WH Chief Helped GOP Sink 9/11 Trial
White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel assisted Sen. Lindsey Graham in stopping the New York 9/11 trial, reports Jason Leopold. March 11, 2010

Taboo Inhibits Frank Iran/Israel Talk
A Capitol Hill conference on troubled U.S.-Iran relations tip-toed around the topic of Israeli interests, reports Ray McGovern. March 11, 2010

Consortiumnews.com Needs Your Help
For 15 years, this Web site has battled to give readers well-researched information on key topics. Now it needs your help, says Robert Parry

Health Insurers Push the Limit on Fees
As Tea Partiers battle health-care reform, major insurers are jacking up rates and slashing coverage, notes Don Monkerud. March 10, 2010

Bay of Pigs Meets Black Hawk Down
From the Archive: Newsweek declares "victory at last" in Iraq, but there is a case that the U.S. "loss" dated from the first weeks. By Robert Parry

Remembering the Land of the Brave
Some Republicans are counting on the "soft on terror" card to work again against Democrats, but Lynne Gillooly has some doubts. March 10, 2010

Hard Lessons of the My Lai Massacre
Many Americans try to forget the horror of war, but the My Lai massacre and other dark moments teach lessons, says Gary G. Kohls. March 9, 2010

Making Matters Worse in Afghanistan
Civilian deaths inflicted by American firepower are causing some Afghans to say the Russians were less violent, notes Charles Peña. March 9, 2010

How Reagan's Propaganda Succeeded
New documents from Ronald Reagan's Library show how the Republican propaganda apparatus took root, reports Robert Parry. March 8, 2010

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Did US Coddle an Anti-Iran Terrorist?
Iranians welcomed the capture of a reputed Sunni terrorist, but suspicions remain about a US tie, say Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett. March 7, 2010

Tearing Down the Church-State Wall
A key goal of Christian fundamentalists is to eradicate the Founders' separation of church and state, says Rev. Howard Bess. March 7, 2010

Mullen Wary of Israeli Attack on Iran
Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen looks nervously at rising military tensions between Israel and Iran, reports Ray McGovern. March 6, 2010

Will Fear Again Be GOP's Trump Card?
Republicans are licking their chops over Democratic vulnerabilities in 2010, but fear may be the winning card, says Michael Winship. March 6, 2010

Sorry, Rove, Bush Did Lie About Iraq
Karl Rove says he should have battled critics who accused George W. Bush of lying about Iraq, but Bush did lie, writes Robert Parry. March 5, 2010

War Is a Drug in 'The Hurt Locker'
The Oscar-nominated movie, "The Hurt Locker," explores the addictive nature of warfare, observes Lisa Pease. March 5, 2010

Encountering a Tea Party Outrage
The Tea Partiers compare Obama to Hitler, but German Fabian Lieschke says the parallel is offensive on many levels. March 4, 2010

How 'Free Market' Snookers Americans
Corporate propaganda has sold many Americans on "big government" as the big threat to their freedom, notes Don Monkerud. March 4, 2010

Bush/Cheney Pulled Torture Strings
A Justice Department report shows how George W. Bush and Dick Cheney stage-managed the torture opinions, reports Robert Parry. March 4, 2010

Gates Replays His Cold War Message
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is back in the Cold War with his demand for more military commitments, says Melvin A. Goodman. March 3, 2010

The Woeful Washington Post
The Washington Post is now a neocon bastion that distorts the capital's debate with bias and misinformation, writes Robert Parry. March 2, 2010

Teaching Afghans False Iraqi Lessons
The Obama administration is applying lessons in Afghanistan that may come from a misreading of the Iraq War, says Ivan Eland. March 2, 2010

The NYT Veers Neocon
The New York Times has joined the ranks of U.S. newspapers carrying the neoconservative banner, observes Robert Parry. February 28, 2010

A Soldier's Cowardice: Going to War
One Vietnam-era draftee knew the brave act was to flee to Canada but he chose instead to go to war, writes Gary G. Kohls. February 28, 2010

Vermonters Take on Nuclear Power
Distrusting safer nuclear energy, Vermont legislators moved toward ridding the state of nuclear power, reports Charlotte Dennett. February 28, 2010

Ahmadinejad Won, Get Over It!
US conventional wisdom insists Iran's President Ahmadinejad stole last year's election, but proof is lacking, says Robert Parry. February 27, 2010

Two Legal Foes Back Gay Marriage
Conservative Ted Olson and liberal David Boies have teamed up to fight bans on same-sex marriage, says Michael Winship. February 26, 2010

Iran Captures a 'Good' Terrorist
The leader of the violent Jundallah group has fallen into Iranian hands and claims links to U.S. intelligence, reports Ray McGovern. February 26, 2010

Iraqi View of 'Hurt Locker,' 'Avatar'
As Iraq War-themed movies, "Hurt Locker" and "Avatar" square off, the Iraqi view is often ignored, writes Mamoon Alabbasi. February 26, 2010

Parallels of Conquest, Past and Present
A millennium after the Norman conquest of England, there are parallels to Iraq and Afghanistan today, says Douglas Valentine. February 25, 2010

Al Haig's Foreign Policy Blunders
Obituaries on Al Haig missed the long-term damage this Cold War hardliner did to U.S. foreign policy, writes Melvin A. Goodman. February 25, 2010

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Once a month, we look back at some of the previous month's special stories. Here's a selection from January.

