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Reason
September 2004
Matt Welch |
Watergate Blowback Watergate taught millions of Americans about the dangers of government operating without sunshine. But Bush administration officials, especially those who lived through the scandal, learned an altogether different lesson -- that checks and balances can be distractions and handcuffs.   |
Smithsonian
February 2007 |
The Pardon From the book 31 Days, by Barry Werth: President Gerald R. Ford's priority was to unite a divided nation. The decision that defined his term proved how difficult that would be. |
Salon.com
September 1, 2000
Charles Taylor |
The traitor Forget the sketchy allegations of wife-beating. Anthony Summers' new book makes clear that Richard Nixon's real crimes were against his country. |
Reason
June 2002
Brian Doherty |
John Ashcroft's Power Grab The saga of a troubled -- and troubling -- attorney general... |
Reason
October 2002
Jeffrey Benner |
Closing the Books Some kind of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption will almost certainly become law. Regardless of the exemption's final scope, it will be only the latest offensive in the Bush administration's sustained assault on transparency in government. |
Reason
June 2007
David Weigel |
Right All Along, Unfortunately At every turn, security hawks have argued their critics are overanxious, paranoid "Chicken Littles." At this point, the chickens are looking awfully prescient. It's the hawks who are in trouble, beset by scandals connected directly to the laws for which they begged. |
American History
February 2008
Yanek Mieczkowski |
Gerald Ford's Near Miracle of 1976 Watergate, the Nixon pardon, the Reagan challenge, a sick economy and a debate debacle left the incumbent Ford in a huge hole -- yet he nearly pulled off the greatest presidential election comeback in history. |
Reason
June 2008
Gene Healy |
The Cult of the Presidency Who can we blame for the radical expansion of executive power? Look no further than you and me. |
Salon.com
October 2, 2001
Laura Miller |
The wrong man for the job John Dean talks about Richard Nixon's backroom maneuverings in the appointment of Chief Justice Rehnquist... |
Fast Company
March 15, 2007
J.J. Brazil |
Mission: Impossible? The FBI is battling to transform itself in an age of technology and terrorism. It may be the toughest, most important change effort of our time. |
Salon.com
May 12, 2001
Alicia Montgomery & Fiona Morgan |
Botched! "If the government can't get it right in this case, how can we rely on it to get it right in any case?" Experts react to the FBI blunder... |
Reason
January 2006
Matt Welch |
From Bob Woodward to Judith Miller America's most reviled political reporter is a direct descendant of its most beloved. Miller's methods are essentially Woodward's. She just had the bad manners of choosing the losing side in an interagency tug of war. |
Salon.com
January 16, 2001
Alicia Montgomery |
The case for John Ashcroft Clint Bolick of the Institute for Justice says Ashcroft champions civil rights, rules by law and will make a great attorney general... |
Salon.com
January 16, 2001
Joe Conason |
Ashcroft's tough Sell A segregationist group is banking on the hard-on-crime attorney general nominee to drop a murder conspiracy case against one of its own... |
Salon.com
April 10, 2002
Christopher Dreher |
Hobbling history Scholars, authors and publishers go to court to fight the Bush administration's efforts to keep key presidential papers under lock and key... |
Reason
October 2004
John Berlau |
John Kerry's Dark Record on Civil Liberties The Democratic candidate is no friend to the Bill of Rights. |
Salon.com
July 6, 2000
Joe Conason |
Clinton is no Nixon Memo to Horowitz: "The most criminal, most corrupt, most cynical administration" isn't the current one, pal. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2005
Harry Goldstein |
Who Killed the Virtual Case File? How the FBI blew more than $100 million on case-management software it will never use. |
Reason
March 2002
Sam MacDonald |
Gun Control's New Language How anti-terror rhetoric is being used against the Second Amendment... |
Salon.com
January 16, 2001
Bruce Shapiro |
Can John Ashcroft be stopped? If the Clarence Thomas hearings are any guide, disorganized Democrats could be the Republican nominee's best friends... |
