White House

White House May Have Lost Seven Months of E-Mail Since 2003

Stevie Converse — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:40:29 -0700

Revolving Door Between the White House and the Mainstream Media

Stevie Converse — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:41:38 -0700

House Votes to Preserve White House E-mails

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:07:01 -0700

AT&T Whistleblower Urges Against Immunity for Telecoms in Bush Spy Program

Stevie Converse — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:53:13 -0700

The Senate is expected to vote on a controversial measure to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act tomorrow. The legislation would rewrite the nation’s surveillance laws and authorize the National Security Agency’s secret program of warrantless wiretapping. We speak with Mark Klein, a technician with AT&T for over twenty-two years.

Former Bush Aide Testifies About C.I.A. Leak

Stevie Converse — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:38:45 -0700

Scott McClellan, President Bush’s former press secretary, told the House Judiciary Committee on Friday that he had been unfairly vilified by Bush supporters for his recent book criticizing former White House colleagues over the Iraq war and their involvement in leaking the identity of an intelligence officer.

White House May Keep Documents in E-Mail Flap Private, Judge Rules

Stevie Converse — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:06:47 -0700

The White House does not have to make public internal documents examining the potential disappearance of e-mails sent during some of the Bush administration's biggest controversies, a U.S. district judge ruled yesterday.

Tentative Accord on Spy Bill, Immunity

Stevie Converse — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:42:25 -0700

White House and congressional negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on an anti-terror spy bill that would permit court dismissal of potentially billions of dollars in lawsuits against phone companies, sources familiar with the talks said on Friday.

McClellan to Testify Before Judiciary Committee

Stevie Converse — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:51:33 -0700

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, whose scathing memoir about his time in the Bush administration sent waves through Washington D.C., has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee, a senior committee official told The Huffington Post.

Battle over McClellan's Criticism of Media on War Rages

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:02:23 -0700

In the wake of the Scott McClellan revelations this week, reporters and TV anchors (past and present) have split on how much to take to heart his criticism of the media for getting "hoodwinked" by President Bush on the run-up to the Iraq war. Katie Couric admitted some failings, while Tom Brokaw admitted none. The debate got even hotter on Friday.

Attack on White House Propaganda

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:50:36 -0700

There is growing momentum in Washington for a crackdown on government-issued information.

Because of a small addition to a bill that passed the House of Representatives, the inspector general of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) may be joining the FCC in investigating the Bush administration's “embedded analyst” program.

Tower of Babble Rabble

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:52:26 -0700

Former White House Press secretary Scott McClellan is excoriated for stating the obvious.

McClellan and the 'Enablers'

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:54:53 -0700

For all the press attention swirling around Scott McClellan's explosive tell-all, there's a brewing back story that's making Katie Couric and Charles Gibson squirm. And they're not alone.

Was Press a War 'Enabler?' Two Offer a Nod from Inside

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:41:52 -0700

In his new memoir, “What Happened,” Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary, said the national news media neglected their watchdog role in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, calling reporters “complicit enablers” of the Bush administration’s push for war.

Surprisingly, some prominent journalists have agreed.

Wexler Wants McClellan to Testify

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:19:16 -0700

Calling the revelations in Scott McClellan’s book “earth-shattering,” Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) has called on the former White House press secretary to testify under oath before the House Judiciary Committee.

Former Bush Aide Says McClellan Is Getting Ripped for Telling the Truth

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:16:21 -0700

In response to his scathing memoir detailing the "propaganda"-filled run up to war and seedy political machinations behind the CIA leak case, Scott McClellan has received withering criticism from his former colleagues. A money grubbing, attention seeking, devoid-of-principles hack has been the description of choice; "this is not the Scotty we knew," the most popular quote.

In Wake of McClellan Charges: When Bill Moyers Revealed How the Press Bought the War

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:48:58 -0700

Debate continues today over charges by former White House spokesman Scott McClellan, in a new book and on TV, that his former boss "hoodwinked" the media, and the public, into going along with the U.S. attack on Iraq in 2003.

McClellan: White House Wanted Him to Stay Silent

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:35:20 -0700

Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan, speaking out for the first time since publication of his searing memoir, told NBC's "Today" show on Thursday that he erroneously believed what President Bush was saying about the war but now

Exposing Washington's Spinning Permanent Campaign

Stevie Converse — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:42:14 -0700

In a White House full of Bush loyalists, none was more loyal than Scott McClellan, the bland press secretary who spread the company line for all the government to follow each day. His word, it turns out, was worthless, his confessional memoir a glimpse into Washington's world of spin and even outright deception.

White House Criticizes NBC News' Editing of Bush Interview

Stevie Converse — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:08:29 -0700

The White House criticized NBC News on Monday for what aides to President Bush called "deceitful" editing of an interview in which Bush was asked whether comments about the president of Iran were directed at Sen. Barack Obama.

White House Says Pentagon Propaganda Program Similar to Writing for a 'Liberal Blog'

Stevie Converse — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:24:16 -0700

Earlier this month, the Pentagon released a document dump in response to the New York Times’s expose on its military analyst program.