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DateEventActorsLanes
2005-03-14Tom Daschle Joins Private Equity Firm and Lobbying After Senate Majority Leadership
Tom Daschle · InterMedia Advisors · Alston & Bird · +1
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2005-03-01Palm Beach police investigation begins after parent reports $300 payment to 14-year-old
Palm Beach Police Department · Jeffrey Epstein · Unnamed parent · +2
5
2005-01-15John Negroponte Becomes First Director of National Intelligence
John Negroponte · George W. Bush · Senate Intelligence Committee · +2
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2005-01-07Armstrong Williams Paid 40K for Illegal Government Propaganda
Armstrong Williams · Rod Paige · U.S. Department of Education · +2
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2005-01-03Dick Gephardt Founds Lobbying Firm After 28 Years as House Democratic Leader
Dick Gephardt · Gephardt Group · DLA Piper
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2005-01-01ALEC Approves 'Great Schools Tax Credit' Model - Launches Systematic Education Privatization Campaign
American Legislative Exchange Council · ALEC Education Task Force · K12 Inc. · +5
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2005-01-01ALEC Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Models Achieve Nationwide Adoption, Guaranteeing Private Prison Profits
American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · +2
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2005-01-01CIA's In-Q-Tel Makes Strategic Investment in Palantir Technologies
In-Q-Tel · Central Intelligence Agency · Palantir Technologies
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2005-01-01Private Equity Assets Under Management Reach $1 Trillion, Enabling Systematic Extraction Across Economy
Blackstone · KKR · Bain Capital · +2
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2004-12-17Intelligence Reform Act Creates DNI, Accelerates Contractor Dependence
George W. Bush · U.S. Congress · 9-11 Commission · +1
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2004-12-15Billy Tauzin Joins PhRMA as CEO After Shepherding $200B Medicare Drug Bill
Billy Tauzin · PhRMA · Medicare
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2004-12-13Oracle Completes PeopleSoft Acquisition for $10.3 Billion After Defeating Antitrust Challenge
Oracle · Larry Ellison · PeopleSoft · +1
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2004-11-30Trump Outbids Epstein for Palm Beach Mansion, Ending Friendship
Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein · Judge Steven Friedman · +3
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2004-11-21Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Files Bankruptcy, Trump Removed as CEO
Donald Trump
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2004-11-18FDA Whistleblower David Graham Testifies on Vioxx Cover-up Before Senate
Dr. David Graham · Food and Drug Administration · Merck · +2
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2004-11-02Diebold Voting Machine Irregularities in Ohio 2004 Presidential Election
Walden O'Dell · John Conyers · Kenneth Blackwell · +1
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2004-11-02Massey Energy CEO Spends $3 Million to Elect Judge in Case Against His Company
Don Blankenship · Brent Benjamin · Hugh Caperton · +3
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2004-11-02Ohio Evangelical Turnout Delivers Bush Reelection: "Values Voters" Become the Decisive Electoral Bloc
George W. Bush · Ken Blackwell · Rod Parsley · +1
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2004-10-27Google Acquires CIA-Backed Keyhole, Foundation for Google Earth
Google · Keyhole Inc. · In-Q-Tel · +1
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2004-09-30Merck Withdraws Vioxx After Concealing Heart Attack Risk, FDA Failure Causes Estimated 28,000-55,000 Deaths
Merck · Food and Drug Administration · David Graham · +1
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2004-08-24CIA Awards Blackwater Classified Intelligence Contracts, Creating Private Paramilitary-Intelligence Capability
Blackwater · Erik Prince · Central Intelligence Agency · +2
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2004-08-19Google IPO Raises $1.67B With "Don't Be Evil" Motto
Google · Larry Page · Sergey Brin · +1
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2004-08-10Porter Goss Begins Systematic Purge of CIA Analysts
Porter Goss · John McLaughlin · Stephen Kappes · +3
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2004-07-22Koch Network Restructures: CSE Splits into FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity
David Koch · Charles Koch · Dick Armey · +6
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2004-07-11CIA Director George Tenet Departs After Iraq Intelligence Failures, Joins Investment Bank and Intelligence Company Boards
George Tenet · Allen & Company · QinetiQ · +4
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2004-07-07Enron Founder Ken Lay Indicted on 11 Counts of Fraud and Conspiracy
