerie Plame was part of a

broader White House effort to mislead and manipulate US public opinion as

part of an orchestrated effort to take us to war. "

 

 

Bob Herbert | Rain Forest Jekyll and Hyde?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005N.shtml

Bob Herbert writes, " Please welcome the latest entry to the Chutzpah

Hall of Fame: the mighty Chevron Corporation. "

 

 

France and Venezuela Affirm " Common Vision, " Deeper Ties

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005O.shtml

France and Venezuela affirmed their strong ties and said they wanted

deeper cooperation " on all levels " in a Paris meeting of their leaders

which was sure to add another sore point to their already prickly

relations with the United States.

 

 

Now | Rebuilding After Katrina

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005P.shtml

Rethinking the Gulf Coast ... is saving the wetlands the key to the

future? NOW reports.

 

 

Ray McGovern | Chickens Come Home to Roost on Cheney

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005Y.shtml

Indictments are expected to come down shortly as special prosecutor

Patrick Fitzgerald completes the investigation originally precipitated by

the outing of a CIA officer under deep cover. According to Ray

McGovern, in 21-plus months of digging and interviewing, Fitzpatrick

and his

able staff have been able to negotiate the intelligence/policy/politics

labyrinth with considerable sophistication. In the process, they seem to

have learned considerably more than they had bargained for.

 

 

Schumer: " When Was the President Told? "

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005Z.shtml

Democrats asked the White House on Wednesday for details of President

George W. Bush's private conversations in 2003 with top political

adviser Karl Rove after conflicting reports about whether Bush was

aware of

any role by Rove in the outing of a covert CIA operative.

 

 

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