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- Taliban Transcript: "They Were Our Men" Alleged Bhutto assassins share congratulations.
Dec. 31, 2007 - J. Edgar Hoover's Habeas-Suspending Scheme Whom to round up? He had a little list.
Dec. 27, 2007 - Clemens' Side of the Story He denies using steroids and Human Growth Hormone.
Dec. 24, 2007 - More Humiliation for Tony Blair Is this tea bag a glutton for punishment?
Dec. 20, 2007 - Mitchell's Steroids Report The baseball investigation alleges that Roger Clemens helped himself to performance-enhancing drugs.
Dec. 14, 2007 - Ahmadinejad's Blog Where Iran's president permits dissent.
Dec. 12, 2007 - Huckabee's 1992 AIDS Plan A homophobic comment comes back to haunt him.
Dec. 10, 2007 - Interrogation Dos and Don'ts The Army's handbook on grilling prisoners.
Dec. 7, 2007 - Iran Threat Assessment: The Do-Over What the new NIE actually says.
Dec. 5, 2007 - The Pedophile's Secret Code An FBI report reveals the secret language of child abuse—customer satisfaction survey included!
Dec. 3, 2007 - The Diaries of Facebook's Founder Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg fantasizes about pairing college students' photographs with pictures of farm animals, calls a classmate a "bitch," and gets down to some serious hacking.
Nov. 30, 2007 - The Sock Puppet Who Loved Me Megan Meier's home town makes cyberstalking a misdemeanor.
Nov. 29, 2007 - Terrorism: The Slide Show A Power Point demonstration by the Department of Homeland Security.
Nov. 27, 2007 - Property Tax Refund Scam! A Washington, D.C., city employee allegedly scores $31 million in "adjustments."
Nov. 21, 2007 - The Ballad of Cookie and Buzzy The State Department's inspector general reverses his congressional testimony about his brother's ties to Blackwater.
Nov. 19, 2007 - The Barry Bonds Indictment Is the home-run king a perjuror?
Nov. 16, 2007 - Oh, That Hezbollah File What was Nada Nadim Prouty looking for on an FBI computer?
Nov. 14, 2007 - Kerik's Indictment Bernie, we hardly knew ye.
Nov. 13, 2007 - Why Female Genital Mutilation Won't Get You Asylum A Justice department board reasons that genital mutilation occurs but once in a lifetime.
Nov. 9, 2007 - Homophobes Disrupt Military Funerals A fallen soldier's family collects $11 million from fundamentalist picketers.
Nov. 7, 2007 - Hollywood Bosses Go On Strike An elite group of writer-producers casts its lot with the proles.
Nov. 5, 2007 - Knee-Capped By Kissinger A newly-released 1972 memo shows how Kissinger, while national security advisor, enlisted Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin to fight the real enemy: Secretary of State William Rogers.
Nov. 2, 2007 - Mukasey, Tortured Bush's nominee for attorney general gropes for a rationale to avoid saying whether waterboarding is illegal.
Nov. 1, 2007 - The Kite Runner's Rape Scene Read the shooting script for the scene that may endanger a child actor's safety in Afghanistan.
Oct. 30, 2007 - Blackwater's SOS A private security contractor urges supporters to lobby Congress.
Oct. 26, 2007 - Bye-Bye, Boy Scouts Anti-gay discrimination costs the scouts its beaux-arts headquarters in Philadelphia's Center City.
Oct. 23, 2007 - Juvi Hell Inside a privately run juvenile prison.
Oct. 18, 2007 - Weapons of Mass Collegiate Destruction Did Saddam Hussein ever visit American University?
Oct. 15, 2007 - The Laying On of Mitts An influential evangelical urges his brethren to support a Mormon.
Oct. 12, 2007 - Rx for Reefer In California, doctors can supply a free pass to purchase marijuana. Here's what it looks like.
Oct. 10, 2007 - Isiah Thomas' Complaint The basketball legend gets Madison Square Garden busted for sexual harrassment.
