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RSS Feed October 09, 2008, 2:04 pm ENERGY: Brooks Brothers Rioter Turns Attention to Energy this Election Season By Marianne Lavelle  An advocacy group run by a political operative with oil industry ties (and a famous photo-op history) is spearheading a late advertising blitz to sway Senate races, spending more than $650,000 in the last month to blast the Democratic candidates in Colorado and Kentucky, and to urge support for Republican incumbents in Mississippi. Read more Add a commentEmail this October 08, 2008, 8:01 am  Angola-Gate Case Goes on Without ‘Extraordinary Operator’ By Peter Newbatt Smith  That was then . . .One chapter of the Center’s 2002 report Making a Killing: The Business of War was devoted to Arcadi Gaydamak, whom we described as “one of the most extraordinary operators in world business.” In 1993 and 1994 he and his French business partner, Pierre Falcone, arranged for $633 million in arms to be shipped from Russia and other Eastern European countries to the government of Angola, then engaged in a civil war. The United Nations had imposed an arms embargo on Angola, and France maintained that Falcone’s company did not have government authorization for the sales. Read more Add a commentEmail this October 07, 2008, 2:54 pm POLITICS: After the Whistle Blows By Sarah Laskow  Christopher De Rosa, a top scientist at the Centers for Disease Control, is still serving as a scapegoat for leaders at the organization, judging from a new congressional report released Monday about the CDC’s failure to act on dangerous formaldehyde levels reported in trailers for refugees from hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Read more Add a commentEmail this October 03, 2008, 4:16 pm ELECTION ’08: F is for Friday and Financial Disclosure By Sarah Laskow  The McCain campaign posted Sarah Palin’s financial disclosure form and her tax returns from 2006 and 2007 this afternoon. The Palins paid $22,721 in taxes on $166,080 adjusted gross income last year. Read more Comments (1) | Add a commentEmail this October 03, 2008, 10:50 am ELECTION ’08: Disclosure By Sarah Laskow  Sarah Palin is turning in her personal financial disclosure forms to the Federal Election Commission on Monday. Will the forms give the pundits yet another excuse to slam on McCain’s veep? Read more Add a commentEmail this October 02, 2008, 4:16 pm POLITICS: Executive Privilege + Congressional Timidity = Stalled Investigations By Marianne Lavelle  With Capitol Hill consumed by the nation’s financial crisis, time is running out on the broader search to find out just what happened behind closed doors during the last eight years. As the Bush administration winds down, numerous congressional investigations on a range of issues from greenhouse gas emissions standards to the firings of federal prosecutors remain unresolved — blocked by the White House’s wide-ranging assertions of executive privilege. Read more Add a commentEmail this October 02, 2008, 10:53 am POLITICS: Americans for Limited Credibility By Josh Israel  A major libertarian political activist has sent thousands of letters to liberal funders threatening to expose them in their local communities, Ben Smith of The Politico reported Wednesday. The letters warn, "Should any of these organizations be found to be engaged in illegal or questionable activity, it is our intent to publicize your involvement with those activities." What is not mentioned is that the originators of the letter, Howard Rich and his tax-exempt political group Americans for Limited Government, don't actually release the names of their own donors and have a history of questionable activities. Read more Add a commentEmail this October 01, 2008, 4:07 pm ECONOMY: Counting on a New Accounting By Marianne Lavelle  It has to be one of the more obscure subjects ever addressed in a news release from a major presidential campaign. 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