Kenneth Lay · Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice
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2004-07-01Kroll Associates sold to Marsh & McLennan for $1.9 billion
Kroll Associates · Marsh & McLennan · Jules Kroll
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2004-06-28WHIG-Enabled Torture Authorization Establishes Executive Immunity Precedent for Constitutional Crisis Governance
John Yoo · Jay Bybee · Alberto Gonzales · +7
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2004-06-24Supreme Court Protects Cheney Energy Task Force Secrecy
Dick Cheney · U.S. Supreme Court · Anthony Kennedy · +5
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2004-06-04Stewart v. Blackwell Applies Bush v. Gore Equal Protection Precedent to Ohio Voting Disparities
Sixth Circuit Court · Ohio Secretary of State · Ken Blackwell · +2
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2004-06-01The Apprentice Serves as 14-Season Promotional Vehicle for Trump Properties and Brand
Donald Trump · Mark Burnett · NBC
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2004-05-10Canada Concludes Maher Arar Wrongly Rendered to Syria for Torture Based on False Intelligence
Maher Arar · Central Intelligence Agency · Royal Canadian Mounted Police · +2
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2004-04-28Abu Ghraib Photos Reveal Private Contractors Conducted Interrogations at Military Prison
CACI International · Titan Corporation · U.S. Army · +7
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2004-04-28SEC Creates Consolidated Supervised Entities Program Allowing Unlimited Investment Bank Leverage
Securities and Exchange Commission · William Donaldson · Bear Stearns · +5
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2004-04-28SEC Implements Alternative Net Capital Rules for Major Investment Banks
Securities and Exchange Commission · Christopher Cox · William Donaldson · +5
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2004-04-28SEC Net Capital Rule Change Enables Investment Bank Leverage Explosion Fueling Housing Bubble
Securities and Exchange Commission · William Donaldson · Goldman Sachs · +4
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2004-03-31Four Blackwater Contractors Killed in Fallujah Ambush, Bodies Hung from Bridge, Triggering First Battle of Fallujah
Erik Prince · Blackwater · Scott Helvenston · +4
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2004-03-10Hospital Confrontation Over NSA Surveillance Program
John Ashcroft · James Comey · Alberto Gonzales · +2
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2004-02-26Department of Justice Files Antitrust Lawsuit to Block Oracle-PeopleSoft Merger
Department of Justice · Oracle · PeopleSoft · +1
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2004-02-22Washington Post Exposes Abramoff Native American Lobbying Scandal
Susan Schmidt · Washington Post · Jack Abramoff · +5
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2004-02-01Accenture Awarded Competitive DHS US-VISIT Contract
Accenture · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Asa Hutchinson · +1
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2004-01-22DC Opportunity Scholarship Program - First Federally-Funded School Voucher System
President George W. Bush · Speaker Dennis Hastert · Senator Judd Gregg · +3
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2004-01-13OCC Federal Preemption Blocks State Anti-Predatory Lending Protections
OCC · John Hawke Jr · Julie Williams · +4
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2004-01-08The Apprentice Premieres on NBC, Rehabilitating Trump's Image After Bankruptcies
Donald Trump · Mark Burnett · NBC
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2004-01-08The Apprentice Serves as 14-Season Promotional Vehicle for Trump Properties and Brand
Donald Trump · NBC · Mark Burnett
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2004-01-05Scott Bloch Dismisses 1,000+ Whistleblower Cases at OSC
Scott Bloch · Office of Special Counsel · Whistleblower Groups · +2
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2003-11-25Bush Administration Hides 39B Medicare Part D Cost from Congress
Thomas Scully · Richard Foster · George W. Bush · +2
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2003-11-25Medicare Part D Passes After Pharmaceutical Industry Writes Price Negotiation Ban
Billy Tauzin · House Energy and Commerce Committee · PhRMA · +1
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2003-10-01Christopher Poole Founds 4chan: Anonymous Imageboard Becomes Radicalization Infrastructure
Christopher Poole
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2003-09-24Congress Officially Defunds Total Information Awareness Program
U.S. Congress · United States Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · +6
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2003-09-19Paul Bremer Issues CPA Order 39 Imposing Radical Free Market Restructuring on Occupied Iraq
Paul Bremer · Coalition Provisional Authority · George W. Bush · +1
