Bush Voted Against Spying Before Voting For It

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2006 The White House rejected a 2002 Senate proposal to ease surveillance warrant restrictions, saying such a move would probably be unconstitutional. The Washington Post picks up the story blazed by Glenn Greenwald. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sympathy for Al Qaeda Surges in Pakistan

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2006 While our missile attack may have killed some top Al Qaeda leaders, it has also led to thousands of protesters chanting, "Long Live Osama bin Laden!" | storyThe really scary thing: Look at how young some of the protesters are. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pakistan’s Push in Border Areas Is Said to Falter

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2006 The war on terror bogs down in Al Qaeda's base on the Pakistan border. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Condi Slashes Cushy Assignments for Diplomats

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2006 Secretary of State Rice will shift hundreds of Foreign Service positions away from Europe to hot spots in the Middle East and Asia Well, it's a start |story . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Meanwhile, Back in Afghanistan

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 18, 2006 With Al Qaeda and the Taliban on the rise in a country we supposedly "liberated," Bush is cynically hoping Afghanistan will once again recede from the global stage into unseen anarchy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fear Factor: Jack Bauer is Back

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Jan 18, 2006 Season five of the hit show "24" opens with a four-part stunner, a thwarted terrorist attack and a true-life nightmare of a new president. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bush’s Spy Program Predated 9/11

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2006 The NSA began its data-mining activities early in 2001. This disclosure contradicts the president's claim about the program being a product of his post-9/11 "smoke 'em out" mind-set. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Al Qaeda Takes Increasing Aim at Israel

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2006 The terrorist group's recent rocket attacks likely signal the start of a broader war against the Jewish state, says the Christian Science Monitor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Opens Private Mail in Terrorism Fight

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2006 Customs officials can open and read any mail sent from abroad, and do so whenever they deem it necessary to protect the country. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Funds Exotic Languages in Schools

Staff / Truthdig Jan 6, 2006 Kindergartners to learn Arabic, Farsi, Chinese. | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Surveillance Court To Quiz Bush Officials Over Spy Program

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2006 Judges will question Dept. of Justice, others, on legality of warrantless wiretaps | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Torture

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 4, 2005 Condi Rice is so tired of Old Europe and its human rights complaints. Big deal, so the CIA is using Soviet era torture camps in Eastern Europe to stash "war on terror" prisoners. Don't those fusspots in the EU understand that our use of torture is fundamentally different because we are the good guys and that Eastern Europe has been liberated? That outmoded European slogan of "friends don't let friends use torture" is so over. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )