Preparing the Battlefield

Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources. These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, were described in a Presidential Finding signed by Bush, and are designed to destabilize the country's religious leadership. Full Story »

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Shawn McConnell
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by Shawn McConnell - Oct. 1, 2008

Hersh is possibly the most dependable and trustworthy investigative journalist working today. He once again seems to have dug up important facts on U.S. foreign policy that no other journalist has been able to find (or has attempted to find). In a perfect world we would read stories such as this in the morning paper daily.

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