Weiner’s Campaign Sinks, Limbaugh and Hannity Reportedly Dropped, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 30, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Mitt Romney denies his infamous "47 percent" remark and Eliot Spitzer weighs in on Anthony Weiner's latest round of illicit messages. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bush Caved on NSA Surveillance After Top Officials Threatened to Resign

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 17, 2013 According to The Washington Post, some of the top officials who served during the George W. Bush administration, including the man whom President Obama may tap to become the next head of the FBI, threatened to resign nine years ago upon learning that then-President Bush had ordered the NSA to begin collecting metadata on emails and Skype calls placed within the U.S. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bachmann’s Craziest Comments, Ricin Letter Sent to Bloomberg, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 30, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including the likely next head of the FBI is revealed and a governor up for re-election in 2014 gets set to switch political parties this week. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Secret Torture Memos Shame Justice Dept.

Staff / Truthdig Oct 4, 2007 In 2005, the Justice Department issued two secret opinions on torture that endorsed and protected the administration's desire to use physically and psychologically traumatizing interrogation techniques. Then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey reportedly warned his colleagues that they would be "ashamed" when their work became public. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Liar Liar

Staff / Truthdig Jul 28, 2007 Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has once again been caught in a lie, or, to be charitable, an unfortunate incongruity. Testifying before Congress, FBI Director Robert Mueller twice contradicted Gonzales' sworn testimony, lending credence to the testimony of former Deputy Attorney General James Comey, who also disagreed with Gonzales' version of the facts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Worse Than Watergate, Part II

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 23, 2007 If Attorney General Alberto Gonzales wasn't in enough trouble already, he now has to deal with the fallout from his disgraceful behavior in John Ashcroft's hospital room in March of 2004, when Gonzales attempted to strong-arm Ashcroft into reauthorizing the domestic surveillance program implemented by the White House after 9/11 -- as Ashcroft lay ailing on his sickbed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Low Can Gonzales Go?

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig May 18, 2007 We already knew Alberto Gonzales was happy to bend the law to suit the bidding of the president, but accosting a sick man in his hospital room? The more one learns about him, the more unbelievable it is that this man is still our attorney general. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bush’s Showdown With the Justice Department

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2007 Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey reveals the circumstances surrounding the reauthorization of the domestic spying program, including then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales' late-night visit to an ailing John Ashcroft in order to "take advantage of a very sick man who did not have the powers of the attorney general" at the time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )