Best Of TomPaine.com: Downing Street MemoJune 01, 2005TomPaine.com was one of the first media outlets to flag the Downing Street Memo for our readers and explain its significance. Fixed Is FixedBy Ray McGovern With the Downing Street momentum building, it's time to dispel some of the smoke Bush's surrogates are blowing. Proof Of Deception, Not IntentionBy 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. Why The Memo MattersBy Mark Danner The Downing Street Memos confirm the existence of presidential deceit, even if they don't prove it. In other words, probable cause. Why George Went To WarBy Russ Baker The Downing Street Memos still do not answer the question of why the president wanted a war. Fortunately, Bush did that himself. Blog: Pressing The Basement RevolutionYesterday's hearing on the Downing Street Memo only achieved half of its potential. His Was Not To Wonder WhyBy Dante Zappala The Downing Street Memo revealed that Sherwood Baker died in Iraq defending Bush's public misinformation campaign. Blog:NYT's Downing Street DissemblingDavid Sanger's NYT article on the new Cabinet Office memos was a bit too eager to pronounce Bush innocent. Downing Street IIBy Ray McGovern Newly leaked documents reveal the extent of the British cabinet's concern over America's disrespect for international law. Blog:These Are The Crimes That Try Men's SoulsEighty-eight members of Congress have signed a letter asking the president to confirm or deny the Downing Street Memo. Proof Bush Fixed The FactsBy 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. Iraq: When Was The Die Cast?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. A Fig Leaf Of LegalityBy John Prados A British memo does what American politicians won't: question the president's legal authority to wage war in Iraq. |