Articles & Commentary
I am an investigative journalist, covering mostly national security and intelligence. I am currently the managing news editor of Raw Story, Media; contributor to Alternet, and The Huffington Post, and other publications. My work has been referenced in most major news outlets online, in print, and in various reference collections, as well as scholarly works and historical books. I am not politically left or politically right, because I don't see myself as defined by such a narrow spectrum and because I refuse to be categorized in an artificially constructed world view when many positions that are the focus of each political platform are complex and nuanced. Below is a list of some of my articles on a few key topics:
Recent Articles:
Build Up to Iran: Key Articles
- Spurious attempt to tie Iran, Iraq to nuclear arms plot bypassed U.S. intelligence channels - 1/11/2006
- Pentagon Confirms Iranian Directorate - 6/15/2006
- Pentagon Moves to Stage II Planning for Iran - 9/21/2006
- Intelligence Laundry: To Paris Again -10/16/2006
- IAEA disputes claim that Iran barred inspectors - 1/22/2007
Iraq Intelligence Manipulation: Key Articles
- American Who Advised Pentagon Says he Worked for Magazine that Found Niger Documents - 1/17/2006
- Pentagon Investigation of War Hawk Stalling Inquiry into Pre-War Intelligence on Iraq (Phase II) - 1/30/2006
- Cheney and Rumsfeld Outsourcing Special Ops in Iraq to Terror Group (MEK) - 5/13/2006
- Pentagon Inspector General to release investigation into secretive pre-war Iraq intelligence group - 2/7/2007
- Senator calls report 'devastating condemnation' of Office of Special Plans - 2/8/2007
Domestic/National: Key Articles
- Ohio volunteers allege election tampering - 1/26/2005
- Whistleblowers allege influence peddling by members of Congress, VP in Mexico wastewater project - 3/29/2006
- Democrat calls for racial profiling inquiry - 8/25/2005
- Librarians defy FBI - 6/2/2006
- Report: Treatment of US suspects at home mirrors that of terror suspects in military custody - 7/13/2006
- Human trafficking of Indian guest workers alleged in Mississippi shipyard; Contractor defends 290-man camp - 4/13/2007
- The permanent Republican majority: Part one: How a coterie of Republican heavyweights sent a governor to jail - 11/26/2007
- The permanent Republican majority: Part two: Daughter of jailed governor sees White House hand in her father's fall - 11/27/2007
Counter-terrorism/Intel: Key Articles
- Testimony from Rove's former assistant may solidify the case that misled inquiry lawyers - 11/28/2005
- NYC tunnel plot just chatter - 7/8/2006
- New documents link Kissinger to two 1970s coups - 6/26/2007
- National Intelligence Estimate lacks supporting evidence, possibly politicized, intelligence officials say - 7/25/2007
- Senate passes intelligence bill after Democrats back down on presidential briefings, CIA jails -10/5/2007
- All the president's PR men: Raw Story investigation reveals revolving door on Iraq PR Men -10/11/2007
Other Key Intel/War Articles:
- UN nuclear watchdog set to submit Iran report -11/13/2007
- Intelligence officials on both sides of the Atlantic question al Qaeda role in Bhutto killing - 1/18/2008
Key Interviews:
-FBI investigator who helped catch Russian spy, Eric O'Neill
-Former UN Inspector Scott Ritter, Series:
-Controversial Neo-Conservative and Iran-Contra player Michael Ledeen, Series:
- Conversations with Machiavelli's Ghost: The Democratic Revolutionary
- Conversations with Machiavelli's Ghost: Demystifying Intrigue
- Conversations with Machiavelli's Ghost: Staffing the Deck
-Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Michigan Democrat John Conyers: The Battle Goes On
-Former Ambassador, Joseph Wilson (husband of outed CIA officer, Valerie Plame)
-John Cusack slams corporate media, talks up new movie 'War, Inc.' in wide-ranging interview
Key Commentary:
- Bush Is Waiting for An Iraq Solution That Will Never Come
- When Strategy Fails, Rove Will Fight Dirty
- Republican Torture Laws Will Live in History
- The Most Trusted Names in News (Really!)
- Is Lebanon the 'Trigger' for U.S. War With Iran?
- Bush: Breaking the Law, Again and Again
- Saddam's Execution is about Iran
- Our Cold Civil War
- Our Cold Civil War - Reprint/Hustler (paper)


