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Knocking Down The Biggest Excuse For The Bailout

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Aig, Goldman Sachs, Neil Barofsky, Inspector General, Bailout, Tim Geithner, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

If the Obama team wants to earn back some goodwill concerning the banks, they have to do better than the lame excuse of "we had to do it." They didn't have to do it this way. There were many other possibilities.

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Obama Versus Obama on the Patriot Act

Leslie Harris | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Inspector General, Patriot Act, Congress, Justice Department, President Obama, Fbi, National Security Letters, Judiciary Committee, Barack Obama, Nsl, Politics News
Leslie Harris

Disturbingly, Obama Administration officials played a significant behind the scene role in opposing stronger civil liberties protections, directly contradicting Obama's positions as a Senator.

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TARP Watchdog's Report: Treasury Misled Public On Bailouts

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Tarp, Inspector General, Treasury Department, Geithner, Hank Paulson, Troubled Assets Relief Program, TARP Watchdog, Wells Fargo, Bailouts, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Wall Street, Finance, Barofsky, Neil M. Barofsky, Banks, Watchdog, Henry Paulson, Report, Timothy Geithner, Wachovia, Citigroup, Business News

WASHINGTON — The credibility of the government's $700 billion financial rescue program was damaged by claims a year ago that all of the initial bank...

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Should Mexican Trucks Be Allowed Throughout U.S.?

Steve Parker | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Inspector General, Congress, San Ysidro, Nafta, Mexican Trucks, Tariffs, Teamsters Union, Laredo, Cars, James Hoffa, Mexico, Calexico, Department of Transportation, Business News
Steve Parker

The recent release of a Transportation Departments inspector general's office government audit has brought to a head, once again, an issue which ignites deep feelings and loyalties in the best people.

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Lending: Banks Worry about SBA's Guaranty

Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Inspector General, Small Business, Small Business Administration, Lenders, Lending, Loans, Banks, Sba, Loan Programs, Recovery Act, Arc Loans, Patriot Express, Arc, Business News
Jerry Chautin

SBA's loan programs are less effective because lenders fear may find a reason not to honor its guaranty.

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David Hoffman To Resign Inspector General Post And Run For Senate

NBC Chicago | Posted 09.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Daley Administration, Inspector General, Senate, Illinois, David Hoffman, Chicago, Chicago News

Chicago's Inspector General, David Hoffman, is close resigning his post in the Daley administration so that he can run for U.S. Senate, sources say....

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Should Closed Car Dealers Be Re-Opened by Congress?

Steve Parker | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Inspector General, Congress, California, Tesla Motors, Jim Press, America, Chrysler, Car Dealerships, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Neil Barofsky, Cars, Washington DC, Detroit News, Santa Monica, General Motors, Senator Jay Rockefeller, West Los Angeles, Little League, Senate Commerce Committee, Business News
Steve Parker

Dealers say that automakers will save little -- if anything -- from closing outlets.

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Gerald Walpin, Inspector General Fired By Obama, Files Lawsuit To Be Reinstated

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 08.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Administration, Gerald Walpin Firing, Inspector General, Gerald Walpin, Inspector General Firing, Gerald Walpin Lawsuit, Politics News

Gerald Walpin, the former Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service whom President Obama took the unusual step of firi...

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Torture, Wiretaps, Lies to Congress: Old Spy Cronies a Drag on Obama's "Look to the Future"

Frank Naif | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Inspector General, Warrantless Wiretapping, John Brennan, Eric Holder, Dick Cheney, Dni, Special Prosecutor, Stephen Kappes, Cia, Glenn Greenwald, Congressional Oversight, Assassination, Leon Panetta, Accountability, Marcy Wheeler, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News
Frank Naif

Over the past week, a triple-whammy of developing national security stories reminded Americans and the Obama administration that the past is a stubborn thing.

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Advocacy Groups Say Torture Memo Authors Should Be Disbarred

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Waterboarding, Torture, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA Interrogations, Cia, Inspector General, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A coalition of advocacy groups is asking the District of Columbia and New York bar associations to disbar three government attorney...

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McCaskill Says Obama Didn't Follow The Law In Inspector General Firing

AP | Jake Tapper | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Inspector General, Gerald Walpin, Claire McCaskill, Barack Obama, Inspector General Firing, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A Democratic senator on Tuesday joined Republicans in questioning President Barack Obama's firing of the internal watchdog for the ...

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Thievery Under the TARP

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Inspector General, Geithner, Goldman Sachs, Barofsky, Paulson, Treasury Department, Scheer, Aig, Tarp, Business News
Robert Scheer

A new scathing report by the Treasury Department's special inspector general claims that the aptly named Troubled Asset Relief Fund bailout program is rife with mismanagement and potential for fraud.

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Gov't Report Slams IRS for Lax Oversight of Tax Preparers

ProPublica | Posted 03.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Inspector General, Tax Shelters, Irs, Business News
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by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica The IRS allows tax preparers who have been penalized or sentenced in a criminal proceeding for tax shelter violation...

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War Crimes and Incompetence -- the Real Shoes Thrown at Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sere, Stuart Bowen, Inspector General, Abuse, Kucinich, Geneva Convention, Reconstruction, Guantanamo, Armed Services Committee, Bush, Detainee, Prisoner, Chris Weigant, Few Bad Apples, Abu Graib, Waterboard, Waterboarding, Iraq, Carl Levin, Shoes, Shoe, National Security Council, Senate, Torture, War Wire, Bowen, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Last week the Senate Armed Services Committee released a report which basically called Bush and his entire National Security Council war criminals.

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The FBI's Bystander Guilt

Robyn Blumner | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Inspector General, Justice Department, Fbi, Abusive Interrogation, Torture, Politics News
Robyn Blumner

FBI agents started complaining as early as 2002 that abuse was occurring, yet our chief law enforcement agency failed to act in any way beyond absenting itself from the dirty business.

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FBI Probes Iraq Inspector General On Misconduct Charges

Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Inspector General, Iraq Reconstruction, Warwire, Reconstruction in Iraq, Justice Department, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Iraq Fraud, Iraq Inspector General, Fbi, Private Contractors Iraq, Iraq, Politics News

The FBI is investigating the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, Justice Department officials said, following allegations of misconduct...

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State Department Inspector General Grilled By Congress Over Ties To Blackwater

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress Investigates Inspector General, Inspector General, Contractors, State Department Inspector General, Congress, Eric Prince, Hearings on Blackwater, State Department, Blackwater, Iraq War, Private Security, Waxman, Iraq, Politics News

The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, "Assessing the State Department Inspector General." Inspector General Howard J. Krongard will ...

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Report: State Dept. 'Watchdog' Censored Reports That Could Have Embarrassed Bush

Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Waxman Corruption, Inspector General, Bush Investigation, State Department, Bush Corruption, Politics News

Howard J. Krongard, the State Department's inspector general, has repeatedly thwarted investigations and censored reports that might prove politically...

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