Corruption

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Hamid Karzai Sworn In For Second 5-Year Term As Afghan President

AP | KATHY GANNON and ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Abdullah Abdullah, Karzai, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Kabul, Obama, Taliban, Us, Hamid Karzai, Afghan Election, Mcchrystal, Troop Decision, Nato, White House, Barack Obama, Troop Level, Un, Hillary Clinton, World News

KABUL — For his critics, President Hamid Karzai's inaugural speech Thursday struck all the right notes – sober pledges to get tough on cor...

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The Problem With a Jobs Bill -- And With Everything Else

Dave Johnson | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jobs, Bonuses, Economy, Corruption, Politics News

As long as our economy is structured to pass everything up to a few at the top, stimuli can't work well, and jobs bills can't work well, either. Neither can anything else.

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Speaking Truth To Power: Where Are The Brave Leaders?

W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Corruption, House of Representatives, Moral Courage, Leadership, Courage, Heroes, Ego, Jesus, Survival, Cowardice, Living News

Moral courage often costs us the approval of those we think we need. Ego cannot fake or replace it; it comes from a deeper place. I dare say moral courage comes from love.

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Transparency International's Corruption Index For 2009 (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Transparency International, Corruption Perception Index, Slidehuge, CPI 2009, Cpi, Transparency International's Corruption Index 2009, Transparency International's Corruption Index, Slidepoll, World News

Transparency International has released its 2009 Corruption Perception Index, which focuses on corruption in the public sector and uses surveys to est...

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Afghanistan, Iraq Among The World's Most Corrupt Countries

AP | KIRSTEN GRIESHABER | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Political Corruption, Somalia, Afghanistan Corruption, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iraq Corruption, World News

BERLIN — Afghanistan has slipped three places to become the world's second most-corrupt country despite billions in aid meant to bolster the gov...

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New Tools for Peace in Afghanistan

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Development and humanitarian assistance can no longer be an afterthought; they must be central to any strategy the U.S. government puts forward in Afghanistan.

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Our Corrupt Occupation of Afghanistan

Robert Naiman | Posted 11.13.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Stanley McChrystal, The Nation, Boston Globe, Taliban, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, World News

Is it just me, or is the pontification of Western leaders about corruption in Afghanistan growing rather tiresome? There is something very Captain R...

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Our Public Advocate's Public A**-Kissing and Other Tales of Disappoinment

Will Schwartz | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Corruption, New York Daily News, Bill De Blasio, Michael Bloomberg, The New York Times, Bloomberg, John Liu, Media, Bill Thompson, New York City, New York News

Within hours of winning their elections, Bill De Blasio, our future public advocate, and John Liu, our comptroller-elect, each demonstrated their own distinct styles of ineptitude.

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Absolute Corruption Is the Rule in America

David A. Love | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Treasury Department, Capitalism, Wall Street, Blue Dogs, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Bernard Madoff, Joe Lieberman, Health Care, Healthcare, Blue Dog Democrats, Corruption, Citibank, Bank Bailout, Stock Market, Corporations, Banking Crisis, Sec, Corporate Greed, Citigroup, Regulation, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Ponzi Scheme, Deregulation, New York, Criminal Justice System, Glass-Steagall, Politics News

Often, people will look at a high-profile example of corruption, and conclude that the egregious act is an exception to the rule. In reality, it might be the tip of the iceberg.

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What a Difference a Year Makes: Will We Ever Have Truth in Politics?

Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Politics, Elections, Obama, Republicans, Democrats, Health Care, Politics News

Arianna Huffington 's headline in HuffPo Tuesday was "Obama One Year Later: The Audacity of Winning vs The Timidity of Governing." On Wednesday's Ha...

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Plain Sight Corruption: Senator Burr and Rape Victims

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Richard Burr, In Plain Sight Corruption, Change Congress, Lessig, Politics News

Richard Burr is one of the senators who voted against the Franken Amendment. He and other members of Congress have got to wake up to the fact that most Americans don't trust them.

