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DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
A DWT oldie but goodie Seth Hettena has been more on top of the Mitch Wade corruption case than anyone else and today he revealed who the 5 members of Congress are that Wade ratted out. Last week we speculated that they were the two obvious ones, Virgil Goode (R-VA) and Katherine Harris (R-FL) plus some combination of Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Tom Delay (R-TX), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Roy Blunt (R-MO),...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
President Felipe Calderon pledged Sunday to clean up corruption within his administration and vowed that his government would never negotiate with drug lords.
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
President Felipe Calderon pledged Sunday to clean up corruption within his administration and vowed his government would never negotiate with drug lords.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
President Felipe Calderon pledged Sunday to clean up corruption within his administration and vowed his government would never negotiate with drug lords.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
MEXICO CITY -- President Felipe Calderon pledged Sunday to clean up corruption within his administration and vowed his government would never negotiate with drug lords.
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Think Progress (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Mitchell Wade, the corrupt former lobbyist who plead guilty in 2006 to bribing former Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA), is reportedly assisting “the government in investigating five other members of Congress ,” according to a memorandum filed on Wednesday. The 42-page sentencing memo filed by Wade’s attorneys says that the other unnamed members are under investigation for “ corruption similar to...
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Rebuild the Party on UserVoice (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
conservinMD suggested: I can't count the number of corruption scandals that have affected the GOP in the last 8 years. Republicans need to demand a high ethical standard from our representatives. We should not try to defend unethical behavior whether it be bribery, harassment, or abuse of power. I would like to see GOP root out corruption within the ranks and support politicians...
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Pakistan Politics (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
After the successful sabotage of the session of Standing Committee for Education in National Assembly, Pakistan People Party continues blunders to cover up corruptions and creates bitter relations with media and opposition. Last week, when Abid Sher Ali, The Chairman of Standing Committee for Education called for a meeting to discuss the issue of Dogar’s Daughter, [...]
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The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
A decade later, a similar incident occurred. On the morning of January 22, 1987, Pennsylvania State Treasurer Budd Dwyer appeared before a room full of journalists, whom he had invited for a press conference. Dwyer had been accused of receiving a payoff of $300,000 in a highly publicized corruption scandal, and faced up to 55 years in prison. After speaking for half an hour, he pulled...
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Queens Crap (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
A Glen Head millionaire who was a key figure in a Congressional corruption scandal has been accused in a lawsuit by a mortgage company of involvement in a scheme to steal more than $50 million through a network of companies in the city and on Long Island. Thomas Kontogiannis , 60, who is serving an 8-year federal prison sentence for laundering bribes paid to former Rep. Randy Cunningham...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
MEXICO CITY - President Felipe Calderon pledged Sunday to clean up corruption within his administration and vowed his government would never negotiate with drug lords.Promising to continue the battle against organized crime, no matter how violent it gets, Calderon said he would push President-elect Barack Obama to do his part north of the U.S.-Mexican border. Calderon has long said the U.S....
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
The pivotal figure in a major Illinois political corruption scandal asked Wednesday for a federal judge to set a sentencing date, a signal that he may have ended his cooperation with prosecutors in an ongoing investigation.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
The pivotal figure in a major Illinois political corruption scandal asked Wednesday for a federal judge to set a sentencing date, a signal that he may have ended his cooperation with prosecutors in an ongoing investigation.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
The pivotal figure in a major Illinois political corruption scandal asked Wednesday for a federal judge to set a sentencing date, a signal that he may have ended his cooperation with prosecutors in an ongoing investigation.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
The pivotal figure in a major Illinois political corruption scandal asked Wednesday for a federal judge to set a sentencing date, a signal that he may have ended his cooperation with prosecutors in an ongoing investigation.