Decade of record

2000s

The 2000s contain 400 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.

400 events From Jan 1, 2000 To Dec 21, 2009 Open in filter view →
Activity over time Events per year
2000 · 33 events2001 · 35 events2002 · 75 events2003 · 37 events2004 · 38 events2005 · 40 events2006 · 33 events2007 · 27 events2008 · 45 events2009 · 37 events20002009
DateEventLanesStatus
2007-04-01FISA Court Judge Rejects NSA Warrantless Surveillance Expansion 3 src
FISA Court · National Security Agency · Bush Administration · Department of Justice
confirmed
2007-03-12Halliburton Moves CEO and Corporate Headquarters to Dubai for Tax Advantages and Distance from Iraq War Scandals, Weeks Before Completing KBR Spin-Off 3 src
Halliburton · Dick Cheney · Patrick Leahy
confirmed
2007-03-09DOJ Inspector General Documents Systematic FBI Surveillance Abuse 3 src
Glenn Fine · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice · U.S. Congress · +1
confirmed
2007-03-06Scooter Libby Convicted on Four Counts in CIA Leak Case 3 src
Lewis 'Scooter' Libby · Patrick Fitzgerald · Dick Cheney · George W. Bush · +2
confirmed
2007-03-01Stephen Miller and Richard Spencer Organize White Nationalist Speaker at Duke University 3 src
Stephen Miller
confirmed
2007-01-01ALEC Launches 'Rich States, Poor States' Report with Arthur Laffer - Annual Corporate Tax Competition Manifesto to Drive Interstate Race-to-Bottom 4 src
American Legislative Exchange Council · Arthur Laffer · Stephen Moore · Koch Industries
confirmed
2007-01-01Cellebrite Launches Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) for Law Enforcement 3 src
Cellebrite
confirmed
2007-01-01Israel Passes Defense Export Control Law, Creating Framework That Enables Pegasus as Diplomatic Weapon 3 src
Benjamin Netanyahu · NSO Group
confirmed
2007-01-01Palantir Begins Rapid Expansion Across U.S. Government Agencies 2 src
Palantir Technologies · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1
confirmed
2006-12-31New Century Financial Conceals Massive Early Payment Defaults Through Accounting Fraud in 2006 2 src
Securities and Exchange Commission · Rating agencies
confirmed
2006-12-29AT&T Completes $86 Billion BellSouth Acquisition: Bell System Reassembled After 1984 Breakup 3 src
Federal Communications Commission
confirmed
2006-12-07Bush Administration Fires 9 U.S. Attorneys for Political Reasons 3 src
Alberto Gonzales · Karl Rove · George W. Bush · U.S. Congress
confirmed
2006-12-01Subprime Mortgage Delinquencies Surge to 13%, Nearly Double Mid-2005 Rates, as Crisis Accelerates 3 src
Federal Reserve · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
confirmed
2006-10-23Jeffrey Skilling Sentenced to 24 Years for Enron Fraud 3 src
Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice
confirmed
2006-09-29Bush Signs Credit Rating Agency Reform Act, But Law Fails to Address Core Conflicts of Interest 3 src
George W. Bush · Securities and Exchange Commission · U.S. Congress
confirmed
2006-09-29Federal Regulators Issue Weakened Mortgage Guidance After Year of Industry Lobbying, Ignoring Warnings 4 src
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Federal Reserve · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · Office of Thrift Supervision · +3
confirmed
2006-09-15Congressman Bob Ney Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Corruption Scandal 3 src
Jack Abramoff · U.S. House of Representatives · Department of Justice
confirmed
2006-09-06Bush Publicly Acknowledges CIA Secret Prisons for First Time, Transfers Detainees to Guantanamo 4 src
George W. Bush · Central Intelligence Agency · Abu Zubaydah · Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
confirmed
2006-09-01DHS awards HBGary, Inc. $100,000 SBIR Phase I contract for botnet detection — the upstream R&D seed of the Team Themis pipeline 2 src
Greg Hoglund · DHS Science and Technology Directorate
confirmed
2006-07-27Voting Rights Act Reauthorization of 2006: 25-Year Extension Passes with Bipartisan Supermajority Before Conservative Legal Assault 3 src
George W. Bush · U.S. Congress · John Lewis · John Conyers
confirmed
2006-07-24ABA Condemns Bush 800+ Signing Statements Nullifying Oversight 3 src
George W. Bush · American Bar Association · Dick Cheney · David Addington · +1
