Robert Parry: "How America Fell" - Consortiumnews.com

Parry takes apart a scandal that many have forgotten about and puts the now all-too-common use of the smear in politics in historical context: As the American people pick through the wreckage left by the Bush administration, many may wonder how the most powerful nation on earth got so far off track. An illustrative case study is the bogus story of Al Gore’s “Chinagate” scandal. ... Consortiumnews.com