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Steve Weissman: Torture in the Senate
Thursday, 13 January 2005, 2:17 pm | Steve Weissman
U.S. senators now face a clear-cut choice: Will they go along with President Bush and confirm Alberto Gonzales as his new Attorney General. Or will they take a strong, principled stand against America's use of torture. More >>
Weissman: Gonzales and the Horse He Rode In On
Thursday, 13 January 2005, 2:13 pm | Steve Weissman
When Alberto Gonzales assured Mr. Bush that presidential war powers trumped anti-torture laws and treaties, the White House lawyer was doing what too many of his profession do. Like an ENRON tax lawyer or Mafia consigliere, he was helping his client commit ... More >>
Steve Weissman: Torture - From J.F.K. to Baby Bush
Saturday, 1 January 2005, 1:03 pm | Steve Weissman
Only a passing reference in an article describing how the C.I.A. flies prisoners to other countries to be tortured, the mention here of Clinton raises a troubling choice for friends in the Democratic Party: Should they continue to use the issue ... More >>
Uncle Santa Diddles Dems from Ukraine to Venezuela
Friday, 24 December 2004, 3:17 pm | Steve Weissman
The coup came on April 11, 2002, when Venezuelan military forces overthrew the democratically elected president, Hugo Chavez. As many as 100 people died in the clash, which included mysterious sniper attacks on individual civilians. More >>
Uncle Santa and Ukraine's Orange-Colored Elves
Thursday, 16 December 2004, 3:20 pm | Steve Weissman
Sparring over Ukraine's disputed election, Vladimir Putin and his one-time buddy George W. Bush still agreed on one thing. Both opposed ''foreign meddling.'' More >>
The Perils Of A Pentagon Or Israeli Response
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 2:29 pm | Steve Weissman
When Israeli F-16s knocked out Saddam Hussein's OSIRAK nuclear reactor on June 7, 1981, they struck a terrible blow. Supporters cheered another epic feat of Israeli daring, a sophisticated surgical strike to defend the embattled Jewish State. More >>
Nukes, Neo-Cons, and the Bush Who Cried Wolf (2)
Friday, 3 December 2004, 4:46 pm | Steve Weissman
What are Iran's nuclear aims? Do the oil-rich Ayatollahs simply want to use atomic energy to generate electricity, as they insist? Or do they seek to join Pakistan, India, and Israel as a regional nuclear power? More >>
Nukes, Neo-Cons, and the Bush Who Cried Wolf Again
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 3:45 pm | Steve Weissman
Somewhere in the Middle East, an exile group fights to overthrow a ruthless dictatorship, one that has long feuded with the United States and encouraged terrorists, especially against the Israelis. The exiles have also used terror, but are now selling themselves ... More >>
Steve Weissman: How Much Fraud Does the GOP Need?
Thursday, 18 November 2004, 4:58 pm | Steve Weissman
Give the Republicans their due. If they ever let all the African-Americans, university students, and other heavily Democratic constituencies vote without restraint, and counted all those ballots, George W. Bush would never be president. More >>
Steve Weissman: Who Counts in Ohio?
Friday, 12 November 2004, 11:40 am | Steve Weissman
Is Team Bush stealing the presidential election in Ohio? And, if it is, can the rest of us do anything to save our embattled democracy? More >>
Weissman: Bin Laden and Zarqawi's October Surprise
Friday, 22 October 2004, 12:40 am | Steve Weissman
Osama bin Laden finally voted for president. So did Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the Jordanian leader of ''Monotheism and Holy War,'' alleged beheader of Western hostages in Iraq, and the U.S. target of choice in and around embattled Fallujah. More >>
Steve Weissman: When the Fallen Refuse to Salute
Thursday, 14 October 2004, 2:04 pm | Steve Weissman
We had never talked, but I knew who she was. ''Dear Steve, My son, Spc Casey Austin Sheehan, died on 04/04/04 in Sadr City. He died saving the lives of fellow soldiers. This is what his soul is crying out to me from heaven: '' More >>
Steve Weissman: For What Did We Die, Mr. Bush?
Monday, 11 October 2004, 12:04 am | Steve Weissman
War is a wondrous thing. Against mere logic, it justifies itself. We must stay the course, the battered Mr. Bush keeps repeating. Or those who fell in battle will have died in vain. More >>
Steve Weissman: Don't Count On Europe In Iraq
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 1:29 pm | Steve Weissman
Should John Kerry become America's next president, most Europeans will rejoice. According to recent polls, the Democratic candidate has overwhelming support here in the Old World. Even British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who continues to pay a huge political ... More >>
Steve Weissman: Will Bush Learn from Vietnam?
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 11:30 am | Steve Weissman
Though never more than a C-student, George W. Bush has made the same classic blunder that far smarter presidents - Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon - made in Southeast Asia. But if he - or his successor - fails to learn from his mistake, the cost could prove ... More >>
How Soon Will The U.S. Or Israel Bomb Iran?
Thursday, 2 September 2004, 4:48 pm | Steve Weissman
I can just hear the Presidential conversation. ''Did I say Iraq backed al-Qaeda?'' he asks with a boyish grin. ''Oh, heck, I meant Iran. I always get those two mixed up.'' More >>
Steve Weissman: Neo-Cons Rethink Iraqi Fiasco
Friday, 27 August 2004, 1:49 pm | Steve Weissman
One of America's friskiest neo-conservatives, young Michael Rubin leads a heady life. While still in his twenties, he did his Ph.D. on Iran, Iraq, and the Middle East, sat in on meetings of the Bush transition team, and worked in the Pentagon's Office ... More >>
Bush & Rummy's Crime in Torture's Chain of Command
Friday, 27 August 2004, 1:36 pm | Steve Weissman
How much torture will it take before someone in power asks the right question: Who gave the orders that put the torturers to work? More >>
Steve Weissman: When The Feds Come Knocking
Tuesday, 24 August 2004, 10:51 am | Steve Weissman
The FBI or local police ring your doorbell. They've come to ask a few questions, they say. Just part of a routine investigation or community outreach program. More >>
Steve Weissman: How Far Will Bush Go? (Part II)
Thursday, 19 August 2004, 2:08 pm | Steve Weissman
For most Americans, even asking the question sounds absurd. The United States has enjoyed over 200 years without a single forcible overthrow of elected government, and has never cancelled a national election, not even during the Civil War. To imagine ... More >>
