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Spanish-American War; US occupies Philippines and much of the Caribbean. Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand triggers World War I. Woodrow Wilson uses falsities and exaggerated claims to bring the US into World War I. Russian Revolution begins. Balfour Declaration establishes Britain's intent to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Treaty of Versailles. Sykes-Picot agreement divvies up the Middle East by British and French dictates. Palmer purge of US Communists. Western oil companies exert their control over the Middle East. American women win the right to vote. Iraq formed. The Bush and Walker families help subsidize the Nazis. Teapot Dome scandal. Great Depression. World War I vets, known as the "Bonus March" protesters, attacked by US troops. Roosevelt presidency. Hitler's rise to power, subsidized by US corporate interests. Reichstag fire. "Night of the Long Knives." Huey Long assassinated. Spanish Civil War. Kristallnacht. Germany invades Poland; beginning of World War II. Batista takes control of Cuba. Hitler's "Final Solution." Pearl Harbor attack. Some US corporations previously involved with the Nazis now switch to helping Allied war efforts; numerous investigations into US corporate connections with Nazi Germany launched, but investigations are largely stymied. Many US conservatives oppose war, side with Hitler. Double V Campaign. Internment of Japanese-Americans. D-Day. Roosevelt dies; Truman becomes president. Hitler commits suicide. Germany surrenders. Atomic bombing of Japan; Japan surrenders. Potsdam Conference divides Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia among the Allies. Ho Chi Minh forms new Vietnamese government. France occupies South Vietnam. Stalin foreign policy speech initiates "Cold War." First Indochina war; Viet Mihn insurgents battle French, British forces. Venona Project. US begins new technology development for spying on USSR. Truman Doctrine. Executive Order 9835, the "Loyalty Oath." National Security Act of 1947. United Nations formed. Marshall Plan. House UnAmerican Activities Committee formed; HUAC/McCarthy investigations. Israel is formed and is immediately attacked by Arab enemies. Murder of journalist George Polk, the "first casualty of the Cold War;" investigation into his murder is stonewalled by the CIA and by American media figures. West Berlin blockade; Berlin Airlift. Alger Hiss accused of spying for USSR. Fairness Doctrine adopted by FCC. NATO formed. Mao Zedong establishes Communist government in China. Korean War. McCarran Act. US steps up military assistance to South Vietnam. Japanese "economic miracle," facilitated by US refusal to prosecute Japanese war crimes and tolerance of Japanese criminal business practices. Defection of Burgess and MacLean. Zapata Oil. Eisenhower becomes president. Mossadaq government in Iran is overthrown by the US. Armistice ends Korean War. French lose battle of Dien Bien Phu. Oppenheimer charged with Communist sympathies. Guatamalan government overthrown by CIA. Joseph McCarthy exposed as a fraud. Nasser coup in Egypt. Partition of Vietnam into North and South. Brown v. Board of Education decision. U-2 spy plane developed; Groom Lake (Area 51) secret testing facility built in Nevada. Faulk lawsuit successfully challenges Hollywood blacklisting. Warsaw Pact formed. CIA helps install Diem regime in South Vietnam. Suez Canal incident. "October Rebellion" in Hungary crushed by Soviet Army. Forced desegregation of Little Rock public schools. Sputnik. Corona spy satellite system developed. CIA helps Iraqis overthrow King Faisal in favor of General Qasim. Castro overthrows Batista. Second Indochina War. Saddam Hussein recuited by the CIA. Manuel Noriega recruited by DIA. US military advisors enter South Vietnam in force. "Operation Northwoods." Greensboro Four protests. CIA destabilization of Castro begins. Francis Gary Powers shot down over USSR. Kennedy defeats Nixon for US presidency.
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Bay of Pigs. Kennedy sends more US troops to support the South Vietnamese against North Vietnamese incursions. Algerian independence. Cuban Missile Crisis. CIA-supported coup in Iraq; Qasim executed. Zapata Oil becomes Pennzoil after mergers. US-assisted coup in South Vietnam against Diem. Kennedy assassinated; Johnson becomes president. Civil Rights Act of 1964; fundamental change reshapes both Republican and Democratic parties. Domestic Operations Division of the CIA is formed. CIA assists in assassination of India's Nehru. US presence in Vietnam escalates sharply after "Gulf of Tonkin" incident, where US warships are supposedly attacked by North Vietnamese vessels. USSR's Khruschev ousted in favor of Leonid Brezhnev. Brutal coup in Indonesia, assisted by CIA, results in the deaths of over a million. Malcolm X assassinated. Anti-war protests in US escalate. Miranda ruling by US Supreme Court. Six-Day War. "Operation Garden Plot," the first of several government plans to suspend the Constitution and declare martial law. Tet Offensive. My Lai massacre. Assassination of Martin Luther King. George W. Bush joins TANG. Paris Peace Talks destabilized by GOP. Robert F. Kennedy assassinated; Hubert Humphrey nominated as Democratic candidate for president. Ba'athists take power in Iraq. "Police riots" at the Democratic National Convention. Czech Rebellion crushed by Soviet forces. Nixon becomes president. Massive anti-war demonstrations. Secret US bombings of Cambodia. US officially stops work on bioweapons. "Nixon Doctrine." Ho Chi Minh dies. Roe v. Wade filed. Pol Pot rises to power in Cambodia. Kent State murders. Nasser dies.
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Secret bombing of Laos. "Pentagon Papers" are published. Nixon establishes US relations with China. William Rehnquist joins Supreme Court. "Watergate" conspiracy to subvert election. George W. Bush goes AWOL. Break-in of Democratic headquarters by Nixon operatives. Powell memo sparks conservative revolution. Arab terror bombings disrupt Munich Olympics. Nixon wins re-election. Roe v. Wade decision. Paris Peace Accords. Wounded Knee massacre. US withdrawal from Vietnam. Bakke decision. Agnew resigns. Chile's Salvatore Allende assassinated by the CIA. George W. Bush "honorably" discharged from TANG Yom Kippur War. "Saturday Night Massacre." War Powers Resolution passes over Nixon's veto. The right-wing conspiracy to control the US media is launched. Kurdish rebellion in Iraq . Nixon resigns rather than be impeached. Ford becomes president and pardons Nixon. Ethiopia deposes Haile Selassie for a Marxist government. Lebanese civil war. Fall of Saigon. MK-ULTRA revealed to public. Operation Condor. George H.W. Bush heads the CIA. East Timor declares independence; invaded by Indonesia with US support. John Paul Stevens joins Supreme Court. Jimmy Carter elected president. Arbusto Oil. Newt Gingrich wins Congressional seat, in precursor of GOP attack politics. Clintons invest in Whitewater. FEMA created; agency mandated to implement martial law and round up thousands of dissident Americans. Camp David peace accord between Egypt and Israel. Jonestown massacre. Founding of "Moral Majority." Iran becomes a religious theocracy. MX missiles deployed in Western states. Sandinista government in Nicaragua falls. American hostages taken by Iranian extremists. Saddam Hussein installed as Iraq's leader through auspices of the CIA. Civil war in Afghanistan involves both the US and the USSR.
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Osama bin Laden provides help for the Afghan Mujaheddin and the CIA. Abscam. Failed US attempt to rescue hostages. Solidarity trade union founded in Poland. Iran-Iraq War. The GOP's "October Surprise" leads to the election of Ronald Reagan as president. Reagan officials prepare to support Central American death squads.
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Ronald Reagan takes office; American hostages released the same day. Reagan shot. Israel bombs Iraqi nuclear plant. Reagan fires 11,000 striking air traffic controllers. Sandra Day O'Connor joins Supreme Court. Egypt's Anwar Sadat assassinated. Reagan authorizes covert, and illegal, support for Nicaragua's Contras. Budget director Stockman admits that supply-side economics are merely a front for redistributing wealth to the richest Americans. The Washington Times, a conservative paper owned by Sun Myung Moon, launches; Moon quickly becomes a critical ally of the GOP.
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US covert support of Iraq in its war with Iran. Arbusto Oil and Spectrum 7. Britain invades the Falkland Islands. Israel invades Lebanon. Reagan deregulates the US S&L industry. Boland Amendment signed into law and routinely ignored.
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Promis/Inslaw scandal. 241 Marines killed in Lebanon by a suicide bomber. US invades Grenada, overthrows government, and installs US-friendly regime. Reagan envoy Donald Rumsfeld meets with Hussein to shore up US-Iraqi relations.
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CIA illegally mines Nicaraguan harbors in support of Contras. CIA agent tortured and killed by Palestinian captors; other Americans taken hostage. Rumsfeld gives US approval for Iraqi chemical warfare. Osama bin Laden peddles arms and opium with CIA approval. Iran-Contra scandal brewing. Reagan wins re-election in a landslide. US ships chemical and biological toxins to Iraq.
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CIA recruits radical Muslims to fight in Afghanistan. Founding of DLC. US swaps arms to Iran for hostages. Abu Nidal attacks on El Al airline counters in Rome and Vienna.
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The Clintons extricate themselves from Whitewater. Reagan illegally funds Nicaraguan Contras. Chernobyl disaster. Jonathan Pollard convicted of spying for Israel. Antonin Scalia joins Supreme Court; Rehnquist becomes Chief Justice. Harken Oil. Iran-Contra scandal breaks; Dick Cheney protects Vice President Bush. Reagan administration successfully blunts Iran-Contra investigation. Tower Commission. Walsh investigation of Iran-Contra.
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Fairness Doctrine repealed. Reagan admits involvement in Iran-Contra. Gary Hart drops out of Democratic primaries after an extramarital affair is revealed. USS Stark attacked by Iraq; US blames Iran. Reagan's "tear down this wall" speech. Reagan's "secret government." Robert Bork blocked from US Supreme Court, infuriating conservatives.
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Rush Limbaugh begins broadcasting nationally. Anthony Kennedy joins Supreme Court. Operation Anfal in Iraq kills thousands of Kurds. Iran-Contra indictments. Halabjah massacre. Soviets begin withdrawing from Afghanistan. US directly attacks Iranian forces and civilians. Al-Qaeda founded. Echelon launched. Iran-Iraq war ends. George H.W. Bush becomes President. Pan Am Flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland, by Islamic terrorists.
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Prescott Bush ties with Japanese crime lords. Bush escalates secret support of Iraq. George W. Bush buys into Texas Rangers. Exxon Valdez oil spill. Solidarity wins recognition in Poland, and will eventually win governmental power, supplanting the Communist regime. Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing. Male prostitute ring with connections to high-level Reagan/Bush officials is covered up by joint White House/media efforts. BCCI investigation. Arkansas gubernatorial campaign provides source of smear information later used against Bill Clinton. Newt Gingrich successfully forces Jim Wright out of power. Berlin Wall falls. "Operation Just Cause:" Noriega regime in Panama overthrown by US
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Voter News Service founded. Harken Oil contracts to drill in Persian Gulf. George W. Bush breaks insider trading laws in unloading Harken stock. US government gives Saddam Hussein green light to invade Kuwait. US falsifies evidence that Iraq is preparing to attack Saudi Arabia. Iraq invades Kuwait; Bush responds with "Operation Desert Shield." US falsifies evidence that Iraqi troops murdered Kuwaiti babies; the global outcry legitimizes US military escalation in Kuwait. David Souter joins Supreme Court. Rabbi Meir Kahane assassinated.
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US invades Iraq: "Operation Desert Storm." Media coverage of war completely controlled by Pentagon. US destroys Iraqi water supply, leading to the deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqis. Iraqi forces set oil fields ablaze. Entire invasion and "liberation" of Kuwait carefully stage-managed by GOP-hired public relations firms. After invasion, Hussein crushes Kurdish rebellion encouraged by US. US military presence in Saudi Arabia infuriates Islamic radicals and leads to "jihad" against US. SEC investigates Harken Oil; investigation derailed by friends of Bush family. Clarence Thomas named to Supreme Court; huge nomination fight over his alleged sexual misconduct. Dissolution of USSR.
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Gennifer Flowers alleges 12-year love affair with Clinton. Ross Perot announces third-party candidacy for president. Whitewater allegations break in media. "Defense Planning Guidance" article lays out GOP foreign policy for next twenty years; primarily authored by Paul Wolfowitz, with input from Dick Cheney and other hawks. Ruby Ridge massacre. Bush sends troops to Somalia. Bill Clinton elected President. BCCI report released. Bush pardons a number of convicted Iran-Contra figures. Iraqi National Congress organized by Ahmad Chalabi and US public relations firm.
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Bush and Clinton administrations bury "October Surprise" evidence Clinton is asked by Bush to back off on Iraq/BCCI investigation and agrees. WTC bombing. US foils assassination attempt on former president Bush. Branch Davidian debacle in Waco, Texas. "Travelgate". Suicide of Vince Foster becomes a cause celebré among Clinton conspiracy mongers. Clinton economic package begins reversal of Reagan-Bush economic downturns. Ruth Bader Ginsberg joins Supreme Court. Oslo peace accords between Israel and the PLO. Clinton proposes a comprehensive health care plan, which eventually succumbs to GOP and health care industry opposition. A US military raid in Somalia goes awry, causing the deaths of 18 soldiers. Communist resistance to change in the former USSR is defeated. Whitewater investigation begins. "The Arkansas Project" born. Brady gun control bill. "Troopergate," a bogus scandal concocted by right-wing media, hits the US press.
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Army documents confirm existence of plans to suspend Constitution and forcibly inter civilians in concentration camps across the US without charges. Pentagon derails investigations into Gulf War syndrome. Donald Rumsfeld's firm supplies North Korea with uranium and nuclear technology; blame for North Korea's nuclear program will later be shifted onto Clinton. NAFTA goes into effect. Zapatista uprising in Mexico. Fiske appointed to investigate Whitewater. Paula Jones accuses Clinton of sexual impropriety. CIA officer Aldrich Ames caught spying for USSR. Paula Jones sues Bill Clinton. Hussein becomes Prime Minister of Iraq. Fiske's final report finds no impropriety in Whitewater transactions; conservatives demand further investigations. Taliban takes power in Afghanistan. FBI buries evidence of Saudi involvement with Islamic terror groups. Stephen Breyer joins Supreme Court. Starr named Whitewater special prosecutor. Hale's story "corroborated" by another Arkansas trooper; the resurgence of the Mena cocaine smuggling story. Republican takeover of Congress; "Gingrich Revolution." George W. Bush becomes governor of Texas. Reagan announces he suffers from Alzheimer's.
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Operation Bojinka. Clinton administration continues to stonewall investigations into US connections to Iraq. Senate committee clears Clinton of Whitewater improprieties. Anti-abortion violence escalates. CIA-sponsored attempt to overthrow Saddam Hussein fails, mostly due to lies and incompetence of Ahmad Chalabi. White supremacist Timothy McVeigh bombs a federal building in Oklahoma, killing 168. GOP-directed Senate investigation of Whitewater opens. Susan McDougal indicted on Whitewater-related charges. Arkansas governor Jim Guy Tucker indicted on Whitewater-related charges. BCCI investigation concludes. Packwood resignation. False offer of al-Qaeda information from Sudan. Dick Cheney's Halliburton Oil fined for doing business with terror sponsor Libya. Clinton-Lewinsky affair. Israel's Yitzhak Rabin assassinated. Newt Gingrich engineers shutdown of federal government. GOP Senator Orrin Hatch stonewalls investigation into FBI mistakes leading to 1993 WTC bombing. RTC clears Clintons of wrongdoing in Whitewater; Republicans refuse to accept findings. Conservatives oppose Clinton anti-terror measures.
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Sudan makes bogus offer of al-Qaeda intelligence to US. Key Whitewater witness David Hale lies under oath. Meeting between Osama bin Laden and Saudi Arabia. McDougals, Tucker convicted on Whitewater charges; OIC asks Susan McDougal to lie about having sex with Clinton. Khobar Towers bombing. Failed attempt by CIA to overthrow Saddam Hussein. Neoconservative policy document sets course for GOP foreign policy under second Bush administration. Olympic bombing. Republicans, with the aid of the mainstream media, block Clinton's attempts to fight terrorism. Dark Alliance investigative reports document Reagan-era connections between the CIA, Nicaraguan Contras, and the influx of cocaine into California. FBI stymies investigation into Muslim terror fronts in US. Clinton wins re-election.
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Power Geyser. Halliburton deals extensively with Iraq, in violation of US law. Iraqi exile Ahmad Chalabi forges ties with American neoconservatives; helps strategize Republican attacks on Clinton over US policy towards Iraq. Project for New American Century founded. IAEA concludes that Iraq possesses no nuclear weapons program. Miami election fraud presages 2000 election fraud. Accusations that Clinton gave waivers for burial at Arlington National Cemetery proven false. Taliban negotiates with Unocal for pipeline construction in Afghanistan.
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"Funeralgate;" Governor Bush commits perjury. Starr illegally redirects Whitewater investigation to encompass Lewinsky investigation. OIC illegally grills Lewinsky for 11 hours. Drudge breaks Lewinsky story to public. Mainstream media breaks Lewinsky story; media "feeding frenzy" ensues. Clinton denies affair with Lewinsky. PNAC advocates military overthrow of Iraqi government. Paula Jones lawsuit against Clinton fizzles; judge rebukes "perjury trap." Unabomber convicted of mail bombings. Starr commission proves to leak information to press to influence investigation. Burton admits to doctoring evidence against Clinton. India-Pakistan nuclear standoff. James Byrd murdered in Texas; Governor Bush opposes hate crimes bill sparked by the murder. Starr admits leaking information to press to influence investigation. US missile attacks on terrorist groups in Sudan, Tanzania and Afghanistan. Clinton authorizes assassination of bin Laden. CIA gives Clinton officials evidence of upcoming attacks by al-Qaeda on US targets involving hijacked airplanes. Clinton critic Dan Burton admits to his own sexual transgressions; evidence of fraud and political scandal abound. Starr Report. House impeaches Clinton over lying about Lewinsky affair. Iraq Liberation Act authorizes "regime change" against Saddam Hussein. George W. Bush wins re-election as governor of Texas. Jesse Ventura wins the governorship of Minnesota. Gingrich resigns over marital affairs. "Operation Desert Fox." Livingston resigns over sexual improprieties. House votes to impeach Clinton.
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US payoffs to Taliban in order to secure oil pipeline rights. Anthrax mailings begin, with little media notice. Senate fails to vote to impeach Clinton. Susan McDougal found innocent of Whitewater-related charges and goes free for the first time since 1993. False claims that Gore "invented the internet" hit media. Iraq ambassador visits Africa; the visit will later trigger false accusations that Iraq purchased uranium from Niger. Columbine High School massacre. Libya secretly agrees to cease its production of WMDs and help the US fight Islamic terror. GOP refuses to support Clinton administration's peacekeeping efforts in Balkans. George W. Bush presidential campaign whitewashes his military records. CIA plans to assassinate bin Laden fail. WTO conference sparks police riot against protesters. Starr resigns as head of investigation. "Millennium Bomb" plot foiled.
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Former president Bush secretly meets with bin Ladens. CIA's Operation MERLIN inadvertently provides Iran with critical nuclear weapons technology. Bush slimes McCain to win in South Carolina. FBI stymies investigations into Islamic terror organizations. Elian Gonzalez case infuriates many Americans, galvanizes conservatives. "Bohemian Grove" ceremony infiltrated by journalists. PNAC proposes "Pax Americana." USS Cole bombing; Clinton's retaliatory plans are stymied. Disputed Presidential election between Vice President Al Gore and George W. Bush; numerous election problems in Florida are found, including massive voter fraud and collusion on the part of the Bush campaign. Hillary Clinton elected senator. Republican mob attacks Miami-Dade recount headquarters. Bush already planning to authorize domestic spying by NSA. Supreme Court breaks Constitutional law to declare Bush the president. Clinton administration completes comprehensive plan to fight terrorism, a plan ignored by the Bush administration.
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Bush takes office. False allegations of Clinton staff trashing White House leak from Bush officials. Bush administration shelves Clinton plan to counter terrorism, and refuses to take all but the most cursory action against Islamic terror groups, instead favoring spending on outdated missile shield programs. Vice President Cheney chairs secret energy policy group; beginning of Bush administration efforts to wrest power away from Congress. Bush discusses possible pre-emptive strike of Iraq with NSC. US intelligence agencies ordered to back off of investigations into bin Laden family connections to terror groups and Pakistan's provision of nuclear technology to rogue states. Hart-Rudman report on terrorism issued; Bush administration ignores it. Tax cuts for wealthy; repeal of estate tax. Bush administration advocates "regime change" in Iraq. Japanese fishing boat sunk by US submarine. Secret plans to overthrow Hussein are made by Bush officials. EPA rolls back arsenic standards. EP-3 spyplane crashes in China; Bush officials allow Chinese to strip plane of sensitive equipment. Blizzard of terror warnings are ignored by administration. Chandra Levy disappears; Democrat Gary Condit is falsely accused of her murder. "star Wars" revived. Allegations of Clinton transition team "trashing" White House are proven false. Bush slashes Operation Catchers Mitt, a CIA/FBI program that tracks al-Qaeda terrorists inside the US. Republican senator Jeffords leaves GOP, giving control of Senate to Democrats. Systematic exclusion of minorities in 2000 election proven. "Operation Diamondback." Tenet, Black meet to give Rice urgent warning of imminent al-Qaeda attack; Rice ignores warnings. Illegal activities in Florida by Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris proven. Clandestine meetings between US officials and Taliban continue. September 11 attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon. "The Bush Doctrine." Bush administration uses attacks to justify invasion of Afghanistan and later Iraq. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld forms secret "Office of Special Plans." Poor intelligence reports of Iraqi efforts to buy uranium from Niger galvanizes the adminstration to accuse Iraq of working to create nuclear weapons. Dozens of members of bin Laden family, including terror suspects, are allowed to leave US secretly. Bush begins illegal "rendition" policy of sending US terror suspects to other countries for interrogation and torture. Bush promises to get Osama bin Laden "dead or alive." Secret plans to invade Iraq in the works. Office of Homeland Security created. Iraqi exile Ahmad Chalabi refocuses administration's intent to invade Iraq, offers 9/11 as an excuse for invasion. Justice Department memo says Constitutional limits on executive power in waging war are irrelevant. USA Patriot Act rammed through Congress. US launches long-planned offensive against Afghanistan. Anthrax mailings kill several; anthrax letters are sent to two leading Democrats. CIA learns of purported scheme for Iraq to buy large amount of uranium from Niger. Influential American media reports of Hussein's involvement in 9/11 based on fraudulent information from an imposter. Investigation proves Florida recounts would have given election to Gore; media misrepresents findings. Tora Bora escape allows bin Laden to flee. Bush asks Rumsfeld to begin planning for Iraq invasion. Bush announces US withdrawal from ABM treaty and its intent to deploy banned anti-missile satellite defense systems (Star Wars). "Winter Hill" Mob investigation hindered by Bush executive order invoking secrecy.
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"No Child Left Behind." Bush decides Geneva Conventions do not apply to Taliban or al-Qaeda members. Guantanamo Bay detainees arrive; secret CIA prisons built. Murder of journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan. Bush asks for limits on congressional investigation of 9/11. Enron scandal reaches White House. Bush "axis of evil" speech. Decision made to invade Iraq. Defense Department says Bush has constitutional right to authorize torture. Operation Anabasis. Joseph Wilson debunks story of Nigerian uranium to Iraq. Operation Anaconda. Bush "truly not that concerned about" bin Laden. Huge US military buildup in preparation for Iraq invasion. Clampdown on government secrets. Low-level al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah captured; he is presented as a high-level al-Qaeda leader, and is tortured into providing false information about imminent al-Qaeda attacks. Venezuelan coup attempt. Robert Hanssen found guilty of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia. Administration hides its knowledge of burgeoning North Korean nuclear program. "Bush Doctrine II." Chalabi's INC admits planting over 100 stories in the media. FBI's Rowley testifies about ignored 9/11 memo. Department of Homeland Security created. Arrest and incarceration of Jose Padilla. Bush and Russia both abandon START II nuclear reduction treaty after Bush withdraws from ABM treaty and refuses to push for START extension ratification. Proof of GOP's intention to use 9/11 as an election strategy found. US withdraws from Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. US and British military ordered to prepare for Iraqi invasion. "Downing Street Memo" informs Blair that intelligence on Iraq is fraudulent. International Criminal Court established; US refuses to join. "Tort reform," attacks on trial lawyers, and doctors' strikes ensure higher health care costs and protect price-gouging insurers. Operation TIPS. Stories of torture and abuse of Guantanamo detainees circulate through White House; Rumsfeld quashes inquiries. US withdraws from nuclear test ban treaty. Proof of Iran's burgeoning nuclear weapons program emerges. Information Awareness Office goes public. "Operation Southern Focus:" US and Turkish air and ground forces attack and occupy Iraqi military targets in preparation for upcoming invasion -- two months before Congress authorizes the use of military force in Iraq. Justice Department plans to intern US citizens in camps. Bush secretly approves invasion of Iraq. Massive air strike in Iraq launched in preparation for invasion. Intensive "marketing strategy" for selling the Iraq invasion launched. White House uses New York Times to spread propaganda about Iraq's WMDs and introduce threat of "mushroom cloud." Forged documents purporting to show Iraq's attempt to purchase African uranium surface, are debunked, and are used by Bush officials to "prove" Iraq's nuclear ambitions. Bush accuses Iraq of having a nuclear program. Congress authorizes military force against Iraq. Paul Wellstone dies in plane crash; GOP attacks his memorial service as "partisan politics." Republicans retake Congress. Georgia Senate race likely victimized by Diebold vote hacking. UN resolution approving "severe consequences" towards Iraq. Homeland Security Act. Bush admits he did not take threat of al-Qaeda seriously before 9/11. Rumsfeld approves torture techniques for detainees. Operation Anabasis.
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Plans and anticipated problems in postinvasion Iraq ignored by White House and Pentagon leaders. Bogus terror alerts. More tax cuts for the wealthy. Increasing resistance to US plans to invade Iraq from other countries. Bush's State of Union address; lies about WMDs abound.
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Draft of USA Patriot Act II leaked. Colin Powell's magnificently fraudulent speech to the UN. Recall efforts begin against California governor Gray Davis. Massive peace protests. Garner's "rock drill" rehearsal foresees tremendous problems with reconstruction of postwar Iraq. Army Chief of Staff Shinseki tells Congress that several hundred thousand troops will be needed in Iraq, contradicting Rumsfeld' Shinseki is mocked and hounded out of office for his claim.
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Companies given secret information about Iraqi rebuilding contracts before invasion begins. 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed arrested. UN says Iraq complying with weapons inspections; Bush pulls inspectors, claims Hussein defying UN. Bush lies about legal justification for invasion. US INVASION OF IRAQ. Republican Guards stand down instead of battling US invasion forces. Neocon plans to privatize Iraq's oil industry and destabilize Saudi Arabia thwarted by oil cartel. "Embedded" journalists provide groomed and manipulated coverage of invasion. Dissent against war labeled treasonous. Rumsfeld personally botches planning and execution of military's most fundamental strategies; shifts blame onto others. Bush requests almost $75 billion for invasion.
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Capture of Jessica Lynch and Shoshona Johnson by Iraqi forces; days later, US forces fake a dramatic "rescue" of Lynch for the media. Salman Pak overrun; no evidence of biological warfare or terrorist training found. Ahmad Chalabi takes power in Iraq. US tanks shell a Baghdad hotel, killing 3 journalists. Fall of Baghdad; Saddam Hussein flees. GOP operative Katrina Leung exposed as a Chinese spy. Massive looting in Iraqi cities goes unchecked by US troops. Halliburton and Bechtel take over reconstruction efforts in Iraq. Bush administration begins to back off on WMD story, and instead cites "humanitarian reasons" justifying invasion. Coalition Provisional Authority formed. Bush orders US troops to leave Saudi Arabia. US forces find documents detailing plans for post-Saddam insurgency.
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Iranian offer to negotiate with the US harshly rebuffed. CIA review of falsified Iraqi intelligence. Bush gives "Mission Accomplished" speech. Democrats begin to question rationale for invasion and are labeled traitors. Paul Bremer assumes leadership of Iraqi provisional government. Texas GOP illegally redistricts state to ensure Republican majority. De-Ba'athification" policy in Iraq creates instant insurgency. Bremer disbands Iraqi Army, crippling the US's ability to ensure Iraq's security. Lynch "rescue" exposed as PR stunt. Executive Order 13303. Paul Wolfowitz admits WMDs merely an excuse to invade Iraq. Bush's claims to have found Iraqi WMDs are disproven within days. "sexed-up" British intelligence over Iraq.
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US learns of Hussein's plans for post-war insurgency. Classified 2002 DIA report reveals no WMDs in Iraq. British intelligence reveals they were pressured by Bush officials to make false claims about Iraqi WMDs. Evidence found that Iraq had no current nuclear weapons program. Bush policy of pre-emption made public. Israeli-Palestinian "roadmap to peace." GOP blames Bill Clinton for poor intelligence on Iraq. Blair administration admits WMD evidence "flawed." Rice admits WMD intelligence forged. Blix reveals he was target of "smear campaign" by Bush officials. GOP fights investigation into Iraqi intelligence lapses. Blair official reveals plans to invade Iraq from summer of 2002. US military leader admits forces entered Iraq before official invasion date. Radiation poisoning of Iraqis. US halts free elections in Iraq. Bush claims he was told by God to fight al-Qaeda and invade Iraq.
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David Kay inspection team readied to search for WMDs in Iraq. Bush dares Iraqi resistance forces to "bring it on." Increasing anger and disillusionment among US troops. Illegal incarceration of US citizens without charges or due process draws fire. Britain says it has given up on finding WMDs. Wilson accuses Bush administration of twisting evidence about uranium sales to Iraq. 9/11 commission work hindered by administration officials. Bush administration admits knowing intelligence about Iraq's supposed uranium purchase was faulty well before State of Union address. Senate Intelligence Committee releases first part of report on prewar intelligence. Bush blames CIA for faulty Iraqi intelligence. Robert Novak outs CIA agent Valerie Plame in an administration act of vengeance towards husband Joseph Wilson. British MOD official and whistleblower David Kelly found dead under mysterious circumstances. Pentagon moves to slash military pay and benefits. 9/11 report censored by administration before its release. US plans to move against North Korea leaked. Kay's ISG finds no WMDs; Curveball proven a fraud. "Policy Analysis Market." Resistance in Iraq escalating.
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Saudi/Bush connections to terrorist groups exposed. Afghanistan descending into anarchy. US casualties in Iraq far higher than Pentagon admits. Treasury Department blocks investigation of bin Laden family. Defense officials secretly meet with Iranian gunrunner Manucher Ghorbanifar. Guantanamo Bay detentions draw increasing criticism. Scott Speicher declared KIA. "Mystery pneumonia" ravaging US troops. UN headquarters in Baghdad bombed. GOP writes Victory Act, a follow-up to Patriot Act that virtually guts the Bill of Rights. EPA lies about toxins released by 9/11 attack exposed. Executive Order 13315. GAO's final report on Cheney energy task force.
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Taliban resurgent. "Embedded" coverage exposed as Pentagon manipulation. Clarke confirms Saudi terror suspects allowed to leave after 9/11. Administration mounts PR campaign to "sell" the Iraqi war to the American people. $87 billion request for Iraq. Colin Powell confirms that 140 Saudis, including bin Laden family members and terror suspects, were allowed to leave the US after 9/11 without being questioned or challenged. EPA study proves administration covered up environmental danger from 9/11 attacks. Journalist Christiane Amanpour reveals that the US press "muzzled itself" during invasion. Syria and Libya posed as next "threats to US security." Bush admits no links between Saddam Hussein and 9/11. Bremer signs orders transforming Iraq's economy and destroying Iraq's farming and business infrastructure. Bush makes insulting speech to UN. Administration anti-protest policies challenged. Aqila al-Hashimi assassinated. More Bush PR -- "good news" from Iraq. Justice Department begins investigating Plame outing. Bush administration blocks investigation into Plame outing. Companies profiteering in Iraq exposed.
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California governor recall attempt begins. Kay's team finds no WMDs. Proof that Bush lied about costs of Iraq war and reconstruction. Blair deliberately misled public about Iraqi WMDs. More criticism from opponents and allies alike. California GOP voting machine fraud criticized. Schwarzenegger elected California governor in "circus" election. More evidence that claims of Iraqi WMDs was falsified. Reports of torture in Guantanamo detention camps. "Psyops" campaign against US and British populaces re: Iraq. Billions budgeted for Iraq going directly to Halliburton and other companies. Robertson suggests State Department be nuked. Connections between Bush family and Nazi financiers proven. Bogus "good news" letters from Iraq printed in US newspapers. Libby lies about Valerie Plame to FBI. Limbaugh begins treatment for drug addiction. Troop morale plummeting; sick and wounded troops not getting decent treatment. "Free speech zones." Sick and wounded US troops held in "squalor." Administration offensive against anti-war protesters. Administration infighting over bad pre-war intelligence revealed; "stovepiping." More budget cuts on veterans' benefits. Administration bans all media coverage of returning dead from Iraq. Ashcroft interferes with Plame investigation. Mercenaries more and more prevalent in Middle East. US media fails to report on Iraq wounded. Further failure to find WMDs. Attack on Red Cross HQ in Baghdad. Bush continues to stonewall 9/11 investigation. Failure of Middle East peace plan. Bush received hefty contributions from 70 companies with Iraq contracts.
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CIA officials murder Iraqi prisoner. Baghdad CIA station chief hounded into resigning over grim assessment of rising insurgency; other CIA officers learn to keep their assessments rosy. US military commanders dispute Bush claim that foreign fighters are majority of Iraqi insurgents. Scapegoating of US intelligence. Congress finds Bush administration misled public about Iraq. $87 billion Iraq spending bill signed into law. Last-ditch Iraqi effort to comply with inspections and terror investigation spurned, press learns. North Korean nuclear belligerence. Halliburton overcharges US government for gasoline. Huge new troop deployments to Iraq. Intelligence and Pentagon officials lambast Bush administration on distorting case for Iraq war. Illegal fundraising tactics by GOP. Devastating CIA report on instability in Iraq. Documents prove CIA masterminded 1973 Allende assassination. CPA announces it will turn over political power to an Iraqi government by June 30, 2004. Bush fights for expanded use of battlefield nuclear weapons. Bush insists on extreme "lockdown" security measures for his trip to London. Theft of Democratic computer files by Republican operatives. Bush's visit to London. Richard Perle admits illegality of Iraqi invasion. Police riot during Miami protests. GOP orchestrates Medicare bill passage by breaking House rules. Domestic terror case ignored by media. Domestic terror case ignored by media. Secretive Thanksgiving visit to Baghdad by Bush.
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Rumsfeld creates American assassination squads to operate against insurgents in Iraq. Actual contents of "sexed-up" British intelligence dossier revealed. Misuse of USA Patriot Act by federal officials. Profiteering in Iraq by Bechtel. Judicial challenges to legality of Guantanamo Bay detentions and to concept of "enemy combatants." Corporate protectionist racket in Iraq. US military adopting harsh Israeli tactics in Iraq. US Army seriously under-strength. Katherine Gun prosecution. "Operation Avalanche." US bars countries who failed to support the invasion from landing contracts for reconstruction in Iraq, then asks the same countries to forgive debts owed by Iraq. Massive overcharging of US government by KBR. FBI granted sweeping new powers. Afghanistan's loya jirga adopts US-friendly constitution. Capture of Saddam Hussein. Halliburton saving money by serving US troops "filthy" food. Exposure of Hussein capture as an orchestrated PR stunt. Faked evidence of ties between Iraq and al-Qaeda. Senator confirms Bush officials lied about Iraqi WMDs. Possible embarrassment of Hussein testimony. Bush asks "What's the difference" whether or not WMDs were found. Hussein's capture as psyops. Evidence of 9/11 hijacker's visit to Baghdad shown to be faked. Courts grant rights to enemy combatants and Guantanamo detainees. Purging of White House Web site. Evidence surfacing that info about Hussein's capture was false. Court rules against Bush administration in Padilla detention. New evidence proving Rumsfeld visited Hussein in 1983 and 1984 to support his regime even after Hussein's use of banned chemical weapons. Proof emerges that NY prison authorities abused innocent detainees. Bogus orange threat level. US soldier Time's Person of Year. Libya opens its borders to inspectors -- for a price. More proof that tale of Hussein's capture a lie. Bush advocates Arafat's ouster. Documented failure of US companies to rebuild Iraqi infrastructure. France, Germany, and Russia agree to forgive Iraqi debt in return for oil rights. Zinni predicts Iraq to become another Vietnam. Iraq becoming a haven for terrorism because of occupation. Former Blair official confirms Britain knew about decision to invade Iraq in summer 2002. Bush's own agency confirms lie about Iraqi nukes. Media begins orchestrated attack on Howard Dean. Massive and systematic profiteering and incompetence throughout corporate rebuilding project in Iraq. Psyops campaign by MI6 to manipulate British public opinion confirmed. Ashcroft recuses himself from Plame investigation; Fitzgerald named special prosecutor.
2004 Month to Month
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CIA network inside Iran "blown." Rothstein report on Afghanistan buried. US recreating Iraqi secret police. Texas redistricting funded by illegal monies. Nixon plans to invade Middle East revealed. Army to prevent soldiers from leaving. US corporations pay less taxes than at any time since Hoover. Iraqi scientist confirms Iraq never had nuclear weapons. Kurds given limited autonomy. Al-Qaeda funding. More Bush administration secrecy. Scalia-Cheney vacation brings Scalia's impartiality into question. North Korea offers to dismantle its nuclear weapons program. Army defends Halliburton overcharging. Study proves Bush administration duplicity about Iraq. Powell admits no proof of Iraq connection to al-Qaeda. Former Treasury secretary reveals deep problems and lies from Bush and administration officials; administration retaliates with an investigation. Army War College report exposes administration's failures in Iraq. Army MP breaks Abu Ghraib torture stories. Bush admits to planning Iraqi invasion from outset of his administration. Cheney confirms that the US is committed to "decades" of war. Bush makes 10-minutes visit to Martin Luther King's grave in between fundraisers. Independent investigator of Plame outing has ties to Bush administration. State of the Union Address. CIA predicts civil war in Iraq. Pentagon planning strikes in Lebanon. GOP intrusion into Democratic strategy documents far more extensive than originally thought. Powell admits Iraq may never have had WMDs. Robert McNamara says Iraq occupation is wrong and fatally flawed. NYC comptroller accuses Halliburton, others of profiteering from terrorism. Hutton report blames BBC for intelligence problems. Rice admits intelligence on Iraqi WMDs may have been wrong. Taguba commission begins investigating Abu Ghraib torture stories.
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Bush, Blair administrations knew in May 2003 that no Iraqi WMDs would be found. Bush, Blair nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. Powell says he may not have supported the Iraq invasion had he known that no WMDs would be found. Pakistan exposed as source for Iran, Libyan, N. Korean nuclear technology; with US support, Pakistan pardons provider. More Halliburton overcharging scandals; other corporations' profiteering exposed. US military plagued with morale, supply problems. Ricin found in US Senate buildings. Bush budget exposed. Dems push for vote-buying investigation. Blair intelligence claims revealed to have no support in UK intelligence community. CIA backs off on intelligence claims. Bush names commission to investigate Iraqi intelligence failures, chaired by one of architects of Arkansas Project smear campaign. Aussie troops told before war that no WMDs existed. Bush tells pack of lies about Iraq and his military record on Meet the Press; media investigations prove he failed to serve. Bush keeps scope of intelligence investigation as narrow as possible. White House economic predictions fail to materialize; one official claims that US jobs lost overseas is good for the economy. Haitian president Aristide under US, rebel pressure to leave office. False rumors of Kerry's infidelity surface and are scotched; doctored photos of Kerry appear on right-wing Web sites. David Kay says Bush administration should admit errors on issue of WMDs. Doctored photo of Kerry and Jane Fonda inflames conservatives. Bush's attempt to paint Kerry as beholden to special interests falls flat when facts show that Bush has taken more from those interests in one year than Kerry has in 19. Desmond Tutu asks Blair and Bush to apologize for war. Dean drops out of presidential campaign. Chalabi admits to giving false intelligence to Bush officials. Plans for transfer of power in Iraq in flux. Criminal fraud investigation of Halliburton. Bush education secretary calls NEA a terrorist organization. Evidence shows that US and Britain bugged weapons inspectors Blix and Butler as well as UN Security Council and UN Secretary-General. British bugged French prime minister Chirac. Scowcroft warns that Iraq will become another Vietnam.