Oct. 5, 2007 - Blackwater Unplugged A House committee report shows the security firm was causing trouble in Iraq well before Nisour Square.
Oct. 3, 2007 - Dan Rather v. CBS The former anchor's legal complaint about getting sacked.
Oct. 1, 2007 - The Hsu Complaint A fund-raiser's foiled plan to share ill-gotten gains with political candidates.
Sept. 24, 2007 - Kid Nation Says: Sign Here! Parents can't say they weren't warned.
Sept. 19, 2007 - Polygamy Dos and Don'ts Utah and Arizona compile an amateur's guide to Mormon fundamentalism.
Sept. 18, 2007 - The War as They Saw It Death claims two soldiers who published a dissenting op-ed in the New York Times.
Sept. 13, 2007 - War in the Time of Cholera A new potential risk for U.S. troops in Baghdad.
Sept. 12, 2007 - Osama, Verbatim A transcript of the terrorist leader's latest video release.
Sept. 10, 2007 - The Law According to Jack Bauer A top Pentagon aide teaches law students about torture by tuning in 24.
Sept. 7, 2007 - Leona Helmsley's Last Hotel I wouldn't settle for unscrubbed marble. Why should you?
Sept. 5, 2007 - The Larry Craig Bust A Republican senator's bathroom misadventure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport.
Aug. 28, 2007 - Alberto Gonzales' Resignation Letter More eagerly anticipated than the seventh Harry Potter!
Aug. 27, 2007 - Ted Haggard's Funny Money The defrocked charity that's bankrolling a fallen minister.
Aug. 27, 2007 - The CIA vs. Its Inspector General Hey, you never hear about the planes that didn't crash into the World Trade Center ...
Aug. 24, 2007 - Oh, Those Documents ... The White House plays games over a Senate subpoena.
Aug. 23, 2007 - O.J.'s Victims' Families Slug It Out One wants to publish If I Did It; the other doesn't.
Aug. 21, 2007 - The Congressman's Conduit Will Heaton learns a life lesson.
Aug. 17, 2007 - When Karl Met Al Rove was pimping Gonzales back in 1989.
Aug. 14, 2007 - Uncle Sam Wants YOU! Bush's war czar considers reinstating the draft.
Aug. 13, 2007 - Roger Ailes: The Early Years If the Fox chief were whispering advice to Rudy Giuliani, it might go something like this.
Aug. 10, 2007 - Seventh-Inning Koan Tibet's polite protesters sample the summer game.
Aug. 8, 2007 - Did Bush Repeal the Fifth Amendment? Two recent executive orders whittle down due process.
Aug. 6, 2007 - John Kerry, GOP Prospect The Nixon team had its eyes on him in 1971.
Aug. 3, 2007 - Ted Turner's Big Love A Pulitzer-winning novelist explains in embarrassing detail why his wife left him to be part-time girlfriend to Captain Outrageous.
Aug. 1, 2007 - Ix-Nay About Ood-Fay Afety-Say! Four internal FDA critics get a scolding from their boss.
July 30, 2007 - Ookie's Day in Court Michael Vick pleads not guilty.
July 27, 2007 - Freeing the "Benghazi 6" How oil greed almost sank the release of six health-care workers from a Libyan prison.
July 25, 2007 - While You Were Sleeping The vice president finally joins the executive branch.
July 23, 2007 - Mariane Pearl v. the Aga Khan Danny Pearl's widow sues His Highness' bank about her husband's death.
July 20, 2007 - The Spoiled-Meat Trick Congress persuades Safeway to make its meat products a little more safe.
July 18, 2007 - Best-Ever Nixon Document The president's 1970 memo "with regard to the whole warmth business."
July 16, 2007 - Calabrese Family Reunion A Chicago Mob trial raises trust issues.
July 13, 2007 - Brand It Like Beckham The selling of America's newest sports star.
