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Outsourcing Big Brother

By Adam Mayle and Alex Knott

December 17, 2002

WASHINGTON, December 17, 2002 — The Total Information Awareness System, the controversial Pentagon research program that aims to gather and

George H.W. Bush — Revisited

By John Solomon

March 21, 2011

He’s 86 now, his eyebrows silver and his legs weakened by Parkinson’s-like symptoms. But as George Herbert Walker Bush approaches his twilig

Excerpts from this story referencing "Iran-Contra affair":

"… burst into the national limelight as the unrepentant central figure of the Iran-Contra affair — was among the chosen few. Then-Major Oliver North was at Bush’s side …"

Open your mind

By Stephen Engelberg

March 1, 1999

NEW YORK, March 1, 1999 — Day-to-day, investigative reporting is about sweat and perseverance. Forget about the widely held view that govern

Excerpts from this story referencing "Texas":

"… the federal government’s botched raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Texas-pulled together some reporting they had done previously on the subject, an …"