Avatar photoParis Negotiations Update 20: EU Confidential

Reuters and AP obtained the full-text summary of the recent Iran-EU3 negotiations. The press coverage focuses on the underlying pessimism of the document, which notes: The Iranian position is obviously guided by the goal of maintaining the fuel cycle. Without being more specific, they only saw scope for some additional assurances, inter alia, increased verification …

Avatar photoLying About Iraq. Again.

Dave Ruppe at Global Security Newswire has a great article on how Bush and Rice are spinning the Duelfer Report. At least one media outlet decided the fact that the Bush Administration keeps blatantly lying is news. As an aside, I hope that some with influence in the journalism profession are reconsidering just how they …

Avatar photoMore Egypt Nonsense

The very image of reliability … Well now that Michael Roston’s called me out, I feel the need to say something about this Washington Times editorial about Egypt. In short, it’s bad for many of the same reasons as this other right-wing article about Egypt’s alleged nuclear weapons program. The Washington Times does acknowledge that …

Avatar photoElBaradei to get Third Term

He gets to keep the sweet view. Over the weekend, Dafna Linzer at the Washington Post reported that “all 15 countries approached by U.S. diplomats—including Britain, Canada and Australia—refused to support” Washington’s efforts to deny Mohamad ElBaradei a third as IAEA Director General. “Everyone turned us down, even the Brits,” one U.S. policymaker plaintively told …