Barack Obama
Barack Obama is named in 50 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 2001 to 2025.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | DOJ Seeks to Detain Jan 6 Pardoned Defendant Taylor Taranto After Surveilling Rep. Jamie Raskin's Neighborhood Taylor Taranto · Rep. Jamie Raskin · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-04 | Trump Falsely Accuses Obama of Wiretapping Trump Tower Based on "A Little Bit of a Hunch" Donald Trump · Barack Obama · James Clapper · James Comey | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-17 | Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence After Brutal Imprisonment Barack Obama · Chelsea Manning · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-06 | Intelligence Community Assessment Concludes Putin Ordered Campaign to Influence 2016 Election Vladimir Putin · Central Intelligence Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2016-10-08 | Saudi Coalition Uses US-Made Bombs to Kill 155 at Yemen Funeral Hall in Sanaa Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-06-30 | Obama Signs PROMESA Creating Unelected Fiscal Control Board to Govern Puerto Rico's $72 Billion Debt Crisis Barack Obama · U.S. Congress · Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico · Puerto Rico Government | confirmed | |
| 2016-03-16 | Obama Nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court, McConnell and Senate Republicans Refuse to Hold Hearings or Vote Barack Obama · Merrick Garland · Mitch McConnell · Chuck Grassley | confirmed | |
| 2016-02-13 | Justice Antonin Scalia Dies, McConnell Immediately Vows to Block Any Obama Nominee Antonin Scalia · Mitch McConnell · Barack Obama | confirmed | |
| 2016-01-05 | Snyder Finally Declares State of Emergency After Federal Investigation and Public Outcry Rick Snyder · Barack Obama · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | confirmed | |
| 2015-11-29 | NSA Officially Ends Bulk Phone Metadata Collection Under USA Freedom Act National Security Agency · U.S. Congress · Barack Obama · Edward Snowden · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-03 | U.S. Airstrike Destroys Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Kunduz, Kills 42 Barack Obama · Doctors Without Borders · U.S. Air Force · Afghanistan | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-02 | Obama Signs USA FREEDOM Act, Ending NSA Bulk Metadata Collection Barack Obama · Mitch McConnell · Ron Wyden · Rand Paul · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-03-26 | Saudi Arabia Launches Yemen Intervention Armed with Billions in Raytheon Weapons, Beginning Eight-Year Atrocity Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-02-26 | FCC Votes 3-2 for Strong Net Neutrality Protections Through Title II Reclassification After Record Public Engagement Tom Wheeler · Federal Communications Commission · Ajit Pai · Michael O'Rielly · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2014-12-09 | Senate Intelligence Committee Releases Torture Report - CIA Program Was Brutal and Ineffective Dianne Feinstein · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · Central Intelligence Agency · John Brennan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2014-06-04 | Germany Opens Criminal Investigation Into NSA Tapping of Merkel's Phone Angela Merkel · Harald Range · National Security Agency · Edward Snowden · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2014-01-17 | Obama Announces Limited NSA Reforms While Preserving Core Surveillance Programs Barack Obama · National Security Agency · FISA Court · Edward Snowden | confirmed | |
| 2013-10-24 | NSA Monitored Angela Merkel's Phone and 35 Other World Leaders National Security Agency · Angela Merkel · Barack Obama · Edward Snowden | confirmed | |
| 2013-09-17 | Brazil's President Cancels US State Visit Over NSA Spying on Dilma Rousseff Dilma Rousseff · Barack Obama · National Security Agency · Edward Snowden · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2013-08-12 | Attorney General Holder Announces Smart on Crime Initiative: First Federal Retreat from Mandatory Minimums Eric Holder · Barack Obama · DOJ | confirmed | |
| 2013-06-21 | Obama Prosecutes 8 Whistleblowers Under Espionage Act, More Than All Presidents Barack Obama · Eric Holder · Edward Snowden · Chelsea Manning · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2013-05-02 | Obama Nominates Telecom Industry Lobbyist Tom Wheeler as FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler · Barack Obama · Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) · National Cable Television Association (NCTA) · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2013-04-15 | Congress Quietly Guts STOCK Act Online Disclosure Requirements Barack Obama | confirmed | |
| 2013-01-29 | DOJ Criminal Division Chief Lanny Breuer Resigns After PBS Frontline Documentary 'The Untouchables' Exposes 'Too Big to Jail' Policy Resulting in Zero Major Bank Executive Prosecutions Compared to 900+ Convictions in 1980s S&L Crisis Lanny Breuer · Eric Holder · Department of Justice · Covington & Burling · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2013-01-02 | Obama Signs American Taxpayer Relief Act Making 82% of Bush Tax Cuts Permanent - 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal Locks in $2.8 Trillion in Tax Cuts for Wealthy Barack Obama · Joe Biden · Mitch McConnell · John Boehner · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2012-12-05 | ACA Architect Liz Fowler Leaves White House for Johnson & Johnson After Industry-Friendly Healthcare Legislation Elizabeth Fowler · Johnson & Johnson · WellPoint · Max Baucus · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2012-06-04 | Bureau Investigation Exposes CIA Double-Tap Drone Strikes Killing Rescuers and Mourners Central Intelligence Agency · Barack Obama · Pakistani civilians | confirmed | |
