Year of record

2009

37 verified events recorded in 2009.

37 events From Jan 1, 2009 To Dec 21, 2009 Open in filter view →
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2009 · 37 events20092009
DateEventLanesStatus
2009-12-21Former CDC Director Julie Gerberding Joins Merck as Vaccine Division President
Dr. Julie Gerberding · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Merck · Gardasil vaccine
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2009-12-14University of Phoenix Settles $78.5 Million False Claims Act Lawsuit for Illegal Recruiter Incentive Compensation
University of Phoenix · Apollo Group · Mary Hendow · Julie Albertson · +2
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2009-12-01Arizona SB 1070 Immigration Law Drafted at ALEC Meeting with CCA Executives - Direct Quid Pro Quo for Immigrant Detention Profits
American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · Russell Pearce · Jan Brewer · +3
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2009-11-17Climategate Email Hack Manufactures Controversy Before Copenhagen Summit
Climate Research Unit · University of East Anglia · Phil Jones · Michael Mann · +1
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2009-10-06Senate Passes Franken Amendment Banning Mandatory Arbitration for Sexual Assault Claims by Defense Contractors, 30 Republicans Vote to Protect Corporate Impunity
Al Franken · Jamie Leigh Jones · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · +2
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2009-09-129/12 Taxpayer March on Washington Demonstrates Koch Network Mobilization Power
FreedomWorks · Americans for Prosperity · Dick Armey · Brendan Steinhauser · +6
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2009-09-01James O'Keefe's Deceptively Edited ACORN Videos Trigger Destruction of Voter Registration Organization
James O'Keefe · Hannah Giles · ACORN
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2009-07-24Race to the Top Competition Uses Federal Funds to Incentivize Charter Expansion and Teacher Evaluation Reforms
President Barack Obama · Secretary of Education Arne Duncan · Bill Gates · Gates Foundation · +2
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2009-07-17ALEC Creates Model Voter ID Legislation Following Obama Election
American Legislative Exchange Council · Hans von Spakovsky · Heritage Foundation · ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force
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2009-07-01In-Q-Tel and Google Ventures Co-Invest in Social Media Surveillance Firm Recorded Future
In-Q-Tel · Google Ventures · Recorded Future · Christopher Ahlberg
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2009-06-26Koch Network Mobilizes to Kill Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade Climate Bill
Koch brothers · Charles Koch · David Koch · Americans for Prosperity · +5
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2009-06-08Wells Fargo Loan Officers Reveal "Ghetto Loans" and "Mud People" Targeting: Racial Predation in Subprime Lending Documented
Wells Fargo · NAACP · City of Baltimore
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2009-06-01Obama Cuts $80B PhRMA Deal Abandoning Medicare Negotiation Promise
Barack Obama · PhRMA · Billy Tauzin · Jim Messina · +2
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2009-05-20Newburgh Four Arrested in FBI Entrapment Sting - "Buffoonery" Made Into Terrorism
Federal Bureau of Investigation · Shahed Hussain · James Cromitie · Department of Justice
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2009-05-01Russian Digital Sky Technologies Invests $200M in Facebook
Alisher Usmanov · Yuri Milner · Mark Zuckerberg · Digital Sky Technologies
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2009-04-16Obama Releases CIA Torture Memos But Promises No Prosecutions for Torturers
Barack Obama · Eric Holder · Central Intelligence Agency · John Yoo · +3
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2009-04-15Tax Day Tea Party Protests Organized by Koch Network Groups
Americans for Prosperity · FreedomWorks · David Koch · Charles Koch · +3
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2009-04-13Peter Thiel Publishes Anti-Democracy Essay Declaring Freedom and Democracy Incompatible
Peter Thiel · Cato Institute
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2009-04-02Northrop Grumman Pays $325 Million for Decade of Defective Spy Satellite Parts
Northrop Grumman · TRW Inc. · Department of Justice · National Reconnaissance Office · +2
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2009-04-01FinCEN and OCC Assess Concurrent $5 Million Civil Money Penalties Against Doha Bank New York Branch for BSA Violations
FinCEN · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) · Doha Bank New York Branch · U.S. Department of the Treasury
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2009-03-10Employee Free Choice Act Abandoned Despite Democratic Supermajority, Corporate Lobbying Victory
Barack Obama · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Business Roundtable · AFL-CIO · +2
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2009-02-19Koch Network Prepares Tea Party Mobilization After Santelli Rant
Rick Santelli · David Koch · Charles Koch · Eric Odom · +2
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2009-02-19Rick Santelli CNBC Rant Triggers Immediate Koch Network Tea Party Response
Rick Santelli · David Koch · Charles Koch · Americans for Prosperity · +5
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2009-02-17SEC Finally Charges Allen Stanford with $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme After Ignoring 12 Years of Internal Warnings
Allen Stanford · Securities and Exchange Commission · Leroy King · Stanford International Bank · +1
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2009-02-17Trump Entertainment Resorts Files Bankruptcy, Trump Resigns from Board
Donald Trump
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2009-02-15Former NSA and CIA Director Michael Hayden Enters Private Sector, Joins Chertoff Group and Corporate Boards
Michael Hayden · The Chertoff Group · Motorola Solutions · Michael Chertoff
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2009-02-13Blackwater Rebrands as Xe Services to Distance from Nisour Square Massacre and Iraq War Crimes
Erik Prince · Blackwater · Xe Services
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2009-02-02Former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff Founds The Chertoff Group, Immediately Monetizing Homeland Security Expertise
Michael Chertoff · Chad Sweet · The Chertoff Group · Department of Homeland Security · +3
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2009-01-23Obama Dramatically Expands CIA Drone Strike Program - Ten Times More Strikes Than Bush
Barack Obama · Central Intelligence Agency · John Brennan · Leon Panetta
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2009-01-20Obama Admin Prosecutes Zero Wall Street Executives Despite Crisis Fraud
Eric Holder · Department of Justice · Wall Street Banks · Lanny Breuer · +1
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2009-01-01Americans for Prosperity Organizational Profile: Koch Brothers' Astroturf Empire Manufacturing Fake Grassroots Movements
Americans for Prosperity · Charles Koch · David Koch · Koch Industries · +2
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2009-01-01Carl Icahn Partners with Andrew Beal in Trump Entertainment Resorts Bankruptcy Restructuring
Carl Icahn · Andrew Beal · Donald Trump · Trump Entertainment Resorts · +2
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2009-01-01CNP Member Ralph Reed Founds Faith and Freedom Coalition - Religious Right Coordination Expands
Ralph Reed · Council for National Policy · Faith and Freedom Coalition
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2009-01-01Dataminr Founded to Provide Real-Time Social Media Surveillance, Later Backed by CIA Venture Capital
Ted Bailey · Sam Hendel · Jeff Kinsey · In-Q-Tel · +1
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2009-01-01Energy and Commerce Committee Members Receive $45M From Pharma During ACA Debate
House Energy and Commerce Committee · Fred Upton · PhRMA · Pfizer · +1
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2009-01-01Harlan Crow Begins Paying Private School Tuition for Thomas's Grandnephew
Clarence Thomas · Harlan Crow · Mark Martin · Hidden Lake Academy · +1
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2009-01-01LAPD's Joint Regional Intelligence Center Begins Using Palantir for Surveillance
Joint Regional Intelligence Center · Los Angeles Police Department · Palantir Technologies · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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