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Search results for "Secret Services" ...
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The Secret Service Scandal
As President Obama was dressing to attend a formal gala of 430 world leaders in Cartagena, Colombia, last April, a story broke over a U.S. Secret Service agent not paying an agreed upon $800 fee for sex with a prostitute, leading to the dismissal of 11 secret service agents for their debauchery at Colombia’s Hotel Caribe. It was the largest scandal in the 147-year-old history of the Secret Service, exposing a pervasive macho culture of hard-working, hard-partying agents in an agency whose common image is one of stoned-faced, buttoned-down agents focused solely on protecting the President.
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Secret Service Strip Club: El Salvador
Seattle-based investigative reporter Chris Halsne tracks down a reluctant source in El Salvador to expose allegations that getting drunk, partying with strippers, and paying for sex with third-world prostitutes is part of the U.S. Secret Service culture. This investigative series is aired just weeks after agents were caught in Columbia with hookers – and just days after Homeland Security Director announced to Congress that Columbia was an isolated incident.
Tags: corruption; U.S. Secret Service; El Salvador; Seattle
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Project Simoom
Our investigation "Project Simoom" revealed how the Swedish government in secret helped Saudi Arabia with the planning of an advanced weapons factory. In order to hide the plans from the public a state agency set up an illegal dummy corporation formed with cash from the military intelligence service to handle the project with the saudis. Our disclosure forced the Defence minister Sten Tolgfors and his staff to resign, and stopped the construction of the weapons factory, the investigation has won several awards including the number one broadcast award in Europe "Prix Europa"
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Descent Into Madness
CBS News: 60 Minutes investigates the shootings by Jared Loughner that wounded Gabrielle Giffords and killed several others. 60 Minutes found that Loughner's acts followed a well-worn path towards targeted violence that had been studied by the Secret Service and that he gave off many warning signals about his intentions.
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords; Tucson; shooting
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The Blue Ridge Parkway
A historical documentary about the Blue Ridge Parkway revealed a 75-year-old secret between FDR and a prominent congressman that determined the route of the parkway.
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Glock's Secret Path to Profits
The Austrian handgun, Glock, has become the largest handgun supplier to US law enforcement. This investigation revealed the hidden history behind the success and the troubling business dealings within the company. This story also reveals the difficulty US regulators have overseeing international businesses.
Tags: Handguns; Business; Law Enforcement; Pistols; Supplier; Gaston Glock; Police; Firearms; Guns; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
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Big Money Slides From WFP To City Campaigns; All In The Family
“The Working Families Party is an increasingly powerful third political party in New York which, due to quirky state election laws, is able to cross-endorse candidates and get involved in other parties’ primaries.” The question that everyone has been asking is how WFP (Working Families Party) finances its extensive operations. The first article reveals this very question. The WFP owned a secretive political consulting company, which uses the same resources as WFP and in apparent opposition to New York City’s campaign finance laws. The second article reveals that WFP not only has two arms, but there are in fact four arms. These four arms show the benefits received by WFP are of a political party, a non-profit, and a for-profit.
Tags: Working Families Party(WFP); New York; Data and Field Services(DFS); Campaigns; Politics; Politicians
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CIA Secret Prison in Lithuania
A CIA secret prison was uncovered in Lithuania in a stable that was once used for a riding academy. ABC news aired video of the prison and revealed the cooperation of the Lithuanian Secret Service and "US front companies."
Tags: Lithuanian; government; Secret Service; torture; detainee detention
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Red River Dumping
Millions of gallons of toxic waster were secretly being dumped into a northern Louisiana waterway. The September story started with an anonymous tip and led to the discovery of thousands of pages of online documents revealing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality concerns about the presence of dangerous toxins in waste water stored by CCS Midstream Services, LLC, hidden caches of toxic waste, falsified records and a hidden pipe leading into Red River.
Tags: toxins; public health; environmental violations; protected waters; toxic waste; pollution; dumping chemicals;
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3-part Corporate Espionage Series
Between Aptil and August 2008, Mother Jones published an exclusive three-part investigation into corporate espionage on its Web site, MotherJones.com. The groundbreaking series exposed a private security company that spied on activist groups, and it also blew the cover on a mole for the gun lobby who spent more than a decade infiltrating the highest ranks of the gun-control movement.
Tags: gun control; lobbyists; Beckett Brown International; gun control; Mary Lou Sapone