Questioning Government Policies

October 2004

• The Road to Abu Ghraib (full article)
  by Phillip Carter, Washington Monthly via Truthout.org , October 27, 2004
  
  
• Beyond the Call of Duty (full article)
  by Adam Zagorin & Timothy J. Burger, Time Magazine via Truthout.org , October 24, 2004
  
  
• Auditors Can't Account for Iraq Spent Funds (full article)
  by Larry Margasak, Associated Press via Truthout.org , October 15, 2004
  
  
• A Nice Little War to Fill the Coffers (full article)
  by Antonia Juhasz, Los Angeles Times , October 14, 2004
  
  
• The CIA Old Guard Goes to War Against Bush (full article)
  by Phillip Sherwell, Sunday Telegraph, U.K. via Truthout.org , October 11, 2004
  
  
• If You Had Seen What I Have Seen (full article)
  by Scott Ritter, The Independent U.K. , October 11, 2004
  
  
• Transforming U.S. Military into an Oil Protection Service (full article)
  by Michael Klare, TomDispatch.com , October 8, 2004
  
  

September 2004

• The Myth of Corporate Accountability (full article)
  by Howard Dean, Yubanet.com , September 27, 2004
  
  
• Bush Reneges on Children's Health Care (full article)
  by Ceci Connolly, Washington Post via Truthout.org , September 25, 2004
  
  
• Annan Says Iraq War Illegal (full article)
  by Ewen MacAskill and Julian Borger, The Guardian U.K. , September 16, 2004
  
  
• Will Bush Learn from Vietnam? (full article)
  by Steve Weissman, Truthout.org , September 13, 2004
  
  

July 2004

• Medicare Do Over (full article)
  St. Louis Post Dispatch Editorial via TomPaine.com , July 26, 2004
  
  
• Honorable Commission, Toothless Report (full article)
  by Richard A. Clarke, New York Times , July 25, 2004
  
  
• Teaching Torture: Congress Keeps School of the Americas Alive (full article)
  by Doug Ireland, LA Weekly , July 25, 2004
  
  
• The 9/11 Report Misses the Point (full article)
  by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout.org , July 24, 2004
  
  
• Exercise Fiscal Responsibility (full article)
  by Dean Baker and Heather Boushey, In These Times , July 20, 2004
  
  
• Scandals of Oil for Food (full article)
  by Joy Gordon, Middle East Report Online , July 19, 2004
  
  
• Medical Class Warfare (full article)
  by Paul Krugman, NY Times via Truthout.org , July 16, 2004
  
  
• The New Economics of Being Young (full article)
  by Solana Pyne, Village Voice , July 13, 2004
  
  
• Bush's Judges are Right-Wing ideologues (full article)
  by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout.org , July 13, 2004
  
  
• A Citizen's Independence Movement (full article)
  by Jeffrey Kaplan and Jeff Milchen, ReclaimDemocracy.org , July 2, 2004
  
  

June 2004

• War No Blank Check for Bush (full article)
  by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout.org , June 30, 2004
  
  
• Sabotaging the Poor (full article)
  by Deborah Cutler-Ortiz, , June 29, 2004
  
  
• Plenty More to Swear About (full article)
  by Joe Klein, Time Magazine via Truthout.org , June 26, 2004
  
  
• The Multibillion Robbery the U.S. Calls Reconstruction (full article)
  by Naomi Klein, The Guardian , June 26, 2004
  
  
• Secret U.S. Detention Centers Reported (full article)
  Reuters , June 17, 2004
  
  
• Waxman Presses Haliburton Probe (full article)
  by Thom J. Rose, UPI , June 14, 2004
  
  
• Retired Officials Say Bush Must Go (full article)
  by Ronald Brownstein, LA Times via Truthout.org , June 13, 2004
  
  
• Our First Victory Was Zapatero (full article)
  by Chalmers Johnson, Nation Institute , June 11, 2004
  
  
• Congress Backs Huge Pentagon Budget (full article)
  by Dan Morgan, Washington Post , June 11, 2004
  
  
• An American in the Hague? (full article)
  by Jonathan D. Tepperman, NY Times via Truthout.org , June 10, 2004
  
  
• Admin Lawyers Ascribed Broad power to Bush On Torture (full article)
  by David G. Savage and richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times , June 10, 2004
  
  
• A Clear Victoriy for Women's Choice (full article)
  Seattle Times via TomPaine.com , June 2, 2004
  
  

May 2004

• Face Reality (full article)
  by Zbigniew Brzezinski, New Repubic , May 28, 2004
  
  
• Amnesty International Condemns U.S. (full article)
  by Agence France presse, May 26, 2004
  
  
• The Big Lie (full article)
  by Nicholas von Hoffman, TomDispatch.com , May 21, 2004
  
  
• Outsourcing Blame (full article)
  by William D. Hartung, TomPaine.com , May 21, 2004
  
  
• War Crimes: Was Afghanistan Worse? (full article)
  by Steve Weissman, Truthout.org , May 19, 2004
  
  
• Trafficker Viktor Bout Lands U.S. Aid for Services (full article)
  by Jean-Phillippe Remy, Le Monde via Truthout.org , May 18, 2004
  
  
• Who Commands the Private Soldiers? (full article)
  by David Leigh with editorial comment, The Guardian , May 17, 2004
  
  
• The Grey Zone (full article)
  by Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker via Truthout.org , May 15, 2004
  
