Category: National Security
DeLaying the Inevitable | Abramoff Rolls Over | The Real Sam Alito
by WS Editors | Jan 15, 2006 | Legal Affairs, National SecurityRecessitation—Members of the House of Representatives quickly got out of town on December 19. And they aren’t coming back until January 31. Why the month and a half paid vacation? Two words: Tom DeLay. After “The Hammer” stepped down as House majority leader last September upon his indictment in Texas, House leaders named only a […]
The New Bush Doctrine: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Just Do It
by WS Editors | Jan 15, 2006 | Media, National SecurityIn a 1977 interview with David Frost, Richard Nixon made a comment that became seared in the American psyche as a perfect example of how a president must not treat the office. Frost asked Nixon if he believed a president is entitled to act illegally if he believes it is in the best interest of the nation. […]
The Politics (and Profits) of Information: The 9/11 Commission One Year Later
by WS Editors | Nov 1, 2005 | Media, National SecurityThe commission that investigated the events of 9/11 has been highly praised and sharply criticized, but one aspect of its task has virtually escaped notice: its responsibility to leave behind a complete, lasting, and easily accessible public record of its investigation. For all the good work that the panel did, some of its decisions have […]
Cronyism Is Sinking the Ship of State
by Margie Burns | Oct 15, 2005 | Foreign Policy, National SecurityWith his nomination of Harriet Miers to be a Justice of the Supreme Court, George W. Bush has demonstrated once again that he is running a patronage operation in the White House. For high-level jobs with our government, only close friends or fellow ideologues need apply. The result of this mindless favoritism has been a […]
Hurricane Katrina: Destroying Lives, Destroying Illusions
by WS Editors | Sep 15, 2005 | Environment, National SecurityThe flood is receding from the streets of New Orleans, but the Crescent City and the wider Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama will be prostrate for the foreseeable future. At press time, the mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, has “strongly encouraged” all remaining residents to leave the city to escape the threat […]
Bad Faith Documentary