BBC Depicts US/UK Torture Tolerance
A BBC drama recounts the story of Craig Murray, a British ambassador who blew the whistle on torture, writes Richard L. Fricker. February 22, 2010

New Grist for Hype on Iran
The UN's new atomic energy chief has touched off a wave of speculation on Iran's nuke program, says Ray McGovern. February 21, 2010

Al Haig & a 'Green Light' to Chaos
In 1981, Secretary of State Al Haig wrote a 'top secret' memo about what became a 'green light' to chaos, recalls Robert Parry. February 21, 2010

Yoo Called Civilian Slaughter OK
Ex-Bush legal adviser John Yoo said President Bush could legally slaughter a village of civilians, reports Jason Leopold. February 20, 2010

Upping the Bid on American Justice
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on campaign spending means more bought state judges, Bill Moyers and Michael Winship note. February 20, 2010

US Media Replays Iraq Fiasco on Iran
The major U.S. news media is acting like a propaganda vehicle on Iran much like it did on Iraq, observes Robert Parry. February 18, 2010

Duty to Warn: Lessons for Americans
Three young Germans who challenged Hitler's war machine still inspire those who oppose militarism, writes Gary G. Kohls. February 16, 2010

Free Speech v. Truth in Medals
In a show of "patriotism," Congress criminalized wearing fake medals, setting up a First Amendment fight, says Ivan Eland. February 16, 2010

Taste of the 'New Bob & Ray Show'
Journalist Robert Parry and ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern team up on Tom Klammer's "Tell Somebody" program. February 16, 2010

On Health Care, Dems Lack GOP Grit
Unlike Democrats playing nice on health care, Republicans used hardball tactics to pass their priorities, Bruce P. Cameron says. February 15, 2010

NYT Sees UN-Syria Conspiracy Theory
To explain the failed Rafik Hariri murder probe, a New York Times article conjures up a UN-Syrian conspiracy, says Robert Parry. February 15, 2010

Can a Jewish Tradition Help Christians?
Rev. Howard Bess says Christians might learn from the Jewish tradition of midrash, in applying Jesus's message to modern life. February 15, 2010

Cheney Exposes Torture Conspiracy
Ex-Vice President Cheney says government lawyers did "what we asked" in approving interrogation policies, notes Robert Parry. February 14, 2010

Joking About Climate Change
East Coast blizzards have prompted predictable jokes from science deniers about climate change, Michael Winship notes. February 12, 2010

Charlie Wilson's Deadly Legacy
Ex-Rep. Charlie Wilson's death is prompting nostalgia over the anti-Soviet Afghan war, but the myth is dangerous as these two Archive stories show:

Reagan's Bargain/Charlie Wilson's War
From the Archive: President Reagan let Pakistan build an A-bomb in a trade-off for Charlie Wilson's anti-Soviet Afghan war. By Peter W. Dickson

Why Afghanistan Really Fell Apart
From the Archive: Contrary to conventional wisdom, the U.S. didn't abandon the Afghan rebels once the Soviets left. By Bruce P. Cameron

Terror 'Death Lists' Target Americans
President Bush okayed a plan to murder American terror suspects, a policy continued by President Obama, says Sherwood Ross. February 11, 2010

US Ignores UK's Iraq War Evidence
The U.S. media and government are turning a blind eye to a formal UK inquiry revealing Iraq War crimes, notes David Swanson. February 10, 2010

Brits, Dutch Confront Illegal Iraq War
Unlike the United States, British and Dutch authorities have examined the illegality of the Iraq invasion in 2003, writes Peter Dyer. February 9, 2010

Palin, Psy-Ops & 'Condescending' Libs
The neocon Washington Post slams "condescending" liberals while Sarah Palin mocks them condescendingly, says Robert Parry. February 9, 2010

Shunning Howard Zinn's History
The mainstream U.S. media ignores or denigrates progressive viewpoints, like those of Howard Zinn, notes William Blum. February 7, 2010

Lobbyists Ply GOP, Dem 'Retreats'
Big business lobbyists lurked on the sidelines of "retreats" by Republican and Democratic lawmakers, writes Michael Winship. February 5, 2010

Journalists Gopal, Parry with Peter B.
Anand Gopal talks about Afghanistan and Robert Parry analyzes America's political fix on Peter B. Colliins' Podcast #94. February 5, 2010

Why Obama Dodges CIA Reform
In recent years, politicians, including President Obama, have shied away from tough criticism of the CIA, says Melvin A. Goodman. February 4, 2010

