Craig Unger is the New York Times bestselling author of "House of Bush, House of Saud," and a frequent analyst on CNN, ABC Radio, Air America, The Charlie Rose Show, NBC's Today Show and other broadcast outlets. He has written for The New Yorker, Esquire and many other publications and is currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. He lives in New York City where he is a Fellow at the Center on Law and Security at NYU's School of Law.

Craig Unger's Salon stories

Friday, Nov 9, 2007 03:48 PST

How Cheney took control of Bush's foreign policy

The new veep installed crony Don Rumsfeld as secretary of defense, and would've won Paul Wolfowitz the top post at CIA -- if not for Wolfowitz's zipper problem.
Thursday, Nov 8, 2007 03:46 PST

How George Bush really found Jesus

The story Bush tells about how Billy Graham converted him is a fable, concocted during the 2000 presidential campaign. Here's the truth.
Wednesday, Nov 7, 2007 05:00 PST

Battle of the Bushes

The battle lines between father and son were drawn. In the balance hung policies that would kill and maim hundreds of thousands of people and change the global balance of power for years to come.
Thursday, May 6, 2004 13:37 PDT

The mouse that censored

What's in Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 911" that Disney doesn't want you to see?
Tuesday, Apr 27, 2004 18:54 PDT

Mystery man

Why the White House deleted the name of Bush pal and Saudi go-between James Bath from the president's military records is a tantalizing but unanswered question.
Tuesday, Mar 16, 2004 13:00 PST

Lost in transition

While the votes were counted in Florida, Bush Sr. went hunting in Spain with Prince Bandar -- and the incoming administration ignored warnings about al-Qaida.
Monday, Mar 15, 2004 13:00 PST

The Arabian candidate

How George W. Bush's close ties to Islamic lobbying groups -- and to an accused supporter of Palestinian terrorism -- may have brought him his razor-thin margin of victory in Florida.
Friday, Mar 12, 2004 13:00 PST

Did the Saudis buy a president?

How much money has flowed from the House of Saud to the Bush family and its friends and allies over the years? No one will ever know -- but the number is at least $1.477 billion.
Thursday, Mar 11, 2004 13:00 PST

The great escape

Immediately after 9/11, dozens of Saudi royals and members of the bin Laden family fled the U.S. in a secret airlift authorized by the Bush White House. One passenger was an alleged al-Qaida go-between, who may have known about the terror attacks in advance. Our first excerpt from "House of Bush, House of Saud."

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