Accountability

Army Official Fired For Refusing To Pay Questionable Contractor

The New York Times | James Risen | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, War Contractor, Kbr, Iraq War Spending, Fired Officer, Army, Military Spending, Questionable Contracting, Halliburton, Accountability, Army Officer Fired, Contractor, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying ...

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New Orleans and China -- Not So Different

Harry Shearer | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Accountability, China Earthquake, New Orleans Housing, China, Rebuilding New Orleans, China New Orleans, Politics News

In each, nature had a part, but man-made engineering failures created catastrophic results. And in each, the response has been the same.

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Robert Zoellick's Slightly Tardy Clarion Calls

Sunil Chacko | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lugar, Robert Zoellick, Food Price Rise, World Bank, Rice, Transparency, Corn, Condi Rice, Wheat, Bush Administration, Ethanol, Leahy, Accountability, Senators Bayh, Anti-Corruption, Mismanagement, Cgiar, Politics News

The Bush administration's former deputy to Condi Rice, Robert Zoellick, who currently runs the World Bank, has been making some frantic calls. It is just that they are a trifle late.

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Should the Huffington Post Have a Science Section? Vote Here!

David Sloan Wilson | Posted 03.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Science, Science Journalism, Huffington Post, Accountability, Living News

Arguably the best New Yorker cover of all time was Saul Steinberg's "view of the world from 9th avenue" (March 29, 1976), which showed the richly deta...

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Bringing Home Report Cards: What As, Bs, and Cs Say About Congress

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Byrd, Obama, Congress, Peru, Drum Major Institute, Accountability, Grades, Politics News

On the whole, Congress squeaked by with a passing grade in 2007, but there is considerable room for improvement.

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Media Needs to Take More Responsibility With Regard to False Information

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mainstream Media, Social Security, Iraq War, Media, Credit Crunch, Accountability, Media Bias, Housing Crisis, Housing Bubble, Journalists, Herd Mentality, Journalism Accaountability, Political Journalism, Journalists Accountability, Journalism, Herd Mentality Journalism, Politics News

A herd mentality often prevails: journalists know that they will almost never get in trouble for reporting something that is wrong when everyone else is also saying it.

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DMI Sends Members of Congress Home with Their 2007 Grades!

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Congress, Drum Major Institute, Accountability, Grades, Middle Class, Politics News

If the middle class could give your Congressmember a grade, what would it be? Today, DMI releases grades for every senator and representative, evalua...

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Capitol News Connection: Ask Your Lawmaker

Craig Newmark | Posted 02.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Sunlight Foundation, Accountability, Media News

Using Capitol News Connection's new Ask Your Lawmaker site and widget, you can ask powerful lawmakers on the air next Tuesday and Wednesday about the issues that will define this election.

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CIA Torture and other War Crimes

Philip Giraldi | Posted 12.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: CIA Torture, Bush Administration Torture, Bush Administration, Missing CIA Torture Tapes, Cia, Accountability, Torture, Politics News

The real reason for the cover-up on the CIA tapes is because torture is universally acknowledged to be a war crime and everyone in the CIA and White House hierarchy knows that to be true.

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Profile in Courage

John Bruhns | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics

Kucinich demonstrated last week that he is willing to fight fire with fire when it comes to dealing with Bush and Cheney like no other Democrat has done yet.

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