Article published in Amauta with special permission from the author A shorter version of this article originally appeared at Consortium News by Ray McGovern Nothing highlights President Obama’s abject surrender to Gen. David Petraeus on the “way forward” in Afghanistan than two cables U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry sent to Washington on Nov. 6 and 9, 2009, the texts [...]

Secret updates to White House challenge European and Israeli assessments. by Mark Hosenball September 16, 2009 The U.S. intelligence community is reporting to the White House that Iran has not restarted its nuclear-weapons development program, two counterproliferation officials tell NEWSWEEK. U.S. agencies had previously said that Tehran halted the program in 2003. The officials, who asked for anonymity when [...]