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Of course Julian Assange has an agenda. He has never claimed otherwise, Eagle Eye

Of course Julian Assange has an agenda. He has never claimed otherwise

It’s daft to give the Wikileaks founder a hard time for betraying principles of objectivity. Here’s why.

By | Eagle Eye, The Foreign Desk | Tuesday, 27 July 2010 at 2:18 pm

‘Once upon a time in Afghanistan’, The Foreign Desk

‘Once upon a time in Afghanistan’

A fascinating photo essay from Foreign Policy magazine shows Afghanistan before decades of conflict.

By | The Foreign Desk | Friday, 2 July 2010 at 1:02 pm

Logan’s run-in with Rolling Stone (and proper reporting), The Foreign Desk

Logan’s run-in with Rolling Stone (and proper reporting)

How CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan argued against objective reporting of the facts of the McChrystal case – and all the best things to read on the subject.

By | The Foreign Desk | Tuesday, 29 June 2010 at 12:29 pm

General Gaffe’s in a bed of his own making, The Foreign Desk

General Gaffe’s in a bed of his own making

If Stanley McChrystal was feeling at all confident about surviving the fuss over the Rolling Stone profile that’s about to appear, he will be decidedly less so after hearing the words that came out of White House press secretary Robert Gibbs’ mouth just now. “The magnitude and the greatness of the mistakes here are profound,” [...]

By | The Foreign Desk | Tuesday, 22 June 2010 at 7:07 pm

General Petraeus’ faint praise, The Foreign Desk

General Petraeus’ faint praise

Well, that’s a rare contrast that helps BP. On the same day their US chief Lamar McKay was getting thoroughly roasted by the House energy and commerce sub-committee, and, all right, not exactly breezing it, but at least remaining on a relatively even keel, US commander in Iraq and Afghanistan General David Petraeus was collapsing [...]

By | The Foreign Desk | Tuesday, 15 June 2010 at 6:57 pm

Afghanistan, iPads and Entourage

The best from the web…

By | Digital Digest, Notebook | Thursday, 10 June 2010 at 12:00 am

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