Year of record

2007

26 verified events recorded in 2007.

26 events From Jan 1, 2007 To Dec 18, 2007 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2007-12-18Trent Lott Resigns from Senate to Evade New Lobbying Ethics Law
Trent Lott · John Breaux · Breaux Lott Leadership Group · Patton Boggs
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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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2007-10-02Erik Prince Testifies Before Congress Defending Blackwater Despite Evidence of 195 Shooting Incidents
Erik Prince · Blackwater · U.S. House Oversight Committee · Henry Waxman
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2007-10-01Trump Foundation Pays $258,000 for Six-Foot Portrait of Trump at Charity Auction
Donald Trump · Trump Foundation
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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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2007-09-15Honest Leadership Act Takes Effect But Fails to Slow Congressional Revolving Door
U.S. Congress · K Street · Public Citizen
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2007-09-01FBI Inspector General Reports 35% Error Rate on Terror Watchlist
Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice Inspector General · Terrorist Screening Center
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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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2007-06-25DOJ Voting Section Politicization: Bush Administration Weaponizes Civil Rights Division for Voter Suppression
Alberto Gonzales · Hans von Spakovsky · Bradley Schlozman · John Tanner · +1
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2007-05-23Monica Goodling Admits Political Screening of DOJ Lawyers
Monica Goodling · Alberto Gonzales · Regent University · U.S. Department of Justice · +1
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2007-05-14ODNI Reveals 70% of Intelligence Budget Goes to Private Contractors
Office of the Director of National Intelligence · Tim Shorrock · Defense Intelligence Agency · Stephen Shaw
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2007-05-10Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Criminal Misbranding, $600M Fine, Zero Executives Jailed
Purdue Pharma · Michael Friedman · Howard R. Udell · Paul D. Goldenheim · +1
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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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2007-04-02New Century Financial Bankruptcy Signals Start of Subprime Mortgage Crisis
New Century Financial · Brad Morrice · KPMG · Wall Street investment banks · +2
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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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2007-03-12Halliburton Moves CEO and Corporate Headquarters to Dubai for Tax Advantages and Distance from Iraq War Scandals, Weeks Before Completing KBR Spin-Off
Halliburton · David Lesar · Dick Cheney · Patrick Leahy
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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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2007-03-01Stephen Miller and Richard Spencer Organize White Nationalist Speaker at Duke University
Stephen Miller · Richard Spencer
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2007-01-01ALEC Launches 'Rich States, Poor States' Report with Arthur Laffer - Annual Corporate Tax Competition Manifesto to Drive Interstate Race-to-Bottom
American Legislative Exchange Council · Arthur Laffer · Stephen Moore · Jonathan Williams · +1
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2007-01-01Cellebrite Launches Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) for Law Enforcement
Cellebrite
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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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