TomPaine.com was one of the first media outlets to flag the Downing Street Memo for our readers and explain its significance.
By Ray McGovern
With the Downing Street momentum building, it's time to dispel some of the smoke Bush's surrogates are blowing.
June 22, 2005 11:39 AM
By David Corn
More than proving Bush's intent to go to war, the Downing Street memos offer evidence that Bush's primary case for war was false.
June 22, 2005 08:51 AM
By Mark Danner
The Downing Street Memos confirm the existence of presidential deceit, even if they don't prove it. In other words, probable cause.
June 20, 2005 11:20 AM
By Russ Baker
The Downing Street Memos still do not answer the question of why the president wanted a war. Fortunately, Bush did that himself.
June 20, 2005 10:11 AM
Yesterday's hearing on the Downing Street Memo only achieved half of its potential.
June 17, 2005 12:34 PM
By Dante Zappala
The Downing Street Memo revealed that Sherwood Baker died in Iraq defending Bush's public misinformation campaign.
June 15, 2005 11:02 AM
David Sanger's NYT article on the new Cabinet Office memos was a bit too eager to pronounce Bush innocent.
June 13, 2005 12:58 PM
By Ray McGovern
Newly leaked documents reveal the extent of the British cabinet's concern over America's disrespect for international law.
June 13, 2005 10:10 AM
Eighty-eight members of Congress have signed a letter asking the president to confirm or deny the Downing Street Memo.
May 9, 2005 11:26 AM
By Ray McGovern
Politicization is far too mild a word. The intelligence on Iraq was not mistaken, it was manufactured. This was mass deception. And we have the smoking memo.
May 4, 2005 11:16 AM
By John Prados
The leak of a highly classified memo finally confirms that Bush decided to invade Iraq and to deceive America a year before the invasion.
May 3, 2005 08:59 AM
By John Prados
A British memo does what American politicians won't: question the president's legal authority to wage war in Iraq.
May 2, 2005 11:30 AM
