2011
40 verified events recorded in 2011.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12-12 | Erik Prince Sells Xe Services (formerly Blackwater), Rebranded as Academi with John Ashcroft on Board
3 src Erik Prince · Xe Services · Academi · John Ashcroft · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2011-12-01 | GAO Audit Reveals Massive $16.1 Trillion in Secret Federal Reserve Crisis Loans
3 src Federal Reserve · Ben Bernanke · Citigroup · Morgan Stanley · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2011-11-29 | Michigan Emergency Manager Seizes Control of Flint, Stripping Democratic Governance
3 src Rick Snyder · Michael Brown · Flint City Government | confirmed | |
| 2011-11-13 | STOCK Act Gains Momentum After 60 Minutes Exposes Congressional Insider Trading
3 src Scott Brown · Kirsten Gillibrand · Brian Baird | confirmed | |
| 2011-10-31 | MF Global Bankruptcy: $1.6 Billion in Customer Funds Missing Under Jon Corzine
3 src Jon Corzine | confirmed | |
| 2011-09-30 | U.S. Drone Strike Assassinates Anwar al-Awlaki, American Citizen, Without Trial
4 src Anwar al-Awlaki · Barack Obama · Central Intelligence Agency · JSOC · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-09-18 | Amazon Lehigh Valley Warehouse Heat Exhaustion Scandal Exposed
3 src Jeff Bezos · Amazon | confirmed | |
| 2011-09-01 | FBI Surveils Occupy Wall Street as "Terrorist Threat" Before First Protest
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Occupy Wall Street · Joint Terrorism Task Force | confirmed | |
| 2011-09-01 | LAPD Launches Operation LASER Predictive Policing Program with Palantir
3 src LAPD · Palantir Technologies · Craig Uchida · Peter Thiel | confirmed | |
| 2011-08-30 | Boeing Abandons New Aircraft Design, Chooses to Re-Engine 737 to Compete with Airbus
4 src Boeing Board of Directors · Jim McNerney · American Airlines · Airbus · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-08-06 | Rick Perry's "The Response" Prayer Rally: 30,000 at Reliant Stadium as NAR Leaders Launch a Presidential Campaign
3 src Rick Perry · C. Peter Wagner · Cindy Jacobs · John Hagee · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2011-07-13 | ALEC Exposed: Leaked Documents Reveal 800 Corporate-Written Model Bills
2 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Center for Media and Democracy · The Nation · Corporate members · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-07-01 | ALEC Achieves Systematic Legislative Capture: 200+ Corporate-Drafted Bills Enacted Annually Across States
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislatures · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-07-01 | Wisconsin Republicans Pass Act 43 Gerrymandering Plan in Secret Process
4 src Wisconsin Legislature · Republican Party · Michael Best & Friedrich | confirmed | |
| 2011-06-16 | Rep. Anthony Weiner Resigns After Sexting Scandal and Cover-Up
3 src Anthony Weiner · Huma Abedin · Barack Obama · Nancy Pelosi | confirmed | |
| 2011-06-13 | Department of Education Issues Gainful Employment Rule to Regulate For-Profit Colleges, Industry Immediately Challenges in Court
3 src U.S. Department of Education · Barack Obama · Arne Duncan · Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-05-27 | Judd Gregg Joins Goldman Sachs as International Advisor After Banking Committee Role
3 src Judd Gregg · Goldman Sachs · Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association | confirmed | |
| 2011-05-11 | FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker Joins Comcast Four Months After Approving NBC Universal Merger
3 src Meredith Attwell Baker · Comcast Corporation · NBC Universal · Federal Communications Commission · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2011-05-01 | Pam Bondi Fires Foreclosure Fraud Investigators After Campaign Donations from Lender Processing Services
3 src Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2011-04-27 | Trump's Birtherism Campaign Forces Obama to Release Long-Form Birth Certificate
4 src Donald Trump · Barack Obama | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-23 | Trump Launches Political Career with Racist Birther Conspiracy
3 src Donald Trump · Barack Obama | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-17 | CIA Drone Strike Massacres 42 Civilians at Pakistani Tribal Council Meeting
4 src Central Intelligence Agency · Barack Obama · Pakistani civilians | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-11 | Wisconsin Act 10 Crushes Public Sector Unions Using ALEC Model Legislation
3 src Scott Walker · American Legislative Exchange Council · Wisconsin GOP · Koch brothers · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-01 | Chris Dodd Becomes Hollywood's Chief Lobbyist After Promising No Lobbying
3 src Chris Dodd · MPAA · Motion Picture Association | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-01 | Prison Labor at $0.12-$0.40/Hour Documented: The Thirteenth Amendment's Slavery Exception in Industrial Operation
3 src ACLU · Federal Prison Industries (UNICOR) · CoreCivic · GEO Group | confirmed | |
| 2011-02-06 | Anonymous hacks HBGary Federal, exposing Team Themis: proposed disinformation and harassment campaign against WikiLeaks supporters and journalist Glenn Greenwald on behalf of Bank of America
7 src Aaron Barr · Greg Hoglund · Glenn Greenwald · Anonymous · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-27 | Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Report Released, No Banker Prosecutions Follow
3 src Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission · Phil Angelides · Lloyd Blankfein · Jamie Dimon · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-19 | House Republicans Launch Six Years of Symbolic ACA Repeal Votes
5 src House Republicans · Speaker John Boehner · Rep. Joe Barton · Rep. Pat Meehan · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-03 | Evan Bayh Joins Apollo Global Management and Five Corporate Boards After Senate
3 src Evan Bayh · Apollo Global Management · McGuireWoods · Marathon Petroleum · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | 34 States Introduce ALEC Voter ID Bills in Coordinated Suppression Campaign
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Republican state legislators · Heritage Foundation · State Policy Network | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | ALEC Grants Corporate Lobbyists 'Equal Vote' on Model Legislation for State Legislatures
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislatures · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | Arizona Becomes First State to Enact ALEC-Inspired Education Savings Accounts - Pioneering Universal Voucher Path
4 src Jan Brewer · American Legislative Exchange Council · ALEC Education Task Force · Goldwater Institute · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | Erik Prince Receives $529M Contract to Build Secret Mercenary Army for UAE Crown Prince
3 src Erik Prince · Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan · Reflex Responses · United Arab Emirates | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | Geofeedia Founded to Enable Location-Based Social Media Surveillance
3 src Phil Harris · Mike Mulroy · Scott Mitchell · In-Q-Tel | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | J.D. Vance Meets Peter Thiel at Yale Law School, Beginning Political Pipeline
3 src J.D. Vance · Peter Thiel · Yale Law School | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin Begin Systematic NRA Infiltration Operation
4 src Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · National Rifle Association · David Keene · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | North Carolina Republicans Begin Aggressive Racial Gerrymandering
4 src North Carolina General Assembly · Republican Party · Robert Rucho · David Lewis | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | Pam Bondi Serves as Florida AG 2011-2019, Never Prosecutes Epstein Despite Mounting Evidence
3 src Pam Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | Patent Troll Explosion: Non-Practicing Entities Impose $29 Billion Annual Cost on U.S. Economy, Targeting Small Businesses
4 src Intellectual Ventures · Nathan Myhrvold · Edward Jung · James Bessen · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | Wells Fargo Employees Begin Creating 3.5 Million Fake Accounts
3 src Wells Fargo · John Stumpf · Carrie Tolstedt | confirmed |