2005
40 verified events recorded in 2005.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-12-16 | New York Times Exposes NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program James Risen · Eric Lichtblau · New York Times · George W. Bush · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2005-12-15 | Coast Guard Identifies Critical Intelligence Gaps in Dubai Ports World Deal US Coast Guard · Dubai Ports World · UAE · 9/11 Commission · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2005-12-15 | NSA Whistleblower Russell Tice Reports Illegal Domestic Surveillance Russell Tice · National Security Agency · Senate Intelligence Committee · James Risen · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2005-11-28 | Rep. Duke Cunningham Pleads Guilty to $2.4 Million Bribery Scheme Duke Cunningham · Mitchell Wade · Carol Lam · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2005-11-16 | Energy Committee Hearings Expose Oil Industry Climate Denial Campaign and Regulatory Capture House Energy and Commerce Committee · Dick Cheney · ExxonMobil · American Petroleum Institute | confirmed | |
| 2005-11-16 | Oil Executives Deny Task Force Participation Despite Documentary Evidence ExxonMobil · Chevron · ConocoPhillips · Shell Oil · +11 | confirmed | |
| 2005-11-09 | CIA Destroys 92 Torture Interrogation Videotapes to Conceal Evidence Jose Rodriguez · Central Intelligence Agency · Gina Haspel · Abu Zubaydah · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2005-11-08 | Dick Cheney Lobbies Congress for CIA Exemption from McCain Torture Ban Dick Cheney · John McCain · Porter Goss · Central Intelligence Agency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2005-11-07 | Harry 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 | confirmed | |
| 2005-11-02 | Washington Post Reveals CIA's Secret Prison Network in Eastern Europe Central Intelligence Agency · Dana Priest · Washington Post · Poland · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2005-10-28 | Karl Rove Orchestrates Political Prosecution of Don Siegelman Don Siegelman · Karl Rove · Jill Simpson · Leura Canary · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2005-10-15 | Dubai 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 | confirmed | |
| 2005-09-28 | House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Indicted for Money Laundering and Conspiracy Tom DeLay | confirmed | |
| 2005-08-29 | Hurricane Katrina Enables .4B No-Bid Disaster Capitalism Takeover Dick Cheney · Halliburton · Bechtel · Shaw Group · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2005-08-25 | Hans von Spakovsky Overrules DOJ Career Staff to Approve Georgia Voter ID Law Targeting Black Voters Hans von Spakovsky · Department of Justice Civil Rights Division · Georgia Legislature · Harold Murphy · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2005-08-11 | Jack Abramoff Indicted for Wire Fraud in SunCruz Casinos Purchase Jack Abramoff · Adam Kidan | confirmed | |
| 2005-08-08 | Energy Task Force Recommendations Become EPA Policy Without Review Dick Cheney · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · ExxonMobil · Chevron · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2005-08-03 | FBI Finds $90,000 in Cash Hidden in Rep. William Jefferson's Freezer William Jefferson · Lori Mody | confirmed | |
| 2005-07-28 | KBR 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 | confirmed | |
| 2005-07-13 | WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison Bernard Ebbers · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2005-07-01 | Bain, 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 | confirmed | |
| 2005-06-30 | Investigation Reveals $15M in Lobbyist-Funded Congressional Travel and Fact-Finding Junkets Tom DeLay · Jack Abramoff · Susan Hirschmann · Robert Wexler | confirmed | |
| 2005-06-15 | FAA Delegates Safety Certification Authority to Boeing Through Organization Designation Authorization Program Federal Aviation Administration · Boeing Corporation · Aircraft manufacturers · FAA certification officials · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2005-06-08 | Phil Cooney Climate Science Censorship Exposed by Whistleblower Phil Cooney · Rick Piltz · James Hansen · ExxonMobil · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2005-06-03 | L-3 Communications Acquires Titan Corporation for $2.65 Billion, Absorbing Abu Ghraib Contractor L-3 Communications · Titan Corporation · Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2005-05-23 | Trump Launches "Trump University" Real Estate Seminars Without Academic License or Accreditation Donald Trump · Michael Sexton | confirmed | |
| 2005-05-10 | Bradbury 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 | confirmed | |
| 2005-04-20 | Bankruptcy Act Makes Private Student Loans Non-Dischargeable - Weaponizing Law Against Students George W. Bush · MBNA · Sallie Mae | confirmed | |
| 2005-04-20 | Two Decades of Bankruptcy Weaponization: Students Crushed While Corporations Shield Billions (2005-2024) Corinthian Colleges · ITT Tech · University of Phoenix · Purdue Pharma · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2005-04-11 | Trump Admits to Entering Pageant Dressing Rooms on Howard Stern Donald Trump · Howard Stern | confirmed | |
| 2005-04-01 | Public Citizen Report Shows 43% of Lawmakers Leaving Congress Became Lobbyists Public Citizen · U.S. Congress · K Street | confirmed | |
| 2005-03-14 | Tom Daschle Joins Private Equity Firm and Lobbying After Senate Majority Leadership Tom Daschle · InterMedia Advisors · Alston & Bird · Leo Hindery | confirmed | |
| 2005-03-01 | Palm Beach police investigation begins after parent reports $300 payment to 14-year-old Palm Beach Police Department · Jeffrey Epstein · Unnamed parent · 14-year-old victim · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-15 | John Negroponte Becomes First Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte · George W. Bush · Senate Intelligence Committee · Director of National Intelligence · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-07 | Armstrong Williams Paid 40K for Illegal Government Propaganda Armstrong Williams · Rod Paige · U.S. Department of Education · Ketchum Inc · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-03 | Dick Gephardt Founds Lobbying Firm After 28 Years as House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt · Gephardt Group · DLA Piper | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-01 | ALEC Approves 'Great Schools Tax Credit' Model - Launches Systematic Education Privatization Campaign American Legislative Exchange Council · ALEC Education Task Force · K12 Inc. · Koch Industries · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-01 | ALEC Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Models Achieve Nationwide Adoption, Guaranteeing Private Prison Profits American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · State Legislators · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-01 | CIA's In-Q-Tel Makes Strategic Investment in Palantir Technologies In-Q-Tel · Central Intelligence Agency · Palantir Technologies | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-01 | Private Equity Assets Under Management Reach $1 Trillion, Enabling Systematic Extraction Across Economy Blackstone · KKR · Bain Capital · Apollo · +1 | confirmed |