Lee Atwater's Legacy

Antonino D'Ambrosio : Film

Rebel. Liar. Attack dog. Bigot. Stefan Forbes's Boogie Man assesses the enduring damage Lee Atwater did to our political process.

The Contempt of Karl Rove

Rep. John Conyers : George W. Bush Administration

Fifty years ago, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote that all citizens have an "unremitting obligation" to respond to Congressional subpoenas. Karl Rove has breached this obligation.

Send Karl Rove to Jail

Brave New Films : Law & Justice

This sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Well, it's not. We have a unique opportunity right now to send Karl Rove to jail, but only if we take immediate action.

Dirty Tricks, South Carolina and John McCain

Ann Banks : Campaigns & Elections

Undone in South Carolina by the Bush campaign's dirty tricks in 2000, John McCain now turns to the man who smeared him.

A Whistleblower's Tale

Glynn Wilson : Attorney General

Republican lawyer Jill Simpson was the absent star of Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on selective prosecution.

The Hot Air Factory

Alexander Cockburn : Bush's Lies

Under Karl Rove's deft hand, Bush has been maneuvered from one catastrophe to another. Why is the left obsessed with him?

White House Plame-Out

David Corn : George W. Bush

Indictments or not, what America knows now about the outing of Valerie Plame is that Bush Administration officials deliberately leaked information that potentially damaged the nation--then lied about it.

Anonymous Lies From Anonymous Sources

Frances Cerra Whittelsey : George W. Bush Administration

The Valerie Plame affair should be an occasion for soul-searching about how the media covers the President.

Letter From Ground Zero

Jonathan Schell : George W. Bush Administration

Like every important government crisis, the outing of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame by Karl Rove, must be seen in many contexts at once.

Don't You Dare Call It Treason

Alexander Cockburn : US Intelligence/Covert Ops

Any deed or disclosure that sabotages the CIA's capacity for covert operations deserves praise.

An Odd Turn in the Criminal Justice System

Calvin Trillin : 1st Amendment

Judy Miller's in prison, but what about...?

Anatomy of Rove's Leak

David Corn : US Intelligence/Covert Ops

Team Bush has hunkered down and ignored press inquiries, hoping the storm surrounding Karl Rove will pass.

The Real Rove Scandal

Robert Scheer : George W. Bush Administration

Truth and competence are virtues easily shed by the Bush Administration.

Lying Liars & the Presidents Who Employ Them

Eric Alterman : Media Analysis

The media passed along without prejudice Karl Rove's deliberate distortions of Richard Durbin's words.

On the Poisoning of the Opposition Candidate In the Ukrainian Presidential Election

Calvin Trillin : John Kerry

Still Sliming Away

Calvin Trillin : Vietnam War

Kulturkampf, 2004

: Presidential Election 2004

The Silver Lining of General Rove's Victory In the Midterm Elections

Calvin Trillin : Legislative Campaigns & Elections

Karl Rove's Legal Tricks

John Nichols : The Courts

Bush's Hit Man

Louis Dubose : Conservatives & The American Right

Some wonder to what extent Karl Rove will use the power of the government against those who would cross Bush. Rove's past suggests such worries are not unfounded.