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In for a penny, in for $2.98 trillion
The Nation by Robert Scheer 04/01/09 The good news on the government’s ‘No Banker Left Behind’ program is that according to the special inspector general’s report on Tuesday, the total handout to date... ...
'Billions wasted' in Iraq
BETWEEN $US3 billion and $US5 billion have been wasted in the US-effort to rebuild Iraq since 2003, the US official assigned to oversee reconstruction efforts in that country said today. Stuart Bowen,... ...
US Soldiers Investigated Over 'Fraud' Bigger Than Madoff
By Patrick Cockburn in northern Iraq The exact sum missing may never be clear, but a report by the US Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) suggests it may exceed $50bn, making it... ...
Watchdogs: Government Overpaid for Wall Street Assets
Kevin G. Hall and Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers: "The federal government overpaid by about $78 billion for stock and other troubled assets when it bailed out big banks last year, and it lacks sufficient... ...
Watchdog critiques wartime spending
USA Today 02/01/09 Military and civilian agencies must do a better job of coordinating postwar reconstruction projects, particularly as the U.S. focus shifts from Iraq to Afghanistan, a government watchdog... ...
Justice Dept. Official Lied to Congress, Internal Probe Finds
Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers: "A former acting Justice Department civil rights chief illegally favored conservative job applicants as 'real Americans,' kept liberal lawyers off key cases and lied... ...
Democrats: Ignored IG Advice Could Have Saved $25 Billion
David Goldstein, McClatchy Newspapers: "Some congressional Democrats claim that the Bush administration could have saved more than $25 billion since 2001 if it had implemented nearly 14,000 cost-saving... ...
Pentagon Pro-Troop Group Misspent Millions
Noah Shachtman, Wired: "While the Pentagon preps for a new administration, a scandal from an earlier era is rearing its head. A Defense Department project, supposedly designed to support US troops, was... ...
'Our voices don't count over mast' say Kingsthorpe campaigners
Published Date: 12 December 2008 Campaigners who fought to stop a fourth mobile phone mast being installed near their Northampton homes say their voices simply do not count after O2 won the battle. The... ...
Ex-Generals to Urge Obama Action on Torture Issue
Randall Mikkelsen, Reuters: "Barack Obama should act from the moment of his inauguration to restore a US image battered by allegations of torturing terrorism suspects, said a group of retired military... ...