The Center for Public Integrity

The Federal Election Commission is mired in an investigation backlog and will be swamped by thousands of cases, giving it little chance for enforcement or for regulating campaign spending abuses, according to an analysis of FEC records by the Center for Public Integrity.

October 20, 1999 — Following the blueprint of her husband and fellow presidential hopeful, Bob Dole, the one-time president of the American Red Cross had a very lucrative career in which her appearances earned her at least $1.6 million since the beginning of last year, usually at $40,000 per event.

Tony Coelho, the chairman of Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign, did not report a now-controversial $300,000 personal loan on a federal financial disclosure report that he signed on June 11, 1998, the Center for Public Integrity has learned.

On May 11, praising "his leadership skills and strategic vision," Vice President Al Gore named Tony Coelho general chairman of Gore 2000, his presidential campaign organization. "Tony has been a great leader in every endeavor he has undertaken - government, business, and as an advocate for the disabled," Gore said in the news release announcing the appointment. The release went on to describe Coelho as, among other things, "a successful businessman."

Tony Coelho, the chairman of Vice President Al Gore’s presidential campaign, used government employees and resources to raise funds to help repay a $300,000 personal loan that he obtained from a Portuguese bank, the Center for Public Integrity has learned.

BOSTON — While the tradition of resisting subpoenas was already established in print journalism, it didn't start to develop in the budding broadcast news business until the turbulent late 1960s and early '70s.

BOSTON — While the Hubbell Subpoena merited page one treatment in The Times, there was far less coverage, mostly brief mentions, in 1996 when Judge Wright forced ABC to turn over outtakes of a PrimeTime Live interview by Diane Sawyer with Susan McDougal, who was jailed for contempt of court for refusing to testify about Whitewater. When asked why ABC did not call a press conference or launch a public protest as William Morrow would later do, spokesperson Murphy said, “It's not something we want to comment on publicly.”

The Kenneth Starr assailed by the Clinton administration as an agent of a vast right-wing conspiracy is the same Kenneth Starr who was hailed in 1987 by many journalists and media lawyers as a savior of investigative reporting.