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Angelides Commission Staff Announced Before Probe Into 2008 Meltdown

Los Angeles Times | Michael Hiltzik | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Recovery, Meltdown, Bradley J. Bondi, Investigation, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Thomas L. Krebs, Angelides Commission, Martin Biegelman, Dixie Noonan, Thomas Greene, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Wall Street, Angelides, Politics News

The Angelides commission, convened by Congress to investigate the financial meltdown of 2008, today announced a passel of "senior staff" appointments....

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Burd Ford owner Richard Burd found dead

indystar.com | John Tuohy | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Burd Ford, Pendleton Pike, Lawrence Police, Burd Ford Owner Death, Burd Ford Owner Dead, Richard Ford, Investigation, Rich Ford, Death, Richard Burd Suicide, Richard Burd, Burd Ford Suicide, Home News

The owner of Burd Ford in Lawrence was found dead in his office this morning, apparently by suicide. Richard A. Burd, 43, was found by his wife and po...

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Nidal Hasan Warned Army During 2007 Walter Reed Speech, Urged Release Of Muslims From US Military

Washington Post | Dana Priest | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Psychiatry, Islam, Fort Hood, Conscientious Objectors, Speech, Va, The Koranic World View as It Relates to Muslims in the Us Military, Hassan, Investigation, Nid, Hasan's Walter Reed Speech, Religion, God, Army, Hasan Warning Signs, Lecture, Muslims, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Medical Lectures, Counterintelligence, Walter Reed, Nidal Malk Hasan, Veteran's Hospital, Home News

The Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood warned a roomful of senior Army physicians a year and a half ago that to avoid "a...

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Feds Interview Northwest Pilots Who Overshot Minneapolis Airport

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Northwest Airlines, Minnesota, Crime, Minneapolis, Pilots, Missed Airport, Investigation, Ntsb, Air Safety, Overshot, Crew, Feds, Northwest Pilots, Delta, Sleeping, Asleep, Overshoot, Probe, Home News

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Federal investigators interviewed the crew of the Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles on ...

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Sources: SEC Gearing Up For Insider-Trading Crackdown

Bloomberg | By Joshua Gallu and David Scheer | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Arlen Specter, Federal Investigations, Insider Trading, Investigations, Raj Rajaratnam, Bradley Bennett, Terrorism, Sri Lanka, Robert Khuzami, Regulation, Rajaratnam, Blackstone, Investigation, Blackstone Group, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Arthur Samburg, Sec, Galleon Group, Preet Bharara, Baker Botts, Business News

Federal investigators are gearing up to file charges against a wider array of insider-trading networks, some linked to the criminal case against billi...

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KBR Contractor Shot Dead At Camp Speicher In Iraq; Soldier Detained

AP | Posted 11.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Kbr, U.S. Military Base, Camp Speicher, Iraq War, Iraq, Contractor Killed, Investigation, Contractor, Home News

BAGHDAD (AP)-- A civilian contractor was shot and killed Sunday on an American military base in the Iraqi city of Tikrit and a U.S. soldier has been d...

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Bush Damage To DOJ's Civil Rights Division Will Take Years To Fix

The Daily Beast | Benjamin Sarlin | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fema, CIA Scandal, Bush Administration, Department of Justice, Bradley Schlozman, Eric Holder, Civil Rights, Investigation, Politics News

Attorney General Eric Holder committed this week to repairing the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, one of the most scandal-plagued institut...

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Shoot the Kitten

Jonathan Richards | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cheney Torture, Counterterrorism, Investigation, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Jonathan Richards

Sheriff Obama doesn't want any trouble, but Dirty Dick Cheney keeps raising the stakes. Are we nearing High Noon? ...

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Obama's "Drip, Drip, Drip..." Intelligence Problem

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, White House, President Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Pat Leahy, Cia, Leon Panetta, Truth Commission, Cheney, Surveillance, Obama, Eric Holder, President, Bush, Dick Cheney, Intelligence, Drip Drip Drip, Assassination, Detainee Abuse, Briefed, Panetta, Brief, Attorney General, Warrantless Wiretapping, Congress, Justice Department, Intelligence Committee, Barack Obama, Investigation, Detainee, Saturday Night Massacre, Briefing, Prisoner, Vice-President, Chris Weigant, Wiretapping, I Was Only Following Orders, Leahy, Waterboarding, Hit Squad, Water Torture, Nixon, Torture, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama faces a steady drip, drip, drip of stories leaking and becoming public. Wiretapping stories, torture stories, and secret CIA covert stories were all in the news in the past week alone.

