Capture lane

Intelligence Penetration

The Intelligence Penetration capture lane traces 915 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

915 events From Aug 22, 1850 To Apr 9, 2026 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
2009-02-17Trump Entertainment Resorts Files Bankruptcy, Trump Resigns from Board
Donald Trump
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2009-02-13Blackwater Rebrands as Xe Services to Distance from Nisour Square Massacre and Iraq War Crimes
Erik Prince · Blackwater · Xe Services
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2009-01-20Obama Admin Prosecutes Zero Wall Street Executives Despite Crisis Fraud
Eric Holder · Department of Justice · Wall Street Banks · Lanny Breuer · +1
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2009-01-01LAPD's Joint Regional Intelligence Center Begins Using Palantir for Surveillance
Joint Regional Intelligence Center · Los Angeles Police Department · Palantir Technologies · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2008-12-11Bernie Madoff Arrested for $65 Billion Ponzi Scheme After SEC Ignored Warnings for 16 Years
Bernie Madoff · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Securities and Exchange Commission · Harry Markopolos
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2008-10-03Bush Signs 00B Bank Bailout with Minimal Oversight
George W. Bush · Henry Paulson · Goldman Sachs · Citigroup · +3
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2008-10-03Congress Passes $700 Billion TARP Bailout Without Criminal Accountability Provisions
Henry Paulson · Goldman Sachs · JPMorgan Chase · Bank of America · +4
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2008-10-03Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Creates $700 Billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to Bail Out Wall Street Banks with Minimal Oversight or Executive Accountability Requirements, Leading to Just One Criminal Prosecution Compared to 900+ in 1980s Savings & Loan Crisis
Henry Paulson · George W. Bush · Ben Bernanke · Nancy Pelosi · +6
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2008-09-29Financial Services Committee Members Who Supported Bailout Received 39% More Wall Street Money
Barney Frank · House Financial Services Committee · Wall Street · TARP
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2008-09-16Federal Reserve Provides $85 Billion Emergency Loan to AIG, Eventually Growing to $182 Billion in Total Taxpayer Commitments to Bail Out Insurance Giant That Gambled on Credit Default Swaps, Followed by $165 Million in Executive Bonuses Paid to Employees Who Caused the Crisis
American International Group · Federal Reserve · Ben Bernanke · Timothy Geithner · +3
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2008-09-15Trump Jr. says Russians make up disproportionate cross-section of assets
Donald Trump Jr. · Trump Organization
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2008-09-04Jack Abramoff Sentenced to 48 Months Prison and $23 Million Restitution
Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · Native American Tribes · U.S. District Court · +5
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2008-08-29Bush Privatizes 70% of Intelligence Budget to Contractors
Bush Administration · Booz Allen Hamilton · SAIC · CACI · +3
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2008-07-31FISA Court Finds NSA Surveillance Programs Systematically Unconstitutional
FISA Court · National Security Agency · Department of Justice · Michael Hayden · +2
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2008-07-16Trump sells Palm Beach 'Maison de L'Amitié' to Dmitry Rybolovlev for $95M
Dmitry Rybolovlev · Donald Trump · Trump Organization
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2008-07-09FISA Amendments Act of 2008 Passes, Granting Telecom Immunity
U.S. Congress · George W. Bush · United States Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · +3
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2008-07-01Bank of America Completes $4 Billion Acquisition of Countrywide Financial After Predatory Lending and Fraud Schemes Targeting Minorities Caused $50 Billion in Losses, with CEO Angelo Mozilo Paying Only $67.5 Million SEC Settlement and Facing Zero Criminal Charges
Angelo Mozilo · Countrywide Financial · Bank of America · Securities and Exchange Commission · +2
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2008-06-28Model Ruslana Korshunova dies in suspicious fall two years after Epstein island visit
Ruslana Korshunova · Jeffrey Epstein · Virginia Giuffre · Valentina Kutenkova
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2008-03-20Sprint Nextel GPS Location Data Sharing with Law Enforcement
Sprint Nextel · National Security Agency · Bush Administration · Law Enforcement Agencies
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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 · U.S. Department of Defense · +3
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2008-01-01Palantir Gotham Platform Released for Intelligence and Defense Applications
Palantir Technologies · Central Intelligence Agency · Intelligence Community
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2008-01-01Report: Acosta told Trump transition Epstein 'belonged to intelligence' (unconfirmed)
Alexander Acosta · Jeffrey Epstein · US Intelligence · Department of Justice
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2007-11-15Thomas Drake Reports NSA Trailblazer Program Waste and Constitutional Violations
Thomas Drake · National Security Agency · DOD Inspector General · Trailblazer Program · +3
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2007-11-02CIA Detainee Gul Rahman Froze to Death at Black Site - No One Prosecuted for Homicide
Gul Rahman · Central Intelligence Agency · Afghanistan
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2007-10-19Associated Press Investigation Exposes Comcast's Secret BitTorrent Throttling and Blocking
Comcast Corporation · Associated Press · Electronic Frontier Foundation · TorrentFreak
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2007-09-16Blackwater Nisour Square Massacre Exposes Systematic Private Military Corporate-State Fusion Accountability Crisis and Constitutional Violation
Blackwater Worldwide · Erik Prince · State Department · Central Intelligence Agency · +4