An Edgy 'Edge of Darkness'
Mel Gibson's first on-screen performance in years mixes a murder mystery with layers of government secrecy, writes Lisa Pease. February 4, 2010

The Right Gets Itself 'Wired'
For years, the Right's media infrastructure had only one weak spot, the Internet, but now that is changing, says Robert Parry. February 3, 2010

Obama's Budget Ducks Pentagon Cuts
By exempting the Pentagon from a "freeze," President Obama tries to shield Democrats from GOP attacks, says Ivan Eland. February 2, 2010

Vietnam Replay on Afghan 'Defectors'
A new plan for bribing Afghan Taliban fighters to defect has a dark precedent in the Vietnam War, recalls Douglas Valentine. February 1, 2010

America's Sad History with Haiti, Part 2
Over the past two decades, the U.S. Right has helped sabotage Haiti's experiment with democracy, writes Lisa Pease. February 1, 2010

Answering Obama on Health Care
President Obama says he is open to any health-care idea that works, except for "Medicare for All," notes Kevin Zeese. February 1, 2010

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The New October Surprise Series:
At the 30th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis, Robert Parry reviews the evidence of a history-changing Republican dirty trick. See below:

--How Two Elections Changed America
Secret Republican operations around elections in 1968 and 1980 set the U.S. on today's troubled course, says Robert Parry. November 4, 2009

--The Crazy October Surprise Debunking
To protect the Reagan-Bush-I legacy, Republicans and Democrats created absurd October Surprise alibis, reports Robert Parry. November 6, 2009

--The October Surprise Crystal Balls
A sub-plot of the 1980 October Surprise mystery is how some Reaganites foresaw the U.S. hostage release, says Robert Parry. November 13, 2009

Bush Silences a Dangerous Witness
From the Archive: Iraq's hanging of "Chemical Ali" -- like Saddam Hussein in 2006 -- means one less witness on Bush Family crimes. By Robert Parry

George W. Bush's Sci-Fi Disaster
From the Archive: At the first anniversary of the Obama presidency, a look-back at the scene of George W. Bush's departure. By Robert Parry

How Not to Counter Terrorism
From the Archive: Ex-FBI Agent Coleen Rowley warned of flooding the counter-terror analysts with too much data. January 14, 2010

Pinochet's Mad Scientist
From the Archive: Chile's Pinochet dictatorship stands accused of killing a rival with poisons, a mystery with deep roots. By Samuel Blixen.

Israeli Scholar Disputes Founding Myth
From the Archive: In a new book, Israeli scholar Shlomo Sand argues that the Roman-era Diaspora was a historical myth. By Morgan Strong.

Colin Powell's My Lai Connection
From the Archive: The Afghan War escalation recalls Colin Powell's tie to an earlier war and its war crimes. By Robert Parry and Norman Solomon.

Rev. Moon's Troubled Generation Next
From the Archive: The right-wing Washington Times is caught in a messy succession for Rev. Sun Myung Moon's empire. By Robert Parry.

Ronald Reagan's Bloody 'Apocalypto'
From the Archive: An irony of Columbus Day is that crimes of the early conquerors are better known than more recent atrocities. By Robert Parry

PanAm 103 Verdict: Justice or Politics?
From the Archive: The Obama administration won't question the weak evidence in the PanAm 103 bombing conviction. By William Blum

CIA: Osama Helped Bush in '04
From the Archive: Osama bin Laden's pre-election video in 2004 was viewed at the CIA as a bid to boost George W. Bush. By Robert Parry

Bush's Conspiracy to Riot
From the Archive: Today's right-wing disruptions of health-care "town halls" harken back to George W. Bush's riot in 2000. By Robert Parry

The Left's Media Miscalculation
From the Archive: A lookback at that how the American Left squandered its media advantage and aided the Right's ascendancy. By Robert Parry

GOP & KAL007: 'The Key Is to Lie First'
From the Archive: A case study of how Ronald Reagan and the Republicans mastered the Big Lie a quarter century ago. By Robert Parry

The Wedding
From the Archive: An explanation of why Dick Cheney would be so audacious to hide a covert action from Congress. By Robert Parry

America's Matrix
From the Archive: A look-back at how we exposed George W. Bush's deceptions at the start of the Iraq War. By Robert Parry

Rev. Moon, North Korea & the Bushes
From the Archive: A look-back on the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's secret financial ties to North Korean and U.S. leaders. By Robert Parry

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A Cold Rain: Excerpt from Neck Deep
With George W. Bush's inauguration in 2001, the United States was at an ominous turning point, handing the White House and its immense power to a popular-vote loser who disdained democracy. Official Washington was oblivious to the danger, but thousands of Americans braved an icy rain to protest this travesty of the nation's principles.

Lost History: How the Neocons Did It
If you want to know how the neoconservatives got control of the most powerful nation on earth, Robert Parry’s Lost History is a must-read. (To read more, click here.)