‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Tells a Tale

By Lisa Pease
November 29, 2008

“Slumdog Millionaire” may prove to be the surprise movie hit of the year.

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The Establishment’s Thanksgiving

By Robert Parry
November 29, 2008

Surprisingly this Thanksgiving, the Washington Establishment had a lot to give thanks for. And its chief mouthpiece – the Washington Post’s neoconservative editorial page – was glowing over its good fortune in the three-plus weeks since Barack Obama’s election.

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Thanksgiving Check on America’s Food

By Michael Winship
November 27, 2008

The writer and activist Michael Pollan has no interest in becoming Barack Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture, thank you very much, even though there are a lot of people who think he’d be perfect for the job.

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Kafka and Uighurs at Guantanamo

By Ray McGovern
November 26, 2008

“There is no right to due process for an alien who is not here,” insisted the 44th Solicitor General of the United States, Gregory G. Garre, proudly representing the President of the United States, George W. Bush.

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Washington Old Guard Wins on Gates

By Brent Budowsky
November 26, 2008

With Bob Gates as Secretary of Defense and Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, the incoming Obama administration is shaping up to be a reunion of strong supporters of the Iraq War.

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Seeking Integrity at the CIA

By Ray McGovern
November 26, 2008

The Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) must be a person whose previous professional performance has been distinguished by unimpeachable integrity and independence. The director must have the courage of his or her own convictions.

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Obama Can End Iraq War ‘Responsibly’

By Peter Dyer
November 26, 2008

One of Barack Obama’s most compelling and popular campaign promises was his pledge to end the war in Iraq “responsibly.” But what does “responsibly” mean in this context?

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Obama, Ask the Kremlin about Gates

By Robert Parry
November 25, 2008

Nearly 16 years ago, during the last transition from a President Bush to a Democrat, Moscow made an extraordinary gesture to Washington: The Kremlin supplied a summary of its intelligence information about secret U.S.-Iranian contacts in the 1980s.

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Iraq War Foes Get Short Shrift

By Robert Parry
November 24, 2008

Arguably, Barack Obama’s most promising promise of the presidential campaign was his vow to not just end the war in Iraq but “to end the mindset that got us into war.”

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Gates and the Urge to Surge

By Ray McGovern
November 23, 2008

It may become a biennial ritual. Every two years, if the commander-in-chief (or the commander-in-chief-elect) says he wants to throw more troops into an unwinnable war for no clear reason other than his political advantage, panderer-in-chief Robert Gates will shout “Outstanding!”

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