confirmed
2006-07-05Ken Lay Dies Before Sentencing, Conviction Later Vacated 3 src
Kenneth Lay
confirmed
2006-07-01Housing Bubble Peaks as Predatory Subprime Lending Reaches Maximum, Setting Stage for Collapse 3 src
Countrywide Financial · Washington Mutual · Federal Reserve · Rating agencies
confirmed
2006-06-07Model Ruslana Korshunova, 18, flies to Epstein's island two years before suspicious death 4 src
Jeffrey Epstein
confirmed
2006-06-01Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates to 5.25%, Triggering Payment Shock for Subprime Borrowers 2 src
Federal Reserve · Ben Bernanke
confirmed
2006-05-25Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling Convicted of Enron Fraud and Conspiracy 3 src
Kenneth Lay · Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice
confirmed
2006-05-18Competitive Enterprise Institute Launches "CO2 is Life" Advertising Campaign 4 src
Competitive Enterprise Institute · ExxonMobil
confirmed
2006-05-15eBay v. MercExchange: Supreme Court Limits Automatic Patent Injunctions, Enabling Patent Troll Business Model to Flourish 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Clarence Thomas · Anthony Kennedy
confirmed
2006-05-08Michael Hayden Nominated as CIA Director Despite NSA Surveillance Controversy 3 src
Michael Hayden · George W. Bush · Senate Intelligence Committee · National Security Agency · +2
confirmed
2006-05-01Magnetar Capital Launches $30 Billion CDO Strategy, Betting Against Housing While Encouraging Investor Purchases 3 src
JPMorgan Chase · Investment banks
confirmed
2006-03-09Dubai Ports World Abandons US Port Takeover Under Congressional Pressure 4 src
Dubai Ports World · Dennis Hastert · George W. Bush · U.S. Congress
confirmed
2006-03-01FBI Infiltrates Orange County Mosques with Informant in Dragnet Surveillance 3 src
Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice
confirmed
2006-02-22Bush Threatens First Presidential Veto Over Dubai Ports Deal 3 src
George W. Bush · Dubai Ports World · UAE · Republican Congress · +1
confirmed
2006-01-29NSA Cancels Trailblazer Program After SAIC Wastes Over $1 Billion on Failed Surveillance System 3 src
National Security Agency · Michael Hayden
confirmed
2006-01-24KBR (Halliburton Subsidiary) Awarded $385M DHS/ICE Contingency Contract for Emergency Immigrant Detention Facilities 6 src
Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · Dick Cheney · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +2
confirmed
2006-01-23Ameriquest Agrees to $325 Million Settlement for Predatory Lending Practices with 49 States 3 src
State Attorneys General
confirmed
2006-01-03Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty in 5M Corruption Scandal 3 src
Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · Tom DeLay · U.S. Congress · +1
confirmed
2006-01-01Ares Management Acquires Aspen Dental: Private Equity Dental Roll-Up Strategy Launches Industry Consolidation 3 src confirmed
2006-01-01Countrywide Begins Process to Switch to Office of Thrift Supervision for Lighter Regulation 3 src
Countrywide Financial · Office of Thrift Supervision · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
confirmed
2006-01-01IndyMac and WaMu Drive Option ARM Mortgages to 42% of Adjustable-Rate Market in 2006 3 src
Washington Mutual · Countrywide Financial · Office of Thrift Supervision
confirmed
2006-01-01Palantir Wins First Major Contract with Joint IED Defeat Organization for Iraq and Afghanistan 2 src
Palantir Technologies · U.S. Department of Defense
confirmed
2006-01-01Synthetic CDO Issuance Explodes to $61 Billion in 2006, Amplifying Housing Market Risk Exponentially 3 src
Goldman Sachs · Deutsche Bank · Morgan Stanley · JPMorgan Chase · +2
confirmed
2005-12-16New York Times Exposes NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program 5 src
James Risen · New York Times · George W. Bush · National Security Agency
confirmed
2005-12-15Coast Guard Identifies Critical Intelligence Gaps in Dubai Ports World Deal 3 src
U.S. Coast Guard · Dubai Ports World · UAE · Susan Collins
confirmed
2005-12-15NSA Whistleblower Russell Tice Reports Illegal Domestic Surveillance 3 src
National Security Agency · Senate Intelligence Committee · James Risen · New York Times · +1
confirmed
