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An Un-American Tragedy
Pat Tillman was a former college football star and NFL player who enlisted in the Army and became an Army Ranger after the events of September 11, 2001. His death in 2004 in Afghanistan was presented by the military as a heroic act, but as more details emerged, it became clear that he died not from the enemy's bullets, but rather was a victim of friendly fire. ESPN.com investigated, interviewing some of the soldiers who witnessed the chaos which led to Tillman's death, and examining whether or not the Army artificially inflated Tillman's battlefield deeds in order to present him as a hero.
Tags: Pat Tillman; Army Rangers; death by friendly fire; fratricide; Silver Star; death coverup
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Fallout
SF Weekly reports on the Hunters Point Shipyard, which is being turned over to the city of San Francisco in 2002. The shipyard used to house the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, which handled -- or mishandled, as SF Weekly discovered -- "nearly every kind of radioactive material known to man." The investigation found that tons of radioactive materials had been dumped into San Francisco Bay, radioactive fuel had been burned, discharging its smoke into the atmosphere, radioactive scrap metal was sold to private companies and unsuitable radioactive containers were dumped at a site 30 miles from the city. At the time the series was published the Navy had promised to release a study of the site, but had not. Following the first two parts, the third part of Davis' "Fallout" series on radiological materials buried at Hunters Point, the San Francisco Navy shipyard. This installment shows that a supposedly exhaustive 634-page Navy report fails to tell the real history of radiation at the shipyard.
Tags: CD-ROM; U.S. Navy; Hunters Point Shipyard; Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory; radioactive dumping; pollution; hazardous waste; nuclear experiments; toxic materials; environment; clean-up San Francisco bay; veterans; Cold War
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Scandal Surrounds Net Typo Firm
An MSNBC.com investigation describes the fraud tactics of a network of Internet firms. The story focuses on a "small Internet company," which "steals from Yahoo. Microsoft, AOL, and a host of other big name Web sites; it creates top-50 Web sites out of thin air, cheats advertisers by getting them to pay for useless advertising, and uses its position to artificially inflate penny stocks." The reporter reveals that "now charges of fraud and stock manipulation are hovering around the firm, and the FBI is investigating."
Tags: CD ROM; SEC; FBI; Internet; stocks; advertising; Microsoft; Yahoo; AOL; Quantum Leap Media; Powerclick
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State Video Records Coe Minutes Before Execution
The Tennessean reveals that "state prison officials videotaped the prelude to the execution" - first in 40 years - of Robert Glen Coe, sentenced to death for the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl. The story reports on the Tennessean's and other newspapers' efforts to obtain a non-censored copy of the videotape, and on the following release of a redacted version. "The Tennessean has returned to court and has asked the judge to order the state to release a less-censored version ... citing other documents obtained under FOI laws that reveal the identities of several state officials who appear on the tape."
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Chris Wallace's Internet Expose
This ABCNews.com investigative show focuses on "the very lucrative business of on-line prostitution." It reveals that "the majority of clientele ... includes very wealthy dot-commers that are purchasing sex on-line who otherwise would never have solicited prostitutes." The show features "interviews with an LA vice cop who reveals that the Los Angeles Police Department will often not pursue or prosecute internet prostitutes because of the difficulty involved in tracking them down."
Tags: CD ROM; Internet; e-commerce; on-line; law enforcement
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Pakistan Nukes Outstrip India's, Officials Say
An MSNBC.com investigation reveals an assessment of American intelligence agencies that "in recent years ... the nuclear force that Pakistan fields has overtaken India's...," thus changing the power of balance in South Asia. The reporters find that now "Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is vastly superior to that of rival India, with up to five times the nuclear warheads," mostly due to "generous Chinese assistance." Amongst the key findings is also that "Pakistan has far more capability [than India] to actually use them." The online medium reports on the India's reaction to the reassessment and describes it as "furor bordering on panic in India, where governments have always assured citizens that they would never allow Pakistan to obtain superiority in strategic weapons."
Tags: CD ROM; missile; CIA; Defense Intelligence Agency; India; Pakistan; Middle East; military; defense
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Session 2000: The best laws money can buy?
This student web-zine investigation identifies "150 groups and individuals who contributed more than half of the donations state lawmakers received for the 1999 elections." The analysis of campaign finance reports shows that 1.4% of donors have given 54% of donations. The package tracks downs "what favors mega-donors received during the 2000 legislative session." The student journalists find "numerous instances in which the General Assembly passed laws benefiting large contributors - or killed legislation opposed to top donors." The investigation reveals that amongst the main contributors who have benefitted from the lawmaking process are Phillip Morris, Virginia Coal Association, National Rifle Association and Paramount's Kings Dominion theme park.
Tags: CD ROM; campaign contributions; elections; legislature; lawmaking; Virginia Coal Association; National Rifle Association; Phillip Morris; Paramount's King Dominion theme park
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Playing with Fire: The Untold Story of Woodstock '99
MTVi "traced the roots of the (Woodstock '99) riot back to the planning stages of 1999's biggest concert. Exploring every aspect of the festival -- from its water system to its pay-per-view television coverage -- the series uncovered new evidence that the concert's promoters and local officials failed to heed signs of impending disaster."
Tags: CD ROM; event planning security permits medical services mosh pits EPA hazardous waste site bonfires
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The Colonel's Wife
"In the summer of 1991, the lifeless body of Viparat Marecek was found floating face down in the Cape Fear River near Wilmington, N.C. Immediately, Viparat's husband, legendary Green Beret Colonel George Marecek, became the chief suspect. With no physical evidence linking Marecek to the crime, it took the state 9 years and 3 trials to successfully convict the war hero of killing his beautiful Thai wife." The reporters conducted an investigation into the colonel's conviction, uncovering a "botched autopsy and crime scene investigation, allegations of espionage and sexual misconduct and witness intimidation by one of the state's star witnesses, allegations of police misconduct and witness intimidation by the lead detective on the case, and the signed confession by a known serial killer that is strikingly similar to the brutal death of Viparat Marecek."
Tags: CD ROM; crime; military; trial; Green Beret; U.S. Czechoslovakia; Soviet KGB; intelligence; Army Special Operations Forces
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Our Private Legislatures -- Public Service, Private Gain
A Center for Public Integrity investigation of state legislatures reveals that statehouses are full of politicians who use their positions of power to increase their own wealth. The center's investigation, which touched all 50 states, revealed that many state legislators "write law that directly benefit their businesses", "profit by operating nonprofit organizations that receive state funding" and "vote pay raises for government-employed spouses."
Tags: state legislatures; conflicts of interest; wealth; power; supporting documentation tape; CD ROM