Commentary: Freedom of information under attack

By Charles Lewis

Asking the tough questions required of "watchdog journalism" is especially difficult in a national crisis atmosphere of fear, paranoia and p

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"… state and local officials have restricted access to government records by executive order or proposed new laws to sharply curtail their availability, accordin …"

"… for their actions . . . for such access to be curtailed or nullified by an executive process not subject to public or legislative review or scrutiny violates t …"

Commentary: Clamping down on freedom of the press

The clamp-down on the freedom of the press by the executive and judicial branches of the U.S. government, begun in the wake of September 11

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"… 971, sided with the First Amendment by a vote of 6-3.While Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee was, among others, understandably exultant and relieved …"

"… officials had held—on government time and property—with energy company executives to help formulate federal policies, a position on which he remains steadf …"

"… eral, state and local officials restricted access to government records by executive order, or proposed new laws to sharply curtail their availability, accordi …"

"… own safety is quite serious and very possibly insurmountable. Tom Blanton, executive director of the National Security Archive in Washington wrote in National …"

Insurance industry battles bill mandating mental health coverage

By Kevin Bogardus

WASHINGTON, August 13, 2002 — James Hackett learned about the inequities in the coverage of mental health services after his teenage daughte

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"… s their illness with the same urgency as a physical illness.Bush issued an executive order establishing the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. The 15-mem …"

"… action. After Bush’s apparent change of heart, Congress has followed the executive office’s lead.Representatives Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Marge Roukema ( …"

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Bush's choice of EPA advisers signals tilt toward industry

By Josey Ballenger

February 12, 2001 — The composition of the team that advised George W. Bush on the Environmental Protection Agency during his transition to

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"… t few years. And the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, whose executive director Jeff Saitas is another team member, is “a train wreck” that a …"

"… l Cattlemen’s Beef Association, which is represented on the panel by its executive director of legislative affairs, Dale Moore, is suing the EPA for trying t …"

"… ts before the EPA — and then joined timber company Weyerhaeuser as a top executive.Ruckelshaus pushed the revolving door again after his second EPA tour of d …"

"… the Bush administration than Gordon Binder.”Another lawyer-lobbyist with executive branch experience, Jeff Holmstead is now with Latham & Watkins in Wash …"

Tim Pawlenty's ties to Morgan Stanley executives could create image issues

By Peter H. Stone

Execs at much investigated Morgan Stanley have tight political ties to Tim Pawlenty

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"… porters Mike Hudson and Aaron Mehta contributed to this story. …"

"… ives in the financial sector have written checks to help Tim Pawlenty. But executives with Morgan Stanley, which has been ensnared in federal probes of Wall St …"

"… y about the Wall Street bailout.In the last election cycle, Morgan Stanley executives donated $79,500 to Pawlenty’s Freedom First PAC, more than any other co …"

"… $79,500 to Pawlenty’s Freedom First PAC, more than any other company’s executives except for Federated Insurance, according to the Center for Responsive Po …"

Analysis — N.C. consumer advocates seeing red over bait and switch by one of the blues

By Wendell Potter

Consumer advocates in North Carolina thought they had a deal with Blue Cross on a health insurance exchange, but now they are having doubts.

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"… sident Obama and Congressional leaders learned the hard way that insurance executives were playing them like a Stradivarius in promising to be good-faith partn …"

"… rdquo; Linker said. Last week, consumer advocates discovered that BCBSNC executives had been working behind the scenes all along on their own exchange bill, …"

"… ould compete with private insurers.) In addition to the Blue Cross seat, executives of two smaller insurers would serve three-year terms on the board. The st …"

"… hat goal.” News analyst Wendell Potter, a former insurance company executive, is the author of Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on …"

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Analysis — An illuminating expedition to the world of the uninsured

By Wendell Potter

Lawmakers questioning the need for health care reform should check out this weekend's effort to provide free medical care at a Nashville hig

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"… begin to occur. News analyst Wendell Potter, a former insurance company executive, is the author of Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on …"

ANALYSIS: Blue Shield of California's refund is peanuts compared to its profits

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Don't take Blue Shield's $180 million refund offer at face value

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"… is form. News analyst Wendell Potter, a former insurance company executive, is the author of  Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Spe …"

ANALYSIS: Health insurance companies are on a stock buyback binge

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Health insurance companies buying back billions of dollars of their own stock

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"… ely winds up in the bank accounts of a few investors and insurance company executives, including those who have to power to deny coverage for potentially life- …"

"… er.Being very familiar with how and why this happens, your company’s top executives will do whatever they can make sure the earnings per share (EPS) exceeds …"

"… of the big for-profit insurers have been on a buyback binge lately. Humana executives announced a few weeks ago that it would be buying back $1 billion of its …"

"… othing compared to what UnitedHealth said it plans to do. UnitedHealth’s executives said the company plans to repurchase up to 110 million shares in the comi …"

Obama rewards big bundlers with jobs, commissions, stimulus money, government contracts, and more

Obama administration has rewarded "bundlers" with jobs, appointments, government contracts

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"… shington-based nonprofit focused on investigative journalism.  …"

"… in contributions for the Obama war chest, while two fellow senior company executives collected at least $150,000 more.After the election, Gips was put in char …"

"… filmmaker Rachel Goslins, whom Obama appointed in August 2009 to serve as executive director of the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities, for more t …"

"… s a powerful force to decide who got coveted jobs. Obama appointed Level 3 executive Crowe in October 2010 to chair the presidential advisory committee on tele …"

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