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DateEventActorsLanes
2008-04-13Google Acquires DoubleClick for $3.1B, Creating Advertising Monopoly
Google · DoubleClick · Federal Trade Commission · +2
5
2008-03-20Sprint Nextel GPS Location Data Sharing with Law Enforcement
Sprint Nextel · National Security Agency · Bush Administration · +1
4
2008-03-16Bear Stearns Collapse and Federal Reserve-Facilitated Fire Sale to JPMorgan with $29 Billion Taxpayer Guarantee Establishes 'Too Big to Fail' Precedent with Zero Criminal Prosecutions Despite Fraud-Driven Collapse
Bear Stearns · JPMorgan Chase · Federal Reserve Bank of New York · +4
7
2008-01-15Project Chanology: Anonymous Mobilizes Against Scientology, Proving Chan Culture Can Produce Real-World Action
Anonymous · Church of Scientology
2
2008-01-02KBR's Faulty Electrical Work Kills Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, Part of Systematic Negligence Causing 18 Electrocution Deaths in Iraq with No Criminal Charges Despite Army Negligent Homicide Finding
Ryan Maseth · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · +4
7
2008-01-01Hans von Spakovsky Joins Heritage Foundation to Lead Voter Suppression Infrastructure Development
Hans von Spakovsky · Heritage Foundation · American Legislative Exchange Council · +2
5
2008-01-01Palantir Gotham Platform Released for Intelligence and Defense Applications
Palantir Technologies · Central Intelligence Agency · Intelligence Community
3
2008-01-01Report: Acosta told Trump transition Epstein 'belonged to intelligence' (unconfirmed)
Alexander Acosta · Jeffrey Epstein · US Intelligence · +1
4
2008-01-01Shell companies spend $890M on Trump condos during financial crisis
Trump Organization · Anonymous shell companies · Delaware LLCs · +2
5
2007-12-18Trent Lott Resigns from Senate to Evade New Lobbying Ethics Law
Trent Lott · John Breaux · Breaux Lott Leadership Group · +1
4
2007-12-01DHS awards HBGary, Inc. $975,000 SBIR Phase II contract — maturation funding that ran concurrently with Team Themis planning
HBGary, Inc. · Greg Hoglund · DHS Science and Technology Directorate
3
2007-11-15Thomas Drake Reports NSA Trailblazer Program Waste and Constitutional Violations
Thomas Drake · National Security Agency · DOD Inspector General · +4
7
2007-11-02CIA Detainee Gul Rahman Froze to Death at Black Site - No One Prosecuted for Homicide
Gul Rahman · Central Intelligence Agency · Afghanistan
3
2007-10-19Associated Press Investigation Exposes Comcast's Secret BitTorrent Throttling and Blocking
Comcast Corporation · Associated Press · Electronic Frontier Foundation · +1
4
2007-10-02Erik Prince Testifies Before Congress Defending Blackwater Despite Evidence of 195 Shooting Incidents
Erik Prince · Blackwater · U.S. House Oversight Committee · +1
4
2007-10-01Trump Foundation Pays $258,000 for Six-Foot Portrait of Trump at Charity Auction
Donald Trump · Trump Foundation
2
2007-09-16Blackwater Nisour Square Massacre Exposes Systematic Private Military Corporate-State Fusion Accountability Crisis and Constitutional Violation
Blackwater Worldwide · Erik Prince · State Department · +5
8
2007-09-15Honest Leadership Act Takes Effect But Fails to Slow Congressional Revolving Door
U.S. Congress · K Street · Public Citizen
3
2007-09-01FBI Inspector General Reports 35% Error Rate on Terror Watchlist
Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice Inspector General · Terrorist Screening Center
3
2007-08-27Questcor Raises Acthar Gel Price from $1,600 to $23,000 Overnight - Eventually Reaching 97,000% Increase Through Bribery Scheme
Questcor Pharmaceuticals · Mallinckrodt · Federal Trade Commission · +3
6
2007-08-01Verizon's Deep Involvement in NSA Surveillance Programs
Bush Administration · National Security Agency · Verizon Communications
3
2007-06-25DOJ Voting Section Politicization: Bush Administration Weaponizes Civil Rights Division for Voter Suppression
Alberto Gonzales · Hans von Spakovsky · Bradley Schlozman · +2
5
2007-05-23Monica Goodling Admits Political Screening of DOJ Lawyers
Monica Goodling · Alberto Gonzales · Regent University · +2
5
2007-05-14ODNI Reveals 70% of Intelligence Budget Goes to Private Contractors
Office of the Director of National Intelligence · Tim Shorrock · Defense Intelligence Agency · +1
4