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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 · Humana · +2
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2007-08-01Verizon's Deep Involvement in NSA Surveillance Programs
Bush Administration · National Security Agency · Verizon Communications
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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 · Dick Cheney · +1
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2007-04-01FISA Court Judge Rejects NSA Warrantless Surveillance Expansion
Roger Vinson · FISA Court · National Security Agency · Bush Administration · +1
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2007-03-09DOJ Inspector General Documents Systematic FBI Surveillance Abuse
Glenn Fine · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice · U.S. Congress · +2
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2007-03-06Scooter Libby Convicted on Four Counts in CIA Leak Case
Lewis 'Scooter' Libby · Patrick Fitzgerald · Dick Cheney · George W. Bush · +2
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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 · NSO Group
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2007-01-01Palantir Begins Rapid Expansion Across U.S. Government Agencies
Palantir Technologies · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1
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2006-12-07Bush Administration Fires 9 U.S. Attorneys for Political Reasons
Alberto Gonzales · Karl Rove · David Iglesias · Carol Lam · +2
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2006-07-24ABA Condemns Bush 800+ Signing Statements Nullifying Oversight
George W. Bush · American Bar Association · Dick Cheney · David Addington · +1
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2006-05-18Competitive Enterprise Institute Launches "CO2 is Life" Advertising Campaign
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Myron Ebell · ExxonMobil · Curt Davis
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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 · eBay · +1
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2006-05-08Michael Hayden Nominated as CIA Director Despite NSA Surveillance Controversy
Michael Hayden · George W. Bush · Senate Intelligence Committee · National Security Agency · +2
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2006-03-09Dubai Ports World Abandons US Port Takeover Under Congressional Pressure
Dubai Ports World · House Appropriations Committee · Charles Schumer · Dennis Hastert · +5
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2006-02-22Bush Threatens First Presidential Veto Over Dubai Ports Deal
George W. Bush · Charles Schumer · Dubai Ports World · UAE · +3
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2006-01-01Ares Management Acquires Aspen Dental: Private Equity Dental Roll-Up Strategy Launches Industry Consolidation
Aspen Dental · Ares Management · Leonard Green & Partners · American Securities
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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
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2005-12-16New York Times Exposes NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program
James Risen · Eric Lichtblau · New York Times · George W. Bush · +1
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2005-12-15Coast Guard Identifies Critical Intelligence Gaps in Dubai Ports World Deal
US Coast Guard · Dubai Ports World · UAE · 9/11 Commission · +2
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2005-12-15NSA Whistleblower Russell Tice Reports Illegal Domestic Surveillance
Russell Tice · National Security Agency · Senate Intelligence Committee · James Risen · +2
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2005-11-08Dick Cheney Lobbies Congress for CIA Exemption from McCain Torture Ban
Dick Cheney · John McCain · Porter Goss · Central Intelligence Agency · +1
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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
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2005-10-28Karl Rove Orchestrates Political Prosecution of Don Siegelman
Don Siegelman · Karl Rove · Jill Simpson · Leura Canary · +2
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2005-10-15Dubai Ports World Initiates Controversial CFIUS Review for US Port Management Acquisition
Dubai Ports World · Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum · CFIUS · US Coast Guard · +3
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2005-08-03FBI Finds $90,000 in Cash Hidden in Rep. William Jefferson's Freezer
William Jefferson · Lori Mody
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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 · Ted Poe · +3
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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 · Toys R Us
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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 · David Addington · +4
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2005-04-20Bankruptcy Act Makes Private Student Loans Non-Dischargeable - Weaponizing Law Against Students
George W. Bush · MBNA · Sallie Mae
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2005-04-20Two Decades of Bankruptcy Weaponization: Students Crushed While Corporations Shield Billions (2005-2024)
Corinthian Colleges · ITT Tech · University of Phoenix · Purdue Pharma · +3
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2005-01-15John Negroponte Becomes First Director of National Intelligence
John Negroponte · George W. Bush · Senate Intelligence Committee · Director of National Intelligence · +1
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2005-01-07Armstrong Williams Paid 40K for Illegal Government Propaganda
Armstrong Williams · Rod Paige · U.S. Department of Education · Ketchum Inc · +1
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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 · Apollo · +1
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2004-11-30Trump Outbids Epstein for Palm Beach Mansion, Ending Friendship
Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein · Judge Steven Friedman · Joseph Luzinski (bankruptcy trustee) · +2
