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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

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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

If President Barack Obama refuses to hold the Bush administration accountable for torture, his decision would be the latest example of American exceptionalism, the concept that the United States doesn’t have to operate by the same moral and legal standards as other nations.

News analyst Pepe Escobar examines the dilemma that Obama faces in having released documentary evidence of the Bush administration’s use of torture and then insisting that no prosecutions or other punishments should follow.

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Escobar also notes that much of the corporate media and many Democrats also don’t want a serious examination of the torture case because they either were complicit or lacked the moral courage to stand up to these crimes.

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