July 11, 2007 - The Sara Taylor Tractor Pull Can executive privilege be involuntary?
July 9, 2007 - Scooter Libby's Clemency Order No jail time for the convicted perjuror.
July 3, 2007 - Job Application for U.S. Senate References available on request.
July 2, 2007 - The CIA, Castro, and the Mafia Some historic gems from the CIA's newly-released "family jewels."
June 29, 2007 - Cheney vs. National Archives The vice president disputes that he's a member of the executive branch.
June 27, 2007 - Stalking Linkin Park A computer techie inside the nuclear-weapons complex follows her bliss.
June 26, 2007 - Marley and Me Gets Mugged Author Grogan disavows an unauthorized anthology meant to cash in on his best seller.
June 22, 2007 - Obama's Backfiring Oppo A nasty campaign report about Hillary Clinton's ties to India goes public.
June 20, 2007 - Law Profs for Libby Alan Dershowitz and Robert Bork ask whether Patrick Fitzgerald's appointment was constitutional.
June 18, 2007 - Free Valerie Plame's Memoirs! The former CIA agent sues over her right to publish the dates of her employment (psst: Nov. 9, 1985 to Jan. 9, 2006).
June 15, 2007 - The Surgeon General-Designate's Anatomy Lesson Anuses are not designed for penises.
June 13, 2007 - Spy Central Slip-Up Psst. Want to know the secret intelligence budget?
June 8, 2007 - Agent Dzwilewski's Exit Interview Monica Goodling kneecaps a truth-telling FBI agent.
June 6, 2007 - The Slammer for Scooter? Dueling sentencing memos from the defense and prosecution.
June 4, 2007 - Rudy Rants for the Home Team Want to make Giuliani mad? Ask about his Yankees keepsakes.
May 29, 2007 - Dickering With Disney A Disney benefits package circa 1943.
May 25, 2007 - Monica Speaks The former White House liaison's opening statement to Congress.
May 24, 2007 - This Is Your Brain On Iraq The poor mental health of our troops.
May 23, 2007 - Wolfie's Last Stand His side of the story.
May 17, 2007 - The Voter Fraud Fraud Sacrificing research to partisan fantasies.
May 16, 2007 - Petraeus to Troops: "Respect human dignity." "What sets us apart from our enemies ... is how we behave."
May 11, 2007 - Defending "Extraordinary Renditions" A CIA veteran doesn't mince words.
May 10, 2007 - Monica's Immunity Former senior counsel to Gonzales will testify to the House.
May 8, 2007 - The D.C. Madam's Phone Records They're from 1996, but you still may find someone you know.
May 1, 2007 - Clooney Doesn't Heart Russell Creative differences in the age of YouTube.
April 26, 2007 - Cho Seung-Hui's Commitment Papers Judged an "imminent danger" to himself, the Virginia Tech shooter was assigned ... outpatient treatment.
April 24, 2007 - Airborne Celebrity Gun Smugglers Famous people who've carried guns onto planes.
April 19, 2007 - As the World (Bank) Turns Cherchez la femme.
April 17, 2007 - Rubber Soul New York's risqué condom campaign.
April 13, 2007 - Kindergartner Charged With Felony Tantrum Takes timeout in county jail.
April 11, 2007 - Fishing For Illegals Thirteen tries and you're out.
April 11, 2007 - Goodling Resigns Secrets of another young women named Monica.
April 9, 2007 - DoJ Do-Over The Justice Department apologizes for lying to Congress.
April 3, 2007 - Jared Stern v. Ron Burkle: The Rematch The former New York Post gossip sues his accuser.
March 29, 2007 - Sen. Webb's Ordnance Aide Forgetting the briefcase was loaded.
March 28, 2007 - Scooter's Famous School for Character References How to urge a lighter sentence for the vice president's former chief of staff.
March 27, 2007 - David Iglesias' Damage Control Before the payback, humiliation.
