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2007-05-23Monica Goodling Admits Political Screening of DOJ Lawyers
civil-service regent-university goodling +2
2007-05-10Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Criminal Misbranding, $600M Fine, Zero Executives Jailed
regulatory-capture impunity opioid-crisis +3
2007-04-05Halliburton Completes Spin-Off of KBR to Distance from Iraq War Scandals, Fraud Investigations, and $2.7 Billion in Questioned Costs
conflicts-of-interest accountability-crisis corporate-impunity +2
2007-04-02New Century Financial Bankruptcy Signals Start of Subprime Mortgage Crisis
housing regulatory-failure subprime-mortgages +2
2007-04-01FISA Court Judge Rejects NSA Warrantless Surveillance Expansion
warrantless-surveillance constitutional-law fourth-amendment +3
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
conflicts-of-interest tax-avoidance accountability-crisis +2
2007-03-09DOJ Inspector General Documents Systematic FBI Surveillance Abuse
congressional-oversight constitutional-violation fbi-surveillance-abuse +2
2007-03-06Scooter Libby Convicted on Four Counts in CIA Leak Case
iraq-war obstruction-of-justice cheney +4
2007-03-01Stephen Miller and Richard Spencer Organize White Nationalist Speaker at Duke University
white-nationalism stephen-miller richard-spencer
2007-01-01ALEC Launches 'Rich States, Poor States' Report with Arthur Laffer - Annual Corporate Tax Competition Manifesto to Drive Interstate Race-to-Bottom
economic-inequality propaganda alec +6
2007-01-01Cellebrite Launches Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) for Law Enforcement
law-enforcement surveillance technology +2
2007-01-01Palantir Begins Rapid Expansion Across U.S. Government Agencies
surveillance-infrastructure government-contracts fbi +4
2006-12-31New Century Financial Conceals Massive Early Payment Defaults Through Accounting Fraud in 2006
securities-fraud corporate-crime predatory-lending +2
2006-12-29AT&T Completes $86 Billion BellSouth Acquisition: Bell System Reassembled After 1984 Breakup
regulatory-capture antitrust consolidation +4
2006-12-07Bush Administration Fires 9 U.S. Attorneys for Political Reasons
doj authoritarianism political-prosecution +2
2006-12-01Subprime Mortgage Delinquencies Surge to 13%, Nearly Double Mid-2005 Rates, as Crisis Accelerates
regulatory-failure subprime-mortgages housing-bubble +2
2006-10-23Jeffrey Skilling Sentenced to 24 Years for Enron Fraud
corporate-accountability securities-fraud corporate-fraud +2
2006-09-29Bush Signs Credit Rating Agency Reform Act, But Law Fails to Address Core Conflicts of Interest
regulatory-capture financial-deregulation subprime-mortgages +3
2006-09-29Federal Regulators Issue Weakened Mortgage Guidance After Year of Industry Lobbying, Ignoring Warnings
regulatory-capture lobbying regulatory-failure +3
2006-09-15Congressman Bob Ney Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Corruption Scandal
lobbying corruption bribery +3
2006-09-06Bush Publicly Acknowledges CIA Secret Prisons for First Time, Transfers Detainees to Guantanamo
cia torture black-sites +3
2006-07-27Voting Rights Act Reauthorization of 2006: 25-Year Extension Passes with Bipartisan Supermajority Before Conservative Legal Assault
voting-rights federal-legislation bipartisan +2
2006-07-24ABA Condemns Bush 800+ Signing Statements Nullifying Oversight
executive-power constitutional-crisis unitary-executive +2
2006-07-05Ken Lay Dies Before Sentencing, Conviction Later Vacated
corporate-fraud enron criminal-prosecution +1
2006-07-01Housing Bubble Peaks as Predatory Subprime Lending Reaches Maximum, Setting Stage for Collapse
housing predatory-lending subprime-mortgages +2
2006-06-07Model Ruslana Korshunova, 18, flies to Epstein's island two years before suspicious death
jeffrey-epstein ruslana-korshunova little-st-james +4
2006-06-01Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates to 5.25%, Triggering Payment Shock for Subprime Borrowers
federal-reserve subprime-mortgages housing-bubble +2
2006-05-25Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling Convicted of Enron Fraud and Conspiracy
corporate-accountability securities-fraud corporate-fraud +2
2006-05-18Competitive Enterprise Institute Launches "CO2 is Life" Advertising Campaign
climate-denial disinformation fossil-fuels +2
2006-05-15eBay v. MercExchange: Supreme Court Limits Automatic Patent Injunctions, Enabling Patent Troll Business Model to Flourish
supreme-court judicial-capture patent-abuse +3
2006-05-08Michael Hayden Nominated as CIA Director Despite NSA Surveillance Controversy
constitutional-violation cia-militarization hayden-appointment +2
2006-05-01Magnetar Capital Launches $30 Billion CDO Strategy, Betting Against Housing While Encouraging Investor Purchases
wall-street housing-bubble financial-fraud +3
2006-03-09Dubai Ports World Abandons US Port Takeover Under Congressional Pressure
