Center for Public Integrity

Former U.S. nuclear commander startles with proposal to cut weapons arsenal by 80%

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

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The Center for Public Integrity

By R. Jeffrey SmithiWatch NewsThe chairman of a House subcommittee that helps shape the nation's nuclear arsenal, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), has bee...

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U.S. arms Bahrain, despite human rights concerns

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Syria, Ron Wyden, Islamic Republic of Iran, Pentagon, Middle East, Center for Public Integrity, Spokeswoman, Oregon, United States, Congress, Bahrain, Obama Administration, Government Accountability Office, World News
The Center for Public Integrity

By Aaron MehtaiWatch NewsWhile much of the world's focus has been on the civil war in Syria, the island kingdom of Bahrain continues to shake with a...

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John Celock

N.J. Lawmakers Propose Ethics Crackdown

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Corruption, Peter Cammarano, Video, Nancy-Munoz, Chris Christie, Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano, Steve Fulop, Center for Public Integrity, Ethics, Political Corruption, New Jersey Corruption, New Jersey Politics, Government Ethics, Tom Jardim, State-Integrity, Politics News

A pair of Republican lawmakers in New Jersey have proposed a new layer of ethics reform in an attempt to crack down on corruption in the historically ...

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John Celock

New Jersey Tops Anti-Corruption List, Study Says

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Corruption, Steve Fulop, Center for Public Integrity, State Integrity Investigation, Loretta Weinberg, New Jersey Politics, New-Jersey-Corruption-Arrests, Government Ethics, Wyoming-Politics, Richard Codey, The Center for Public Integrity, North Dakota Politics, Peter Cammarano, Video, John Rowland, Corey Mock, Gordon Witkin, Ethics, State and Local Government, Political Corruption, New Jersey Corruption, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A new study named a state known for government scandals and arrests as in the best position to prevent corruption. The State Integri...

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You'll Never Guess Which State Is One Of The Best At Fighting Corruption

Reuters | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Corruption, Law Enforcement, Global Integrity, The Sopranos, Center for Public Integrity, Governor Chris Christie, Andrew Cuomo, Video, New Jersey, Rita Allen Foundation, Reuters, Public Radio International, Pierre Omidyar, Scandals, Business News

* States doing poor job fighting corruption * Only five states receive "B" grade, none get "A" * Ailing newspapers' watc...

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Colombia Vows to Crack Down on Narco-groups' Illegal Coltan Mining

Corbin Hiar | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Dodd-Frank, Center for Public Integrity, Colombia, Coltan, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Juan Manuel Santos, Farc, Paramilitaries, Mauricio Cárdenas, Iwatch News, World News
Corbin Hiar

After an International Consortium of Investigative Journalists exposé about paramilitaries involvement in the coltan trade, Colombia is moving to curb illegal mining of the highly sought after mineral.

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Money for Love? Romney Campaign Gives Over $1.7 Million to Republicans

Corbin Hiar | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Delegates, Political Action Committees, Center for Public Integrity, Leadership Pac, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum 2012, John Kasich, 2012 Republican Primary, National Institute on Money in State Politics, Free and Strong America PAC, Super Tuesday 2012, Nikki Haley, Iwatch News, Campaign Finance, Super Tuesday, Elections 2012, 2012 Election, Republicans, Politics News
Corbin Hiar

Political committees controlled by Mitt Romney's campaign have made generous donations to prominent Republicans in early primary states, but records show contributions have tailed off as the GOP nominees head in to Super Tuesday.

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Lawrence Lessig on Campaign Finance Reform: Overturning Citizens United Isn't Enough

Corbin Hiar | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Stephen Colbert, Super Pac, Campaign Finance Reform, MoveOn.Org, Corporations, Center for Public Integrity, Occupy Wall Street, Antonin Scalia, Harvard, 501c4, Anthony Kennedy, Lawrence Lessig, Citizens United, Tea Party, Iwatch News, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Corbin Hiar

In contrast with many other campaign finance reformers, Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig believes fixing the U.S. election system will require more than just overturning the Citizens United ruling, which removed many restrictions on independent political spending.

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"Liberal Media?" Conservative Super PACs Got Over $350,000 From Media Execs, Companies in 2011

Corbin Hiar | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Super Pac, Sam Zell, Center for Public Integrity, New Prosperity Foundation, Mitt Romney, Restore Our Future, Citizens United, Hubbard Broadcasting, Steven Spielberg, Center for Responsive Politics, American Crossroads, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Priorities USA Action, Iwatch News, Media News
Corbin Hiar

Conservative complaints about a liberal bias in the media do not hold up, at least not when it comes to the free-spending groups known as "super PACs."

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Money for Nothing? TransCanada Blew $1.3 Million on Federal Lobbying for Keystone XL in 2011

Corbin Hiar | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Tar Sands, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Transcanada, Ferc, Lee Terry, John Boehner, Center for Public Integrity, Lobbying, North American Energy Access Act, Keystone XL Pipeline, President Obama, Climate Change, Brookings Institution, State Department, Iwatch News, Lobbyists, Keystone XL, Keystone Pipeline, Green News
Corbin Hiar

TransCanada, the pipeline company pushing the recently rejected Keystone XL project, spent $410,000 on federal lobbying during the last three months of 2011 -- a new quarterly high for the company.

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Four Reasons GOP Lawmakers Aren't Backing Gingrich

Corbin Hiar | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Susan Molinari, Peter King, Tom Coburn, Jack Abramoff, Endorsements, Newt Gingrich 2012, Center for Public Integrity, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Rick Santorum 2012, Newt Gingrich, Iwatch News, Republican Presidential Primary, Elections 2012, Republican Presidential Candidates, 2012 Election, Republicans, Politics News
Corbin Hiar

Why are GOP lawmakers so reluctant to support their former colleague? Here are a few of the likely reasons.