2007-05-10Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Criminal Misbranding, $600M Fine, Zero Executives Jailed
Purdue Pharma · Michael Friedman · Howard R. Udell · +2
5
2007-04-05Halliburton Completes Spin-Off of KBR to Distance from Iraq War Scandals, Fraud Investigations, and $2.7 Billion in Questioned Costs
Halliburton · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · David Lesar · +2
5
2007-04-02New Century Financial Bankruptcy Signals Start of Subprime Mortgage Crisis
New Century Financial · Brad Morrice · KPMG · +3
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2007-04-01FISA Court Judge Rejects NSA Warrantless Surveillance Expansion
Roger Vinson · FISA Court · National Security Agency · +2
5
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
Halliburton · David Lesar · Dick Cheney · +1
4
2007-03-09DOJ Inspector General Documents Systematic FBI Surveillance Abuse
Glenn Fine · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice · +3
6
2007-03-06Scooter Libby Convicted on Four Counts in CIA Leak Case
Lewis 'Scooter' Libby · Patrick Fitzgerald · Dick Cheney · +3
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2007-03-01Stephen Miller and Richard Spencer Organize White Nationalist Speaker at Duke University
Stephen Miller · Richard Spencer
2
2007-01-01ALEC Launches 'Rich States, Poor States' Report with Arthur Laffer - Annual Corporate Tax Competition Manifesto to Drive Interstate Race-to-Bottom
American Legislative Exchange Council · Arthur Laffer · Stephen Moore · +2
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2007-01-01Cellebrite Launches Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) for Law Enforcement
Cellebrite
1
2007-01-01Israel Passes Defense Export Control Law, Creating Framework That Enables Pegasus as Diplomatic Weapon
Israeli Ministry of Defense · Defense Export Control Agency (DECA) · Benjamin Netanyahu · +1
4
2007-01-01Palantir Begins Rapid Expansion Across U.S. Government Agencies
Palantir Technologies · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · +2
5
2006-12-31New Century Financial Conceals Massive Early Payment Defaults Through Accounting Fraud in 2006
New Century Financial Corporation · Brad Morrice · David Einhorn · +2
5
2006-12-29AT&T Completes $86 Billion BellSouth Acquisition: Bell System Reassembled After 1984 Breakup
AT&T Inc. · BellSouth Corporation · Federal Communications Commission · +1
4
2006-12-07Bush Administration Fires 9 U.S. Attorneys for Political Reasons
Alberto Gonzales · Karl Rove · David Iglesias · +3
6
2006-12-01Subprime Mortgage Delinquencies Surge to 13%, Nearly Double Mid-2005 Rates, as Crisis Accelerates
Subprime borrowers · Mortgage lenders · Federal Reserve · +1
4
2006-10-23Jeffrey Skilling Sentenced to 24 Years for Enron Fraud
Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice · Sim Lake
3
2006-09-29Bush Signs Credit Rating Agency Reform Act, But Law Fails to Address Core Conflicts of Interest
President George W. Bush · Securities and Exchange Commission · Moody's Investors Service · +3
6
2006-09-29Federal Regulators Issue Weakened Mortgage Guidance After Year of Industry Lobbying, Ignoring Warnings
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Federal Reserve · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · +9
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2006-09-15Congressman Bob Ney Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Corruption Scandal
Bob Ney · Jack Abramoff · U.S. House of Representatives · +3
6
2006-09-06Bush Publicly Acknowledges CIA Secret Prisons for First Time, Transfers Detainees to Guantanamo
George W. Bush · Central Intelligence Agency · Khalid Sheikh Mohammed · +2
5
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
HBGary, Inc. · Greg Hoglund · DHS Science and Technology Directorate
3
2006-07-27Voting Rights Act Reauthorization of 2006: 25-Year Extension Passes with Bipartisan Supermajority Before Conservative Legal Assault
George W. Bush · U.S. Congress · James Sensenbrenner · +2
5
2006-07-24ABA Condemns Bush 800+ Signing Statements Nullifying Oversight
George W. Bush · American Bar Association · Dick Cheney · +2
5
2006-07-05Ken Lay Dies Before Sentencing, Conviction Later Vacated
Kenneth Lay
1