2005-11-28Rep. Duke Cunningham Pleads Guilty to $2.4 Million Bribery Scheme 3 src
Donald Trump
confirmed
2005-11-16Energy Committee Hearings Expose Oil Industry Climate Denial Campaign and Regulatory Capture 3 src
House Energy and Commerce Committee · Dick Cheney · ExxonMobil · American Petroleum Institute
confirmed
2005-11-16Oil Executives Deny Task Force Participation Despite Documentary Evidence 3 src
ExxonMobil · Chevron · ConocoPhillips · Shell Oil · +1
confirmed
2005-11-09CIA Destroys 92 Torture Interrogation Videotapes to Conceal Evidence 4 src
Central Intelligence Agency · Gina Haspel · Abu Zubaydah · Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri · +1
confirmed
2005-11-08Dick Cheney Lobbies Congress for CIA Exemption from McCain Torture Ban 4 src
Dick Cheney · John McCain · Porter Goss · Central Intelligence Agency · +1
confirmed
2005-11-07Harry Markopolos Submits 'The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud' to SEC, Agency Ignores Detailed Evidence for Third Time 4 src
Securities and Exchange Commission · Bernie Madoff
confirmed
2005-11-02Washington Post Reveals CIA's Secret Prison Network in Eastern Europe 4 src
Central Intelligence Agency · Washington Post
confirmed
2005-10-28Karl Rove Orchestrates Political Prosecution of Don Siegelman 3 src
Karl Rove
confirmed
2005-10-15Dubai Ports World Initiates Controversial CFIUS Review for US Port Management Acquisition 3 src
Dubai Ports World · U.S. Coast Guard · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · George W. Bush
confirmed
2005-09-28House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Indicted for Money Laundering and Conspiracy 3 src
Tom DeLay
confirmed
2005-08-29Hurricane Katrina Enables .4B No-Bid Disaster Capitalism Takeover 3 src
Dick Cheney · Halliburton · Heritage Foundation
confirmed
2005-08-25Hans von Spakovsky Overrules DOJ Career Staff to Approve Georgia Voter ID Law Targeting Black Voters 3 src
Hans von Spakovsky · Georgia Legislature
confirmed
2005-08-11Jack Abramoff Indicted for Wire Fraud in SunCruz Casinos Purchase 3 src
Jack Abramoff
confirmed
2005-08-08Energy Task Force Recommendations Become EPA Policy Without Review 3 src
Dick Cheney · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · ExxonMobil · Chevron · +1
confirmed
2005-08-03FBI Finds $90,000 in Cash Hidden in Rep. William Jefferson's Freezer 3 src confirmed
2005-07-28KBR Employee Jamie Leigh Jones Alleges Gang Rape in Iraq, Exposes Systematic Use of Mandatory Arbitration to Shield Contractor Accountability 3 src
Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · State Department · Al Franken
confirmed
2005-07-13WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison 3 src
Bernard Ebbers · Department of Justice
confirmed
2005-07-01Bain, KKR, and Vornado Acquire Toys 'R' Us for $6.6 Billion, Loading Company with $5 Billion Debt 3 src
Bain Capital · KKR
confirmed
2005-06-30Investigation Reveals $15M in Lobbyist-Funded Congressional Travel and Fact-Finding Junkets 3 src
Tom DeLay · Jack Abramoff
confirmed
2005-06-15FAA Delegates Safety Certification Authority to Boeing Through Organization Designation Authorization Program 3 src
Federal Aviation Administration
confirmed
2005-06-08Phil Cooney Climate Science Censorship Exposed by Whistleblower 3 src
ExxonMobil · American Petroleum Institute
confirmed
2005-06-03L-3 Communications Acquires Titan Corporation for $2.65 Billion, Absorbing Abu Ghraib Contractor 3 src
Department of Defense
confirmed
2005-05-23Trump Launches "Trump University" Real Estate Seminars Without Academic License or Accreditation 3 src
Donald Trump · Michael Sexton
confirmed
2005-05-10Bradbury OLC Memos Reconstruct CIA Interrogation Authorization Post-Goldsmith Withdrawal — Three May 2005 Memos Re-authorize Waterboarding 6 src
Alberto Gonzales · David Addington · Dick Cheney · George W. Bush · +2
confirmed
2005-04-20Bankruptcy Act Makes Private Student Loans Non-Dischargeable - Weaponizing Law Against Students 3 src
George W. Bush
confirmed
2005-04-20Two Decades of Bankruptcy Weaponization: Students Crushed While Corporations Shield Billions (2005-2024) 3 src
Corinthian Colleges · University of Phoenix · Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family · +1
confirmed
2005-04-11Trump Admits to Entering Pageant Dressing Rooms on Howard Stern 3 src
