Seymour Hersh - Recent New Yorker Articles
 
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:35:24 -0500 (CDT)


Seymour Hersh - Recent New Yorker Articles

All these are interesting but the latest one is the most topical

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April 17, 2006

Annals of National Security

The Iran Plans

by 

Seymour M. Hersh 
  
ANNALS OF NATIONAL SECURITY about the Bush Administration's plans for
dealing with Iran and its nuclear weapons program The Bush Administration,
while publicly advocating diplomacy in order to stop Iran from pursuing a
nuclear weapon, has increased clandestine activities inside Iran and
intensified planning for a possible major air attack 
	
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/04/17/060417fa_fact

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May 29, 2006

National Security Dept.

Listening In 

by 

Seymour M. Hersh 

Talk story about the confirmation hearings for former N.S.A. director
General Michael Hayden to become the head of the C.I.A. Discusses reports
that the N.S.A. engaged in wiretapping and eavesdropping on telephone calls
Writer tells about the passage of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act, or FISA, to protect citizens

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/05/29/060529ta_talk_hersh

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July 10, 2006

Annals of National Security

Last Stand

by 

Seymour M. Hersh 

ANNALS OF NATIONAL SECURITY about the military's problem with Bush's Iran
policy. On May 31st, Condoleezza Rice announced a major change in U.S.
foreign policy. The Bush Administration would be willing to join Russia,
China, and its European allies in direct negotiations with Iran about its
nuclear program. The negotiations 

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/07/10/060710fa_fact

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August 21, 2006

Annals of National Security

Watching Lebanon 

by 

Seymour M. Hersh 

ANNALS OF NATIONAL SECURITY about Washington's interests in the
Israel-Lebanon conflict. In the days after Hezbollah crossed from Lebanon
into Israel, on July 12th, to kidnap two soldiers, triggering a full-scale
war with Israel, the Bush Administration seemed strangely passive. Pres.
Bush pointed to Iran and Syria and 
	
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/08/21/060821fa_fact

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November 27, 2006

Annals of National Security

The Next Act 

by 

Seymour M. Hersh 

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/11/27/061127fa_fact

ANNALS OF NATIONAL SECURITY about debate within the Bush Administration over
the extent of Iran's nuclear weapons program and how best to counter it In
interviews, current and former Administration officials returned to one
question: whether Vice-President Cheney would be as influential in the last
two years of Bush's 

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March 05, 2007

Annals of National Security

The Redirection 

by 

Seymour M. Hersh

ANNALS OF NATIONAL SECURITY about a major policy shift, or redirection, in
the Bush Administrations Middle East strategy. The redirection has brought
the U.S. closer to an open confrontation with Iran and propelled it into the
sectarian conflict between Shiite and Sunni Muslims. 

To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration
has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the Middle East. In
Lebanon, the Administration has covperated with Saudi Arabias government,
which is Sunni, in clandestine operations that are intended to weaken
Hezbollah, the Shiite organization that is backed by Iran. 

The U.S. has also taken part in clandestine operations aimed at Iran and its
ally Syria. A by-product of these activities has been the bolstering of
Sunni extremist groups that espouse a militant vision of Islam and are
hostile to America and sympathetic to Al Qaeda. 
	
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/03/05/070305fa_fact_hersh

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