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  • September 2008
    • US 'Spied on Iraqi Leaders'

      US 'Spied on Iraqi Leaders'

      (Newser) - The Bush administration conducted an extensive spying operation on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders even while seeking to win their trust, according to a new book from the Washington Post 's Bob Woodward. The book portrays an administration hamstrung by indecision as its Iraq strategy fell apart in 2006, and a detached president orchestrated "overconfident" briefings on the situation. More »

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      Iraq   Iraq war   Bush administration   Nouri al-Maliki   Donald Rumsfeld   spying   Gen. George Casey   Bob Woodward

  • August 2008
  • June 2008
    • Why Obama Might Have a Jones Jones

      Why Obama Might Have a Jones Jones

      (Newser) - Analysts were surprised to see the name of retired general James Jones on Barack Obama's vice-presidential shortlist yesterday, but Noam Scheiber, in the New Republic thinks he knows what the former NATO commander was doing there. Per Bob Woodward’s most recent book, Scheiber notes Jones was so put off by Donald Rumsfeld he refused to interview for the Joint Chiefs chairmanship. More »

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      Barack Obama   John McCain   Iraq   vice president   Donald Rumsfeld   Bob Woodward   James Jones

  • July 2007
    • Al-Qaeda Issues New Threat

      Al-Qaeda Issues New Threat

      (Newser) - Osama bin Laden's No. 2 has issued a new videotaped threat to the US, claiming that the collapse of the West is imminent. Wearing a white robe and speaking in a hectoring tone, the Egyptian cleric Ayman al-Zawahiri calls for unity among warring Iraqi factions against America. The 95-minute  al Qaeda video is among the most sophisticated to date. More »

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      al-Qaeda   Osama bin Laden   video   Ayman al Zawahiri   Bob Woodward

  • May 2007
    • Woodward, Tenet Form Perfect Storm of Ego

      Woodward, Tenet Form Perfect Storm of Ego

      (Newser) - Once upon a time, former CIA director George Tenet and superstar political reporter Bob Woodward were friendly, but now they're locked in an ego battle too degrading to produce any winners. The New Yorker this month gives each space to snipe at the other and explores what the whinefest means for their careers. More »

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      CIA   news   reporter   George Tenet   Bob Woodward

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