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Sneak Peek at GAO Report on Air Force’s Airbus Contract
It hasn’t been released yet but Sen. Patty Murray says the upcoming GAO report is very critical of the process by which the Air Force awarded its huge tanker contract to Northrop Grumman and Airbus.
“Today, the GAO sustained Boeing’s protest and confirmed what I have been saying for months –the Air Force’s tanker decision was [...]
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Viva Las Vegas: Get Ready for a Bumpy Ride
Your next trip to Las Vegas may be a little more turbulent that usual - nearly half the air traffic controllers at the city’s McCarran Airport are trainees, according to a new report by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General.
The problem gets worse at other airports, including Miami International, as more controllers retire and the [...]
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The Wake-Up Call: Obama Supported Fingerprint Registry
Obama Supported National Fingerprint Registry, Panicking Civil Libertarians
Group Claims 35,000 Hillary Clinton Supporters Who Now Support McCain
Warning to Sen. David Vitter: D.C. Madam Case Not Over Yet
Abramoff’s Sentencing Date: Early September
Spitzer’s Next Move: Starting Vulture Fund to Buy Distressed Real Estate Funds
Why Hasn’t Nelson Mandela Spoken Out Against Mugabe?
Justice Department Awards $500K Grant to Golf Group
Letter to [...]
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The Wake-Up Call: McAuliffe Goes Nuts
Terry McAuliffe’s Deranged Appearance on John Stewart: “She Is Going to the White House”
Read Gina Gershon Letter to Vanity Fair, Denying Tryst With Bill Clinton
Client 9-to-5: Eliot Spitzer Now Working For His Dad’s Real Estate Empire
Watch The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee’s Hearing on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
For Four Years, Congressman Henry Brown (D-SC) Has Refused to Pay [...]
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The Wake-Up Call: John McCain Has a Cold… But You’re Not Supposed to Know That
EXCLUSIVE: McCain Has a Cold But His Aides Are Keeping It Under Wraps to Avoid Speculation About His Health, Sources Tell Muckraked
Clinton Trying to Unseat Delegates in Collin County, Texas
Hotline: In Fundraising Appeal, McCain Slams Obama for Chairing “Important” Subcmte That Has Afghanistan Oversight Responsibilities, But Failing to Hold “One Hearing”
McClellan Only Got $75,000 Advance [...]
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McClellan Lashes Media: “Complicit Enablers” of Iraq War
UPDATE: White House spokesperson Dana Perino, clearly frustrated, just told reporters asking her about the McClellan book: “I think that horse has been beaten enough.”
UPDATE: CNN’s Wolf Blitzer just defended the network’s coverage in the lead-up to the Iraq War, telling Howard Kurtz that “we could have done even better” in retrospect.
Some of the choice excerpts from Scott McClellan’s new [...]
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Scandal Sheet: McCain’s Power Couple
Charlie Black’s Wife Lobbies For Clients With Business Before McCain’s Commerce Committee
Audit: Almost Every Payment to Iraqi and U.S. Contractors Lacked Oversight
Voting Machine Company Chief Lied to Chicago Officials About His Ownership of Firm
Professor Busted for Bringing Laptop Into China, Though No Charge That Data Was Disclosed to Anyone
America’s Ten Most Imperiled Wildlife Refuges - [...]
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Report: RNC Hiring Rove Protege
To Dig Oppo Research on Obama
TPM Election Central’s Greg Sargent reports:
The Republican National Committee is hiring one of the party’s toughest oppo-researchers — former Karl Rove protege Tim Griffin, who was also at the center of the U.S. Attorney scandal — to dig into Barack Obama’s past and unearth info to damage his general election candidacy, a senior Republican operative [...]
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Scandal Sheet: FBI’s Eye on Protesters
McCain’s Charlie Black Worked for Angola’s Savimbi, Mobutu, Marcos and Equatorial Guinea’s Dictator
FBI Recruiting Informants to Keep Tabs on Protesters at RNC Convention
IRS Clears Obama’s Church of Improperly Assisting Campaign
Jail Likely for Fossella, Say Lawyers
DHS Relied on Tangential Research Study to Justify Bringing Foot-and-Mouth Disease Research to U.S. Mainland
Good News Out of Iraq: So Far in May, U.S. [...]
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Video of the Day: Fired US Atty Iglesias Discusses Election Fraud at Book Signing
Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias discusses New Mexico congressional candidate Darren White at a signing event for his book “In Justice: Inside the Scandal that Rocked the Bush Administration.”
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