congressional-oversight executive-power national-security +3
2006-03-01FBI Infiltrates Orange County Mosques with Informant in Dragnet Surveillance
civil-liberties surveillance fbi-abuse +2
2006-02-22Bush Threatens First Presidential Veto Over Dubai Ports Deal
regulatory-capture national-security foreign-policy +2
2006-01-23Ameriquest Agrees to $325 Million Settlement for Predatory Lending Practices with 49 States
housing regulatory-failure consumer-protection +2
2006-01-03Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty in 5M Corruption Scandal
lobbying corruption fraud +3
2006-01-01Ares Management Acquires Aspen Dental: Private Equity Dental Roll-Up Strategy Launches Industry Consolidation
antitrust consolidation market-concentration +6
2006-01-01IndyMac and WaMu Drive Option ARM Mortgages to 42% of Adjustable-Rate Market in 2006
regulatory-failure predatory-lending subprime-mortgages +3
2006-01-01Countrywide Begins Process to Switch to Office of Thrift Supervision for Lighter Regulation
regulatory-capture predatory-lending subprime-mortgages +2
2006-01-01Synthetic CDO Issuance Explodes to $61 Billion in 2006, Amplifying Housing Market Risk Exponentially
wall-street systemic-risk synthetic-cdo +3
2006-01-01Palantir Wins First Major Contract with Joint IED Defeat Organization for Iraq and Afghanistan
iraq-war palantir afghanistan-war +3
2005-12-16New York Times Exposes NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program
civil-liberties press-freedom authoritarianism +10
2005-12-15NSA Whistleblower Russell Tice Reports Illegal Domestic Surveillance
warrantless-surveillance constitutional-violation illegal-surveillance +2
2005-12-15Coast Guard Identifies Critical Intelligence Gaps in Dubai Ports World Deal
national-security regulatory-gaps port-security +2
2005-11-28Rep. Duke Cunningham Pleads Guilty to $2.4 Million Bribery Scheme
congressional-corruption defense-contractors republican-party +4
2005-11-16Oil Executives Deny Task Force Participation Despite Documentary Evidence
accountability-evasion corporate-capture oil-industry +4
2005-11-16Energy Committee Hearings Expose Oil Industry Climate Denial Campaign and Regulatory Capture
regulatory-capture lobbying congressional-corruption +2
2005-11-09CIA Destroys 92 Torture Interrogation Videotapes to Conceal Evidence
cia torture war-crimes +4
2005-11-08Dick Cheney Lobbies Congress for CIA Exemption from McCain Torture Ban
cia torture war-crimes +4
2005-11-07Harry Markopolos Submits 'The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud' to SEC, Agency Ignores Detailed Evidence for Third Time
regulatory-capture fraud sec +5
2005-11-02Washington Post Reveals CIA's Secret Prison Network in Eastern Europe
cia torture black-sites +4
2005-10-28Karl Rove Orchestrates Political Prosecution of Don Siegelman
political-prosecution alabama karl-rove +2
2005-10-15Dubai Ports World Initiates Controversial CFIUS Review for US Port Management Acquisition
regulatory-capture national-security foreign-investment +3
2005-09-28House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Indicted for Money Laundering and Conspiracy
congressional-corruption republican-party money-laundering +3
2005-08-29Hurricane Katrina Enables .4B No-Bid Disaster Capitalism Takeover
disaster-capitalism no-bid-contracts privatization +2
2005-08-25Hans von Spakovsky Overrules DOJ Career Staff to Approve Georgia Voter ID Law Targeting Black Voters
institutional-capture heritage-foundation voter-suppression +4
2005-08-11Jack Abramoff Indicted for Wire Fraud in SunCruz Casinos Purchase
congressional-corruption jack-abramoff political-accountability +2
2005-08-08Energy Task Force Recommendations Become EPA Policy Without Review
regulatory-capture environmental-policy executive-privilege +6
2005-08-03FBI Finds $90,000 in Cash Hidden in Rep. William Jefferson's Freezer
congressional-corruption bribery international-corruption +4
2005-07-28KBR Employee Jamie Leigh Jones Alleges Gang Rape in Iraq, Exposes Systematic Use of Mandatory Arbitration to Shield Contractor Accountability
conflicts-of-interest accountability-crisis corporate-impunity +3
2005-07-13WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
corporate-accountability securities-fraud corporate-fraud +2
2005-07-01Bain, KKR, and Vornado Acquire Toys 'R' Us for $6.6 Billion, Loading Company with $5 Billion Debt
wealth-extraction private-equity leveraged-buyout +2
2005-06-30Investigation Reveals $15M in Lobbyist-Funded Congressional Travel and Fact-Finding Junkets
lobbying congressional-corruption ethics-violation +1
2005-06-15FAA Delegates Safety Certification Authority to Boeing Through Organization Designation Authorization Program
institutional-capture regulatory-capture aviation-safety +3
2005-06-08Phil Cooney Climate Science Censorship Exposed by Whistleblower
