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NSA Spied on UN Diplomats in Iraq Invasion Push
Wednesday, 28 December 2005, 1:21 pm | Norman Solomon
Despite all the news accounts and punditry since the New York Times published its Dec. 16 bombshell about the National Security Agency's domestic spying, the media coverage has made virtually no mention of the fact that the Bush administration used ... More >>
Norman Solomon: At the Gates of San Quentin
Monday, 19 December 2005, 4:25 pm | Norman Solomon
No buzzards were gliding overhead, but several helicopters circled, under black sky tinged blue. On the shore of a stunning bay at a placid moment, the state prepared to kill. Outside the gates of San Quentin, people gathered to protest the impending ... More >>
Norman Solomon: US Media Dodging Air War in Iraq
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 3:53 pm | Norman Solomon
The US government is waging an air war in Iraq. "In recent months, the tempo of American bombing seems to have increased," Seymour Hersh reported in the December 5 edition of The New Yorker. "Most of the targets appear to be in the hostile, predominantly ... More >>
Judith Miller, the Fourth Estate, & Warfare State
Tuesday, 18 October 2005, 1:16 pm | Norman Solomon
More than any other New York Times reporter, Judith Miller took the lead with stories claiming that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Now, a few years later, she's facing heightened scrutiny in the aftermath of a pair of articles that appeared in ... More >>
Norman Solomon: Bush's Option to Escalate the War
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 1:54 pm | Norman Solomon
The Bush administration may ratchet up the Iraq war. That might seem unlikely, even farfetched. After all, the president is facing an upsurge of domestic opposition to the war. Under such circumstances, why would he escalate it? More >>
The Fake Optimism of Washington's Warriors
Thursday, 14 July 2005, 11:31 am | Norman Solomon
In front of TV cameras, Pentagon officials do their best to make war sound wise and noble. Most of all, they lie. More >>
Norman Solomon: Beware the "War on Terror"
Monday, 11 July 2005, 8:46 am | Norman Solomon
When the French government suggested a diplomatic initiative that might interfere with the White House agenda for war, the president responded by saying that the proposed scenario would "ratify terror." The date was July 24, 1964, the president was Lyndon ... More >>
Norman Solomon: The Killing Street Memo
Monday, 20 June 2005, 11:15 am | Norman Solomon
Keep them behind the war curve. While some Americans are exposing the deception for the latest war, others steadily lay the groundwork for the next one. More >>
Letter From Tehran: In Washington's Cross-Hairs
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 11:51 am | Norman Solomon
Washington keeps condemning Iran's government and making thinly veiled threats. But in Iran, many people are in the midst of challenging the country's rulers, in the streets and at the ballot box. More >>
Norman Solomon: War Made Easy - Vietnam to Iraq
Friday, 3 June 2005, 11:13 am | Norman Solomon
On February 27, 1968, I sat in a small room on Capitol Hill. Around a long table, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was in session, taking testimony from an administration official. Most of all, I remember a man with a push-broom moustache and a voice like ... More >>
Norman Solomon: Political Bluster & The Filibuster
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 12:13 am | Norman Solomon
The battle over the filibuster is now one of the country's biggest political news stories. The Bush administration seems determined to change Senate rules so a simple majority of senators, instead of three-fifths, can cut off debate and force a vote ... More >>
Beyond The Narrow Limits Of News Coverage
Monday, 11 April 2005, 11:03 am | Norman Solomon
I was glad to open the New York Times last Monday and see the headline: "In Steinbeck's Birthplace, a Fight to Keep the Libraries Open." After visiting Salinas, Calif., over the weekend, I was eager to find out whether the disturbing and uplifting events ... More >>
Norman Solomon: Why Iraq Withdrawal Makes Sense
Monday, 21 March 2005, 11:15 am | Norman Solomon
President Bush just told reporters that he has no intention of setting any timetable for withdrawal. ''Our troops will come home when Iraq is capable of defending herself,'' he said. Powerful pundits keep telling us that a swift pullout of U.S. troops would ... More >>
News Media In The 60th Year Of The Nuclear Age
Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 12:19 am | Norman Solomon
Top officials in Washington are now promoting jitters about Iran's nuclear activities, while media outlets amplify the message. A confrontation with Tehran is on the second-term Bush agenda. So, we're encouraged to obliquely think about the unthinkable. More >>
Media Beat: The Powell Trap - Easing Us Into War
Monday, 9 September 2002, 4:40 pm | Norman Solomon
There's something pathetic -- and dangerous -- about the crush of liberal commentators now pinning their hopes on Colin Powell. More >>
Media Beat: Memo To George, Dick and John
Wednesday, 29 May 2002, 9:56 am | Norman Solomon
MEMO To: George, Dick and John Re: Counteracting the Media Evildoers - Damage control efforts are on track after those rough days in mid-May. More >>