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Fraud behind the pardoning of Abdul Qadeer Khan exposed. Haitian president flees, alleging that US forces him out of office; evidence of Bush destabilization of Aristide since 2000 surfaces. Blair facing war crimes charges in international court? Furor over Bush campaign's use of 9/11 images in its campaign ads. Only person convicted of 9/11 crimes wins retrial in German court. McCain fights Bush for subpoena power for intelligence commission. Edwards concedes Democratic race to Kerry. Iraqi defector discredited; his tales of Iraqi mobile bioweapons labs used extensively by Bush officials. Bush administration attempting to destabilize Venezuelan government. Proof that Republicans illegally spied on Democrats for years. Libby lies about Valerie Plame to grand jury. Blix tells of US pressure to affirm its characterization of Iraqi WMDs before invasion. Madrid train blast kills 200+; al-Qaeda responsible. Medicare official says that he was threatened with firing if he told the truth about Bush's deliberately downplayed Medicare cost estimates; he believes Bush officials orchestrated the threats. US still paying Chalabi group millions for intelligence, even though it has long been proven to be fabrications. Six Brits released from Guantanamo Bay detention without charges being filed. Spain's new government announces the removal of Spanish troops from Iraq. Richard Clarke's damning indictment of the Bush administration's efforts to combat terrorism; Clarke says the administration planned on attacking Iraq almost immediately after the 9/11 attacks. Conditions for military in Kuwait, Iraq far worse than being reported; 700+ US dead go unreported after dying of incurable bacterial infections. Israel assassinates Hamas founder, sparking a wave of retaliatory attacks. Bush smear campaign against Richard Clarke. Jimmy Carter criticizes both Bush and Blair. Medicare to go broke by 2019. GOP campaign talking points on environment found to be misleading and obtuse. Clarke testifies before the 9/11 commission, giving damning evidence of the Bush administration's lackadaisical approach to the threat of terror attacks before 9/11 and its use of the attacks as an excuse to invade Iraq. Bush horrifies many by making jokes out of his failure to find Iraqi WMDs. Afghanistan postpones elections until September. Kerry accuses Bush of "character assassination" against Clarke. Fox News' Brit Hume tells the families of soldiers killed in Iraq to "just get over it." Condoleezza Rice, after weeks of stalling, agrees to testify publicly to the 9/11 commission; Bush and Cheney offer to testify to the 9/11 commission privately, if they can appear together and not testify under oath. A censored Pentagon report shows that the Bush administration has left the US "woefully unprepared" to deal with a bioterror attack. Four private US soldiers are murdered, burned to death, and dragged through the streets of Fallujah. Bush administration refuses to add investigators to the IRS for disrupting terrorist finances.
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Gary Hart recalls warning Condoleezza Rice about imminent terror threats. German intelligence says that they warned information from Iraqi source "Curveball" was worthless; US intelligence ignored the warnings and used the information to sell Iraqi war. Bush refuses to ask OPEC to help curb soaring US gas prices. Powell says that some of the evidence he used in his February 2003 presentation to the UNSC was faulty. Former members of Blair's Cabinet reveal that Bush decided to invade Iraq as soon as September 20, 2001. Sadr Uprising. Pentagon criticizes Afghanistan war strategy. Imminent collapse of American control of central Iraq, with three major cities withdrawing from the government and several more overrun by fighting. Former president Bush privately opposes war. Pakistan's Musharraf says that the Iraq war is undermining his country's efforts to combat al-Qaeda and the Taliban. US intelligence contradicts Bush statements that Shi'ites rebelling in Iraq are a small number of extremists, saying that instead the Shi'ite uprisings are far more extensive and broad-based. North Korea says they are on the brink of nuclear war with the US. Iraqi insurgents capture 4 Italians and 2 Americans, and hold them as hostages; others, including Australians and Japanese, are also held hostage. Bush asks Iran for its help in quelling Iraqi violence. Iraqi nuclear materials are being left unguarded, and looters have ransacked the facilities, stealing radioactive materials and critical equipment. Rumsfeld says US troops are replaceable, implying that their deaths are barely relevant since they can easily be replaced. Negroponte accepts post of US ambassador to Iraq. American mining company investigating for cooperating with al-Qaeda terrorists in Philippines. Bob Woodward shows that the Bush administration was planning to invade Iraq as far back as November 2001, saying Cheney in particular was obsessed with Hussein. Rice warns of terror attacks before election, but refuses to give details. Bush campaign collaborating with Saudi Arabia to artificially lower gas prices before election. Spain, Honduras order withdrawal of troops from Iraq. CIA and DIA blame each other for accepting false intelligence from Iraqi source. Saudis plan to artificially lower oil prices to help Bush gain election votes. "Axis of evil" characterization merely a cover for planned Iraqi invasion. Supreme Court hears arguments regarding rights of "enemy detainees." A private CPA memo predicts certain chaos, heavy Iranian influence, and possible civil war in Iraq after the transition. Kerry releases military records in the face of the Bush campaign's efforts to smear his Vietnam service. Bush threatens unspecified actions against Iran. Pentagon admits to secretly funding military preparations for Iraq invasion well before Bush asks for Congressional approval. Lies about Kerry's Vietnam service debunked. Iraqi tribunal headed by Chalabi's nephew set to try Hussein. Indictments against Tom DeLay in preparation. Supreme Court hears arguments on releasing Cheney's energy task force records. Photos of abused prisoners in Al-Ghraib enrage Arabs, prompt worldwide outcry. New Iraqi flag outrages Iraqis, who say it looks like the flag of Israel. Cheney cut many of the defense programs he says Kerry opposed. Chalabi says he will oppose any UN-created transitional government. Amway-like Bush campaign local structures. Sinclair Broadcasting refuses to air Nightline segment honoring US war dead. Marines leave Fallujah to Iraqi army unit control. Bush administration has five times more agents tracking Fidel Castro than Osama bin Laden. California decertifies hundreds of electronic voting machines and charges Diebold with fraud.
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50 US soldiers die in Iraq when a mail convoy is bombed; their deaths are not reported by the military. British soldiers are shown abusing Iraqi prisoners. Private mercenaries and intelligence agents are involved in the prisoner abuse. Taguba report shows abuse to be systematic and approved at high levels. Ahmad Chalabi shown to have passed critical intelligence to Iran. Disney refuses to distribute Fahrenheit 9/11.. "Swift Boat Veterans" organizes to smear Kerry's military record. Private mercenaries heavily involved in torture; not accountable to military law. Torture shown to have occured as early as April 2003, and involves prisoners in Afghanistan and Fallujah as well. Bush outpaces Kerry in lobbyist funds raised by more than 3 to 1. Red Cross warned of abuses since the beginning of the occupation. Conservatives defend Abu Ghraib torture as equivalent of fraternity pranks. Further prisoner abuse photos and videos, including ones showing rape and murder, coming out. Blair administration admits knowing about abuses in February. Decapitated body of Nicholas Berg discovered in Baghdad; video of his beheading airs on Internet, sparking worldwide outrage. "Free Republic" to blame for Berg's detention? Missile defense shield proven unreliable. US lies about not having Berg in custody; Berg family blames US for holding Berg so long without charge. GOP lawmakers resist letting more pictures be seen by public. Powell says US will leave Iraq if asked. Three Army divsions officially unready for combat. Rumsfeld's SAP at heart of Abu Ghraib scandal; Copper Green. Investigation documents the AARP's seduction by the GOP into supporting devastating Medicare legislation. Abuse documented at Guantanamo Bay prison facility. Rumsfeld proven to have authorized torture during interrogations. US and Britain block investigation into finances of arms runner Victor Bout. Powell says CIA misled about Iraqi WMDs. White House believes a terrorist attack on Washington will happen before the elections HAVA exposed. Calls for investigation of links between Riggs Bank, the Bush family, and Riggs' laundering of terrorist funds. NBC refuses to allow footage of Bush to be used in a documentary because "unofficially, we don't think it makes the President look good." Army may recall 6,500 retired soldiers to duty. Wolfowitz admits key errors in planning and says US forces will remain in Iraq indefinitely. Memos reveal legal steps taken to protect Bush officials from being charged with war crimes. More photos, of soldiers posing over an Iraqi beaten to death by CIA or civilian interrogators, released. Bush campaign accepts money from India, and outsources fundraising efforts to Indian call centers. Stories of children being tortured in Abu Ghraib surface. Confirmation that military intelligence officials directed the Abu Ghraib abuses. Delta Force soldiers accused of prisoner abuse. Proof that Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, and White House lawyers authorized the abandonment of Geneva Conventions in regard to Iraqi and terrorist detainees. Former Centcom commander General Anthony Zinni harshly criticizes Iraq invasion, and says Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz should resign. Investigation proves Bush administration errors led to North Korean nuclear capabilities; described as one of history's biggest diplomatic blunders. Chalabi on the run. Entire Iraqi war and occupation proven an Iranian intelligence operation. Testimony of rape of Iraqi boys by male interrogators. Fahrenheit 9/11 wins acclaim at Cannes. A third of Taguba report "missing" after its release to the Senate. General Ricardo Sanchez directly linked to Iraqi prisoner abuse. Rumsfeld and two top aides at top of Iraqi abuse orders. Sanchez replaced as top military commander in Iraq. Terry Nichols convicted in OK City bombing. Former vice president Gore gives a fiery speech calling for the resignations of Rumsfeld, Rice, and Tenet. Perle admits Iraq occupation "a grave error."
