Year of record

2011

40 verified events recorded in 2011.

40 events From Jan 1, 2011 To Dec 12, 2011 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
2011-12-12Erik Prince Sells Xe Services (formerly Blackwater), Rebranded as Academi with John Ashcroft on Board 3 src
Erik Prince · John Ashcroft
confirmed
2011-12-01GAO Audit Reveals Massive $16.1 Trillion in Secret Federal Reserve Crisis Loans 3 src
Federal Reserve · Ben Bernanke · Citigroup · Morgan Stanley · +5
confirmed
2011-11-29Michigan Emergency Manager Seizes Control of Flint, Stripping Democratic Governance 3 src
Rick Snyder · Flint City Government
confirmed
2011-11-13STOCK Act Gains Momentum After 60 Minutes Exposes Congressional Insider Trading 3 src confirmed
2011-10-31MF Global Bankruptcy: $1.6 Billion in Customer Funds Missing Under Jon Corzine 3 src confirmed
2011-09-30U.S. Drone Strike Assassinates Anwar al-Awlaki, American Citizen, Without Trial 4 src
Barack Obama · Central Intelligence Agency · John Brennan
confirmed
2011-09-18Amazon Lehigh Valley Warehouse Heat Exhaustion Scandal Exposed 3 src
Jeff Bezos · Amazon
confirmed
2011-09-01FBI Surveils Occupy Wall Street as "Terrorist Threat" Before First Protest 3 src
Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2011-09-01LAPD Launches Operation LASER Predictive Policing Program with Palantir 3 src
LAPD · Palantir Technologies · Peter Thiel
confirmed
2011-08-30Boeing Abandons New Aircraft Design, Chooses to Re-Engine 737 to Compete with Airbus 4 src
American Airlines
confirmed
2011-08-06Rick Perry's "The Response" Prayer Rally: 30,000 at Reliant Stadium as NAR Leaders Launch a Presidential Campaign 3 src
C. Peter Wagner
confirmed
2011-07-13ALEC Exposed: Leaked Documents Reveal 800 Corporate-Written Model Bills 2 src
American Legislative Exchange Council · Center for Media and Democracy · State Legislators
confirmed
2011-07-01ALEC 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
2011-07-01Wisconsin Republicans Pass Act 43 Gerrymandering Plan in Secret Process 4 src
Republican Party
confirmed
2011-06-16Rep. Anthony Weiner Resigns After Sexting Scandal and Cover-Up 3 src
Barack Obama · Nancy Pelosi
confirmed
2011-06-13Department 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
2011-05-27Judd Gregg Joins Goldman Sachs as International Advisor After Banking Committee Role 3 src
Goldman Sachs
confirmed
2011-05-11FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker Joins Comcast Four Months After Approving NBC Universal Merger 3 src
Comcast Corporation · Federal Communications Commission
confirmed
2011-05-01Pam Bondi Fires Foreclosure Fraud Investigators After Campaign Donations from Lender Processing Services 3 src
Pam Bondi
confirmed
2011-04-27Trump's Birtherism Campaign Forces Obama to Release Long-Form Birth Certificate 4 src
Donald Trump · Barack Obama
confirmed
2011-03-23Trump Launches Political Career with Racist Birther Conspiracy 3 src
Donald Trump · Barack Obama
confirmed
2011-03-17CIA Drone Strike Massacres 42 Civilians at Pakistani Tribal Council Meeting 4 src
Central Intelligence Agency · Barack Obama
confirmed
2011-03-11Wisconsin Act 10 Crushes Public Sector Unions Using ALEC Model Legislation 3 src
Scott Walker · American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · +1
confirmed
2011-03-01Chris Dodd Becomes Hollywood's Chief Lobbyist After Promising No Lobbying 3 src confirmed
2011-03-01Prison Labor at $0.12-$0.40/Hour Documented: The Thirteenth Amendment's Slavery Exception in Industrial Operation 3 src
ACLU · CoreCivic · GEO Group
confirmed
2011-02-06Anonymous 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
Greg Hoglund · Glenn Greenwald · Anonymous · Palantir Technologies · +1
confirmed
2011-01-27Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Report Released, No Banker Prosecutions Follow 3 src
Jamie Dimon · U.S. Congress
confirmed
2011-01-19House Republicans Launch Six Years of Symbolic ACA Repeal Votes 5 src
House Republicans · Barack Obama
confirmed
2011-01-03Evan Bayh Joins Apollo Global Management and Five Corporate Boards After Senate 3 src
Apollo Global Management
confirmed
2011-01-0134 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
2011-01-01ALEC Grants Corporate Lobbyists 'Equal Vote' on Model Legislation for State Legislatures 3 src
American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislatures · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil
confirmed
2011-01-01Arizona Becomes First State to Enact ALEC-Inspired Education Savings Accounts - Pioneering Universal Voucher Path 4 src
Jan Brewer · American Legislative Exchange Council · K12 Inc.
confirmed
2011-01-01Erik Prince Receives $529M Contract to Build Secret Mercenary Army for UAE Crown Prince 3 src
Erik Prince · United Arab Emirates
confirmed
2011-01-01Geofeedia Founded to Enable Location-Based Social Media Surveillance 3 src
In-Q-Tel
confirmed
2011-01-01J.D. Vance Meets Peter Thiel at Yale Law School, Beginning Political Pipeline 3 src
J.D. Vance · Peter Thiel · Yale Law School
confirmed
2011-01-01Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin Begin Systematic NRA Infiltration Operation 4 src
Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · National Rifle Association · Russian Government
confirmed
2011-01-01North Carolina Republicans Begin Aggressive Racial Gerrymandering 4 src
North Carolina General Assembly · Republican Party · Robert Rucho
confirmed
2011-01-01Pam Bondi Serves as Florida AG 2011-2019, Never Prosecutes Epstein Despite Mounting Evidence 3 src
Pam Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein
confirmed
2011-01-01Patent Troll Explosion: Non-Practicing Entities Impose $29 Billion Annual Cost on U.S. Economy, Targeting Small Businesses 4 src confirmed
2011-01-01Wells Fargo Employees Begin Creating 3.5 Million Fake Accounts 3 src
Wells Fargo · John Stumpf · Carrie Tolstedt
confirmed