2006-07-01Housing Bubble Peaks as Predatory Subprime Lending Reaches Maximum, Setting Stage for Collapse
Countrywide Financial · New Century Financial · Washington Mutual · +3
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2006-06-07Model Ruslana Korshunova, 18, flies to Epstein's island two years before suspicious death
Ruslana Korshunova · Jeffrey Epstein
2
2006-06-01Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates to 5.25%, Triggering Payment Shock for Subprime Borrowers
Federal Reserve · Ben Bernanke · Subprime borrowers · +1
4
2006-05-25Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling Convicted of Enron Fraud and Conspiracy
Kenneth Lay · Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice
3
2006-05-18Competitive Enterprise Institute Launches "CO2 is Life" Advertising Campaign
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Myron Ebell · ExxonMobil · +1
4
2006-05-15eBay v. MercExchange: Supreme Court Limits Automatic Patent Injunctions, Enabling Patent Troll Business Model to Flourish
U.S. Supreme Court · Clarence Thomas · Anthony Kennedy · +2
5
2006-05-08Michael Hayden Nominated as CIA Director Despite NSA Surveillance Controversy
Michael Hayden · George W. Bush · Senate Intelligence Committee · +3
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2006-05-01Magnetar Capital Launches $30 Billion CDO Strategy, Betting Against Housing While Encouraging Investor Purchases
Magnetar Capital · JPMorgan Chase · Investment banks · +1
4
2006-03-09Dubai Ports World Abandons US Port Takeover Under Congressional Pressure
Dubai Ports World · House Appropriations Committee · Charles Schumer · +6
9
2006-03-01FBI Infiltrates Orange County Mosques with Informant in Dragnet Surveillance
Federal Bureau of Investigation · Craig Monteilh · Muslim community · +1
4
2006-02-22Bush Threatens First Presidential Veto Over Dubai Ports Deal
George W. Bush · Charles Schumer · Dubai Ports World · +4
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2006-01-29NSA Cancels Trailblazer Program After SAIC Wastes Over $1 Billion on Failed Surveillance System
Science Applications International Corporation · National Security Agency · Michael Hayden · +5
8
2006-01-24KBR (Halliburton Subsidiary) Awarded $385M DHS/ICE Contingency Contract for Emergency Immigrant Detention Facilities
Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · Dick Cheney · +5
8
2006-01-23Ameriquest Agrees to $325 Million Settlement for Predatory Lending Practices with 49 States
Ameriquest Mortgage Company · ACC Capital Holdings · State Attorneys General · +2
5
2006-01-03Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty in 5M Corruption Scandal
Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · Bob Ney · +4
7
2006-01-01Ares Management Acquires Aspen Dental: Private Equity Dental Roll-Up Strategy Launches Industry Consolidation
Aspen Dental · Ares Management · Leonard Green & Partners · +1
4
2006-01-01Countrywide Begins Process to Switch to Office of Thrift Supervision for Lighter Regulation
Countrywide Financial · Angelo Mozilo · Office of Thrift Supervision · +2
5
2006-01-01IndyMac and WaMu Drive Option ARM Mortgages to 42% of Adjustable-Rate Market in 2006
IndyMac Bank · Washington Mutual · Countrywide Financial · +4
7
2006-01-01Palantir Wins First Major Contract with Joint IED Defeat Organization for Iraq and Afghanistan
Palantir Technologies · Joint IED Defeat Organization · U.S. Department of Defense
3
2006-01-01Synthetic CDO Issuance Explodes to $61 Billion in 2006, Amplifying Housing Market Risk Exponentially
Goldman Sachs · Deutsche Bank · Morgan Stanley · +4
7
2005-12-16New York Times Exposes NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program
James Risen · Eric Lichtblau · New York Times · +2
5
2005-12-15Coast Guard Identifies Critical Intelligence Gaps in Dubai Ports World Deal
US Coast Guard · Dubai Ports World · UAE · +3
6
2005-12-15NSA Whistleblower Russell Tice Reports Illegal Domestic Surveillance
Russell Tice · National Security Agency · Senate Intelligence Committee · +3
6
2005-11-28Rep. Duke Cunningham Pleads Guilty to $2.4 Million Bribery Scheme
Duke Cunningham · Mitchell Wade · Carol Lam · +1
4
2005-11-16Energy Committee Hearings Expose Oil Industry Climate Denial Campaign and Regulatory Capture
House Energy and Commerce Committee · Dick Cheney · ExxonMobil · +1