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2003-09-19Paul Bremer Order 39 Privatizes Iraq Economy for Foreign Corporations
Paul Bremer · Coalition Provisional Authority · Iraqi Government · +1
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2003-08-29John Poindexter Resigns from DARPA After TIA Scandal, Surveillance Architect Exits to Private Sector
John Poindexter · DARPA · Information Awareness Office · +2
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2003-07-14Robert Novak Exposes CIA Operative Valerie Plame
Robert Novak · Valerie Plame · Joseph Wilson · +4
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2003-07-14Valerie Plame's CIA Identity Leaked in Retaliation for Wilson's Iraq WMD Criticism
Valerie Plame · Joseph Wilson · Robert Novak · +4
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2003-07-07WHIG Coordinates Campaign to Discredit Joseph Wilson, Leading to Plame Leak
White House Iraq Group · Karl Rove · Scooter Libby · +5
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2003-06-30General Dynamics Acquires Veridian for $1.5 Billion, Entering Intelligence Technology Market
General Dynamics · Veridian Corporation · Department of Defense · +2
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2003-06-26HCA Healthcare Pays $1.7 Billion in Largest Medicare Fraud Settlement in U.S. History
HCA Healthcare · Rick Scott · Department of Justice
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2003-06-23Grutter v. Bollinger - Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action but Sets 25-Year Limit
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor · Justice Clarence Thomas · University of Michigan Law School · +2
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2003-06-15NSA Awards AT&T $500 Million Multi-Year Surveillance Infrastructure Contract
George W. Bush · Michael Hayden · AT&T Leadership · +1
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2003-06-06Oracle Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for PeopleSoft Worth $5.1 Billion
Oracle · Larry Ellison · PeopleSoft · +1
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2003-06-02FCC Attempts Massive Media Deregulation Under Michael Powell Despite 97% Public Opposition
Michael K. Powell · Colin Powell · George W. Bush · +3
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2003-06-02FCC Deregulation Enables Sinclair Broadcasting Expansion
Michael Powell · Federal Communications Commission · Sinclair Broadcasting · +2
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2003-05-28Bush Signs JGTRRA - Dividend and Capital Gains Rates Slashed to 15%, Massively Favoring Investment Income Over Wages
George W. Bush · Dick Cheney · Bill Thomas · +5
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2003-05-06Coalition Provisional Authority Loses .8B in Iraqi Oil Revenue
Paul Bremer · Coalition Provisional Authority · Stuart Bowen · +2
5
2003-05-06Paul Bremer Begins Issuing 'CPA 100 Orders' to Restructure Iraq's Economy Under Military Occupation
Paul Bremer · Coalition Provisional Authority · George W. Bush · +2
5
2003-05-01Palantir Technologies Founded by Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, and PayPal Engineers
Peter Thiel · Alex Karp · Nathan Gettings · +5
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2003-05-01Powell-WHIG Template Establishes Crisis-Accelerated Institutional Capture Blueprint for Ongoing Democratic Transformation
George W. Bush · Powell Memorandum Institutional Network · White House Iraq Group · +7
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2003-03-14Yoo OLC Memo Exempts 'Wartime' Domestic Surveillance from Fourth Amendment — Stealth Authorization of NSA Warrantless Wiretap Program
John C. Yoo · Jay Bybee · William Haynes II · +6
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2003-03-08Halliburton Gets 9.5B Iraq Contracts with Cheney Ties
Dick Cheney · Halliburton · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · +3
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2003-03-08Halliburton KBR Receives $7 Billion No-Bid Iraq Contract Through Systematic Corporate-State Fusion Infrastructure Coordination
Dick Cheney · Halliburton Corporation · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · +5
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2003-03-01Abu Zubaydah - Waterboarded 83 Times, Tortured for Years, Never Charged with Any Crime
Abu Zubaydah · Central Intelligence Agency · James Mitchell · +2
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2003-03-01Vanity Fair editor removes Epstein victim allegations after intimidation meeting
Graydon Carter · Vicky Ward · Jeffrey Epstein · +2
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2003-02-28NSA Officer Kwiatkowski Documents OSP-WHIG Intelligence Corruption as Whistleblower
Karen Kwiatkowski · Office of Special Plans · White House Iraq Group · +7
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2003-02-05Colin Powell Presents False WMD Evidence to UN Security Council
Colin Powell · George W. Bush · Dick Cheney · +2
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2003-02-01In-Q-Tel Invests in Keyhole's EarthViewer During Iraq War Buildup
