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2009

Defense Secretary Gates Is Not a Diplomat, op-ed by Mel Goodman in Truthout, 10/28/09

The Washington Post Creates Its Own Facts to Support Afghan Nation-Building, op-ed by Mel Goodman in Truthout, 10/22/09

The Urgent Need to Demilitarize the National Security State, op-ed by Mel Goodman in Truthout, 10/20/09

Why President Obama Deserved The Nobel Peace Prize, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 10/11/09

The Prospect of Change in US Relations With Russia, Iran and Afghanistan Alarms the Washington Post, op-ed by Mel Goodman in Truthout, 10/09/09

Five Myths on Afghanistan, op-ed by Mel Goodman in Truthout, 10/02/09

WPost's Neocons Aim Their Editorial Guns At Iran, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 10/02/09

Intelligence Vets Back Torture Probe, Memorandum for the President, signed by Veteran Intelligence Professionsals for Sanity, 09/27/09

Seven Former CIA Driectors Want To Bury The Truth, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 09/23/09

WPost's Neocons In High Dungeon Over European Missile Shield, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 09/23/09

One More Feckless Study On Intelligence Reform, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 09/17/09

Exaggeration of the Threat: Then and Now, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 09/14/09

Two More Obstacles to Intelligence Reform, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 09/10/09

Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Media Beats The War Drums For Afghanistan, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 09/08/09

The Three E's, The Global Deal: Climate Change and the Creation of a New Era of Progress and Prosperity, Foreign Service Journal book review by Harry C. Blaney III

Torture's Answerable Question, letter to the editor by Mel Goodman in The Washington Post, 09/06/09

A talk of two Davids: The WPost's Ignatius, Broder compete for biggest CIA Apologist, commentary by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 09/03/09

CIA IG dscribes interrogation crime scene and becomes a major victim, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 9/2/09

Washington Post Redux: Going from the Sublime to the Ridiculous, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 9/1/09

Exposed: The WPost's One-Sided Account of Torture and Abuse, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 08/29/09

WPost's Ignatius Forgives the CIA Again and Again, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 08/26/09

Washington Post goes Judge Shopping in the Courthouse, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 08/25/09

Time for the CIA's Chief Apologist to Apologize, commentary by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 08/23/09

Secrets and the CIA, letter by Mel Goodman in the New York Times, 08/07/09

Panetta’s Pathetic Attempt to Get Lawmakers to Ignore CIA Crimes, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 08/01/09

The Washington Post’s David Ignatius Pens Another Exculpatory Brief for CIA, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 07/23/09

David Ignatius: The Mainstream Media’s Chief Apologist for CIA Crimes, op-ed by Melvin Goodman in the Public Record, 07/16/09

Jane Mayer and the New Yorker Give CIA Director Panetta A Pass, op-ed by Melvin Goodman in the Public Record, 06/23/09

Panetta Continues the CIA's Culture of Covering Up Abuses and Crimes, op-ed by Melvin Goodman in the Public Record, 06/17/09

The U.S. and North Korea: The Need for an About Face, op-ed by Mel Goodnman in the Public Record, 06/05/09

Britain's Retreat Will Put the World At Greater Risk, letter by Harry Blaney III in the Financial Times, 05/26/09

The CIA's History of Bamboozling the Congress, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 05/22/09

CIA and the Washington Post: Joined at the Hip, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 04/26/09

'Action Memo' for Obama: Recommendations for dealing with Torture, op-ed by Mel Goodman in The Public Record, 04/25/09

Obama's Search For A Moral Compass (April 13, 2009), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

The Gates Doctrine: Caveat Emptor (April 7, 2009), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

Obama is Talking the Talk on Arms Control, But It's Time to Walk the Walk (April 6, 2009), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

The Colossal Failure of The Office of The Director of National Intelligence (April 2, 2009), commentary by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

President Obama's Briar Patch (March 29, 2009), commentary by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

Still on Special (March 19, 2009), letter to the editor in The Economist by senior fellow Harry C. Blaney

The CIA and Director Leon Panetta: Plus Ca Change, Plus C'est La Meme Chose (March 18, 2009), commentary by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

Robert Gates's Big Lie On The Iraq War (March 13, 2009), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

The Israeli Lobby Knocks Down Charles Freeman (March 11, 2009), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

