Loaded for Bear
Any day now the polar bear could be listed under the Endangered Species Act. Conservative groups are already plotting their response—and lawsuits are just the tip of the iceberg.
While Petraeus Testifies, U.S. Iraq Personnel Take Cover
The general says progress is underway in Iraq. Meanwhile, in the increasingly bombarded Green Zone, embassy officials have been told to avoid going outdoors.
Blackwater's World Of Warcraft
Need a private-label armored vehicle? A detachment of Chilean infantrymen? A special forces "engagement team"? Erik Prince's expanding global private army is at your service–and the war in Iraq was just the beginning.
Interview: Greystone's Christopher Burgess
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Interview: Greystone's Christopher Burgess
By Bruce Falconer and Daniel Schulman
March 20, 2008
Christopher Burgess, the 40-year-old...
Like Ike: Petraeus for President?
The man in charge of winning the war has been called a "walking mass of ambition." Is General David Petraeus eyeing a White House run—and what does that mean for what he says about Iraq?
Meet the New Bosses
After crashing the gate of the political establishment, bloggers are looking more like the next gatekeepers.
Bush's Shadow Justice Department: Did the Federalist Society Have a Hand in Attorney Firings?
The right-wing lawyers' group is the casting couch for the federal judiciary—and may have been, newly released documents indicate, for the Justice Department too.
Love Letters for Libby
Pleading for leniency in pre-sentencing letters, Libby's friends and former colleagues -- among them a who's who of the neocon set -- call him a man of "integrity" and a "dedicated public servant," but the judge makes an example out of him.
Karl Rove's Least Likely Interrogator: Scott Bloch and the Office of Special Counsel
The controversial director of the OSC is launching the most high-profile (and politically fraught) investigation of his stormy, three-year tenure. Is it a courageous effort to expose White House malfeasance, or a last ditch attempt to save his own hide?
Office of Special Counsel's War On Whistleblowers
OSC is investigating Karl Rove's political machine. But until recently OSC head Scott Bloch's policy was to ignore whistleblowers' tips on murder, espionage, and terrorism, while vigorously rooting out any signs of the "homosexual agenda."


