The Worst Congress Ever

How our national legislature has become a stable of thieves and perverts -- in five easy steps

AMERICANS GETTING RICH OFF IRAQ

Most people have long been aware of the money being made by contractors in Iraq such as Kellogg Brown & Root’s Halliburton, Dick Cheney’s old company. Not only has there been over-billing and more than eight million dollars that is simply unaccounted for, but those dollars just keep rolling in to Halliburton and others anyway. It is wonderful when a company does not have to submit a competitive bid in order to be awarded a very lucrative, non-competitive contract. But those companies are not the real reason our young men are dying every day in god-forsaken Iraq. And we all know it certainly wasn’t the Weapons of Mass Destruction either – that was a lie. In fact, the real and only reason the U.S. is in Iraq is to divide up the massive oil reserves.

Shiite militia briefly seizes Amarah

Black-uniformed, hooded gunmen loyal to an anti-American Shiite cleric briefly seized the major southern city of Amarah on Friday in an audacious drive against local security forces, largely controlled by Iraq's other main Shiite militia.

Beginning of the end of America

Olbermann addresses the Military Commissions Act in a special comment

Shame on Us All

History should record October 17, 2006, as the reverse of July 4, 1776.

Rumsfeld OKs Plan to Recall Battalions

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has approved an unannounced Marine Corps plan to recall to active duty and send back to Iraq at least some Marine Reserve combat battalions that have already served one tour there, officials said Wednesday.

OUR RIGGED ELECTIONS

The Elephant in the Polling Booth

Reaping the Fruits Of Bush’s Korea Policy

If North Korea’s first nuclear weapons test was indeed a dud, we will hear another round of jokes at the expense of Kim Jong Il and his clown haircut. But while mocking an eccentric dictator is always fun, he has equal reason to chortle at the Bush administration’s erratic foreign policy, which has stumbled into a dangerous corner.

Planespotting

Nerds with binoculars bust the CIA's torture taxis.

The Deeper Evil Behind the Detainee Bill

a sickening and cowardly surrender of liberty not seen in a major Western democracy since the Enabling Act passed by the German Reichstag in March 1933.

Eisenhower Carrier Group Sails for Iran Theater

The Eisenhower strike force, according to my sources, is scheduled to arrive in the vicinity of Iran around October 21, at the same time as a second flotilla of minesweepers and other ships.

Rumsfeld Sat On Board Of Company That Sold Nuclear Reactors To North Korea

Rumsfeld was the only American to sit on the board of a company which six years ago sold two light water reactors to North Korea.

Maine senator calls for reassessment of Iraq policy

U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe on Tuesday joined a growing list of Republicans calling for a reassessment of America's strategy in Iraq.

General: Afghans may soon back Taliban

Olbermann news commentaries target Bush

Keith Olbermann's tipping point came on a tarmac in Los Angeles six weeks ago. While waiting for his plane to take off he read an account of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's speech before the American Legion equating War opponents to pre-World War II appeasers.

Report: Rep. confronted Foley in 2000

Rep. Jim Kolbe R-Ariz., confronted then-Rep. Mark Foley about his Internet communications with teenagers as early as 2000, according to a newspaper report.

Allen failed to report stock options

For the past five years, Sen. George Allen has failed to tell Congress about stock options he got for his work as a director of a high-tech company. The Virginia Republican also asked the Army to help another business that gave him similar options

Bush says he can edit security reports

President Bush, again defying Congress, says he has the power to edit the

Homeland Security Department's reports about whether it obeys privacy rules while handling background checks, ID cards and watchlists.

Rumsfeld: Venezuela build-up is concern

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld passed on an offer of Venezuelan tobacco, but tried to smoke out the government of President Hugo Chavez on the country's recent military buildup

Blinded by Hindsight By RICHARD A. CLARKE

FIVE years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, three years after the 9/11 commission report, and just weeks before a national election, the issues of what happened before those attacks have resurfaced. Suddenly, we are again witnessing heated disputes about such insignificant issues as whether the Clinton administration prepared a draft “strategy” or, alternatively, “a series of required decisions” about Al Qaeda for the incoming Bush administration.