climate-censorship science-manipulation exxonmobil +2
2005-05-23Trump Launches "Trump University" Real Estate Seminars Without Academic License or Accreditation
fraud consumer-protection trump-university +2
2005-04-20Bankruptcy Act Makes Private Student Loans Non-Dischargeable - Weaponizing Law Against Students
regulatory-capture student-debt financial-fraud +1
2005-04-20Two Decades of Bankruptcy Weaponization: Students Crushed While Corporations Shield Billions (2005-2024)
kleptocracy student-debt inequality +2
2005-04-11Trump Admits to Entering Pageant Dressing Rooms on Howard Stern
abuse-of-power sexual-misconduct pageants
2005-04-01Public Citizen Report Shows 43% of Lawmakers Leaving Congress Became Lobbyists
regulatory-capture lobbying congressional-corruption +1
2005-03-14Tom Daschle Joins Private Equity Firm and Lobbying After Senate Majority Leadership
lobbying congressional-corruption healthcare +2
2005-03-01Palm Beach police investigation begins after parent reports $300 payment to 14-year-old
child-abuse law-enforcement-investigation palm-beach-police +3
2005-01-15John Negroponte Becomes First Director of National Intelligence
intelligence-politicization political-control intelligence-reform +2
2005-01-07Armstrong Williams Paid 40K for Illegal Government Propaganda
propaganda media-manipulation gao +2
2005-01-03Dick Gephardt Founds Lobbying Firm After 28 Years as House Democratic Leader
lobbying congressional-corruption revolving-door +1
2005-01-01CIA's In-Q-Tel Makes Strategic Investment in Palantir Technologies
in-q-tel cia intelligence-privatization +2
2005-01-01ALEC Approves 'Great Schools Tax Credit' Model - Launches Systematic Education Privatization Campaign
alec model-legislation corporate-lobbying +7
2005-01-01Private Equity Assets Under Management Reach $1 Trillion, Enabling Systematic Extraction Across Economy
corporate-power wealth-extraction private-equity +2
2005-01-01ALEC Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Models Achieve Nationwide Adoption, Guaranteeing Private Prison Profits
alec model-legislation private-prison +5
2004-12-15Billy Tauzin Joins PhRMA as CEO After Shepherding $200B Medicare Drug Bill
regulatory-capture lobbying congressional-corruption +2
2004-12-13Oracle Completes PeopleSoft Acquisition for $10.3 Billion After Defeating Antitrust Challenge
antitrust merger corporate-consolidation +2
2004-11-30Trump Outbids Epstein for Palm Beach Mansion, Ending Friendship
epstein-network money-laundering real-estate +1
2004-11-21Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Files Bankruptcy, Trump Removed as CEO
atlantic-city casino bankruptcy +4
2004-11-18FDA Whistleblower David Graham Testifies on Vioxx Cover-up Before Senate
regulatory-capture fda whistleblower +4
2004-11-02Diebold Voting Machine Irregularities in Ohio 2004 Presidential Election
election-manipulation election-integrity voting-machines +2
2004-11-02Massey Energy CEO Spends $3 Million to Elect Judge in Case Against His Company
campaign-finance regulatory-capture political-influence +3
2004-10-27Google Acquires CIA-Backed Keyhole, Foundation for Google Earth
in-q-tel cia surveillance-infrastructure +3
2004-09-30Merck Withdraws Vioxx After Concealing Heart Attack Risk, FDA Failure Causes Estimated 28,000-55,000 Deaths
regulatory-capture pharmaceutical-industry fda +3
2004-08-19Google IPO Raises $1.67B With "Don't Be Evil" Motto
google monopolization corporate-culture +4
2004-08-10Porter Goss Begins Systematic Purge of CIA Analysts
institutional-capture intelligence-purge cia-politicization +2
2004-07-22Koch Network Restructures: CSE Splits into FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity
regulatory-capture corporate-influence koch-network +3
2004-07-07Enron Founder Ken Lay Indicted on 11 Counts of Fraud and Conspiracy
securities-fraud corporate-fraud enron +2
2004-07-01Kroll Associates sold to Marsh & McLennan for $1.9 billion
intelligence-privatization private-intelligence kroll-associates +1
2004-06-28WHIG-Enabled Torture Authorization Establishes Executive Immunity Precedent for Constitutional Crisis Governance
constitutional-violation whig constitutional-crisis-precedents +6
2004-06-24Supreme Court Protects Cheney Energy Task Force Secrecy
supreme-court constitutional-crisis corporate-capture +4
2004-06-04Stewart v. Blackwell Applies Bush v. Gore Equal Protection Precedent to Ohio Voting Disparities
stewart-v-blackwell bush-v-gore-precedent ohio-voting-systems +3
2004-06-01The Apprentice Serves as 14-Season Promotional Vehicle for Trump Properties and Brand
conflicts-of-interest trump-organization the-apprentice +3
2004-05-10Canada Concludes Maher Arar Wrongly Rendered to Syria for Torture Based on False Intelligence
cia torture wrongful-detention +3
2004-04-28SEC Net Capital Rule Change Enables Investment Bank Leverage Explosion Fueling Housing Bubble
regulatory-capture housing housing-policy +2