Customers close accounts to protest Wall Street, abusive lending practices

Angry at Wall Street over the financial crisis and consumer credit practices seen as predatory, some consumers have opted to close their acc

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"… ’t trust them,” she said.Editor's note: Late last year, The Center for Public Integrity merged with the Huffington Post Investigative Fund, which was chaired by A …"

Investigation, audit reveal past mismanagement by Gore's campaign manager

By Bill Hogan

WASHINGTON, October 2, 1999 — On May 11, praising "his leadership skills and strategic vision," Vice President Al Gore named Tony Coelho gen

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"… ate Department’s Office of Inspector General, obtained by the Center for Public Integrity, points to mammoth cost overruns, gross mismanagement, and potential illeg …"

"… ichard Rathe, the company’s president, did not respond to the Center for Public Integrity’s request for an interview.)Under Coelho, in fact, written agreements we …"

"… ll.Center's findingsMoreover, a four-month investigation by the Center for Public Integrity has found that Coelho:Ordered destroyed weekly records with his handwritte …"

Candidates' positions on Rwanda genocide: Should U.S. intervene?

Steve Bradshaw and Mike Robinson won the 1999 International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ Aw

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"… e under the title The Triumph of Evil. ICIJ is a project of the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative research group based in Washington …"

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Turning on their own

By Steve Weinburg

A group of former prosecutors cites a colleague's pattern of misconduct

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"… legations in the prosecutors' brief, responded to the Center for Public Integrity's request for comment. He counters every point in the brief from the six f …"

Cutting through the fog of war

By Daniel Politi

Open records law offers flawed glimpse of government contracting

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"… rnment contracts for work in post-war Iraq and Afghanistan, the Center for Public Integrity filed 73 FOIA requests and appeals with the State Department, the U.S. Age …"

"… te veto power over FOIA requests, but one FOIA officer told the Center for Public Integrity, rarely does the organization disagree with requests for redactions by con …"

"… ontract with Dataline Inc. for work in Iraq was released to the Center for Public Integrity with the text on seven pages blacked out. The State Department has yet to …"

"… d add these companies, among others that were missing, into the Center for Public Integrity's request for contract copies.Similar problems were encountered with the l …"

Energy-backed firms award bonuses, file bankruptcy

By Ronnie Greene and Matthew Mosk

The DOE financed green energy companies that later fell into bankruptcy — but not before the firms awarded big executive bonuses

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"… s doled out six-figure bonuses and payouts to top executives, a Center for Public Integrity and ABC News investigation found.Take, for instance, Beacon Power Corp., t …"

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"… s doled out six-figure bonuses and payouts to top executives, a Center for Public Integrity and ABC News investigation found.Venezuela emerges as new source of ‘con …"

The Army tank that could not be stopped

By Aaron Mehta and Lydia Mulvany

Corporate cash and adroit lobbying have helped crush the Army’s effort to stop work on its premier tank.

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"… ccording to an analysis of spending and lobbying records by the Center for Public Integrity.Sharp spikes in the company’s donations — including a two-week period …"

"… ccording to data on defense industry campaign contributions the Center for Public Integrity acquired from the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.These are the …"