Salon.com
August 4, 2000
Daryl Lindsey |
"Hollering fire in a crowded theater" The FBI's chief negotiator during the Waco siege says critics and conspiracy theorists are sowing dangerous discord. |
| American History |
Letter From American History - February 2008 It's been nearly a year since his death at age 93, but Gerald Ford is still making news and rewriting some pages of history. |
Information Today
December 9, 2014
George H. Pike |
FOIA Reform Gets Key Senate Endorsement The Senate's FOIA Improvement Act of 2014 (and the House's similar bill) seeks to move the administration's "presumption of openness" from mere encouragement to federal law. |
Salon.com
March 7, 2001
Anthony York |
Time for another veep watch? Cheney's troubled ticker has some suggesting he step aside -- but who would get the nod? |
Salon.com
August 7, 2000
Amy Silverman |
Watergate kids In Phoenix, Tom Liddy is running for office. Anne Kleindienst isn't. Too bad for us. |
PC World
March 7, 2001
Jennifer O'Neill |
FBI Battles Computer Crime 'Epidemic' Bureau works to balance tough stance with privacy rights, director says... |
Salon.com
January 18, 2001
Alicia Montgomery |
Round 2: Ashcroft wins over a Democrat Georgia's Zell Miller says he'll confirm the attorney general designate despite tough grilling on gun control and abortion by Kennedy, Schumer and Feinstein... |
Salon.com
July 25, 2000
Jake Tapper |
The throwback Bush's choice of Dick Cheney has conservatives -- and centrist Democrats -- brimming with confidence. |
InternetNews
June 21, 2010 |
Ashcroft: Cybercrime Is Everyone's Problem The former Attorney General compares cybercrime to the war on terror and calls on public, private sector to work together to safeguard data. |
Salon.com
June 18, 2002
Jeffrey Benner |
Every dial you take The FBI is asking for more information about what you do on the phone, and no one is saying no. |
Wired
July 2002
Tom McNichol |
Richard Nixon's Last Secret Richard Nixon took the secret to his grave. Thirty years after the Watergate break-in, there's a race to unerase -- and it's hitting high gear. |
Reason
October 2005 |
Thirty Years Ago in Reason From October 1975: The FBI and CIA still spy and keep secret files on U.S. citizens... Every country and every people should be allowed to work out their own destiny... Prostitution has always been therapeutic... |
Salon.com
January 30, 2001
Joe Conason |
The artful dodger John Ashcroft's nose is growing faster than Pinocchio's during his Senate confirmation hearings. As attorney general, will he be as evasive with the truth? |
Reason
October 2007
Gene Healy |
Rant: Learning to Love the Imperial Presidency How conservatives made peace with executive power. |
Information Today
March 28, 2013
Barbie E. Keiser |
Transparency in Government During Sunshine Week 2013 Congress was the focal point of two events during Sunshine Week 2013 (March 10-16). On March 12, the Congressional Transparency Caucus hosted an event examining recent progress concerning the Freedom of Information Act reform. |
Searcher
January 2006
Laura Gordon-Murnane |
Shhh!!: Keeping Current on Government Secrecy Here is a list of Web sites, blogs, listservs, and newsletters that could help clients needing access to government documents but who might experience difficulty locating that information. |
CIO
January 27, 2011
Kim S. Nash |
FBI CIO's Mission: Modernize When he joined the FBI from Lehman Brothers, Chad Fulgham inherited an obsolete IT infrastructure and major project on the brink of failure. Two years later, agents have BlackBerrys and SharePoint, but the work isn't finished. |
Salon.com
January 8, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
John Ashcroft's big mistake He denied Ronnie White a federal judgeship for being soft on crime, when his real grudge was against his pro-choice politics -- and the move cost him his Senate seat... |
InternetNews
January 21, 2005
Roy Mark |
FBI Abandons Carnivore New FOIA documents show that feds haven't used once controversial e-mail snooping system in two years. |
Reason
June 2002
Brian Dohery |
Watching the AG Maybe Attorney General John Ashcroft isn't the greatest threat to individual liberty since the Inquisition. But that doesn't mean he hasn't been alarming so far... |
