Sidney Blumenthal

Sidney Blumenthal is an author and journalist. He is former assistant and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton.

Condoleezza Rices troubling journey

The metamorphosis of Condoleezza Rice from the chrysalis of the protégé into the butterfly of the state department has not been a natural evolution but has demanded self-discipline. She has

By Sidney Blumenthal

/ 9 Dec 2005

Dick Cheneys shadow play

In 1976, the new CIA director was prompted to authorise an alternative unit outside the CIA to challenge the agency's intelligence on Soviet intentions. George HW Bush was

By Sidney Blumenthal

/ 25 Nov 2005

Dick Cheneys day of reckoning

The trial of I Lewis Scooter Libby will also be the trial of Dick Cheney. Throughout his long public career in four Republican administrations, starting as an aide in the

By Sidney Blumenthal

/ 11 Nov 2005

George W Bush: home alone

There is no one left to rescue the Republican Party from George W Bush. He is home alone. The Republican establishment wise men whose words were once quiet commands are

By Sidney Blumenthal

/ 26 Oct 2005

Republican tremors

For thirty years, beginning with the Nixon presidency, advanced under Reagan, stalled with the elder Bush, a new political economy struggled to be born. The idea was pure and simple:

By Sidney Blumenthal

/ 5 Oct 2005

Bushs Potemkin village presidency

Even the words are the same. On Iraq, President Bush declared on 4 February 2004, We will do what it takes. We will not leave until the job is done.

By Sidney Blumenthal

/ 22 Sep 2005

Sidney Blumenthal

Condoleezza Rice&#146;s troubling journey

Dick Cheney&#146;s shadow play

Dick Cheney&#146;s day of reckoning

George W Bush: home alone

Republican tremors

Bush&#146;s Potemkin village presidency

Condoleezza Rices troubling journey

Dick Cheneys shadow play

Dick Cheneys day of reckoning

Bushs Potemkin village presidency