A White House spokesman said, "We hate that sonovabitch." They're not alone: From corporate suites to Osama's cave, they fear what Britain's Guardian calls "investigations up there with Woodward and Bernstein — and a lot funnier." But Greg Palast's fanatic following (nearly two million readers of his Web column) has made him "a cult fave among progressives" (Village Voice) who can't wait for his next release.

Palast's old-style gum-shoe detective work to dig out the info on the War on Terror, greed-dripping schemes to seize little nations with lots of oil, the hidden program to steal the 2008 election, and the media biases that keep it unreported are the meat and bones of this BBC television reporter's new book. Armed Madhouse is illustrated with dozens of documents marked "secret" and "confidential" that have walked out of file cabinets and fallen into Palast's hands.

You won't find Palast in the New York Times (except its bestseller list), but you will read his reports on the hottest Web sites worldwide, hear him regularly on Air America and the Pacifica radio networks, and see his stories reappearing as the basis for Eminem's hit video "Mosh," Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, and sampled by a dozen of today's top platinum rock artists.

"The greatest investigative journalist in America." Alan Chartock, NPR

"The type of investigative reporter you don't see anymore — a cross between Sam Spade and Sherlock Holmes." Jim Hightower

"Upsets all the right people!" Noam Chomsky

The atop journalist in America and the funniesta (Randi Rhodes, Air America), takes his previous New York Times bestseller a step further with hot undercover dispatchesa hanging out the dirty underpants of the aarmed and dangerous clowns that rule us.a

A White House spokesman said, aWe hate that sonovabitch.a Theyare not alone: From corporate suites to Osamaas cave, they fear what Britainas Guardian calls ainvestigations up there with Woodward and Bernsteinaand a lot funnier.a But Greg Palastas fanatic following (nearly two million readers of his Web column) has made him aa cult fave among progressivesa (Village Voice) who canat wait for his next release.

Palastas old-style gum-shoe detective work to dig out the info on the War on Terror, greed- dripping schemes to seize little nations with lots of oil, the hidden program to steal the 2008 election, and the media biases that keep it unreported are the meat and bones of this BBC television reporteras new book. Armed Madhouse is illustrated with dozens of documents marked asecreta and aconfidentiala that have walked out of file cabinets and fallen into Palastas hands.

You wonat find Palast in The New York Times (except its bestseller list), but you will read his reports on the hottest Web sites worldwide, hear him regularly on Air America and the Pacifica radio networks, and see his stories reappearing as the basis for Eminemas hit video aMosh, a Michael Mooreas Fahrenheit 9/11, and sampled by a dozen of todayas top platinum rock artists. BACKCOVER: aThe greatest investigative journalist in America.a

aALAN CHARTOCK, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

aThe type of investigative reporter you donat see anymoreaacross between Sam Spade and Sherlock Holmes.a

aJIM HIGHTOWER

aCourageous reporting.a

aMICHAEL MOORE

aUpsets all the right people a

aNOAM CHOMSKY

Greg Palast is an investigative journalist whose articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Nation, Salon.com, and numerous other international newspapers, magazines, and online publications. He writes the "Inside Corporate America" column for The Observer (UK) and has been the subject of several documentaries, an NPR profile, and an upcoming "60 Minutes" feature. He reports for the BBC and is a columnist for The Observer.