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ARI IS CAUGHT IN ANOTHER LIE, AND THE MAINSTREAM PRESS SAYS NOTHING 5/18
Cheney's Conflict of Interest in Halliburton Making Money Off of September 11th Security Issues 5/18
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A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: It's Time for a Commission 5/18
DEMOCRATS WANT HIJACK BRIEF PAPERS 5/18
FROM THE BUZZFLASH NO EXCUSES DEPARTMENT: Bush Claims He Really Knew Nothing Much, So Didn't Do Anything Much, Which is His Standard Operating Procedure After All. 5/18
But Bush, We've Got You Caught Lying: "U.S. and Italian officials were warned in July that Islamic terrorists might attempt to kill President Bush and other leaders by crashing an airliner into the Genoa summit of industrialized nations" (ARCHIVES) 5/18
FROM THE BUZZFLASH ARCHIVES: Investigate The Non-Evacuation of Booker Elementary School 5/16
MUST READ: "Suicide bomber(s) belonging to al-Qaida's Martyrdom Battalion could crash-land an aircraft packed with high explosives (C-4 and semtex) into the Pentagon, the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), or the White House." 5/18
May 16th Statement of Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney on Terrorist Warnings 5/17
Bush seeks damage control: "The Bush administration is more secretive than any administration since Nixon's." 5/17
REPOSTED: "Notes from the Grassy Knoll," by BuzzFlash Guest Writer William Rivers Pitt 5/18
How the Bush Administration Stymied the Hart-Rudman Anti-Terrorism Recommendations by Putting Dick Cheney in Charge of Doing Nothing 5/18
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute. Get the Buzz!
BUZZFLASH.COM PRESENTS THE FIFTH COLUMNIST: "One can imagine the blistering conservative outrage, the foaming right-wing oral cavities, the high Falwellian cynicism and sarcasm to erupt were Bill Clinton or Al Gore..." 5/18
Cheney 'deeply' Disturbed by Democratic Criticism of White House. Well, Dick Is Deeply Distubed. We'll Grant You That, We Don't Think the Godfather Intimidation Routine is Going to Work This Time Around. 5/17
Dan Rather, Thank You, Just Thanks 5/17
BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: What Bush Could Have Done UPDATED 5/16
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says he warned the United States that "something would happen" 12 days before the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington. 5/17
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The SPECIAL May 17th BuzzFlash Mailbag: Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, and All-American --- The Bush 9/11 Edition, Part II
SOME SEPTEMBER 11TH RELATIVES OF VICTIMS ARE FURIOUS WITH BUSH
Grand Hypocrisy Party Won't Stop Selling Photo of Bush Running Like a Yellow Streak Away from D.C. on September 11th and Barely Saying a Word to a Nation in Crisis. Thinking of Saving His Own Butt First Makes Him a Hero to the GOP. 5/17
Bush's Little Secret 5/17
U.S. planned for attack on al-Qaeda: White House given strategy two days before Sept. 11. Hmmm, But If They Weren't a Serious Threat, Why Was the White House Planning to Attack Them? 5/17
BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION: Connecting the Dots: Comprehension Level - Third Grade 5/16
It's Back! Get Your Copy of "Fortunate Son"
FROM THE ARCHIVES: German police confirm Iranian deportee phoned warnings 5/17
Ho Kurtz Says Press is Waking up after 9/11. Hmmm. How Many Months Ago Was That? 5/17
The revelation that the White House was warned in August about a bin Laden hijacking plot -- and that Bush failed to disclose the warning -- shows an administration both incompetent and dishonest 5/17
Another Karl Rove Love Note: Bush Suggests September 11th "Criticism" is Politically Motivated 5/17
Democrats led angry calls on Thursday for President Bush to hand over a top-secret CIA briefing and an FBI memo that warned of potential hijackings by Osama bin Laden 5/17
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Cheney Tries to Scare Americans off of Bush Betrayal 5/17
The Lie Won't Stand 5/17
Knowing Much, Bush Did Little To Protect America 5/17
CIA Shakeup: Key CIA Task Force Leader Moved 5/17