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Do SOPA and PIPA Conflict With State Dept.'s Global Internet Freedom Goals?

Corbin Hiar | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Center for Public Integrity, Pipa, The New Republic, Protect IP, Hillary Clinton, Alec Ross, State Department, Barack Obama, Sopa, Iwatch News, World News
Corbin Hiar

If done wrong, anti-piracy legislation could restrict the rights of Internet users across the country -- and put U.S. diplomats in a very awkward position.

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Why Did One Japanese Bluefin Tuna Sell For $736,000

Corbin Hiar | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Sushi, Japan, Japan Earthquake, Fukushima, Japan Tsunami, World Wildlife Fund, Center for Public Integrity, Bluefin Tuna, Iwatch News, Green News
Corbin Hiar

While the bluefin tuna is widely acknowledged to be a threatened fish, the price paid Thursday for one 593-pound catch is more a show of nationalism and marketing saavy than a sign of how endangered the tuna has become.

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How Would a Romney Administration Regulate Air Pollution?

Corbin Hiar | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Cap and Trade, Council on Environmental Quality, Acid Rain, Center for Public Integrity, Acid Rain Program, Poisoned Places, George W. Bush, Epa, James Connaughton, Mitt Romney, Hot Spots, Air Pollution, Pollution, Air Toxics, Iwatch News, Green News
Corbin Hiar

With Mitt Romney at or near the top of the polls in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, the Center for Public Integrity's iWatch News wanted to find out how his administration might regulate toxic air pollutants.

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The Secret Reason Charities Are Supporting AT&T's Buyout Of T-Mobile

Center For Public Integrity | Posted 12.18.2011

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At first sight, it's hard to understand why the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter and clinic in Louisiana, would lobby the Federal...

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Before Obama Retreat on Ozone, EPA Chief Warned of Illnesses and Deaths

Corbin Hiar | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Natural Resources Defense Council, Lisa Jackson, American Lung Association, Earthjustice, Center for Public Integrity, George W. Bush, Epa, Asthma, Environmental Defense Fund, Ozone Lawsuit, Appalachian Mountain Club, Clean Air Act, Ozone, Barack Obama, Iwatch News, Green News
Corbin Hiar

When President Obama retreated from a tougher stance on smog last month, his Environmental Protection Agency chief had formally concluded that the existing standard endangered thousands of Americans, including children and people with respiratory ailments.

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Things To Consider If You Are Looking for Health Insurance

Wendell Potter | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: COBRA Legislation, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Center for Public Integrity, healthcare.gov, Healthy Living News
Wendell Potter

Earlier this month I wrote that the Center for Public Integrity and I would soon launch "Ask Wendell" to help people who are at wits end trying to res...

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ProPublica Editor's Note on Nuclear Plant Fire Risks

ProPublica | Posted 07.11.2011

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ProPublica

By Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica Today's publication of our story on the threat posed by fire to nuclear power plants offers readers a rare opportuni...

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Gun Shy: Firearms Dealer Worried ATF Would Let Weapons Slip To Bad Guy

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Law Enforcement, US Border Patrol Agent Shooting, Firearms, Center for Public Integrity, Violence, US-Border-Patrol-Agents, Mexico, Arizona, US Border, Guns, Gun Dealer, Politics News
The Center for Public Integrity

The Huffington Post is a sponsor of the Center for Public Integrity An Arizona gun dealer pressed by federal agents to continue selling weapons to su...

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iWatchNews, trustworthy journalism from Center for Public Integrity

Craig Newmark | Posted 06.12.2011

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Craig Newmark

Folks, you might remember I really support the Center for Public Integrity, one of the nation's oldest and largest nonprofit, nonpartisan investigativ...

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CBS Exec Angrily Denies He Was FBI Mole

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 06.06.2011

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The Washington bureau chief for CBS News vehemently denied allegations that he had served as an informant for the FBI while working for ABC News in th...

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FBI Had Mole Inside ABC News During 1990s: Report

Posted 06.05.2011

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The Center For Public Integrity By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta A once-classified FBI memo reveals that the bureau treated a senior ABC News journ...

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The Million-Dollar Weapon

Center For Public Integrity | Sharon Weinberger | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Sharon Weinberger Center for Public Integrity In the opening days of the assault on Libya, the United States and the United Kingdom launched a ...

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Shooting Blanks: The Ailing Fight Against Gun Trafficking

The Center for Public Integrity | John Solomon, David Heath, Ricardo Sandoval Palos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, US Customs, New Mexico, Center for Public Integrity, Firearms, Atf, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Guns, Politics News

On Jan. 14, 2010, federal border patrol agents stopped two men driving a car through the border-crossing town of Columbus, New Mexico. Inside the vehi...

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NRA: It's Good to Live Like a King

Cliff Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ronnie Barrett, Birch Bayh, National Youth Shooting Sports, Glock, Gun Control, American Institute of Philanthropy, Gun Guys, Midwayusa, Charity Rating Guide & Watchdog Report, Nra, High Capacity Magazine, Arms Dealers, Violence Policy Center, Robert A. Levy, Ar-15, Al Jazeera English, Cliff Schecter, Vpc, National Rifle Assocation, Tom Diaz, Brownells Inc., Cato Institute, Pete Brownell, Wayne LaPierre, Making a Killing, Second Amendment, Gun Manufacturers, Cincinnati Revolt, Freedom States Alliance, House Crime Subcommittee, Brenda Potterfield, Center for Public Integrity, .38 Special, Rec7, Politics News
Cliff Schecter

There is plenty of circumstantial evidence that the NRA's mission has nothing to do with its members, but everything to do with protecting the profits of the gun manufacturers who support the organization with big bucks.

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