Day November 20, 2005

This news isn’t new

There’s nothing in the news today that the anti-war movement hasn’t been saying since before the Iraq War started. Bush lies. Repeatedly. There were no WMD. Newspapers can be propaganda funnels for the White House, spreading disinfo and slime while…

WaPo spanks Woodward

The Washington Post’s ombudsman rebuked journalist Bob Woodward on Sunday for withholding what he knew about the CIA leak probe from his editor and for making public statements that were dismissive of the investigation without disclosing his own involvement. The…

How insane is this?

British-trained police in Iraq ‘killed prisoners with drills’ British-trained police operating in Basra have tortured at least two civilians to death with electric drills, The Independent on Sunday can reveal. Here’s the jaw dropper. The victims were suspected of collaborating…