Message to Boy George: Mullah Omar Says Osama bin Laden Still Alive 5/17
Ralph Nader attacks post-Sept. 11 response of corporate America, Bush and Western Europe 5/17
Donn Marshall, whose wife, Shelley, died in the Pentagon attack, expressed bitterness at the revelations. "The notion that American planes might be hijacked — that should have caused more concern" 5/17
A Second Pearl Harbor? 5/17
A Newly Recaptioned Bush 911 Photo 5/16
Despite the statements that U.S. officials had no warnings of suicide attacks with airplanes, The Associated Press reported in March that Filipino police turned over just such a warning to the U.S. 5/17
U.S. warned in 1995 of plot to hijack planes, attack buildings 5/17
An Image of Invincibility is Shaken by Disclosures 5/17
"Senate Majority leader Tom Daschle said on Thursday he was "gravely concerned" that the White House received a warning in August of a possible plot to hijack U.S. planes" 5/17
Homeland Security Languishes 5/17
Agent: Moussaoui 'could fly ... into the WTC' 5/17
FROM THE ARCHIVES: BUSH ADMINISTRATION TOLD U.S. AGENTS TO BACK OFF BIN LADENS 5/16
"Why did it take eight months for us to receive this information?" Daschle said. "I think the president should turn over the entire briefing that he was given to the Joint Bipartisan Intelligence Committee investigation today or tomorrow" 5/17
Before Sept. 11, Unshared Clues and Unshaped Policy 5/17
FROM THE ARCHIVES: "President Bush personally asked Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle Tuesday to limit the congressional investigation into the events of September 11, congressional and White House sources told CNN." 5/17
9/11: Did Bush Do Enough? 5/17
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Newspaper: Echelon Gave Authorities Warning Of Attacks 5/16
Tourists Capture WTC Attack on Tape 5/17
Airlines Disagree with White House : "There was no warning offered to American, United or any other carrier that we are aware of," said American Airlines spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan. "We had no notification regarding hijackers last summer." 5/17
FROM THE BUZZFLASH ARCHIVES: The "Shallow Throat" Documents: A Pre-9/11 Bush&Co. Scenario 5/16
What Did He Know? 5/18
The War at Home: Federal Law Enforcement Officials Follow International Terrorism’s Money Trail from Northern Virginia to Saudi Arabia, but President Bush Says That’s Far Enough 5/16
A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: Hijackers Travel to and Within the United States 5/14
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"Blinded By The Right" by David Brock
And What About that Arizona FBI Memo (Read to End) 5/16
Senator: U.S. didn't connect 'dots' before 9/11 5/16
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Ashcroft Flying High: "Fishing rod in hand, Attorney General John Ashcroft left on a weekend trip to Missouri Thursday afternoon aboard a chartered government jet" NOW WE KNOW WHY! HE WAS WARNED! 5/16
Did the FBI Blow a Lead that Could Have Prevented September 11th? 5/16
Regulators Probed Enron Before Crash but Didn't Act 5/17
DAMAGE CONTROL FROM A WHITE HOUSE THAT WAS ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11th. CAN WE COURT MARTIAL A PRESIDENT WHO IGNORED THE HIJACKING THREATS , RAN FROM WASHINGTON ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, AND THEN SELLS SOUVENIR PHOTOS OF HIS FLIGHT? 5/16
Incompetence in the White House: Bush Was Warned of a Bin Laden Plot. America Paid the Price. 5/16
A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: I Hit the Trifecta 5/15
Caught in a Lie 5/17
BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: Bush Vacationed While They Planned 5/16
Airlines Report Only Hearing Vague Caution 5/17
U.S. Warplane Bombs Town Celebrating Wedding in Eastern Afghanistan 5/18
BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: What Bush Knew In July, 2001 5/16
What Did They Know and When Did They Know It? From Make Them Accountable.com. 5/16
What Did Cheney Mean, Anyway? 5/18
Bowling for Columbine and Other Gun Guy News 5/17
The May 17th Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia (Neither BuzzFlash Nor Gloria Endorse the Opinions of Articles Included in World Media Watch.)
