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Robert Parry

Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, which was written with two of his sons, Sam and Nat, as well as his two previous books, Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq and Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & ’Project Truth’ are available here or on amazon.com.

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Project Censored 2010 Selection

Obama’s Military Appointments Have Corrupt Past

by Robert Parry , Allan Nairn, Andrew Hughes, Roxana Tiron

Californie (Etats-Unis) | 20 October 2010

The Defense officials appointed by Barack Obama are the authors of the worst crimes and embezzlements carried out under previous administrations. In terms of change, only the rhetoric is new; the practices remain the same. What is most startling is the lack of interest elicited by the closure (…)

How Myths Can Kill

by Robert Parry

24 December 2009

Myths can be innocuous enough, providing pleasure and comfort to believers: for instance, the Jesus birth stories that are celebrated at Christmas or the legends of Abraham and Moses conveying God’s promised land to the Israelites. But myths can have a darker side when they are embraced as (…)

Netanyahu: a tyrant like Moses?

Ancient Israeli Myths Deter Peace

by Robert Parry

11 July 2009

Does Israel’s claim to be a Jews-only state have any legitimate foundation? Not according to Israeli historian, Shlomo Sand, whose investigative findings suggest that Israel’s rationale rests purely on Biblical mythology rather than historical facts. The question is not simply rhetorical, at a (…)

“The Dangerously Incomplete Hariri Report”

by Robert Parry

22 November 2005

The U.N. report on the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, has given a lift to George W. Bush, who demands a “change of regime” in Damascus. The investigation, however, has many holes. The report concludes that the bomb that killed Hariri and another 22 people, which was likely activated in a (…)

In These Times

The case against Bush’s new intelligence czar.

by Robert Parry

Caracas (Venezuela) | 8 March 2005

John Negroponte
George W. Bush’s choice of John Negroponte to be the first U.S. intelligence czar signals that Washington is heading down the same road that has led to earlier American intelligence failures and controversies - from politicizing analysis to winking at human rights abuses. (…)