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The CIA and Murdoch Will Get Away With It

Michael Wolff | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Tabloids, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Wolff, Cia, Leon Panetta, Investigation, Celebrities, Media News
Michael Wolff

The CIA and the Murdoch organization are protected by their own consistently bad behavior and negative image.

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Blood and Treasure: Free Trade Human Plasma Across the US Mexican Border?

Aram Roston | Posted 07.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Nafta, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Plasma, Public Health, Health Care Reform, Mexico, Investigative Journalism, Medicine, Health Care, Investigation, Business News
Aram Roston

The United States is the world's leading exporter of human plasma - providing about 70 per cent of global supplies, the biggest player in what is now a multibillion dollar business.

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High Time for Change?

Christal Smith | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Medical Marijuana, Clinics, James-Gray, Legalization, Marijuana, Investigation, Health, Living News
Christal Smith

Alcohol is far more dangerous than marijuana, so just regulate marijuana, control it, and tax it and we'll be far, far ahead of where we are today.

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Scott Polakoff, Top Bank Regulator, Placed On Leave Pending Probe Of Backdated Cash Infusions For IndyMac

AP | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Scott Polakoff, Indymac, Bank Regulator, John Bowman, Office of Thrift Supervision, Top Bank Regulator, Investigation, Pasadena-California, Business News

WASHINGTON — A top bank regulator has been placed on leave pending a Treasury Department investigation into regulators' approval of backdated ca...

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Truth or Reconciliation?

Russ Baker | Posted 04.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Bush Investigation, Pat Leahy, Patrick Leahy, Investigation, Truth and Reconciliation, Media News
Russ Baker

Official investigations of the Bush administration are on the way. Politicians will appear heroic. The media will get a hot story they won't have to do a bit of digging for. And the rest of us?

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Waste, Fraud In Iraq Being Repeated In Afghanistan

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

Read More: Stuart Bowen, Special Report, Ginger Cruz, Reconstruction, Rebuilding, Iraq, Afghanistan, Hard Lessons, Investigation, World News

WASHINGTON — Waste and corruption that marred Iraq's reconstruction will be repeated in Afghanistan unless the U.S. transforms the unwieldy bure...

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HuffPost Breaks Another Bailout Story: Reform Groups Demand Investigation!

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Public Citizen, Dick Durbin, Bank of America, Aig, Lawrence Lessig, Home Depot, Investigation, Bailout Bandits, Bailout, Donor Srike, Public Campaign, Change Congress, US Pirg, Huffington Post, Democracy Matters, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

Too many Americans believe money buys results in Congress -- an idea that heightens cynicism about our democracy and weakens civic engagement.

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Talking With The F.B.I.'s Undercover Source In Alaska's VECO Corruption Case

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cbc, Corruption, Ted Stevens, Lott, Begich, Surveillance, Mccain, Don Young, Campaign, President, Sarah Palin, Craig, Nicholas Cage, Perps, Inouye, Mark Begich, Oil Executives, Moose Poop, Alaska, Tasergate, Prewitt, Conviction, Democrat, Congress, Cunningham, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, Investigation, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Person of Interest, Alaskanisms, Barack, Jack Nicholson, Murkowski, Troopergate, Vice President, Court Case, Guilty Plea, Joe Biden 2008, Duke, Obama, Republican, Lisa Murkowski, Stevens, 2008 Campaign, Alaskan Politics, Corrupt Bastards Club, Confidential Source, Frank Murkowski, John McCain, Last Bridge to Nowhere, Hats, Frank Prewitt, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, State Representative, Oil Companies, Delay, Witness, 08 Campaign, Convicted, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Fbi, Veco, State Senator, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Prewitt: "It's going to be a tight race, but Stevens could still win this thing. Stevens has been around so long, and we do have a very partisan situation up here in Alaska."

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"Investigate Congress for Anti-Americanism", Says Republican Michelle Bachmann: A Glimpse of the Future

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Americanism, Michelle Bachmann, Robocalls, Congress, John McCain, Investigation, Media, Barack Obama, Politics News
Paul Abrams

The strategy for Republicans is clear: win by any means necessary and they lose, then delegitimize the victory.