An Agenda for Demilitarizing American National Security Policy (March 05, 2009), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

The Need To End The Militarization of American National Security Policy (March 03, 2009), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

Caveat Emptor: Obama Getting Economic Briefings from CIA (February 26, 2009), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

The Washington Post and Russian-American Relations (February 25, 2009), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

Secretary of Defense Gates: An Old Dog Up to His Old Tricks (January 28, 2009), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

The CIA's Handling of the Washington Post (January 8, 2009), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

Right Man for the Job (January 7, 2009), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Baltimore Sun

2008

Obama picks weak National Security team (The CIA's Handling of the Washington Post December 18, 2008), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Washington Times

Obama's weak National Security team (December 15, 2008), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

Obama should give Bush's defense chief the gate (November 25, 2008), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Washington Times

The Case against Retaining Gates at the Pentagon (November 24, 2008), analysis by Mel Goodman in The Public Record

Change in Intelligence? (November 14, 2008), op-ed by Mel Goodman in the Baltimore Sun

Housecleaning time for the CIA: Bush's successor must restore agency's reputation (July 17, 2008), Senior fellow Melvin Goodman publishes op-ed piece in Baltimore Sun outlining the steps the next President must take to alleviate the past presidential mistakes in handling the CIA.

Publishers Weekly Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 03/10/2008 (March 10), Publishers Weekly gives Senior fellow Mel Goodman's new book Failure of Intelligence: The Decline and Fall of the CIA star review.

CIA Myths (February 21): Senior fellow Mel Goodman writes for No Quarter blog about myths of the CIA, drawn from his recently published book Failure of Intelligence: The Decline and Fall of the CIA.

2007

Intelligence Community learned from Iraq debacle (December 6), Op-ed in the Baltimore Sun by Senior fellow Mel Goodman.

Crimes of the Central Intelligence Agency: How Covert Action Harms U.S. Security (November), International Policy Report by senior fellow Mel Goodman.

Missed Opportunities (November), Senior fellow Harry C. Blaney III reviews Zbigniew Brzezinski's new book.

Memo on the nomination of Michael Mukasey (November 6), letter to Senators Specter and Leahy against the confirmation of Mukasey by senior fellow Mel Goodman.

Facing the Russia problem (September 13), letter to the editor in the International Herald Tribune by senior fellow Harry Blaney.

National Press Briefing on U.S. Policy on Iraq (August 30), Remarks by Tom Andrews National Director of Win Without War.

Citizens need to demand answers on war (July 29), op-ed in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel by senior fellow Jim Mullins

The danger in militarizing intelligence (July 13), letter to the editor in the Washington Post by senior fellow Mel Goodman

Watch National Security program director Melvin A. Goodman giving a speech at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA (May 9) [sections: 2/3/4/5/6/7/8]

Tenet's defense of the indefensible (May 7)- op-ed in the Baltimore Sun by Mel Goodman

Tuning out the impact of torture (April 26), letter to the editor in the Washington Post by Harry Blaney

Citizens need to demand answers on war (July 29) - Jim Mullins

The danger in militarizing intelligence (July 13) - letter to the editor by Mel Goodman

A distinction without a difference (July 9) - Mel Goodman

'Long war' becoming apt name (June 18) - Jim Mullins

Blueprint for Intelligence Reform (June) - International Policy Report by senior fellow Mel Goodman [.pdf]

The Corruption of Intelligence in the Leadup to the Invasion of Iraq (June) - International Policy Report by senior fellow Mel Goodman [.pdf]

Tenet's defense of the indefensible (May 7) - Mel Goodman

Tuning out the impact of torture (April 26) - letter to the editor by Harry Blaney

Peaceful options, democracy set aside (March 31) - Jim Mullins

The Worst of the Presidents? (January-March) - Wayne Smith

Convergent Interests: U.S. energy security and the "securing" of Nigerian democracy (February 2007) - International Policy Report by Paul Lubeck, Michael Watts and Ronnie Lipschutz [executive summary]

US think tank seeks ‘support for democracy’ in Nigeria (February 27) - Read some of the press that the IPR "Convergent Interest: U.S. Energy security and the 'securing' of Nigerian democracy has received.

Bush sticks with same calamitous playbook (February 8) - Jim Mullins

Oil law, bases show intent (January 19) - Jim Mullins

Military takes over intelligence (January 12) - Mel Goodman