Skipping safeguards, officials rushed benefit to a politically-connected energy company

By Ronnie Greene and Matthew Mosk

Did White House hurry to spur jobs - or favor firm backed by fundraiser?

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"… follow a rigorous process that’s transparent,” said Franklin Rusco, an analyst with the Government Accountability Office. “It makes the agency more sus …"

"… auditors have stoked more questions.Energy Department officials said their analysts had gathered more than enough information to bet on Solyndra. They said p …"

"… ue as a going concern.” Solyndra has since boosted revenues, though some analysts remain skeptical about its long-term prospects.Two months later, in May 2 …"

"… months later. “The future is here.”Yet Solyndra ran into trouble amid analyst concerns its manufacturing costs were too high. It laid off nearly 180 wor …"

Analysis — Health insurance corporate profits spiked despite dire predictions of health care reform wreckage

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Health insurers cheered last week when profits soared; consumers left in lurch

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"… nka, Minn., office of UnitedHealth’s CEO, Stephen J. Hemsley.Wall Street analysts had worried that health insurers would have such a hard time complying wi …"

"… UnitedHealth’s profit jumped from $1.03 to $1.22 per share. Wall Street analysts had been expecting the company to earn just 89 cents a share. When you be …"

"… red with questions during the company’s conference call with Wall Street analysts last Thursday. They wanted to know how UnitedHealth had pulled off such a …"

"… on’t hunt anymore. UnitedHealth executives admitted during the call with analysts Thursday morning that “the incidence of influenza was substantially hig …"

Assessing RNC police tactics, part I

By G.W. Schulz

Intelligence-led policing played a starring role in 2008's Republican National Convention, and eight political activists stand accused of co

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"… ting antiterrorism grants be used to pay for thousands of new intelligence analyst positions.The results of St. Paul’s campaign against political protester …"

"… t.”Instead the Minnesota Joint Analysis Center relied on “intelligence analysts” to disseminate memos to other law enforcement agencies advising them o …"

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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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"… at least some of their business away from a large bank.Dennis Santiago, an analyst at Institutional Risk Analytics, which provides market data to banks, said …"

"… crisis of the past two years.”Banks Try to Make Nice with CustomersWhile analysts agree that the dollar value of the money moving away from the large banks …"

The Murtha Method

By The Center for Public Integrity

For months, a cloud has swirled around Congressman John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee,

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"… cle rather than project merit.”Former Senate staffer Winslow Wheeler, an analyst at the Center for Defense Information, is more blunt: “Earmarks and cont …"

Stealth PACs revealed

By The Center for Public Integrity

February 9, 2000 — The 2000 election cycle promised to be a high-stakes and free-spending election by anyone's measure. The balance of power

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"… omas Mead is the executive director and is a former missile-defense policy analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation. According to its inaugural press …"

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Analysis — U.S. interests at risk in six Mideast nations

By Barbara Slavin

Snapshots of six pivotal nations: Turmoil in Middle East threatens U.S. interests in short term even if more democratic governments emerge..

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"… hamber parliament, which briefly existed in the 1970s—are growing. Saudi analyst Gregory Gause said King Hamad is “caught between his population and his …"

"… esembled an armed camp as more demonstrations erupt.Mehdi Khalaji, an Iran analyst at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said that if the Arab re …"

Mixing oil and politics is formula for Newt’s “solutions”

By Marianne Lavelle

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich isn’t running for president this year, but due to a gusher of support for his campaign to promote opening

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"… . But Gingrich mentioned the petition in his frequent TV appearances as an analyst on Fox News. And “it pretty much took off virally,” said Kotman. Links …"

Update: No-bid contractor has deep ties to Ridge

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2005 — Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has close personal and political connections to a tiny Pennsylvani

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"… lvania college that is negotiating a no-bid contract to train intelligence analysts for the sprawling agency.Late last month, the Department of Homeland Secu …"

"… s with Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa., to develop and run an intelligence analyst certificate program for the department. Mercyhurst is a liberal arts, priv …"

Tiny school gets no-bid work from Homeland Security

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2005 — A tiny college located in the hometown of ex-Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge is negotiating a no-bid cont

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"… Secretary Tom Ridge is negotiating a no-bid contract to train intelligence analysts for the sprawling agency. In doing so, the agency is short-circuiting a s …"

"… s with Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa., to develop and run an intelligence analyst certificate program for the department. Mercyhurst is a liberal arts, priv …"

"… en Hamilton. Mercyhurst began conducting training courses for intelligence analysts at the company in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., last August. …"

"… ., last August. Booz Allen currently supplies several hundred intelligence analysts to departments and agencies throughout the federal government, including …"

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