Donald Trump
confirmed
2005-04-01Public Citizen Report Shows 43% of Lawmakers Leaving Congress Became Lobbyists 3 src
Public Citizen · U.S. Congress
confirmed
2005-03-14Tom Daschle Joins Private Equity Firm and Lobbying After Senate Majority Leadership 3 src
Tom Daschle
confirmed
2005-03-01Palm Beach police investigation begins after parent reports $300 payment to 14-year-old 3 src
Jeffrey Epstein
confirmed
2005-01-15John Negroponte Becomes First Director of National Intelligence 3 src
George W. Bush · Senate Intelligence Committee · Intelligence Community
confirmed
2005-01-07Armstrong Williams Paid 40K for Illegal Government Propaganda 3 src
U.S. Department of Education
confirmed
2005-01-03Dick Gephardt Founds Lobbying Firm After 28 Years as House Democratic Leader 3 src confirmed
2005-01-01ALEC Approves 'Great Schools Tax Credit' Model - Launches Systematic Education Privatization Campaign 4 src
American Legislative Exchange Council · K12 Inc. · Koch Industries · DeVos family · +3
confirmed
2005-01-01ALEC Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Models Achieve Nationwide Adoption, Guaranteeing Private Prison Profits 4 src
American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · State Legislators
confirmed
2005-01-01CIA's In-Q-Tel Makes Strategic Investment in Palantir Technologies 2 src
In-Q-Tel · Central Intelligence Agency · Palantir Technologies
confirmed
2005-01-01Private Equity Assets Under Management Reach $1 Trillion, Enabling Systematic Extraction Across Economy 3 src
Blackstone · KKR · Bain Capital
confirmed
2004-12-17Intelligence Reform Act Creates DNI, Accelerates Contractor Dependence 3 src
George W. Bush · U.S. Congress · Office of the Director of National Intelligence
confirmed
2004-12-15Billy Tauzin Joins PhRMA as CEO After Shepherding $200B Medicare Drug Bill 3 src
Billy Tauzin · PhRMA
confirmed
2004-12-13Oracle Completes PeopleSoft Acquisition for $10.3 Billion After Defeating Antitrust Challenge 3 src
Oracle · Larry Ellison · PeopleSoft
confirmed
2004-11-30Trump Outbids Epstein for Palm Beach Mansion, Ending Friendship 3 src
Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein · Dmitry Rybolovlev
confirmed
2004-11-21Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Files Bankruptcy, Trump Removed as CEO 3 src
Donald Trump
confirmed
2004-11-18FDA Whistleblower David Graham Testifies on Vioxx Cover-up Before Senate 4 src
Food and Drug Administration · Merck · U.S. Senate Finance Committee
confirmed
2004-11-02Diebold Voting Machine Irregularities in Ohio 2004 Presidential Election 4 src
John Conyers
confirmed
2004-11-02Massey Energy CEO Spends $3 Million to Elect Judge in Case Against His Company 11 src
U.S. Supreme Court
confirmed
2004-11-02Ohio Evangelical Turnout Delivers Bush Reelection: "Values Voters" Become the Decisive Electoral Bloc 2 src
George W. Bush
confirmed
2004-10-27Google Acquires CIA-Backed Keyhole, Foundation for Google Earth 3 src
Google · In-Q-Tel · Central Intelligence Agency
confirmed
2004-09-30Merck Withdraws Vioxx After Concealing Heart Attack Risk, FDA Failure Causes Estimated 28,000-55,000 Deaths 3 src
Merck · Food and Drug Administration
confirmed
2004-08-24CIA Awards Blackwater Classified Intelligence Contracts, Creating Private Paramilitary-Intelligence Capability 3 src
Blackwater · Erik Prince · Central Intelligence Agency
confirmed
2004-08-19Google IPO Raises $1.67B With "Don't Be Evil" Motto 4 src
Google · Larry Page · Eric Schmidt
confirmed
2004-08-10Porter Goss Begins Systematic Purge of CIA Analysts 3 src
Porter Goss
confirmed
2004-07-22Koch Network Restructures: CSE Splits into FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity 3 src
David Koch · Charles Koch · Dick Armey · FreedomWorks · +1
confirmed
2004-07-11CIA Director George Tenet Departs After Iraq Intelligence Failures, Joins Investment Bank and Intelligence Company Boards 5 src
George Tenet · Central Intelligence Agency · In-Q-Tel
confirmed
2004-07-07Enron Founder Ken Lay Indicted on 11 Counts of Fraud and Conspiracy 3 src
Kenneth Lay · Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice
confirmed
2004-07-01Kroll Associates sold to Marsh & McLennan for $1.9 billion 3 src
Kroll Associates · Jules Kroll
confirmed