March 22, 2007 - Dirty Dancing in Idaho An X-rated legal complaint from the state attorney general.
March 21, 2007 - Bananas of Mass Destruction What John Walker Lindh and Chiquita bananas have in common.
March 19, 2007 - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's Confession Al-Qaida's money man compares Bin Laden to George Washington.
March 15, 2007 - The U.S. Attorneygate E-Mails Have I got a job for you ...
March 15, 2007 - Deadly Toothpaste A short history of dentifrice-based terrorism.
March 12, 2007 - The Starbucks Stops Here Its chairman wonders whether the company is losing its soul.
March 9, 2007 - Al Sharpton's Family Ties His namesake was a slave owner.
March 6, 2007 - Libby Jury Doubts Its Doubt Learning the hard way that nobody knows what "reasonable doubt" means.
March 5, 2007 - The CIA Wants You! The Company's recruitment steps out of the shadows.
March 2, 2007 - Romney's Blueprint His campaign's PowerPoint briefing spotlights the candidate's vulnerabilties.
Feb. 28, 2007 - Your Oscar Tickets We meant to get them to you sooner, but our courier got stuck in traffic.
Feb. 28, 2007 - The Ballad of Dusty and Brent The top spook and his contractor crony always played for the same team.
Feb. 23, 2007 - Police Academy 8: Bamboozled in Baghdad The Iraq reconstruction project from hell.
Feb. 20, 2007 - How Lilly Sells Zyprexa A sales-rep script for selling the controversial drug.
Feb. 15, 2007 - Reason Not Conrad Black's Need The former press baron asks the court to ignore his lavish ways.
Feb. 14, 2007 - Rehnquist's Skeletons, Part 3 Was the former chief justice a racist?
Feb. 12, 2007 - Lisa Nowak's Restraining-Order Petition The unhinged astronaut is ordered to stay clear of her presumed rival.
Feb. 8, 2007 - When Astronauts Go Bad Lisa Marie Nowak's police affidavit.
Feb. 7, 2007 - Ted Haggard's Next Career Cured of homosexuality and purged of shame, the pastor will become a psychologist.
Feb. 6, 2007 - Boomer Bummer Pigeonholing the Baby Boom. Again.
Feb. 5, 2007 - Department of Homeland Dissatisfaction The Homeland Security department tries to cheer up its employees, who hate their jobs.
Feb. 2, 2007 - Richard Thompson's Cheat Sheet How a veteran folk-rocker remembers the words to his new Iraq protest song.
Jan. 31, 2007 - Drinan = Barbaro? The Washington Post equates Father Drinan's death with that of a horse.
Jan. 30, 2007 - Does Viagra Cause AIDS? A lawsuit alleges that Pfizer's marketing encourages risky gay sex.
Jan. 29, 2007 - If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Timbuktu Marie Antoinette, meet Ram Dass.
Jan. 26, 2007 - How the FBI Dropped the Ball on Foley Not once. Not twice. Three times.
Jan. 23, 2007 - Raves For Sale How to buy a favorable book review.
Jan. 19, 2007 - O.J.'s Book Contract The million-dollar confession.
Jan. 18, 2007 - Rehnquist's Skeletons, Part 2 The Supreme Court justice's bad trip.
Jan. 16, 2007 - The Egg and I Is the embryo bank a baby supermarket?
Jan. 12, 2007 - John Lennon's FBI File The ex-Beatle's disappointingly wan subversion.
Jan. 9, 2007 - Rehnquist's Skeletons How the Nixon and Reagan White Houses tried to silence his critics.
Jan. 8, 2007 - Time Defines "This Week" You think that's simple? Guess again.
Jan. 5, 2007 - John Edwards Bids Georgetown Farewell His federal style row house sells for $5 million.
Jan. 4, 2007 - Duke Prosecutor Needs Lawyer The district attorney in the lacrosse rape case is charged with ethics violations.
Jan. 3, 2007
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