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1999 IRE National Conference Show and Tell Tape #2
1999 IRE National Conference (Kansas City) Show and Tell Tape #2 is the second in a nine-part series. This tape includes: 1.) Bill Gephardt/Angela Hunter (KUTV-Salt Lake City) 1-Tracking down deadbeat tenants. 2.-Testing the dog-chaser...a device meant to keep dogs from attacking. 2.)Tony Pipitone (WKMG-Orlando) State employees found using office computers to view and sell pornography. 3.)Jennifer Snell (WTXF-Fox Philadelphia) "Troubled Transit" Investigation into the unreliable service of the transit system reveals dangerous mechanical problems with buses. The reason: mechanics sleeping in buses during shifts instead of making repairs...but reporting the problems as fixed. Buses break down and strand passengers. 4.) Drew Griffin (KCBS-Los Angeles) "The Real ConAir" Investigation reveals department of corrections transporting convicts on commercial flights. Passengers are not told who's sitting beside them. Planes are forced to land because of disturbances during the flight. A girl is sexually assaulted by one of these convicts. 5.) Christina Punza (KCOP-Los Angeles) Uncovers plan to reuse radioactive metals from U.S. nuclear power plants. The metal will be made into household items such as silverware. Experts say the metal can never be entirely cleaned of its radioactive contents. 6.) Morgan Loew (KOLD-Tuscon) Investigation on the black- market sale of Rohypnol, "the date-rape drug." 7.)Hoffer/Glemosky (WABC-New York City) "Dispensing Danger" Investigates pharmacies dispensing drugs without required prescriptions. 8.) Ray Parisi (WNYW-New York City) Travelling to foreign destinations for sex with kids.
Tags: TAPE; Kansas City; conference; no transcripts; IRE
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Freemen Warrants
Elizabeth Broderick ran seminars in Lancaster, California, a high desert suburb of Los Angeles. At the packed seminars, people would pay from $125-$200 for admission to hear anti-government philosophies and learn about "sovereignty." Included in the seminar package attendee's received what was called a "Comptrollers Warrant", what it was in reality was a blank check. They were instructed that they could fill out the checks for any amount and could pay off any debt. The could also buy additional checks separately. Broderick claimed it was all legal and backed-up by millions of dollars in liens she had against an illegal U.S. government. (March 4 - April 25, 1996)
Tags: Longabardi; Gephardt; Freemen; warrants; Contest entry Militias; TAPE
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No title (id: 10697)
The Target 9 Team's investigation into California's lax election laws found thousands of examples of people illegally registered who voted in the state's elections, including non-citizens, children, the deceased and pets. As a result of the investigation, the state legislature has several bills to clean up the system before it now and the FBI has started investigating voter fraud in California, April - December 1994.
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No title (id: 9961)
KCAL-TV (Los Angeles) finds inadequacies in the state criminal justice system, including criminals who are routinely given light sentences, early release and probation even though most repeat offenders commit their crimes while free because of these problems; finds that probation is a joke, with overworked probation officers clearly unable to handle their caseloads, Nov. 29, 1993.
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No title (id: 9439)
KCAL-TV (Hollywood, Calif.) uncovers a system of car theft, arrest, release and virtually no enforcement or punishment that results in thousands of cars being stolen each month from the Los Angeles area; reports on the models and years of cars that are most likely to be stolen, May 6 - 10, 1991. # CA Gephardt Eichenberger (Transcript Only).
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No title (id: 5333)
Common Cause Magazine runs article showing how presidential candidates can use PACs and foundations to circumvent campaign spending limits as long as the candidate has not officially declared, May/June 1987.
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No title (id: 4480)
The Nation reports on Rep. Richard Gephardt's Effective Government Committee, ostensibly a multi-candidate PAC to support House and Senate contenders, though almost 90 percent of the money seems to have gone to Gephardt's presidential campaign, May 2, 1987.
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GM Cars/Sudden Acceleration
WTHR-TV (Indianapolis) looks at the problem of sudden acceleration in certain cars --a problem suspected in more than 1,100 accidents.
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Making Money Off Medicare
WTHR-TV (Indianapolis) investigates makers of lift chairs for handicapped people; the chairs were offered at low prices or free to Medicare patients while Medicare was being charged many times their value, May 29 - 31, 1985.
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