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http://www.iwatchnews.org/ - Sep 29, 2011 3:27:51 AM - Apr 11, 2011 10:08:22 PM
Politics of disaster
Some senators supported disaster aid before they voted against it
Investigations Around the World
By Simona Raetz
The Centro de Investigación Periodística in Chile found that increased phone surveillance by police – part of an effort to track drug smugglers – has violated the privacy of ordinary citizens.
Secret money to aid Perry
Rick Perry allies form Citizens for a Greater America to accept secret moneyMortgage counseling funds axed
HUD mortgage counseling program loses funds, hundreds of housing counseling agencies hammeredCountrywide protected fraudsters by silencing whistleblowers, say former employees
Michael Hudson
Eileen Foster, the company’s new fraud investigations chief, had seen a lot of slippery behavior in her two-plus decades in the banking business. But she’d never seen anything like this.Democratic groups re-group to clear up confusion among frustrated donors
Peter H. Stone
Half a dozen Democratic groups formed to raise money for White House and Congress campaigns have created confusion among contributors about who-does-what.
The Great Mortgage Cover-Up
Exclusive interview with a high-ranking Bank of America whistleblower reveals corruption that led to the financial collapse
Superhero or payday king?
Payday lender Scott Tucker stayed one step ahead of the lawCountrywide protected fraudsters by silencing whistleblowers, say former employees
Eileen Foster, the company’s new fraud investigations chief, had seen a lot of slippery behavior in her two-plus decades in the banking business. But she’d never seen anything like this.
Michael Hudson
Home prices were sputtering, borrower defaults were climbing, and the industry leader, Countywide, would soon be forced to ask Bank of America for an infusion of capital to help it keep afloat.FACT CHECK: Did Romney’s health care law kill jobs?
The Perry campaign has been pushing a questionable claim that the Massachusetts health care law, signed by then-Gov.
Democratic maze
Donors confused and frustrated by the proliferation of outside groups