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Rumsfeld Kills NYT Subscription Over Krugman

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:03:40 CDT

Donald Rumsfeld is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore—so he's canceled his subscription to the New York Times . "After reading Krugman’s repugnant piece on 9/11, I cancelled my subscription to the New York Times this AM," the former defense secretary tweeted today. In the...

Rumsfeld: Terrorists Didn't Shut Pentagon

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:50:30 CDT

As bells tolled today at Ground Zero, the Pentagon, and in a Pennsylvania field, politicians gathered on the Sunday talk shows to offer up their memories and interpretations of 9/11. “It was clear they had hit the seat of economic power in New York and the seat of military power...

Judge Lets Army Vet Sue Rumsfeld Over Detention

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:13:10 CDT

An Army vet who says he was imprisoned unjustly and tortured by the US military in Iraq can sue former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld personally for damages, a judge ruled yesterday. The veteran, a private contractor who worked as a Marine translator in the volatile Anbar province, says he was...

Prosecute Bush, Cronies: Human Rights Watch

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:02:02 CDT

Human Rights Watch wants George W. Bush and his top officials prosecuted for war crimes and criminal conspiracy, the Guardian reports. In a new report, the US group calls for foreign governments to move forward with the prosecution if the Obama administration does not investigate. In addition to allegations of...

Iran to Try Bush Officials for Human Rights Abuses

Kevin Spak — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:50:05 CDT

Iran intends to try 26 current or former US officials in absentia for human rights violations and forward its findings to international tribunals, one lawmaker said today. He didn’t specify which officials, but Reuters believes it’s likely to be the same people listed on a bill currently in Iran’s parliament,...

Rumsfeld: We Woulda Hit bin Laden Same Way

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 21 May 2011 10:41:37 CDT

Add Donald Rumsfeld to the list of Republicans heaping praise for Osama bin Laden's killing on anyone but the Obama administration: "The capabilities to do it were developed over time by previous administrations, and they benefit the country, and the intelligence had been gathered over a long period of time,...

Bin Laden's Fatal Mistake: He Didn't Read WikiLeaks

John Johnson — Fri, 13 May 2011 13:34:37 CDT

Maybe Osama bin Laden should have had his hideaway hooked up with Internet access: He might have saved his own neck by reading WikiLeaks files. The unusual assertion comes from none other than Donald Rumsfeld, who notes in a Washington Post op-ed that leaked classified files from Gitmo "contain clues...

Cheney Praises Obama on bin Laden Mission

John Johnson — Sun, 08 May 2011 11:10:11 CDT

President Obama got rare praise from Dick Cheney today, as the former VP lauded the Osama decision on Fox News Sunday , reports Politico . "You’ve got to give him a lot of credit," said Cheney. "I give him high marks for making that decision." But Cheney also worried that the US...

Bin Laden Intel May Have Come From Gitmo: Rumsfeld

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:03:05 CDT

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld thinks the controversial Guantanamo Bay military prison may deserve some credit for Osama bin Laden's death. The new intelligence that allowed the US to find bin Laden "very well could have been partly a result of the interviews that took place at Guantanamo," he said...