Bush Personally Informed of Threat, But Did Not Alert the American Public (with a Code Red, Purple, Green, Magenta, Orange, Sky Blue, or Yellow for Yellow Streak) 5/16
Congressman Bernie Sanders (Congress's Only Independent Congressman) with a BuzzFlash Guest Contribution: The Export-import Bank: Corporate Welfare At Its Worst 5/17
Powdered Plutonium to Hit the Roads 5/17
ACLU Denounces Proposed Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment That Would Deny Millions of American Families Their Fundamental Rights 5/17
"Why then does the Administration remain steadfast in its opposition to an investigation into the biggest terrorism attack upon our nation"? Now We Know. 5/16
Of Course It's About Oil, Duh? 5/17
BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: Tweaking the Legalized Bribery System Pleases Few 5/17
Bush and Democrats at Odds in Secret HMO Talks 5/17
Afghan Battle Drags On 5/17
Yucca Won't Provide ENOUGH Storage Space, Says Energy Secretary 5/17
Enron linked to California blackouts:Traders said manipulation began energy crisis 5/17
BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: Why Is America Behaving This Way?: A Letter to European Friends 5/17
BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: The Twilight Zone 5/17
GOP House Approves Welfare Plan for the 1800's 5/17
Ashcroft and NRA Provide Second Amendment Gun Defense for Accused American Taliban Terrorist John Walker Lindh 5/17
Like Low-Down Dogs Licking Their Vomit, Key Republicans Bring Up All Things Clinton When They are Cornered with the Truth (as in Bush Failed the Country in Regards to Sepbember 11th) 5/16
Was the British deployment in Afghanistan a PR stunt? 5/17
Fight Back Against the Bush 'Killer Astroturf' Assault on our Courts 5/17
BLOCKBUSTER: BUSH WAS WARNED OF TERRORIST ACTION, BUT DID VIRTUALLY NOTHING
The Freepers Want you to Join Them In L.A. for a Right Wing Piss and Moan Meeting 5/18
Houston Police Balk at Tracking Immigrants 5/17
If the NRA Opposes Ed Rendell, He Must be the Right Democrat for Pennsylvania 5/18
Antiabortion wrecking crew 5/18
Bush Speaks with a Forked-Tongue on Cuba 5/17
Phil Gramm Didn't Get His Dream Job. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs. 5/17
A SPECIAL COUNSEL SHOULD BE APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE ENRON
Massive Police Presence Planned for Bush Visit to Germany 5/17
Bravo, Jimmy Carter 5/17
Stolen Cyanide Truck Found Abandoned in Mexico, with Part of Cargo Missing 5/17
Vanessa Legget is Honored for Standing up for the First Amendment 5/17
Bush's Selective Taste for Dictators 5/17
Daniel Pearl's Body Appears to Have Been Found in Pakistan 5/17
Court Reverses Ruling on Anti-Abortion Website 5/17
Halliburton calls for law to curb asbestos claims 5/17
Bush Resisting U.S. Chemical Industry Over Global Toxics Treaty 5/17
Jeb Bush campaign stop miffs school officials 5/17
More on Otto "Dr. Evil" Reich 5/17
Jeb, the Fabrication Governor, Will Say Anything 5/17
Was There an Anti-Semitic Riot at San Francisco State University? 5/17
The Danger of the Radical Right Wing that Controls the Supreme Court 5/16
FOX News Wants to Indoctrinate College Campuses with Right Wing Coverage 5/17
The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex by Dr. Helen Caldicott
A BuzzFlash Interview With U.S. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Democrat and Progressive
REPOSTED: BuzzFlash interviews David Brock, author of Blinded By The Right.
BuzzFlash Interviews Dr. Helen Caldicott, Founder Of The Modern Antinuclear Movement
Part Two of the BuzzFlash interview with Paul Begala, Famed Democratic Political Strategist and Co-author of Buck Up, Suck Up, and Come Back When You Foul Up.
Part One of the BuzzFlash interviews Paul Begala, Famed Democratic Political Strategist and Co-author of Buck Up, Suck Up, and Come Back When You Foul Up.
THE CAMPUS VOICE:
Own a Piece of History? from the Hoosier Review 5/17
THE LIGHTER SIDE:
Did Bush Connect the Dots? 5/17
Uncle Dick, Is It Safe to Come Home Now? 5/17
Has Bush Crossed the LIne? A BuzzFlash Eric Harrison Cartoon. 5/17
Barnabas the toy poodle has been a registered Republican for two years but never got a chance to vote. 5/18
Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony, head of the largest U.S. Roman Catholic archdiocese, has admitted keeping secret a case of child sexual abuse by a local priest, who then continued to molest children for another 14 years. 5/17
How Much For That President in the Window? 5/16
Peggy Noonan's Uncommon Sense 5/14
Don't Blame Me! 5/18
Ari's Credibility 5/17
History: The Subject American's Cannot Learn, by Tom Toles 5/15
Carter Urges US-Cuba Policy Change 5/18
Bush Wants Some Civics Education 5/15
That Quacking Sound You Hear is from Elizabeth Dole 5/17
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