http://www.cooperativeresearch.org The Center for Grassroots Oversight aims to provide the public with a means to collaborate on investigations at the grassroots level. en-us http://www.cooperativeresearch.org//news.jsp?oid=140393703-943 http://www.cooperativeresearch.org//news.jsp?oid=140393703-943 The History Commons has created a new subsidiary project on the Iraq/Niger uranium claim and the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. We foresee it having its final entry published before Christmas, unless something new happens that requires additional coverage. Max Black 2009-11-11T18:41:49-08:00 http://www.cooperativeresearch.org//news.jsp?oid=140393703-893 http://www.cooperativeresearch.org//news.jsp?oid=140393703-893 The Iraq Invasion project has not been as active as some other projects recently. However, numerous newer entries document attempts by the Bush administration to secure unilateral authority for declaring and managing the war with Iraq, the various PR efforts to manipulate public opinion, and a variety of criticisms of the motives behind the invasion. More information, much of it related to the Loss of Civil Liberties and Prisoner Abuse projects, will be posted in the near future. . Max Black 2009-08-09T11:23:00-07:00 http://www.cooperativeresearch.org//news.jsp?oid=140393703-603 http://www.cooperativeresearch.org//news.jsp?oid=140393703-603 Site contributors and editors are adding material from ''The Fall of the House of Bush,'' by Craig Unger, and ''Vice,'' by Lou Dubose and Jake Bernstein. Contributors are preparing to add material from ''What Happened,'' by former White House press secretary Scott McClellan. New information continues to come out about the machinations behind the Iraq war; you are invited to join in documenting the story. Max Black 2008-06-24T09:22:39-07:00 http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/index.jsp?curAnnouncement=adding_new_material_from_hubris_and_other_sources http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/index.jsp?curAnnouncement=adding_new_material_from_hubris_and_other_sources Contributors are currently adding events gleaned from the recently published book '''', by journalists Michael Isikoff and David Corn. The book contains a lot of original material, including information about the project, whose authors had hoped would create a ''casus belli'' for war. Derek Mitchell 2007-01-30T18:44:48-08:00 http://cooperativeresearch.org/project.jsp?project=iraq_project http://cooperativeresearch.org/project.jsp?project=iraq_project Several have been added to the Iraq timeline and a new category has been added on against strategic targets in the Iraq "no-fly" zones. Derek Mitchell 2006-05-23T00:43:20-07:00 http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=iraq_timeline_update_2 http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=iraq_timeline_update_2 . The timeline has again been updated; numerous entries relating to have been added; and the following new categories have been created to provide a new way of looking at the data in the Iraq project: "", "", and "". Additionally, you will find that 's profile has a few new entries. Derek Mitchell 2006-05-23T00:43:20-07:00 http://cooperativeresearch.org/project.jsp?project=iraq_project http://cooperativeresearch.org/project.jsp?project=iraq_project The Iraq timeline has been updated to include additional details regarding the Bush administration's , the case of the , , and the Pentagon’s recently exposed . You can view a timeline consisting of only the most recently added and modified entries . Derek Mitchell 2006-05-23T00:43:20-07:00 http://www.cooperativeresearch.org//news.jsp?oid=140393703-56 http://www.cooperativeresearch.org//news.jsp?oid=140393703-56 The "Inquiry into the decision to invade Iraq" project encourages people to get involved with . The organization is a coalition of veterans' groups, peace groups, and political activist groups announced a campaign today to urge that the US Congress launch a formal investigation into whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war. The campaign focuses on evidence that recently emerged in a British memo containing minutes of a secret July 2002 meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his top national security officials. Derek Mitchell 2006-05-23T00:43:20-07:00