Jeremy Scahill, author of Dirty Wars, interviewed by Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman & Juan González

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Democracy Now!’s coverage of the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the development of the "war on terror," Guantanamo Bay and the USA PATRIOT Act.

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  • Bush Defends Iraq Invasion, Military Record & Economy In Rare NBC Interview

    In a rare one-on-one interview with Tim Russert, Bush defends his record as his national poll ratings sink to new lows. We get response from Boston Globe reporter Walter Robinson who exposed that Bush missed a year of service in the National Guard, and Robert and Christopher Scheer, co-authors of "The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq." [Includes transcript]
    Feb 09, 2004 | Story

  • CIA's Tenet: Iraq Posed No Imminent Threat; Hunt for WMD Must Go On

    Former CIA analyst Melvin Goodman and Mother Jones reporter Robert Dreyfuss discuss George Tenet’s speech and examine the role of the Pentagon’s secretive Office of Special Plans in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq. [includes transcript]
    Feb 06, 2004 | Story

  • For the First Time Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional

    A district judge ruled unconstitutional one provision of the USA Patriot Act that bans certain types of support for terrorist groups saying the law was so vague that it risked running afoul of the First Amendment. We speak with the attorney who argued the case. [includes transcript]
    Jan 27, 2004 | Story

  • Democracy Now! Questions Democrats About Previous Iraq WMD Claims

    As polls open in the nation’s first primary, nearly all the Democratic candidates are calling on President Bush to offer an explanation for his false claims about Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction. But five of the candidates made similar claims in the past. Correspondent Jeremy Scahill in NH confronts the candidates about the discrepancy between what they said then and now. [includes transcript]
    Jan 27, 2004 | Story

  • Democrats, Not Just Bush, Made Claims of WMDs in Iraq

    We speak with Sam Husseini of the Institute for Public Accuracy, which has released a list showing that five of the Democratic presidential contenders at one point publicly said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. [includes transcript]
    Jan 27, 2004 | Story

  • Supreme Court Upholds U.S. Policy of Secret Arrests & Detentions

    Without comment the Supreme Court decided not to review a lower court ruling that backed up the Bush administration’s post 9/11 policy in which hundreds of Muslim men were secretly picked up and detained. [includes transcript]
    Jan 13, 2004 | Story

  • A Review of 2003 With Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Katha Pollitt, Martin Espada, Michael Parenti and Aarti Shahani

    As 2003 comes to a close, a small number of stories dominate the headlines and newscasts of major media outlets. The Michael Jackson and Koby Bryant cases, the Mad Cow Scare, the nine democratic candidates for president verbally assaulting one another. But there is one word that characterizes 2003 more than any other — war. The war abroad and the war here at home.

    On the international front, as the Bush administration expanded its occupation...

    Dec 31, 2003 | Story
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    U.S. Soldier Back From Iraq: I Will Not Die For Oil, It's Not Worth It

    Sgt. Aaron White talks to Democracy Now! shortly after he returned from Iraq. He is now stationed at Fort Benning in Georgia. [includes transcript]
    Dec 29, 2003 | Story

  • Bush vs Civil Liberties Pt. 1: Court Rules Bush Cannot Hold Padilla As "Enemy Combatant"

    A New York federal appeals court ruled the government cannot detain U.S. citizen Jose Padilla indefinitely without pressing charges against him or allowing him access to the courts. We host a debate with Washington Legal Foundation’s Richard Samp and Barbara Olshansky of the Center for Constitutional Rights. [includes transcript]
    Dec 19, 2003 | Story

  • Bush vs Civil Liberties Pt. 2: Court Backs Rights of Guantanamo Prisoners

    A San Francisco Federal Appeals court ruled the government’s treatment of some 660 foreign detainees at Guantanamo Bay was unconstitutional and a violation of international law. We host a debate and speak with lawyer Stephen Kenny who recently visited Australian prisoner David Hicks in Guantanamo. [includes transcript]
    Dec 19, 2003 | Story