| 2012-05-29 | New York Times Exposes Obama's Kill List and Terror Tuesday Assassination Meetings Barack Obama · John Brennan · Central Intelligence Agency · JSOC · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2012-05-01 | Obama Administration Counts All Military-Age Males Killed by Drones as Combatants Barack Obama · John Brennan · Central Intelligence Agency | confirmed | |
| 2012-04-04 | STOCK Act Signed into Law Barack Obama · U.S. Congress · Scott Brown · Kirsten Gillibrand · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-09-30 | U.S. Drone Strike Assassinates Anwar al-Awlaki, American Citizen, Without Trial Anwar al-Awlaki · Barack Obama · Central Intelligence Agency · JSOC · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-06-16 | Rep. Anthony Weiner Resigns After Sexting Scandal and Cover-Up Anthony Weiner · Huma Abedin · Barack Obama · Nancy Pelosi | confirmed | |
| 2011-06-13 | Department of Education Issues Gainful Employment Rule to Regulate For-Profit Colleges, Industry Immediately Challenges in Court U.S. Department of Education · Barack Obama · Arne Duncan · Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-04-27 | Trump's Birtherism Campaign Forces Obama to Release Long-Form Birth Certificate Donald Trump · Barack Obama | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-23 | Trump Launches Political Career with Racist Birther Conspiracy Donald Trump · Barack Obama | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-17 | CIA Drone Strike Massacres 42 Civilians at Pakistani Tribal Council Meeting Central Intelligence Agency · Barack Obama · Pakistani civilians | confirmed | |
| 2010-07-21 | Dodd-Frank Act Creates Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Regulate Predatory Lending Barack Obama · Elizabeth Warren · Richard Cordray · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | confirmed | |
| 2010-06-24 | DISCLOSE Act Passes House But GOP Blocks Senate Vote on Citizens United Response Chuck Schumer · Chris Van Hollen · Mitch McConnell · Barack Obama · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-06-16 | BP Agrees to $20 Billion Gulf Coast Claims Fund Amid Deepwater Horizon Fallout BP (British Petroleum) · Barack Obama · Tony Hayward · Kenneth Feinberg · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-20 | Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Begins - Environmental Disaster and Corporate Negligence BP (British Petroleum) · Transocean Ltd · Halliburton · Minerals Management Service · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2010-03-23 | ACA Passes with Individual Mandate Requiring Americans to Purchase Private Insurance, Delivering Industry Windfall Barack Obama · America's Health Insurance Plans · PhRMA · Max Baucus · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-03-17 | Obama Authorizes CIA Signature Strikes - Killing Based on Behavior Patterns, Not Identity Barack Obama · John Brennan · Central Intelligence Agency · Leon Panetta | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-27 | Obama Criticizes Citizens United at State of Union, Alito Responds 'Not True' Barack Obama · Samuel Alito · John Roberts · Ruth Bader Ginsburg · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2009-10-06 | Senate Passes Franken Amendment Banning Mandatory Arbitration for Sexual Assault Claims by Defense Contractors, 30 Republicans Vote to Protect Corporate Impunity Al Franken · Jamie Leigh Jones · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2009-06-01 | Obama Cuts $80B PhRMA Deal Abandoning Medicare Negotiation Promise Barack Obama · PhRMA · Billy Tauzin · Jim Messina · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2009-04-16 | Obama Releases CIA Torture Memos But Promises No Prosecutions for Torturers Barack Obama · Eric Holder · Central Intelligence Agency · John Yoo · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2009-03-10 | Employee Free Choice Act Abandoned Despite Democratic Supermajority, Corporate Lobbying Victory Barack Obama · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Business Roundtable · AFL-CIO · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2009-01-23 | Obama Dramatically Expands CIA Drone Strike Program - Ten Times More Strikes Than Bush Barack Obama · Central Intelligence Agency · John Brennan · Leon Panetta | confirmed | |
| 2008-12-09 | Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Arrested for Attempting to Sell Obama's Senate Seat Rod Blagojevich · Barack Obama · Patrick Fitzgerald · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2001-01-01 | Bush and Obama Administrations Cement Bipartisan Chicago School Antitrust Consensus, Approve Historic Consolidation George W. Bush · Barack Obama · Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Central Intelligence Agency
10× shared
National Security Agency
7× shared
Donald Trump
6× shared
Edward Snowden
6× shared
John Brennan
6× shared
Mitch McConnell
5× shared
Department of Justice
4× shared
Eric Holder
4× shared
Nancy Pelosi
3× shared
U.S. Congress
3× shared
Angela Merkel
2× shared
Antonin Scalia
2× shared
BP (British Petroleum)
2× shared
Chelsea Manning
2× shared
Elizabeth Warren
2× shared
FISA Court
2× shared
Halliburton
2× shared
JSOC
2× shared
James Clapper
2× shared
Leon Panetta
2× shared
Liz Fowler
2× shared
Lockheed Martin
2× shared
Max Baucus
2× shared
Mohammed bin Salman
2× shared
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