by Jason Leopold July 3, 2009 Two years before the invasion of Iraq, oil executives and foreign policy advisers told the Bush administration that the United States would remain “a prisoner of its energy dilemma” as long as Saddam Hussein was in power.

Or How to Stay Out of Sight While Profiting From the War in Iraq By Pratap Chatterjee 31 de mayo, 2009 The Houstonian Hotel is an elegant, secluded resort set on an 18-acre wooded oasis in the heart of downtown Houston. Two weeks ago, David Lesar, CEO of the once notorious energy services corporation Halliburton, spoke to some [...]

Someone in the White House tried to deep-six Philip Zelikow’s anti-torture memo. Welcome to the latest Bush-era whodunit. By Nick Baumann and David Corn Wed May 6, 2009 Who in the George W. Bush White House tried to shred a memo challenging the use of torture?