A Former Condi Adviser Told Mayer That After 9/11 ‘Fear And Anxiety Were Exploited by Zealots And Fools’
In this interview with Steve Clemons, editor of The Washington Note, Jane Mayer discusses David Addington, Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, whom she profiled in the New Yorker last year and who plays a central role in her […]

It has been 81 months since Osama bin Laden attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, but only now — with just seven months left in his term, George Bush has become desperate to capture the terror overlord.
“Bush is swinging for the fences in the hope of scoring a home run.”– U.S. intelligence source
If […]

On Tuesday, my colleague Trish wrote about the possibility that Cheney and Bush might invade Iran as a last, desperate act in order to change the political playing field this fall and tip the race to John McCain. She rightly pointed out that the current occupants cannot afford to allow the Democrats to occupy the […]

I have been harboring a fear this election cycle. I’ve been worried that Bush/Cheney would not sit idly by and allow Democrats to take the White House. There are too many bodies in shallow graves under the lawn and in the rose garden, too fresh and ready for discovery: almost anything to do with Karl […]

George Bush took the occasion of his speech before Israel’s Knesset today to end the longstanding tradition of U.S. presidents leaving domestic politics behind “at the water’s edge” when they travel. Addressing lawmakers as part of the observance of Israel’s 60th anniversary, Bush deliberately misstated Barack Obama’s position on negotiating with U.S. adversaries, without naming […]

Keep in mind that this is a supposed statesman, the former Speaker of the House, talking:
Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News Friday night, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told the conservative pundit that “the left wing of the Democratic Party, frankly, kind of admires American terrorists.” Gingrich then went on to say that […]

We all, myself included, gave ourselves a pass a few years into the Bush administration by claiming “outrage fatigue.” Well, fatigue or no, it’s time to get outraged again.
Continuing revelations about Bush cabinet members — the highest level of unelected power-holders in this country — and Vice Pres. Dick Cheney ordering precise torture techniques on […]

The Bush administration continues to issue vague information alleging that al Qaeda is still trying to kill all of us. This, despite the fact that Iran supposedly has been trying to develop nuclear capabilities for a decade with no success. But hey, a bunch of guys living in caves in Pakistan could really be a […]

In early January, when Barack Obama was just one among many Democratic candidates, we published Swiftboating Obama’s Religion: He Is Not a Muslim. Now that he is the putative Democratic nominee, here is a look at another potentially Swiftboat-able part of his record — his tenuous connections to Michael Ayers and Bernadine Dorhn, who […]