  
• All Non-Americans? (full article)
  by Jean-Marie Colombani, Le Monde , May 14, 2004
  
  
• The Private Contractor - GOP Gravy Train (full article)
  by Robert Schlesinger, Salon.com , May 11, 2004
  
  
• America and Its Moral Superiority Complex (full article)
  by Patrick Jarreau, Le Monde via Truthout.org , May 7, 2004
  
  
• Bush Refuses to Mend Fences with Arabs (full article)
  by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian via Truthout.org , May 5, 2004
  
  
• Reverse the Reversal (full article)
  by 52 former U.S. Foreign Service Officers, TomPaine.com , May 4, 2004
  
  

April 2004

• The Real Oil War in Iraq (full article)
  by Brandon Sprague, TomDispatch.com , April 29, 2004
  
  
• No "October Surprise" Courtesy of the Saudis (full article)
  by Marshall Auerback, TomDispatch.com , April 29, 2004
  
  
• Pottery Barn Blowout (full article)
  by Steve Weissman, Truthout.org , April 28, 2004
  
  
• U.S. Relying on Private Security in Iraq (full article)
  by Associated Press via Truthout.org , April 27, 2004
  
  
• The Military-Academic Complex (full article)
  by Nicholas Turse, TomDispatch.com , April 27, 2004
  
  
• What Went Wrong? (full article)
  by Paul Krugman, NYTimes via Truthout.org , April 23, 2004
  
  
• Humiliating Our Friends (full article)
  by Marc Lynch, TomPaine.com , April 21, 2004
  
  
• Soldiers and Fortune (full article)
  by Barry Lando, TomPaine.com , April 16, 2004
  
  
• Decoding the PDB (full article)
  by Larry C. Johnson, TomPaine.com , April 12, 2004
  
  
• New Evidence Bush Pushed Iraq War Right After 911 (article, link)
  DailyMisleader.org , April 6, 2004
  
  
• Generic Resistance (full article)
  The Boston Globe via TomPaine.com , April 2, 2004
  
  

March 2004

• Drug Money (full article)
  by David Donnelly, Tompaine.com , March 31, 2004
  
  
• Benefiting from the Benefit (full article)
  by Sheryl Fred, Tompaine.com , March 31, 2004
  
  
• The Real Record (full article)
  by John Prados, Tompaine.com , March 29, 2004
  
  
• Richard Clarke/His case is deep, compelling (editorial excerpt, link)
  Startribune.com , March 23, 2004
  
  
• Washington Ethics (full article)
  by Steven Rosenfeld, Tompaine.com , March 19, 2004
  
  
• Fishing for Answers (full article)
  by Anne Harding, Tompaine.com , March 17, 200
  
  
• Pentagon's Secret Scream Sonic Devices (full article)
  by William M. Arkin, Los Angeles Times , March 13, 2004
  
  

February 2004

• U.S. Still Paying Millions to Chalabi Group (excerpt, link)
  by Landay, Strobel and Walcott, Knight-Ridder , February 22, 2004
  
  
• The Health of Nations (excerpt, link)
  by Paul Krugman, NY Times with Link to Truthout.org , February 17, 2004
  
  
• Intelligence Panel's Finances Will Stay Private (excerpt, link)
  by Eric Lichtblau, NY Times via Truthout.org , February 15, 2004
  
  
• The Man Who Knows Too Much (excerpt, link)
  by Jean-Marcel Bouguereau, Le Nouvel Observatuer FR via Truthout.org , February 13, 2004
  
  
• We Had Good Intelligence - The U.N.'s (excerpt, link)
  by Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek , February 9, 2004
  

• Are You On Uncle Sam's No Fly List? (full article)
  by Cheryle Finadaca, WCBS/TV (New York) , February 7, 2004
  
  
• Do The Math (excerpt, link)
  by Dean Baker, Tompaine.com , February 6, 2004

January 2004

• Too Late to Use Rights to Justify Iraq War (full article)
  Reyters , January 24, 2004
  
  
• White House Seeking Control Over Scientific Peer Review (bulletin)
  Bushgreenwatch.org , January 22, 2004
  
  
• White House Seeks Health Information Control (bulletin)
  Bushgreenwatch.org , January 21, 2004
  
  
• War College Report Criticizes War on Terrorism (excerpt, link)
  by Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post , January 12, 2004
  
  
• Bush Economic Claims Are False (full article)
  TheDailyMisleader.org , January 8, 2004
  
  
  
  
  

December 2003

• The Bubble of American Supremacy (excerpt, link)
  by George Soros, The Atlantic Monthly , December 23, 2003
  
  
• Million Military Kids Left Behind by New Tax Package (full article)
  Veterans for Peace Digest , December 11, 2003
  
  
• High Payments to Halliburton for Fuel in Iraq (excerpt, link)
  by Don Van Natta, Jr., New York Times via Truthout.org , December 10, 2003/span>
  
  
• Rumsfeld Watch (excerpt, link)
  by James Ridgeway, Village Voice via Truthout.org , December 4, 2003
  
  
• American Security Blackout in Iraq (excerpt, link)
  by Jean-Pierre Perrin, La Liberation via Truthout.org , December 4, 2003
  
  
• U.S. Resistance to Direct Vote Galvanizes Iraq's Shiite Clerks (excerpt, link)
  by Allisa J. Rubin, Los Angeles Times via Truthout.org , December 3, 2003