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Congressional Campaign Marred by Scandal
When federal authorities charged the finance director for Connecticut House Speaker Chris Donovan's congressional campaign with trying to hide campaign contributions, the Courant sought to uncover details of the probe and provide its readers stories that explained the significance of the arrest, peeling back the layers of a conspiracy that reached the highest levels of state government.
Tags: Federal authorities; campaign finance; state government
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Age of Treason
Sharrock "presents an extensively reported portrait of the Oath Keepers, a self-styled patriot group that has established itself as a hub in the sprawling anti-Obama movement...the group recruits soldiers and law enforcement officers, asking them to reaffirm their oath to hold up the Constitution, but with a twist: they also vow to disobey any "illegal" or "unconstitutional" orders. While the Oath Keepers' official message is nonviolent, Sharrock uncovers how the group attracts conspiracy-minded members who are stockpiling weapons and advocating armed resistance against a government crackdown that they fear is imminent."
Tags: treason; anti-government conspiracy; gun laws; right to bear arms; martial law; Obama; Oath Keepers
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The Deadliness Below: Decades of Dumping Chemical Arms Leave a Risky Legacy
The Army secretly dumped at least 64 million pounds of chemical weapons off the coastlines of 11 states and 16 other countries, didn't tell anyone about it, and 20 years ago stopped checking the few sites that were ever inspected. The weapons are incredibly dangerous, likely are leaking, and will pose a threat for generations. The Army doesn't know where all the dumpsites are located, and admits that more likely exist than have been discovered.
Tags: chemicals; military; Armed Forces; government conspiracy; environment; water pollution; public safety; public health; chemical weapons; offshore dumping
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Reporting Series on Karl Rove and CIA Leak
Isikoff reported on the scandal surrounding the leak of Valerie Plame's role as an undercover CIA operative. Isikoff wrote about how the scandal evolved for two years, and how its roots lie with Karl Rove.
Tags: CIA; espionage; undercover agent; spy; government conspiracy
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Secret CIA Prisons
This investigation disclosed for the first time the locations of secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe. ABC news investigated the prisons as well as the prisoners kept there; it was the first time that information was made public.
Tags: prison; jail; CIA; government conspiracy; federal government; Condoleeza Rice
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Governor John G. Rowland
This ongoing investigation into corruption within the Rowland administration revealed a number of gifts to the governor from state employees and major state contractors. Among the findings: A contractor who renovated the governor's cottage and gave him use of vacation homes at nominal prices had received preferential treatment in obtaining state contracts; a businessman who made millions leasing office space to the state had paid his niece to rent a condo owned by the governor for three times the market rate; a law firm that gave Rowland free legal services had performed millions of dollars in work for the state. The governor resigned July 1 and on Dec. 23 pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge.
Tags: Governor John G. Rowland; no-bid; contracts; state government; pay to play; political ethics; conspiracy; gifts; FOIA
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The Lords of Bakersfield
"The Californian exposed the depths and extent to which the assistant district attorney of Kern County, Calif., went to manipulate and control the teenage son of one of his longest-serving and most faithful investigators. The Californian also examined a series of murders dating back to the late 1970s, up to the present, that suggested a pattern of corruption at the highest levels of Kern's county government. Powerful men were alleged to have used their positions to cover up their own, and others', duplicitous lives in which they secretly used teenage boys for sex. Cases involving the alleged conspirators, known as the Lords of Bakersfield, occasionally ended in murder."
Tags: homosexuality; gay; murder; conspiracy
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The Deadly Dust
"'The Deadly Dust' is a story about a government and industry conspiracy to cover-up the dangers of beryllium, a unique metal, critical to our nation's production of nuclear weapons. The segment ... was based on tens of thousands of pages of primary documents consisting of de-classified government reports, internal company memoranda and medical journal articles. It was based on discussions with hundreds of sources and the support of an award-winning team at 'The Toledo Blade.'"
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; beryllium; nuclear weapons; metal; government
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The Informant
The Informant is "the inside story of the groundbreaking price-fixing investigation involving Archer Daniels Midland Company. The book provides a unique inside look at both the rampant corruption inside the politically powerful corporation, as well as perhaps the most detailed and realistic portrayal ever of the personalities, pettiness and bureaucratic infighting involved in a federal criminal investigation."
Tags: BOOK; FBI; investigations; government; corporations whistleblowers felony prisoner Mark Whitacre conspiracy corporate espionage
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The Dallas Observer investigates the indictment of Dallas city councilman, Paul Fielding, on eight counts of bribery, conspiracy, mail fraud and extortion. After weeding through Fielding's 44 page indictment the Dallas Observer found that while Fielding should not go to prison, he was still definitely no longer deserving of his public office. (Dec. 26, 1996)
Tags: Miller Should Paul Fielding go to jail? Contest entry Corruption City government 13 pgs.