In-Q-Tel · Keyhole Inc. · National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · +1
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2003-01-21OGC Formalizes Systematic Network Coordination Infrastructure Through Executive Order
George W. Bush · Office of Global Communications · White House Iraq Group · +4
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2003-01-15WHIG Establishes Systematic Opposition Research and Critic Monitoring Apparatus
Karl Rove · Karen Hughes · Mary Matalin · +4
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2003-01-07OCC Preempts Georgia Fair Lending Law, Blocking State Consumer Protections
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · John Hawke Jr · Georgia State Legislature · +2
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2003-01-01Clarence Thomas Begins Undisclosed Luxury Trips on Harlan Crow's Yacht and Private Jets
Clarence Thomas · Harlan Crow · Rochelle Charter (Crow's yacht company)
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2003-01-01ExxonMobil Channels Millions to Climate Denial Think Tanks and Front Groups
ExxonMobil · American Enterprise Institute · Cato Institute · +3
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2003-01-01Google Establishes "Double Irish, Dutch Sandwich" Tax Avoidance Structure
Google · Larry Page · Sergey Brin · +4
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2003-01-01State Policy Network Organizational Profile: Coordinating 66 State Think Tanks for Synchronized Corporate Capture
State Policy Network · Thomas A. Roe · Bradley Foundation · +6
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2002-12-19Central Park Five Exonerated: DNA Proves Innocence After 13 Years
Yusef Salaam · Korey Wise · Antron McCray · +4
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2002-12-18OSP Fabricates Iraq-al Qaeda Intelligence for WHIG Propaganda Campaign
Office of Special Plans · White House Iraq Group · Douglas Feith · +6
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2002-12-01CIA Begins Systematic Use of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques on Detainees
Central Intelligence Agency · Abu Zubaydah · Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri · +3
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2002-11-25WHIG Establishes Executive Deception Infrastructure as Constitutional Precedent for Crisis Governance
White House Iraq Group · Andrew Card · Karl Rove · +7
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2002-11-20OSP Systematically Bypasses CIA Vetting to Feed Fabricated Intelligence to WHIG
Office of Special Plans · White House Iraq Group · Douglas Feith · +5
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2002-11-15Federalist Society Provides WHIG with Crisis-Accelerated Legal Justification Infrastructure for Powell Memorandum Implementation
Federalist Society · John Yoo · Jay Bybee · +7
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2002-11-09New York Times Exposes Total Information Awareness Surveillance Program, Sparking Public Outcry
New York Times · John Markoff · DARPA · +4
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2002-11-05OSP Fabricates Iraq-Al Qaeda Connection Intelligence for WHIG Distribution
Douglas Feith · Paul Wolfowitz · Donald Rumsfeld · +5
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2002-10-29Help America Vote Act Signed: Provisional Ballots, Voter ID, and Electronic Voting Vulnerabilities
George W. Bush · U.S. Election Assistance Commission
2
2002-10-28Trump Calls Epstein "Terrific Guy" Who Likes Women "On the Younger Side"
Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein
2
2002-10-25WHIG Coordinates Post-Vote Intelligence Suppression Campaign
White House Iraq Group · Dick Cheney · Karl Rove · +4
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2002-10-16WHIG Achieves Systematic Bypass of Constitutional Separation of Powers Through Congressional Deception
George W. Bush · White House Iraq Group · U.S. Congress · +6
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2002-10-15OSP-WHIG Coordination Establishes Systematic Intelligence Manipulation Pipeline
Office of Special Plans · White House Iraq Group · Douglas Feith · +5
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2002-10-12OSP and WHIG Establish Daily Intelligence-Propaganda Coordination Meetings
Douglas Feith · Paul Wolfowitz · Andrew Card · +4
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2002-10-11Iraq War Authorization Vote Succeeds Through WHIG's Systematic Congressional Deception
White House Iraq Group · U.S. House of Representatives · U.S. Senate · +8
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2002-10-10Congressional Iraq Authorization Vote Based on WHIG Fabrications
White House Iraq Group · Dick Cheney · Karl Rove · +4
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2002-10-08Bush Invokes Taft-Hartley Against Locked-Out Dockworkers, First Use Since 1971
George W. Bush · Pacific Maritime Association · International Longshore and Warehouse Union · +1
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