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James Risen

• August 11 -- Can Goss Boss the CIA?
Poisoning the well for Rep. Porter Goss, Bush's choice to head the CIA: "…his recent actions…have angered a number of senior C.I.A. officials, which could make it difficult for him to work with many of the holdovers from the Tenet era." Another piece intones: "Mr. Goss has engendered considerable ill will within the very organization he has been tapped to lead."

• July 14 -- Times (Finally) Tackles Joseph Wilson
At last, the Times broaches the lost credibility of its former anti-war favorite, Amb. Joseph Wilson of uranium and Niger fame--but shuns the heart of the issue.

• June 17 -- Czech It Out: Times Tries to Squash Al Qaeda-Iraq Link
The NYT has worked overtime to discredit Czech intelligence reports of a meeting in Prague between 9-11 terrorist Mohammed Atta and an Iraqi intelligence officer. James Risen cites the 9-11 report to justify dismissing the allegations: "…the Sept. 11 commission said its investigation had found that the meeting never took place." But the report doesn't--as Risen's own story shows.

• May 3 -- Risen’s Gross Sex-Abuse Story
As highlighted by the Drudge Report, Times reporter James Risen publicized graphic claims of American soldiers requiring Iraqi prisoners to masturbate and ejaculate at the Abu Ghraib prison, but last summer, Times reporter Amy Waldman barely mentioned that Abu Ghraib was best known for its infamous prison under Saddam Hussein.

• March 30 -- Richard Clarke a Must-Read, Raves Risen
National security reporter James Risen likes Richard Clarke's Bush-bashing book a lot: "…if President Bush and his advisers were hoping that their loud pre-emptive attacks on 'Against All Enemies' would make this book go away, they were sadly mistaken. Richard A. Clarke knows too much, and 'Against All Enemies' is too good to be ignored."

• January 15 -- "Conservatives" vs. "Democrats"
Eric Lichtblau and James Risen pit "conservatives" versus plain old "Democrats" in a story on a 9/11 task force.