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Kenya: Corrupt Cops Caught In The Act (VIDEO)

ntv | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Video, Foreign Affairs, Kenya, Kenya Corrupt Cops, Kenya Corruption, Corrupt Kenyan Cop Caught on Tape, Kenya Corrupted?, World News

By NTV Traffic police officers caught on camera collecting bribes from motorists have been interdicted. Get HuffPost World On Facebook and Twitter...

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Why Keep Geithner?

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Corruption, Greed, Wall Street Bailout, Dylan Ratigan, Bailout Bandits, Financial Corruption, Bailout, Tim Geithner, Timothy Geithner, Business News

The current custodian of America's wealth, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, is not doing a good job. The time for corrective action is now.

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Chevron's Man in Ecuador: Felon, Drug-Trafficker, and Liar, Oh My!

Han Shan | Posted 10.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, Chevron, Green News, Oil, Corporate Greed, Indigenous People, Chevron Ecuador, Lawsuit, Amazon, Corruption, Big Oil, Corporations, Green News

To defend itself in a major environmental lawsuit in Ecuador, it appears that American oil giant Chevron is employing methods -- and people -- that are as dirty as the toxic waste pits it left scattered across the rainforest floor.

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Sad I Ran

Reverend Billy | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Corruption, Democracy, New York, New York Times, New York City Politics, Bill Thompson, Michael Bloomberg, Gentrification, New York News

"Corruption" now means "Democracy." "Affordable housing" means "Eviction." And New York City's imitation Greatness is polished.

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What Is Patriotism?

Janet Ritz | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Patriotism, Unemployment, The Environmentalist, Economy, War, Health Care Reform, Green News, Climate Change, Afghanistan, Health Care, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Corruption, Congress, Politics News

President Obama may deserve criticism. But trying to undermine his presidency, his legitimacy, his personal safety, especially in a time of war, is unpatriotic at best.

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Michele Brown: Christie Aide Who Got Loan May Have Helped Chris Christie Campaign For NJ Governor

New York Times | DAVID M. HALBFINGER | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

When news broke in August that the former United States attorney, Christopher J. Christie, had lent $46,000 to a top aide in the federal prosecutor's ...

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Drug-Linked Karzai Brother Helps U.S. Intelligence

Jeff Stein | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Corruption, Politics, House Intelligence Committee, Drugs, Heroin, Afghanistan War, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Mike Rogers, World News

A key member of the House Intelligence Committee says the controversial brother of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai regularly helps U.S. intelligence, but should not be considered a spy.

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Better Evidence Will Lead To More Justice In Afghanistan

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Afghan Government, Afghanistan Detainees, Isaf, Afghanistan, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan Corruption, Advocacy, Afghanistan War, World News

Rule of law is the lynchpin to long-term stability in Afghanistan. Yet the military's tradition of steering clear of law enforcement activities, especially evidence-gathering responsibilities, is weakening the justice system.

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Health Care Reform and Corruption

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Corruption, Health Care, Politics News

The quality of arguments against the public option is pathetic, and in any other context, we'd call a legislative process so clearly infected by moneyed interests what it is: corrupt.

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Arrest Warrant Out For USAID Contractor In Afghanistan

The Nation | Aram Roston | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Usaid, Afghanistan, Kabul, Scott Anthony Walker, Louis Berger Group, Max Walker, Black & Veach, World News

While corruption by Afghan government officials here in Kabul has been widely condemned, corruption by Western officials in Afghanistan has received l...

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Bernie Kerik Trial: No Talk Of 9/11 Allowed By Ex-Police Commissioner's Defense

AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 09.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Corruption, Bernie Kerik Trial, Rudy Giuliani, Bernard Kerik, Homeland Security, September 11, 9/11, World Trade Center, Bernie Kerik, New York News

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The terror attack on the World Trade Center, which made New York City's police commissioner a national figure, cannot be br...

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Improving Democracy

Navi Pillay | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Democracy, Human Rights, United Nations, Un-High-Commissioner-for-Human-Rights, World News

Chipping away at the impediments to democracy is long, slow, often unglamorous work, but when it produces results in the form of a freely and fairly elected government it is priceless.

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