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Audiotapes prove that Enron deliberately "gamed" the California energy grid. Ghazi al-Yawir named interim Iraqi president. Tenet resigns as CIA director. Ronald Reagan dies. Justice Department memo legitimizing torture hits the press. Padilla case disintegrates. $8 billion in tax dollars for Iraq "mismanaged" by Halliburton. Proof of Cheney's involvement in securing Halliburton contracts. Karpinski confirms Sanchez ordered Abu Ghraib torture. Torture at Abu Ghraib proven to have been authorized at highest levels of Pentagon. Tenet and Rumsfeld revealed to have ordered the secret detention of an Iraqi terrorism suspect, in direct contravention of the Geneva Conventions. Martial law predicted for Iraq. Florida vote analysis shows disparate number of blacks disenfranchised. UN says US has wasted or stolen $11 billion in Iraqi oil revenues. Guantanamo detainees shown to be of far less value than officials have claimed. Connecticut GOP governor Rowland resigns over real estate fraud scandal. Widespread torture of prisoners in Afghanistan confirmed. House Ethics Committee agrees to investigate DeLay. New Iraqi government revealed to be little more than a US puppet regime. Bush interviewed by Fitzgerald over Plame leak. Cheney tells Democratic senator Leahy to "go f*ck yourself" on the floor of the Senate. Supreme Court agrees to let Cheney energy task force hide documents. GOP Senate candidate Jack Ryan drops out of the race after revelations that he tried to force his ex-wife to have bizarre sex acts in public. Bremer transfers power to Iraqi government two days early. Billions of Iraqi dollars have "disappeared" due to CPA mismanagement. GAO report shows that Iraq is worse off now than under Hussein. Britain reveals that in June 2003 the senior US military commander in Iraq ordered British troops to attack Iranian forces, an order that was refused, thereby avoiding open warfare with Iran. Saddam Hussein's first court hearing censored for US media US defies an Iraqi court order to release an Iraqi prisoner from Abu Ghraib.
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Halliburton contractors making huge salaries in Iraq doing same jobs as underpaid US troops. More allegations of US rape and torture of Abu Ghraib prisoners. US swaps high-level terror suspects to Saudi Arabia for British prisoners. US officials censor Hussein's first court hearing. Army study cites critical shortages and failures during initial invasion. Karpinski accuses Rumsfeld of authorizing Abu Ghraib torture. Couple arrested and handcuffed for wearing anti-Bush shirts to 4th celebration; charges are later dropped. Blair admits Iraqi WMDs may never be found. CIA withheld data showing Iraq had no WMDs before invasion. Kerry chooses Edwards as running mate. Bush coordinates the search for bin Laden with the November election, and pressures Pakistan to deliver him during the Democratic convention. Enron's Kenneth Lay indicted. Experts conclude Iraq occupation has strengthened Islamic terrorism. Pentagon will allow "enemy combatants" to challenge their status in court. Senate Intelligence Committee debunks claims of Iraq WMDs and al-Qaeda connections. Primakov alleges deal between Hussein, US before invasion. "Matrix" informational database threatens Americans' privacy. World Court demands that Israel dismantle the West Bank barrier. CIA and White House lies about Iraq's WMD programs documented by 9/11 committee. "Curveball" exposed as a fraud and alcoholic; warnings of his unreliability before invasion were deemed "unwelcome." Adminstration inquiring into procedures for canceling November elections. False intelligence about Iraq terrorist ties circumvented CIA, given directly to Cheney and Rumsfeld and used as pretense for war. Election oversight committee taking donations, perks from voting machine manufacturers. Blair administration admits Hutton inquiry was a cover-up. Democrats call for pre-election investigation of potential threats to voting. Iraqi prime minister murders prisoners in cold blood. False accusations against Joseph Wilson may be used to delay Plame investigation indictments until after elections. Republicans use Marriage Protection Act to undermine Constitutional separation of powers. Democratic convention nominates Kerry, focuses on positive values. Oil prices reach 21-year high.
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CIA arrangements with banks and telecom firms to spy on Americans and others become an issue in White House. Bush administration outs al-Qaeda double agent. CIA expert says war on terror has played into bin Laden's hands. Bogus terror alerts upstage Kerry's nomination, and prove to be politically manipulated. Bush administration "outsourcing" illegal surveillance of US citizens. Bush admits no evidence of terror attacks that triggered alert. Florida law enforcement officials intimidate black voters. Subtle regulatory changes lay waste to environment, profit industry. Kay blasts NSC for prewar intelligence failures. Abu Ghraib doctors complict in torture. US and Israel sabotaging peace process between Israel and Palestine. First war-crimes case at Guantanamo begins. Bush says war on terror unwinnable. General Sanchez approved use of attack dogs on Iraqi prisoners, according to an Army report. Republican National Convention anoints Bush for re-election, tars Kerry, promotes fear of future terrorist attacks. Bush official investigated for spying for Israel.
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Supreme Court repudiates Bush policy of indefinite detention of prisoners without charge. Al-Qaeda documents illuminate 9/11 and other plans. Defense Science Board report on why Muslims hate America is quashed before election. Bush administration lies about Iraqi drone program exposed. Former senator accuses Bush of blocking Senate investigation into Saudi connections to 9/11. US military death toll in Iraql reaches 1,000. "Rathergate." First presidential debate; Bush wearing a wire?
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Duelfer Report concludes Iraq had no WMDs, or WMD programs, at the time of the US invasion. Republicans compile illegal "caging lists" of black voters for Election Day challenges
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White House blocks bombing of Afghanistan heroin production facilities, collaborates with Afghan drug lords. Bush "wins" second term in demonstrably stolen election. Kerry concedes within hours of the initial results; Bush claims a "mandate. "Operation Phantom Fury;" US attacks Fallujah Hastert's "majority of the majority" policy shuts out Democrats from the legislative process.
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Bush plans to privatize Social Security.
2005 Month to Month
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Bush/Rove campaign to promote the privatization of Social Security falters. Iraqi national elections.
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Hastert purges House Ethics Committee to help DeLay. Bush resubmits 12 rejected nominees to the federal appeals courts. Appellate court rules that Cooper, Miller must testify in Plame leak case. Negroponte named as first Director of National Intelligence.
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Republicans hijack the Terri Schiavo case for their own political purposes. Iraq Intelligence Commission releases report.
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Ibrahim al-Jafari named new prime minister of Iraq; Iraqi government forming fitfully.
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Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff exposed as a fount of corruption.
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Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals by reporters Matt Cooper and Judith Miller, forcing them to cooperate with Plame leak investigation or face jail.
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London terror blasts kill 52.
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Hastert uses federal tax dollars to turn $1.5 million profit for himself. Bush stymies Abramoff investigation by firing US Attorney handling the case. Pat Robertson calls for the assassination of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Hurricane Katrina strikes Gulf Coast; Bush administration response lackadaisical and incompetent.
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Ties between Karl Rove and Islamic terrorist financiers shown. Judith Miller testifies before grand jury investigating Plame leak.
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Harriet Miers candidacy for Supreme Court implodes. Tom DeLay indicted on corruption charges, linked to Abramoff scandal. Cheney chief of staff Lewis Libby indicted, resigns.
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Murtha resolution galvanizes anti-war debate; Murtha characterized as a coward and Democrats as advocates of "cut and run".
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Bush admits to authorizing illegal wiretaps on Americans. Frist, Hastert sneak in legislation that protects vaccine manufacturers from injury, death claims.
2006 Month to Month
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Bush uses "signing statement" to ignore lawful ban on torture. Former Powell chief of staff Larry Wilkerson calls Iraq war a mistake, and Bush administration "radical."
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Bush gives management contract to US ports to Dubai firm, endangering American security and putting country at risk for further terrorist attacks. Wade pleads guilty in Cunningham scandal, agrees to provide evidence against fellow Republicans.
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Guantanamo prisoners stripped of habeas corpus rights, even after Supreme Court ruled otherwise. Iraq Study Group launched. Abramoff sentenced in SunCruz corruption and fraud case.
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US using Iranian terrorist group to foment insurrection inside Iran. Iraqi National Assembly elects Nouri al-Maliki as Prime Minister. Bush uses signing statements to break, ignore laws with impunity.
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Secret intelligence report shows Iraq situation worsening; Rumsfeld dismisses the idea with a "fruit bowl" comparison.
