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AIG Autopsy: Eliot Spitzer Calls For Investigation Like Swiss UBS

Huffington Post | Adam J. Rose | Posted 12.20.2009 | Business


Inquiring minds want to know ... where's the inquiry? Three prominent former prosecutors are calling for the government to make AIG release interna...

Send in the Clowns

Bill Cunningham | Posted 07.23.2009 | New York


Bill Cunningham

The coup and near counter-coup of a few renegade members have exposed the most "dysfunctional" state legislative body to editorial scorn and cartoon ridicule.

Sam Stein

Greenberg "Stunned" Same AIG Employees Still In Place, Blasts Bonuses

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics


Forced to retire from AIG in 2005 and still reportedly angry about his removal, Hank Greenberg offered what was, at times, a blistering testimony abou...

NEEDED: BLUE RIBBON FINANCIAL CRIMES PROBE

Danny Schechter | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Danny Schechter

The role of shady, largely unreported, "off shore" institutions is slowly emerging as a component of a larger criminal schemes.

Sex, Spitzer, Derivatives: Using Our Outrage

Ari Melber | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics


Ari Melber

In a galling demonstration of Washington's tangled priorities, leaders in both parties still refuse to tap Eliot Spitzer's expertise for policymaking and enforcement in the current crisis.

My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stuart Bowden, Ted Stevens, Jesse Jackson Jr, Ron Paul, Guantanamo, Al Franken, Best Government Dollar Spent, 50 State Strategy, Mccain, Primary Schedule, Awards, China, Worst Political Theater, Drill Baby Drill, Sarah Palin, Most Overreported Story, Andrew Cuomo, First Cat, Howard Dean, Socks the Cat, 2008, Bailout, Sofa, Condoleezza Rice, Katie Couric, Worst Political Scandal, John Edwards, Status of Forces, Sorry to See You Go, Health Care, Aids, Global Warming, Gravel, Election 2008 Coverage, Alaska, Bobby Jindal, Thomas Tamm, Reconstruction, Joe the Plumber, Tony Snow, Bernanke, Democrat, Letterman, Socks Clinton, Most Underrated, Democrats, Barack Obama, Best Idea, Predictions, George Carlin, 15 Minutes of Fame, Honorable Mention, Michigan, Hybrid, Wiretapping, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Executive Experience, Maliki, Caribou Barbie, Best Spin, Stuart Bowen, Destined for Political Oblivion, Kucinich, Jesse Helms, Private Jet, Beijing, Truth Commission, Going Green, Iraq, Most Overrated, Isaac Hayes, Spitzer, Caroline Kennedy, Bush, Wright, Blagojevich, Paulson, Bo Diddley, Mclaughlin, Unemployment, Inauguration, Destined for Political Stardom, Biggest Government Waste, Snl, Florida, Socks, Primary, Africa, Whistleblower, Best Political Theater, Most Underreported Story, Boldest Political Tactic, Castro, David Plouffe, Jeremiah Wright, Olympics, Harvey Korman, Beau Biden, Bernie Mac, Free Speech Zone, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Oil, Most Honest Person, Socialism, Michael Crichton, Arthur C. Clarke, Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey, Worst Idea, David Letterman, Tamm, Wurzelbacher, Politics News

Chris Weigant

Love her or hate her, you have to admit that John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin for the Republican ticket this year was without any doubt the boldest political tactic of the year.

My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Welcome to our annual awards! For the past three years, this column has paid homage (translation: "ripped off their gimmick") to the McLaughlin Group...

Supreme Court ruling on child rape strikes a blow to human rights.

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living


Michealene Cristini Risley

Last Wednesday the Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4, that sentencing someone to death for raping a child is unconstitutional. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy s...

Feds Investigating If Spitzer Used Campaign Funds With Prostitutes

New York Times | DANNY HAKIM and DON VAN NATTA Jr. | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics


Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Gov. Eliot Spitzer used campaign funds in connection with his meetings with prostitutes, including payme...

Eliot Spitzer: Dickipedia

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics


Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is a former New York State Attorney General, the current Governor of New York, a self-professed "steamroll...

Eliot Spitzer Thought Process Flowchart

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics


What's the public and media to do after Gov. Eliot Spitzer was caught up in a sex and prostitution scandal? Pass around Spitzer jokes and make copious...

Report: Spitzer Has Used Hookers For 6 Years

Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics


Report: Spitzer Has Used Hookers For 6 Years: The New York Post reported Tuesday that Gov. Eliot Spitzer's history with prostitutes might go back furt...

Spitzer Resignation Watch: Aides Say NY Gov Will Step Down

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


** UPDATED: 2:00 PM ET ** Aides Divided On Spitzer Resignation: "Top aides to Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Tuesday morning that they expect the governor t...

Ex-NYSE Director Langone on Spitzer: "We All Have Our Own Private Hells. I Hope His Private Hell Is Hotter Than Anybody Else's."

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


The revelations about Eliot Spitzer's illegal dalliances with a high-priced prostitute have got plenty of his former targets coming out of the woodwor...

Amy Ephron On Women Wronged

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Amy Ephron blogs here at HuffPost: I just want one of them, Hillary, Silda, to stand on the steps of the house, the White House, the Governor's Mansi...

Money Transfers Busted Spitzer

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


ABC News is reporting that it wasn't sex, but suspicious money transfers that triggered the federal investigation into a New York prostitution ring li...

Money Transfers Busted Spitzer

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


ABC News is reporting that it wasn't sex, but suspicious money transfers that triggered the federal investigation into a New York prostitution ring li...

Eliot Spitzer Prostitution Scandal: What $5,500 Gets You At The Emperors Club

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


In a story that recalls the heyday of New York's seedy Times Square sex trade, Governor Eliot Spitzer has been linked to a high-priced prostitution ri...

Resignation Would Cost Spitzer Superdelegate Status

2008 Democratic Convention Watch | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Should Spitzer resign he would lose his superdelegate status. Spitzer is in Clinton's corner on our endorsement list. He would be replaced by Lt. Gove...

Spitzer Traffic Crashes NYT Website

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Today at about 2 p.m. the New York Times broke the Spitzer story on its web site — and promptly started wobbling under the weight of the huge re...

Spitzer? But I Don't Even Know 'Er!

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Spitzer is a superdelegate, and a supporter of Hillary Clinton. What will happen to his vote? How will Clinton react? Will she support him as she supported her own husband? Also, so much for the first Jewish president.

Spitzer Prostitution Scandal: NY Gov Admits Links To Sex Ring

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


** CLICK HERE FOR NEW UPDATES -- SPITZER MULLING RESIGNATION ** "Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a hig...

Sam Stein

Obama Stands By Support For Spitzer Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Sen. Barack Obama, D-Il, is standing by his support for granting driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, even after Gov. Eliot Spitzer, D-NY, ab...