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Exclusive Interview: Frank Prewitt, Author Of Last Bridge To Nowhere

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cbc, Corruption, Ted Stevens, Begich, Surveillance, Mccain, Don Young, Campaign, President, Sarah Palin, Craig, Nicholas Cage, Perps, Mark Begich, Oil Executives, Moose Poop, Alaska, Conviction, Democrat, Congress, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, Investigation, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Person of Interest, Barack, Jack Nicholson, Murkowski, Troopergate, Vice President, Court Case, Guilty Plea, Joe Biden 2008, Duke, Obama, Republican, Lisa Murkowski, Stevens, 2008 Campaign, Alaskan Politics, Corrupt Bastards Club, Confidential Source, Frank Murkowski, John McCain, Last Bridge to Nowhere, Hats, Frank Prewitt, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, State Representative, Oil Companies, Delay, Witness, 08 Campaign, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Fbi, State Senator, Lott, Inouye, Tasergate, Prewitt, Cunningham, Alaskanisms, Veco, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Prewitt: The book is my experience working as the confidential source who spent nearly four years helping the F.B.I. pry the lid open on the sordid world of political corruption in Alaska and Washington.

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Friday Talking Points [50] -- Can I Call You Joe?

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Debate, Troops, Gwen Ifill, Impeachment, Ifill, Cheney, Middle Class, Maverick, Iraq, Obama, Mccain, Biden Palin Debate, Campaign, Withdrawal, Sarah Palin, Bush, Deregulator, Vice Presidential Debate, Bush Doctrine, 2008, Midotw, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Health Care, Global Warming, Taxes, Bill Clinton, John McCain, McCain Doesn't Get It, War, Timeline, 2008 Elections, Congress, Joe Biden, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, Democrats, 2008 Election, Investigation, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Choked Up, 08 Campaign, Mddotw, Tax, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Deregulation, Vice Presidential, Debates, Independent Prosecutor, Spain, Special Prosecutor, 110th Congress, Politics News
Chris Weigant

I refuse to get too wrapped up in the question of who "won" the debate. In general, unless one candidate obviously self-destructs, this question is answered subjectively and personally. That's not to say I didn't think Biden did better. I did.

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Afghanistan September 2008: Karzai Under Pressure Amid Rising Civilian Casualities & Calls for Troops Withdrawal

Shoaib Harris | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Coalition Forces, Taliban, Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan, Air Strikes, Investigation, Politics News
Shoaib Harris

Local newspapers have called the increasing civilian casualties, "huge crisis" as Afghans began dawn-to-dusk fasting on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.

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Larry Flynt And The Politics Of Hope

Jon Raymond | Posted 09.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Politics, Freedom of the Press, God, War Correspondents, Investigation, Movies, Larry Flynt, Generation Kill, U.S. Supreme Court, Clinton Impeachment, Home News
Jon Raymond

In this upside-down country of lying presidents and corrupt politicians, it seems almost natural that the one true champion of real American values is a world-class pornographer.

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Oil Prices Were Manipulated, U.S. Government Commission Charges

Janet Ritz | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green

Read More: U.S. Economy, New York Mercantile Exchange, Crude Oil Prices, The Environmentalist, Commodity Prices, Heating Oil Prices, Green, Commodities Speculation, Green Business, Gasoline Futures, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Business, Investigation, Cftc, Oil Price Manipulation Investigation, Corporate Crime, Politics, Gasoline Prices, Oil, Oil Prices, Optiver Holding, Green News
Janet Ritz

The agency charged with "ensuring the integrity of the futures & options market," has accused Optiver Holding of manipulating the prices of crude oil, heating oil and gasoline futures on the NY Mercantile Exchange.

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Precedent George Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Party Loyalty, Speech, Loyalty Oath, Mister Precedent, Cheney, Chris Dodd, Campaign, Telecom, Presidential-Powers, 2008, National Security, Separation-of-Powers, 2008 Campaign, Independent Counsel, Justice, Stonewall, Commander in Chief, Executive Privilege, John McCain, War, Amnesty, Scientist, Congress, 2008 Elections, 08, Stonewalling, Justice Department, Soviet, Subpoena, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, Investigation, 08 Election, Precedent, Elections, 08 Campaign, Constitution, 2008 Presidential Race, Watergate, Executive Branch, Alberto Gonzales, Nixon, Party Card, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Bush's term in office will be remembered for the precedents it set, particularly in relation to the presidential power, and the separation of powers between the three branches of U.S. government.

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Sam Stein

White House Obstructing Plame Investigation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michael Mukasey, Valerie Plame, White House Obstruction, Valerie Plame Wilson, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Investigation, Henry Waxman, Patrick Fitzgerald, Politics News

The Bush Administration is actively blocking Congress' investigation into the outing of once-covert CIA agent Valerie Plame, according to House Oversi...

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