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Bush End Game
George W. Bush's presidency since 2007

Bush - Second Term
George W. Bush's presidency from 2005-06

Bush - First Term
George W. Bush's presidency, 2000-04

Who Is Bob Gates?
The secret world of Defense Secretary Gates

2004 Campaign
Bush Bests Kerry

Behind Colin Powell's Legend
Gauging Powell's reputation.

The 2000 Campaign
Recounting the controversial campaign.

Media Crisis
Is the national media a danger to democracy?

The Clinton Scandals
Behind President Clinton's impeachment.

Nazi Echo
Pinochet & Other Characters.

The Dark Side of Rev. Moon
Rev. Sun Myung Moon and American politics.

Contra Crack
Contra drug stories uncovered

Lost History
America's tainted historical record

The October Surprise "X-Files"
The 1980 election scandal exposed.

International
From free trade to the Kosovo crisis.

Other Investigative Stories

Editorials

Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern feels that President-elect Barack Obama has charted an unusual course by turning to supporters of the Iraq War for his national security team, particularly keeping Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense.

McGovern, who worked with Gates at CIA, describes Gates as intensely ambitious and willing to bend intelligence reporting in political directions. [See Consortiumnews.com’s “Gates: As Bad as Rumsfeld?”]

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Gates’s slanting of intelligence contributed to the CIA’s disastrous failure to anticipate the collapse of the Soviet Union, McGovern says.

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