From Atrios, apparently the Bush Gang illegally diverted money meant for Afghan economic aid to spend instead on Iraq invasion planning… “President Bush, after a National Security Council meeting, takes Don Rumsfeld aside, collars...

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Thursday that he never expected so many American troops to be dying at this point in the war in Iraq. Maybe, like his King, he makes a habit of...

George J. Tenet and his deputies at the CIA were presented in August 2001 with a briefing paper labeled “Islamic Extremist Learns to Fly” about the arrest days earlier of Zacarias Moussaoui. Mr Tenet...

Bush, in fact, does not read his President’s Daily Briefs, but has them orally summarised every morning by the CIA director, George Tenet. President Clinton, by contrast, read them closely and alone, preventing any...

[The Marines] have orders to shoot any male of military age on the streets after dark, armed or not … Sometimes the gunfire was so long and steady it sounded like rain … Brent...

I’ve been thinking a lot over the last couple of days about the new Israel-Palestine “peace” plan endorsed by King Bush and Il Duce Sharon. I wanted to roll it around in my head...

Here’s a photo of a Spanish-donated ambulance in Fallujah with sniper shots directed at the driver: Earlier here.

President Bush was in an expansive mood on Aug. 7, 2001, when he ran into reporters while playing golf at the Ridgewood Country Club in Waco, Tex. The day before, the president had received...

So with the news that George Lucas is determined to release only the bastardized goody-goody “Special Edition” Star Wars on DVD, it’s important to say it again: Han Shoots First. I downloaded the complete...

A general capturing Baghdad proclaimed thus: “Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators.” 2003? No, try 1917. I was talking to a mid-ranking official...