Hammer
In the early 2000s, Tom DeLay (former House Majority Leader ) helped to coordinate efforts to redistrict congressional districts in Texas to favor the election of more Republicans. In 2005, a Texas grand jury indicted DeLay on criminal charges that he had conspired to violate campaign finance laws during that period
Other Tom Delay antics
NYT and Iraq
Judith Miller was an integral part of the NYT in helping spread baseless propaganda (from unnamed "American officials" and "American intelligence experts" ). I repeat, Miller used questionable intelligence to further the administrations pro-war position. Does this sound like the kind of reporting with fierce journalistic integrity ? Remember, the Iraq war is one of the most important issues right now and the NYT wasn't exactly interested in the facts in in pre-war reporting
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Taiwan Espionage
In 2005, Donald W. Keyser (born 17 July 1943), a former official of the United States Department of State plead guilty to unauthorized possession of secret documents, and to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding his sexual relationship with a Taiwanese intelligence officer, Isabelle Cheng . He has not, however, been charged with espionage, and denies allegations that he passed confidential information to Cheng.
Phone Jamming On Election Night In New Hampshire
The 2002 New Hampshire Senate election phone jamming scandal involves the use of a telemarketing firm hired by that state's Republican Party (NHGOP) for election tampering.
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UN Wire Tapping
That's right. In March, 2003 it was revealed that the NSA had been spying on the UN Security Council including even the phone conversions of Kofi Annan himself. The spying was committed by the US, the UK and Australia, to get intelligence to ensure UN support for the upcoming 2003 war. The NYT took its own time to report this. Apparently, spying on UN officials is not newsworthy.
Details
Bill Frist Insider Trading
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington named Frist as one of the thirteen most "corrupt" members of Congress. Frist is currently under investigation for insider trading.
Sex Ed. Misleading information
A December 2 report from Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) shows that the most popular federally-funded abstinence-only sex education curricula contain pervasive errors and misinformation on a wide range of important sexual and reproductive health issues.
Details
Katrina
I take it you know all about this. "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job"
Pentagon/Boeing Contract
The Pentagon's inspector general released a report on a lucrative Air Force contract for Boeing that cost too much for planes the military didn't want. More on this
"Video News Releases"
"News" stories about Medicare were aired on several US TV newscasts – but they weren't news, they were video news releases (VNRs) paid for by the Bush Administration, masquerading as newscast segments. For more on VNRs
Halliburton
This is a plethora of scandals that's too long to enumerate (Nigeria bribery probe, no-bid contracts, business dealings with Iran, extravagant billing etc. etc.). Nice list
Real Costs of Iraq War
According to the GAO, The US government has lost track of the cost of the "war on terror"
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Most Funds In Iraq Unused
Almost $9bn (£4.7bn) of Iraqi oil revenue is missing from a fund set up to reconstruct the country
Details
Iraq Revenue Watch
Global Warming Gate
Bush Aide Softened Greenhouse Gas Links to Global Warming (Philip Cooney)
And sure enough, Philip Cooney joins Exxon
President's George Bush's decision not to sign the United States up to the Kyoto global warming treaty was partly a result of pressure from ExxonMobil, the world's most powerful oil company, and other industries, according to US State Department papers seen by the Guardian.
Abu Ghraib
I suspect you already know about this one. Hard to miss.
Tobacco Lawsuit diluted
Justice Department lawyers mysteriously announce that they would ask the industry to pay $10 billion -- rather than the $130 billion previously recommended by a government expert witness -- for smoking cessation programs.Tobacco Witnesses Were Told To Ease Up.
Still stuck in your narrow "Democrats" versus "Republicans" vision ? Welcome to the corporate state. And this is probably a tiny fraction of whats going on.
Donald Rumsfeld's following quote should put everything into perspective :-)
"As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know."
Details
UN Wire Tapping
That's right. In March, 2003 it was revealed that the NSA had been spying on the UN Security Council including even the phone conversions of Kofi Annan himself. The spying was committed by the US, the UK and Australia, to get intelligence to ensure UN support for the upcoming 2003 war. The NYT took its own time to report this. Apparently, spying on UN officials is not newsworthy.
Details
Bill Frist Insider Trading
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington named Frist as one of the thirteen most "corrupt" members of Congress. Frist is currently under investigation for insider trading.
Sex Ed. Misleading information
A December 2 report from Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) shows that the most popular federally-funded abstinence-only sex education curricula contain pervasive errors and misinformation on a wide range of important sexual and reproductive health issues.
Details
Katrina
I take it you know all about this. "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job"
Pentagon/Boeing Contract
The Pentagon's inspector general released a report on a lucrative Air Force contract for Boeing that cost too much for planes the military didn't want. More on this
"Video News Releases"
"News" stories about Medicare were aired on several US TV newscasts – but they weren't news, they were video news releases (VNRs) paid for by the Bush Administration, masquerading as newscast segments. For more on VNRs
Halliburton
This is a plethora of scandals that's too long to enumerate (Nigeria bribery probe, no-bid contracts, business dealings with Iran, extravagant billing etc. etc.). Nice list
Real Costs of Iraq War
According to the GAO, The US government has lost track of the cost of the "war on terror"
Details
Details
Most Funds In Iraq Unused
Almost $9bn (£4.7bn) of Iraqi oil revenue is missing from a fund set up to reconstruct the country
Details
Iraq Revenue Watch
Global Warming Gate
Bush Aide Softened Greenhouse Gas Links to Global Warming (Philip Cooney)
And sure enough, Philip Cooney joins Exxon
President's George Bush's decision not to sign the United States up to the Kyoto global warming treaty was partly a result of pressure from ExxonMobil, the world's most powerful oil company, and other industries, according to US State Department papers seen by the Guardian.
Abu Ghraib
I suspect you already know about this one. Hard to miss.
Tobacco Lawsuit diluted
Justice Department lawyers mysteriously announce that they would ask the industry to pay $10 billion -- rather than the $130 billion previously recommended by a government expert witness -- for smoking cessation programs.Tobacco Witnesses Were Told To Ease Up.
Still stuck in your narrow "Democrats" versus "Republicans" vision ? Welcome to the corporate state. And this is probably a tiny fraction of whats going on.
Donald Rumsfeld's following quote should put everything into perspective :-)
"As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know."
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