Greg Palast's Columns
Big Brother Inc. Tries to Fool Randi Rhodes
"It's not what ChoicePoint sells that terrifies me, it's whom they're selling it to: a regime for whom information is a weapon and disinformation a way of life." Column by Greg Palast.
" the snooping into your phone bill is just the snout of the pig of a strange, lucrative link-up between the Administration's Homeland Security spy network and private companies operating beyond the reach of the laws meant to protect us from our government. You can call it the privatization of the FBI -- though it is better described as the creation of a private KGB." Column by Greg Palast.
The Real LTC Burkett in His Own Words
"It is for the President, not Bill Burkett, to answer the question, 'Did your daddy the congressman vote to send other men's sons to Vietnam while pulling the strings to keep you cozy and safe?'" Column by Greg Palast.
Greg Palast on the Bush-Kerry debate.
"This
is not a story about Dan Rather....This is really a story about fear, the fear
that stops other reporters in the US from following the evidence about this
Administration to where it leads."
Column by Greg Palast.
Still Unreported: The Pay-Off in Bush Air Guard Fix
"Barnes appears to have made lucrative use of his knowledge of our President's slithering out of the draft as a lever to protect a multi-billion dollar contract for a client." Column by Greg Palast.
"Why the heck can't agents follow the money, even when it takes them to Arabia? Because, as we heard repeatedly from those muzzled inside the agencies, Saudi money trails lead back to George H.W. Bush and his very fortunate sons and retainers. We at BBC reported that too, at the top of the nightly news, everywhere but America." Column by Greg Palast.
Khan Job: Bush Spiked Probe of Pakistan's Dr. Strangelove
"According to both sources and documents obtained by the BBC, the Bush Administration “Spike” of the investigation of Dr. Khan’s Lab followed from a wider policy of protecting key Saudi Arabians including the bin Laden Family." Column by Greg Palast.
"As of today, the independence of the most independent major network on this planet is under attack. Blair's government is 'cleared' and now arrogantly sport their kill, the head of Gavyn Davies, BBC's chief, who resigned today." Column by Greg Palast.
Greg Palast's introduction to the new edition of Jim Hatfield's biography of George W. Bush.
Ex-dictator demands back pay from James Baker. Column by Greg Palast.
"To
get around the wee issue that Bush has no legal authority to mess with Iraq's
debt, the White House has crafted a neat little subterfuge. The official press
release says the President has not appointed Mr. Baker. Rather Mr. Bush is 'responding
to a request from the Iraqi Governing Council.' That is, Bush is acting on the
authority of the puppet government he imposed on Iraqis at gunpoint