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Raj Rajaratnam Denies Insider Trading Allegations, Says Trades Were Based On Analyst's Work

Bloomberg | David Scheer, Joshua Gallu and David Glovin | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


Attorneys for Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam denied a U.S. regulator's claims he engaged in insider trading, saying he based investments on anal...

Cheney: A Tortured Soul

Lance Simmens | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


Lance Simmens

Mr. Vice-President, you and your President had eight full years to chart a direction for this nation. That direction was soundly rejected by the voters in the most recent national election.

CIA 'Whistleblower' Informed Hastert Of Harman Wiretap Being Suppressed

CQ | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics


Former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert says he learned from a CIA-connected "whistleblower" in 2006 that Bush administration officials were suppressin...

NSA Wiretapping: Justice Department Reining It In

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday that the panel would hold a hearing to get to the bottom of reports tha...

NSA Intercepts Exceed Limits Set By Congress

New York Times | ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- The National Security Agency intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months on a scale that went beyo...

Changing Politics From The Bottom Up

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics


Arthur Rosenfeld

The more sleaze we see in politics the more all this talk of change becomes not nearly so much a campaign slogan or political rallying cry as a plaintive plea.

Friday Talking Points [51] -- Some Positivity

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

While we're all waiting for someone to leak the Palin Troopergate Report (which is reminiscent of waiting for "Fitzmas" during the whole Scooter Libby...

Federal Judge Strikes Down Parts Of Revised Patriot Act

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order ...