Top Secret America: Dana Priest, William Arkin

Has the Balance Tipped? FRONTLINE September 7, 2011, 3:30 pm ET by Philip Bennett On a rainy day in October 2005, Dana Priest was escorted across the immaculate marble lobby of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia along with a pair of her editors from The Washington Post (I was one of them). We crowded into [...]

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Disturbing Parallels

…the FBI has no hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11.” Rex Tomb, Chief of Investigative Publicity for the FBI, June 5, 2006 We’ve never made the case, or argued the case, that somehow Osama Bin Laden was directly involved in 9/11. That evidence has never been forthcoming.” Vice President Dick Cheney, March 29, 2006 [...]

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Thanks to Socialized Medicine, Dick Cheney Is Still Alive

Question for the tea party and everyone who voted for tea party Republicans in November: Did you enjoy your purely cosmetic vote to repeal the health care reform law? Personally, I would feel pandered to, and not particularly satisfied with all of that fiscally expensive congressional time being wasted on a vote that meant absolutely [...]

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Does Nigeria Have A Case Against Dick Cheney?

Does Nigeria Have a Case Against Dick Cheney? Africa Legal Brief Monday, 13 December 2010 20:42 Nigerian officials have indicted former Vice President Dick Cheney for bribing the Nigerian government in the ’90s. The accusation stems from Cheney’s reign as CEO of Halliburton from 1995 to 2000. Last year, a subsidiary of Halliburton, plead guilty [...]

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Nigeria Charges Former US VP Cheney Over Bribery

Nigeria charges former US VP Cheney over bribery By JON GAMBRELL The Associated Press  Via- The Washington Post Tuesday, December 7, 2010; 3:50 PM LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency on Tuesday charged former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney over a bribery scheme involving oil services firm Halliburton Co. during time he served as its [...]

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Nigeria To Charge Dick Cheney In Pipeline Bribery Case

Nigeria to Charge Dick Cheney in Pipeline Bribery Case December 01, 2010, 5:05 PM EST Bloomberg Businessweek By Elisha Bala-Gbogbo (Updates with Eni comment in seventh paragraph.) Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) — Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton Co. over a $180 million [...]

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The Poodle’s Book Out!

Excerpted from: Tony Blair: Gordon Brown tried to blackmail me The Daily telegraph By Robert Winnett and Henry Samuel Published: 6:31AM BST 01 Sep 2010 The pressure on Mr Blair to step aside became so great that he admits he may have become reliant on alcohol as he faced coup attempts from Mr Brown’s supporters. [...]

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Fox’s Chief Legal Analyst: Bush and Cheney Should Have Been Indicted for “Torturing, for Spying, for Arresting Without Warrant”

Fox News’ senior judicial analyst made some surprising remarks Saturday that may go against the grain at his conservative network. By David Edwards, AlterNet, July 12, 2010 | Fox News’ senior judicial analyst made some surprising remarks Saturday that may go against the grain at his conservative network. In a interview with Ralph Nader on [...]

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BP Has Hired Former Cheney Spokesperson For PR

BP Hires Former Dick Cheney Spox To Run PR Ops TPM MUCKRAKER Rachel Slajda | June 1, 2010, 11:03AM BP, struggling to maintain its image while taking responsibility for the worst oil disaster in U.S. history, has hired someone new to head its American public relations operation: Anne Womack-Kolton, the former campaign press secretary for [...]

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America, this is Yoo

The Berkeley Daily Planet Cornell, TP and Yoo From Matt Cornell Tuesday April 20, 2010 According to a press release from Los Angeles artist Matt Cornell, students at UC Berkeley were surprised to discover a new brand of toilet paper in the stalls of the law school building this morning. Cornell made a private donation [...]

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