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2004-08-10Porter Goss Begins Systematic Purge of CIA Analysts
Porter Goss · John McLaughlin · Stephen Kappes · Michael Sulick · +2
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2004-07-22Koch Network Restructures: CSE Splits into FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity
David Koch · Charles Koch · Dick Armey · Nancy Pfotenhauer · +5
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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 · White House Iraq Group · +6
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2004-06-24Supreme Court Protects Cheney Energy Task Force Secrecy
Dick Cheney · U.S. Supreme Court · Anthony Kennedy · Antonin Scalia · +4
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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 · Stewart v. Blackwell plaintiffs · +1
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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 · Syria · +1
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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 · Lehman Brothers · +4
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2004-04-28SEC Implements Alternative Net Capital Rules for Major Investment Banks
Securities and Exchange Commission · Christopher Cox · William Donaldson · Goldman Sachs · +4
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2004-03-10Hospital Confrontation Over NSA Surveillance Program
John Ashcroft · James Comey · Alberto Gonzales · Andy Card · +1
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2004-01-05Scott Bloch Dismisses 1,000+ Whistleblower Cases at OSC
Scott Bloch · Office of Special Counsel · Whistleblower Groups · U.S. Congress · +1
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2003-11-25Bush Administration Hides 39B Medicare Part D Cost from Congress
Thomas Scully · Richard Foster · George W. Bush · Charles Rangel · +1
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2003-09-19Paul Bremer Order 39 Privatizes Iraq Economy for Foreign Corporations
Paul Bremer · Coalition Provisional Authority · Iraqi Government · BearingPoint Inc
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2003-07-14Robert Novak Exposes CIA Operative Valerie Plame
Robert Novak · Valerie Plame · Joseph Wilson · Richard Armitage · +3
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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 · Dick Cheney · +3
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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 · Colin Powell · +4
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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 · NSA Officials
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2003-05-06Coalition Provisional Authority Loses .8B in Iraqi Oil Revenue
Paul Bremer · Coalition Provisional Authority · Stuart Bowen · Halliburton · +1
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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 · Heritage Foundation · +6
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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 · Michael Hayden · +5
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2003-03-08Halliburton Gets 9.5B Iraq Contracts with Cheney Ties
Dick Cheney · Halliburton · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Bunnatine Greenhouse · +2
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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) · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · +4
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2003-03-01Vanity Fair editor removes Epstein victim allegations after intimidation meeting
Graydon Carter · Vicky Ward · Jeffrey Epstein · Vanity Fair · +1
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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 · Douglas Feith · +6
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2003-02-05Colin Powell Presents False WMD Evidence to UN Security Council
Colin Powell · George W. Bush · Dick Cheney · Central 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 · Television Network Executives · +3
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2003-01-15WHIG Establishes Systematic Opposition Research and Critic Monitoring Apparatus
Karl Rove · Karen Hughes · Mary Matalin · Condoleezza Rice · +3
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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 · Michael Maloof · +5
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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 · Dick Cheney · +6
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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 · Harold Rhode · +4
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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 · Steven Calabresi · +6
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2002-11-05OSP Fabricates Iraq-Al Qaeda Connection Intelligence for WHIG Distribution
Douglas Feith · Paul Wolfowitz · Donald Rumsfeld · Dick Cheney · +4
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2002-10-28Trump Calls Epstein "Terrific Guy" Who Likes Women "On the Younger Side"
Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein
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2002-10-25WHIG Coordinates Post-Vote Intelligence Suppression Campaign
White House Iraq Group · Dick Cheney · Karl Rove · Condoleezza Rice · +3
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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 · Constitutional Framework · +5
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2002-10-15OSP-WHIG Coordination Establishes Systematic Intelligence Manipulation Pipeline
Office of Special Plans · White House Iraq Group · Douglas Feith · Karl Rove · +4
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2002-10-12OSP and WHIG Establish Daily Intelligence-Propaganda Coordination Meetings
Douglas Feith · Paul Wolfowitz · Andrew Card · Dick Cheney · +3
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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 · Hillary Clinton · +7
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2002-10-10Congressional Iraq Authorization Vote Based on WHIG Fabrications
White House Iraq Group · Dick Cheney · Karl Rove · Condoleezza Rice · +3
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