By Peter Lance January 21st, 2017 The Huffington Post. In his first official press conference WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer claimed today that photos of the inauguration were “intentionally framed in a way… to minimize the enormous national support that had gathered (yesterday) on The National Mall.” Asserting that white “floor coverings” to protect the grass […]
By Peter Lance January 9th, 2017. The Huffington Post When NBC News reported today that Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, would soon be a “top advisor” to the President-elect, his principal spokesperson asserting that Mr. Kushner “is committed to complying with federal ethics laws” was none other than ex-9/11 Commissioner and Clinton administration Deputy A.G. […]
By Peter Lance. December 30th, 2016. HuffPost The man who’ll soon occupy the same Oval Office as the man who once insisted that, “if the President does it, that means it’s not illegal,” ended the year with a message on Twitter proving that he hasn’t changed in two years. Back then on New Year’s Eve of […]
By Peter Lance Nov. 5th 2016 The HuffPost reported last night that Trump advisor Rudy Giuliani changed his story yesterday about how he’d spoken to active duty FBI agents in the days prior to Director James Comey’s bombshell letter to Congress which has narrowed the presidential race in favor of Donald Trump. That HuffPost by Chris D’Angelo contains links […]
By Peter Lance December 15th, 2016 Huffington Post Back in the Eighties I started out as a correspondent for ABC News covering the dark side of the Reagan presidency for 20/20, Nightline and World News Tonight. I cut my teeth on investigations into Pentagon cost overruns, rigged Pershing II missile tests and FAA cover-ups on near misses […]
By Peter Lance November 10th. Huffington Post. After casting my ballot for Hillary Clinton I watched in stunned disbelief on election night as all of the polls predicting her victory proved wrong. I was about to go to bed in the early morning hours Wednesday when Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Arizona were still “too […]
By Peter Lance. June 27th, 2016 The Huffington Post: The New York Times reported Tuesday that a U.S. Justice Dept. inquiry into the notorious 1964 murders of civil rights workers, Goodman, Schwerner & Chaney, has ended with a 48 page report sent to Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood. Based on that report’s findings Hood has announced that […]
By Peter Lance The Huffington Post February 7th, 2016. In December of 2002, when the legendary Roone Arledge passed away, I wrote a Counterpunch piece for the L.A. Times praising the man who not only set the gold standard for Olympics coverage, but gave us Monday Night Football and Wide World of Sports. He was […]
