Investment Manager Stanford Was Big-Time Campaign Contributor
Money manager Robert Allen Stanford now has two things in common with embattled investment manager Bernard Madoff: both have come under scrutiny for allegedly defrauding their investors, and both have given significant funds to politicians. The Securities and Exchange Commission today accused Stanford, chief of Stanford Financial Group, of “fraud in the sale of about [...]
In NY Times, CRP Board Member Calls for Revolving Door Transparency
So far the Obama administration has appeared to make efforts to slow down the revolving door for lobbyists going from the executive branch into the private sector (and vice versa). But does the new president’s executive order prohibiting incoming members of the administration from working on issues they’ve lobbied on in the two years prior [...]
Pentagon clears itself of spreading BS propaganda
An internal investigation has cleared the Pentagon of violating a ban on domestic propaganda by using retired military officers to comment positively about the war in Iraq in the US media.
In a report posted on its website Friday, the Pentagon’s inspector general said “we found the evidence insufficient to conclude that RMA (retired military analysts) [...]