4
2005-11-16Oil Executives Deny Task Force Participation Despite Documentary Evidence
ExxonMobil · Chevron · ConocoPhillips · +12
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2005-11-09CIA Destroys 92 Torture Interrogation Videotapes to Conceal Evidence
Jose Rodriguez · Central Intelligence Agency · Gina Haspel · +3
6
2005-11-08Dick Cheney Lobbies Congress for CIA Exemption from McCain Torture Ban
Dick Cheney · John McCain · Porter Goss · +2
5
2005-11-07Harry Markopolos Submits 'The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud' to SEC, Agency Ignores Detailed Evidence for Third Time
Harry Markopolos · Securities and Exchange Commission · Bernie Madoff
3
2005-11-02Washington Post Reveals CIA's Secret Prison Network in Eastern Europe
Central Intelligence Agency · Dana Priest · Washington Post · +3
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2005-10-28Karl Rove Orchestrates Political Prosecution of Don Siegelman
Don Siegelman · Karl Rove · Jill Simpson · +3
6
2005-10-15Dubai Ports World Initiates Controversial CFIUS Review for US Port Management Acquisition
Dubai Ports World · Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum · CFIUS · +4
7
2005-09-28House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Indicted for Money Laundering and Conspiracy
Tom DeLay
1
2005-08-29Hurricane Katrina Enables .4B No-Bid Disaster Capitalism Takeover
Dick Cheney · Halliburton · Bechtel · +3
6
2005-08-25Hans von Spakovsky Overrules DOJ Career Staff to Approve Georgia Voter ID Law Targeting Black Voters
Hans von Spakovsky · Department of Justice Civil Rights Division · Georgia Legislature · +2
5
2005-08-11Jack Abramoff Indicted for Wire Fraud in SunCruz Casinos Purchase
Jack Abramoff · Adam Kidan
2
2005-08-08Energy Task Force Recommendations Become EPA Policy Without Review
Dick Cheney · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · ExxonMobil · +4
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2005-08-03FBI Finds $90,000 in Cash Hidden in Rep. William Jefferson's Freezer
William Jefferson · Lori Mody
2
2005-07-28KBR Employee Jamie Leigh Jones Alleges Gang Rape in Iraq, Exposes Systematic Use of Mandatory Arbitration to Shield Contractor Accountability
Jamie Leigh Jones · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · +4
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2005-07-13WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
Bernard Ebbers · Department of Justice
2
2005-07-01Bain, KKR, and Vornado Acquire Toys 'R' Us for $6.6 Billion, Loading Company with $5 Billion Debt
Bain Capital · KKR · Vornado Realty Trust · +1
4
2005-06-30Investigation Reveals $15M in Lobbyist-Funded Congressional Travel and Fact-Finding Junkets
Tom DeLay · Jack Abramoff · Susan Hirschmann · +1
4
2005-06-15FAA Delegates Safety Certification Authority to Boeing Through Organization Designation Authorization Program
Federal Aviation Administration · Boeing Corporation · Aircraft manufacturers · +4
7
2005-06-08Phil Cooney Climate Science Censorship Exposed by Whistleblower
Phil Cooney · Rick Piltz · James Hansen · +2
5
2005-06-03L-3 Communications Acquires Titan Corporation for $2.65 Billion, Absorbing Abu Ghraib Contractor
L-3 Communications · Titan Corporation · Department of Defense
3
2005-05-23Trump Launches "Trump University" Real Estate Seminars Without Academic License or Accreditation
Donald Trump · Michael Sexton
2
2005-05-10Bradbury OLC Memos Reconstruct CIA Interrogation Authorization Post-Goldsmith Withdrawal — Three May 2005 Memos Re-authorize Waterboarding
Steven G. Bradbury · Alberto Gonzales · John A. Rizzo · +5
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2005-04-20Bankruptcy Act Makes Private Student Loans Non-Dischargeable - Weaponizing Law Against Students
George W. Bush · MBNA · Sallie Mae
3
2005-04-20Two Decades of Bankruptcy Weaponization: Students Crushed While Corporations Shield Billions (2005-2024)
Corinthian Colleges · ITT Tech · University of Phoenix · +4
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2005-04-11Trump Admits to Entering Pageant Dressing Rooms on Howard Stern
Donald Trump · Howard Stern
2
2005-04-01Public Citizen Report Shows 43% of Lawmakers Leaving Congress Became Lobbyists
Public Citizen · U.S. Congress · K Street
3