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Fitzgerald decides not to prosecute Karl Rove. Bush admits to directing Dick Cheney to lead the White House smear campaign against Joseph Wilson.
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CIA shuts down unit devoted to tracking bin Laden. Novak confirms Rove as one of his sources on Plame. Israel invades Lebanon. Bush blocks NSA wiretapping investigation by denying investigators security clearances.
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Bush lies by telling reporter that no one in his administration ever suggested that Saddam Hussein was involved in 9/11. House Intelligence Committee issues "outrageous," "erroneous" report on Iran's nuclear capabilities and intentions. Rumsfeld compares war critics to Nazi appeasers.
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Bush administration allegations of ties between Saddam Hussein and Islamic terrorists disproven. Trail of bin Laden "stone cold." Marines conclude war in Anbar province has been lost. GOP congressman pleads guilty to fraud connected with Jack Abramoff. Electronic voting machines poised to steal 2006 elections. NIE confirms that US occupation of Iraq has spawned terrorism and made America less, not more, safe from terror attacks. "Jihadistan." Global warming causes planetary temperature increases not seen in thousands of years. Right of habeas corpus set to be outlawed by Congress; torture authorized. Book by Bob Woodward shows Bush administration lied about Iraq from outset, situation in Iraq far worse than acknowledged. British Ministry of Defense report calls Iraq a "recruiting sergeant" for al-Qaeda, "Carnage incarnate" in Iraq. Contacts between Rove, Mehlman, other top White House officials with Jack Abramoff far more extensive than previously admitted; Bush officials repeatedly intervened on behalf of Abramoff clients. GOP representative Mark Foley resigns after sexually explicit e-mails with 16-year old boy revealed; GOP House leadership knew about Foley's actions for at least a year without taking action. GOP blocks House investigation into Foley, then calls for investigations.
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Secret Joint Chiefs report predicts more violence, chaos in Iraq. British make secret truce with Taliban. Powell says he was fired, describes Bush as hell-bent on invading Iraq. Pages, House members and staffers knew about Foley's pedophilia for years before it was revealed. Billion-dollar education program does little more than channel tax dollars to favored providers and GOP donors. Al-Qaeda leaders need US to stay in Iraq to help the terrorists build alliances with other insurgent groups. Hastert knew of Foley's problem with male pages since 2003. Bush's signing statements contravene Constitution, says nonpartisan report. Warner says "change of course" should be considered for Iraq. Marine testifies about beatings, abuse at Guantanamo. Rove White House aide resigns because of connections to Abramoff. GOP congressman admits knowing about Foley e-mails in 2000. North Korea test-fires nuclear missile. New study estimates 655,000 Iraqi war dead. Foley accused of inappropriately touching a male page on the floor of the House of Representatives. Ney pleads guilty to Abramoff-related charges. Defense bill allows Bush to deploy US forces within the country at will. Top US general says more troops may be sent to Iraq. "Voter chaos" predicted for November 7.
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Senate report details disinformation from INC that led to Iraqi invasion. Saudi study says Iraq a "lost battle". Conservative columnist says Bush "delusional, unhinged," has "lost his mind." Leaked report proves Diebold machines designed to be hacked and manipulated. GOP congressional aides admit to discussing Foley scandal "damage control" two days before Foley's resignation. GOP "robocalls" plaguing Democratic voters in likely vote-suppression tactic. Bush administration posts information on building nuclear weapons on the Internet. Republican House leader surreptitiously terminates Iraqi oversight program. Neocons abandon Bush Iraq policy. President of National Association of Evangelicals resigns over allegations of gay sex, drug use. Ney resigns from House over criminal convictions. Haggard fired for sexual immorality. Saddam Hussein sentenced to death for crimes against Iraqis. Democrats retake House in sweep; Senate still in contention. Massive problems with electronic voting machines plague precincts in state after state. Rumsfeld fired. Democrats take control of the Senate. Rumsfeld set to be prosecuted in Germany for war crimes. Congressional Democrats ready to push for Iraq withdrawal in 4-6 months. CIA admits to existence of documents proving Bush authorized torture of detainees. Iraq already engulfed in civil war; problem now is to keep war from involving other countries. Bush plans to increase US military presence in Iraq. Ex-spy claims US duped into war with Iraq by tortured al-Qaeda prisoner. Kissinger says military victory in Iraq not possible. Bush gives tacit approval for Israel to attack Iran. Administration still intent on cobbling up evidence to justify invading Iran.
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Iraq Study Group to recommend withdrawing almost all forces from Iraq by early 2008. ATS violating citizens' privacy for four years without their knowledge. Rumsfeld memo, written before his resignation, proposes major changes in Iraq policies. Bolton resigns as UN ambassador. Iraq Study Group repudiates Bush's war policies; Bush brushes off recommendations. House Ethics Committee lets Foley, GOP off hook. Arctic ice to be gone in 30 years; calamitous climate change to follow. Suppressed evidence showing that Blair lied about Iraq's WMDs revealed. Hundreds of Guantanamo detainees released without charge; classified evidence proves innocence. ABC named "Misinformer of the Year" Former president Gerald Ford said in 2004 that he opposed the Iraq war. Saddam Hussein executed for war crimes. 3,000th US soldier dies in Iraq.
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Democrats take control of Congress, pass ethics legislation. Bush claims authority to open Americans' mail without warrants. Israel planning possible nuclear strike against Iran. Iraq's oil industry set to be privatized; Western oil companies to garner unprecedented wealth. Bush announces "new" policy for Iraq, troop escalation; escalates threatening rhetoric against Iran and Syria. Comptroller General says taxes may have to double to pay for Bush's out-of-control spending. Peace agreement between Israel and Syria reported; Israel says no such agreement reached. Gonzales says warrantless wiretapping at an end; FISA court may be issuing unconstitutional "blanket" authorizations. North Korea agrees to curb its nuclear program. Three Ohio election workers on trial for rigging 2004 presidential recount figures. Cheney source of "Plamegate" smear efforts. Bush lies about foiled terror attacks. Bush officials admit authorizing military attacks against Iranians in Iraq. Bush implicated in Plame leak. US Army investigating new torture claims. Troop escalation in Afghanistan planned. Definitive report from UN panel ends global warming debate: it's real, it's manmade, and it's long past time for action to be taken. US accuses Iran of killing five US soldiers in Iraq, offers no proof.
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$3 trillion Bush budget to slash domestic programs, veteran spending. NIE says Iraq in downward spiral; US lacks control over event. Bush escalation closer to 50,000 troops than 21,500 previously announced. Drive for war with Iran parallels that for Iraq. Brzezinski warns that Bush is manufacturing pretext for war with Iran, suggests that Bush may manufacture terrorist attack on US. Profit data shows that Exxon, other oil companies deliberately depressed oil prices in order to influence November elections. Deputy Attorney General says Bush can ignore the law if he likes. Entire Iraq resolution debate an attempt by Senate Republicans to hoodwink Senate Democrats into voting for a pro-Bush version. Former CIA official linked to Cunningham corruption investigation. State Department invokes "self-defense" article of UN Charter to justify unilateral war with Iran. Rice says she doesn't remember 2003 Iranian diplomatic overtures. US propaganda campaign against Iran mounts, with the complicity of the New York Times. Pentagon report shows that Pentagon lied about intelligence in runup to Iraq invasion. North Korea agrees to disarmament pact. White House directly linked to US attorney firing. Wounded US soldiers forced to live in filth at Walter Reed hospital complex. "Operation Iranian Freedom" ready to go, say British military officials. Britain pulling out of Iraq. Bush administration secretly funding al-Qaeda-linked terror groups. False accusations about North Korea's uranium-enrichment program, going on since 2002, led to North Korea's accelerated plutonium weapons program.
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Saudi Arabia helping fund Sunni insurgency in Iraq. Libby convicted on four of five counts in perjury trial. Fired US attorneys confirm political nature of dismissals; confirm threats from Justice Department if they don't remain silent. Gonzales and Mueller admit the FBI broke the law in spying on citizens. Rove assured Republicans that fired US attorney David Iglesias was "gone" Army ordering wounded, medically unfit veterans to go back to Iraq. White House deeply involved in attorney firings. Valerie Plame Wilson testifies before Congress, and confirms that she was a covert agent. Fitzgerald possibly considered for firing in US attorney purge. Senior Bush official pleads guilty to Abramoff-related charge. Sampson testifies about US attorney firings, confirms that Gonzales heavily involved. Bush, military lie about need for immediate troop funding.
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