Foreign lobbyist database could vanish

By Kevin Bogardus

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2004 — Justice Department officials say a huge database that serves as the public's lone window on lobbying activities

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"… o represent a foreign interest and engage in political activities before a U.S. official or conduct public relations are required to register with the office.The f …"

FACT CHECK: Foreign policy themed GOP debate full of falsehoods

By FactCheck.Org

Republican presidential candidates stretch the truth on international issues in South Carolina debate

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"… n.“The CIA is out of the detention and interrogation business,” said a U.S. official who is familiar with intelligence operations but was not authorized to spe …"

"… posure also forced the CIA to close a network of secret prisons. That left U.S. officials with no obvious place to hold new captives.In February, the Los Ange …"

Iranian help suspected in secret Libyan chemical weapons arsenal

By R. Jeffrey Smith, Joby Warrick and Colum Lynch

U.S. intelligence agencies investigating Iranian involvement with newly-discovered stash of chemical weapons in Libya

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"… artillery shells for chemical weapons that Libya kept secret for decades, U.S. officials said.The shells, which Libya filled with highly toxic mustard agent, were …"

"… shells were custom-designed and produced in Iran for Libya, said a senior U.S. official, one of several who spoke on condition of anonymity because the sensitivit …"

"… poke on condition of anonymity because the sensitivity of the accusation.A U.S. official with access to classified information confirmed there were "serious concer …"

"… n stuff that was not secure, and the world did not know about it," a third U.S. official said. "There were no seals and no inventories" by international inspectors …"

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The weekly watchdog: Nov. 21 - Nov. 23

By Bill Buzenberg

In case you missed them, catch up on this week's top investigations from iWatch News

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"… and round-the-clock drone surveillance, U.S. and Libyan officials said. A U.S. official with access to classified information confirmed there were "serious concer …"

U.S. official says government wasted $6-8 billion in Iraq reconstruction

By Zach Toombs and Aaron Mehta

The special inspector general for Iraq tallies the loss of U.S. taxpayer funds at more than 11 percent of the billions spent

U.S. seeks to outsource handling of Syrian chemical weapons

By R. Jeffrey Smith

The U.S. wants Jordan and Turkey to take the lead safeguarding Syrian chemical weapons.

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"… e and use by Hezbollah or other anti-U.S. or anti-Israeli militant groups, U.S. officials fear. This article is based on conversations about international plannin …"

"… sident Assad’s grip over his deadly arsenal comes into greater question, U.S. officials say. Worries about the fate of the chemicals – in a stockpile estimate …"

"… em and produce swift death by paralysis after minute, drop-size exposures, U.S. officials say. Syria devised its nerve weapons as binary agents, in which two less …"

"… rimary concern is a spillover of these things into their territory,” one U.S. official said. The salience of this worry was demonstrated when a Syrian mortar rou …"