2004
37 verified events recorded in 2004.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-12-17 | Intelligence Reform Act Creates DNI, Accelerates Contractor Dependence
3 src George W. Bush · U.S. Congress · 9-11 Commission · 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 · Medicare | confirmed | |
| 2004-12-13 | Oracle Completes PeopleSoft Acquisition for $10.3 Billion After Defeating Antitrust Challenge
3 src Oracle · Larry Ellison · PeopleSoft · JD Edwards | confirmed | |
| 2004-11-30 | Trump Outbids Epstein for Palm Beach Mansion, Ending Friendship
3 src Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein · Judge Steven Friedman · Joseph Luzinski (bankruptcy trustee) · +2 | 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 Dr. David Graham · Food and Drug Administration · Merck · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2004-11-02 | Diebold Voting Machine Irregularities in Ohio 2004 Presidential Election
4 src Walden O'Dell · John Conyers · Kenneth Blackwell · Matt Damschroder | confirmed | |
| 2004-11-02 | Massey Energy CEO Spends $3 Million to Elect Judge in Case Against His Company
11 src Don Blankenship · Brent Benjamin · Hugh Caperton · Massey Energy Company · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2004-11-02 | Ohio Evangelical Turnout Delivers Bush Reelection: "Values Voters" Become the Decisive Electoral Bloc
2 src George W. Bush · Ken Blackwell · Rod Parsley · Russell Johnson | confirmed | |
| 2004-10-27 | Google Acquires CIA-Backed Keyhole, Foundation for Google Earth
3 src Google · Keyhole Inc. · 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 · David Graham · Raymond Gilmartin | confirmed | |
| 2004-08-24 | CIA Awards Blackwater Classified Intelligence Contracts, Creating Private Paramilitary-Intelligence Capability
3 src Blackwater · Erik Prince · Central Intelligence Agency · Total Intelligence Solutions · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2004-08-19 | Google IPO Raises $1.67B With "Don't Be Evil" Motto
4 src Google · Larry Page · Sergey Brin · Eric Schmidt | confirmed | |
| 2004-08-10 | Porter Goss Begins Systematic Purge of CIA Analysts
3 src Porter Goss · John McLaughlin · Stephen Kappes · Michael Sulick · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2004-07-22 | Koch Network Restructures: CSE Splits into FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity
3 src David Koch · Charles Koch · Dick Armey · Nancy Pfotenhauer · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2004-07-11 | CIA Director George Tenet Departs After Iraq Intelligence Failures, Joins Investment Bank and Intelligence Company Boards
5 src George Tenet · Allen & Company · QinetiQ · L-1 Identity Solutions · +3 | 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 · Marsh & McLennan · 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 · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2004-06-24 | Supreme Court Protects Cheney Energy Task Force Secrecy
3 src Dick Cheney · U.S. Supreme Court · Anthony Kennedy · Antonin Scalia · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2004-06-04 | Stewart v. Blackwell Applies Bush v. Gore Equal Protection Precedent to Ohio Voting Disparities
4 src Sixth Circuit Court · Ohio Secretary of State · Ken Blackwell · Stewart v. Blackwell plaintiffs · +1 | 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 Maher Arar · Central Intelligence Agency · Royal Canadian Mounted Police · Syria · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2004-04-28 | Abu Ghraib Photos Reveal Private Contractors Conducted Interrogations at Military Prison
4 src CACI International · Titan Corporation · U.S. Army · Steven Stephanowicz · +6 | 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 · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2004-04-28 | SEC Implements Alternative Net Capital Rules for Major Investment Banks
3 src Securities and Exchange Commission · Christopher Cox · William Donaldson · Goldman Sachs · +4 | 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 · Scott Helvenston · Jerry Zovko · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2004-03-10 | Hospital Confrontation Over NSA Surveillance Program
6 src John Ashcroft · James Comey · Alberto Gonzales · Andy Card · +1 | 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 | |
| 2004-02-22 | Washington Post Exposes Abramoff Native American Lobbying Scandal
3 src Susan Schmidt · Washington Post · Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2004-02-01 | Accenture Awarded Competitive DHS US-VISIT Contract
4 src Accenture · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Asa Hutchinson · Smart Border Alliance | confirmed | |
| 2004-01-22 | DC Opportunity Scholarship Program - First Federally-Funded School Voucher System
3 src President George W. Bush · Speaker Dennis Hastert · Senator Judd Gregg · DC Public Schools · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2004-01-13 | OCC Federal Preemption Blocks State Anti-Predatory Lending Protections
4 src OCC · John Hawke Jr · Julie Williams · Eliot Spitzer · +3 | 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 Scott Bloch · Office of Special Counsel · Whistleblower Groups · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed |