| 2004-12-17 | Intelligence Reform Act Creates DNI, Accelerates Contractor Dependence
3 src George W. Bush · U.S. Congress · Office of the Director of National Intelligence |
| confirmed |
| 2004-12-15 | Billy Tauzin Joins PhRMA as CEO After Shepherding $200B Medicare Drug Bill
3 src Billy Tauzin · PhRMA |
| confirmed |
| 2004-12-13 | Oracle Completes PeopleSoft Acquisition for $10.3 Billion After Defeating Antitrust Challenge
3 src Oracle · Larry Ellison · PeopleSoft |
| confirmed |
| 2004-11-30 | Trump Outbids Epstein for Palm Beach Mansion, Ending Friendship
3 src Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein · Dmitry Rybolovlev |
| confirmed |
| 2004-11-21 | Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Files Bankruptcy, Trump Removed as CEO
3 src Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2004-11-18 | FDA Whistleblower David Graham Testifies on Vioxx Cover-up Before Senate
4 src Food and Drug Administration · Merck · U.S. Senate Finance Committee |
| confirmed |
| 2004-11-02 | Diebold Voting Machine Irregularities in Ohio 2004 Presidential Election
4 src John Conyers |
| confirmed |
| 2004-11-02 | Massey Energy CEO Spends $3 Million to Elect Judge in Case Against His Company
11 src U.S. Supreme Court |
| confirmed |
| 2004-11-02 | Ohio Evangelical Turnout Delivers Bush Reelection: "Values Voters" Become the Decisive Electoral Bloc
2 src George W. Bush |
| confirmed |
| 2004-10-27 | Google Acquires CIA-Backed Keyhole, Foundation for Google Earth
3 src Google · In-Q-Tel · Central Intelligence Agency |
| confirmed |
| 2004-09-30 | Merck Withdraws Vioxx After Concealing Heart Attack Risk, FDA Failure Causes Estimated 28,000-55,000 Deaths
3 src Merck · Food and Drug Administration | | confirmed |
| 2004-08-24 | CIA Awards Blackwater Classified Intelligence Contracts, Creating Private Paramilitary-Intelligence Capability
3 src Blackwater · Erik Prince · Central Intelligence Agency |
| confirmed |
| 2004-08-19 | Google IPO Raises $1.67B With "Don't Be Evil" Motto
4 src Google · Larry Page · Eric Schmidt |
| confirmed |
| 2004-08-10 | Porter Goss Begins Systematic Purge of CIA Analysts
3 src Porter Goss |
| confirmed |
| 2004-07-22 | Koch Network Restructures: CSE Splits into FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity
3 src David Koch · Charles Koch · Dick Armey · FreedomWorks · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2004-07-11 | CIA 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 |
| 2004-07-07 | Enron Founder Ken Lay Indicted on 11 Counts of Fraud and Conspiracy
3 src Kenneth Lay · Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2004-07-01 | Kroll Associates sold to Marsh & McLennan for $1.9 billion
3 src Kroll Associates · Jules Kroll |
| confirmed |
| 2004-06-28 | WHIG-Enabled Torture Authorization Establishes Executive Immunity Precedent for Constitutional Crisis Governance
3 src John Yoo · Jay Bybee · Alberto Gonzales · White House Iraq Group · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2004-06-24 | Supreme Court Protects Cheney Energy Task Force Secrecy
3 src Dick Cheney · U.S. Supreme Court · Anthony Kennedy · Antonin Scalia · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2004-06-04 | Stewart v. Blackwell Applies Bush v. Gore Equal Protection Precedent to Ohio Voting Disparities
4 src |
| confirmed |
| 2004-06-01 | The Apprentice Serves as 14-Season Promotional Vehicle for Trump Properties and Brand
3 src Donald Trump · Mark Burnett · NBC |
| reported |
| 2004-05-10 | Canada Concludes Maher Arar Wrongly Rendered to Syria for Torture Based on False Intelligence
4 src Central Intelligence Agency |
| confirmed |
| 2004-04-28 | Abu Ghraib Photos Reveal Private Contractors Conducted Interrogations at Military Prison
4 src U.S. Army · CBS News |
| confirmed |
| 2004-04-28 | SEC Creates Consolidated Supervised Entities Program Allowing Unlimited Investment Bank Leverage
4 src Securities and Exchange Commission · William Donaldson · Bear Stearns · Lehman Brothers · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2004-04-28 | SEC Implements Alternative Net Capital Rules for Major Investment Banks
3 src Securities and Exchange Commission · William Donaldson · Goldman Sachs · Morgan Stanley · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2004-04-28 | SEC Net Capital Rule Change Enables Investment Bank Leverage Explosion Fueling Housing Bubble
9 src Securities and Exchange Commission · William Donaldson · Goldman Sachs · Morgan Stanley · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2004-03-31 | Four Blackwater Contractors Killed in Fallujah Ambush, Bodies Hung from Bridge, Triggering First Battle of Fallujah
4 src Erik Prince · Blackwater |
| confirmed |
| 2004-03-10 | Hospital Confrontation Over NSA Surveillance Program
6 src John Ashcroft · James Comey · Alberto Gonzales · Robert Mueller |
| confirmed |
| 2004-02-26 | Department of Justice Files Antitrust Lawsuit to Block Oracle-PeopleSoft Merger
3 src Department of Justice · Oracle · PeopleSoft · Larry Ellison |
| confirmed |
| 2004-02-24 | Bush Endorses Federal Marriage Amendment: Anti-Gay-Marriage Constitutional Strategy Becomes Republican Turnout Infrastructure George W. Bush · Focus on the Family · Family Research Council · James Dobson |
| confirmed |
| 2004-02-22 | Washington Post Exposes Abramoff Native American Lobbying Scandal
3 src Washington Post · Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · Native American Tribes |
| confirmed |
| 2004-02-01 | Accenture Awarded Competitive DHS US-VISIT Contract
4 src Accenture · U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| confirmed |
| 2004-01-22 | DC Opportunity Scholarship Program - First Federally-Funded School Voucher System
3 src George W. Bush · Heritage Foundation · American Federation for Children |
| confirmed |
| 2004-01-13 | OCC Federal Preemption Blocks State Anti-Predatory Lending Protections
4 src National City Bank · Wells Fargo · Bank of America |
| confirmed |
| 2004-01-08 | The Apprentice Premieres on NBC, Rehabilitating Trump's Image After Bankruptcies
3 src Donald Trump · Mark Burnett · NBC |
| confirmed |
| 2004-01-08 | The Apprentice Serves as 14-Season Promotional Vehicle for Trump Properties and Brand
6 src Donald Trump · NBC · Mark Burnett | | confirmed |
| 2004-01-05 | Scott Bloch Dismisses 1,000+ Whistleblower Cases at OSC
3 src Office of Special Counsel · U.S. Congress · Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| confirmed |