Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate
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Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 30 The Flint water crisis EPA knew about lead poisoning for 18 months federal officials did nothing
THE FLINT WATER CRISIS: EPA KNEW FOR 18 MONTHS, FEDERAL OFFICIALS DID NOTHING THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On June 24, 2015—18 months after the Environmental Protection Agency (E…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 29 The OPM data breach China hacked security clearance files of 21 million federal employees response t
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In June 2015, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) disclosed that hackers had stolen the security clearance files of 21.5 million federal em…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 28 The Veterans Affairs wait list scandal 40 veterans died waiting for appointments officials falsified
THE VETERANS AFFAIRS WAIT LIST SCANDAL: 40 DEATHS, FALSIFIED RECORDS, AND A SYSTEM DESIGNED TO HIDE THE TRUTH THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In April 2014, the U.S. Department of V…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 27 Operation Fast and Furious ATF allowed guns to walk to Mexican cartels to track them lost them peopl
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET Between 2009 and 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) allowed at least 2,000 firearms to be purchased by suspecte…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 26 The Minerals Management Service scandal agency responsible for oil drilling regulation was literally
THE MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE SCANDAL: WHEN THE REGULATORS WERE IN BED WITH THE REGULATED THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2008, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Inspector …
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 25 Jack Abramoff lobbyist bribed congressmen implicated 20 members of Congress only he and associates p
THE ONE FACT THEY WON'T FORGET Between 1994 and 2004, lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates funneled at least $82 million in payments from Native American tribes to influence U…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 24 The US Attorney firings eight US attorneys fired for refusing to pursue politically motivated prosec
THE U.S. ATTORNEY FIREINGS: EIGHT PROSECUTORS REMOVED FOR REFUSING POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CASES THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On December 7, 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice fi…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 23 Walter Reed Army Medical Center scandal wounded veterans living in mold-infested rooms while officia
THE ONE FACT THEY WON'T FORGET In February 2007, the Washington Post published photographs of Army Specialist Jeremy Duncan’s room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center: walls blacken…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 22 Halliburton no-bid contracts 395 billion in Iraq contracts Cheneys former company inspector general
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET Between 2003 and 2008, Halliburton and its former subsidiary KBR received $39.5 billion in U.S. government contracts for work in Iraq—nearly all awar…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 21 The Iraq WMD intelligence 16 intelligence agencies assessments manipulated into one National Intelli
THE IRAQ WMD INTELLIGENCE: HOW 16 AGENCIES BECAME ONE THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In October 2002, the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iraq’s weapons of mass destru…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 20 NSA mass surveillance every Americans phone records collected ruled illegal nobody prosecuted
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On June 5, 2013, The Guardian published a single document—a classified order from the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC)—that proved…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 19 The Senate Torture Report 6700 pages confirmed torture did not produce actionable intelligence mostl
THE SENATE TORTURE REPORT: WHAT THEY DID, WHAT THEY KNEW, AND WHAT THEY PAID THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET The CIA’s own internal review—conducted in 2004, years before the Senate…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 18 Extraordinary rendition program CIA outsourced torture to third countries documented in Senate Intel
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On December 4, 2002, a CIA-operated Gulfstream V jet—tail number N379P—flew from Kabul to Szymany, Poland, carrying a detainee named Abd al-Rahim al-…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 17 The Downing Street Memo British document confirmed Bush administration fixed intelligence around Ira
THE DOWNING STREET MEMO: THE DOCUMENT THAT PROVED THE IRAQ WAR WAS DECIDED BEFORE THE INTELLIGENCE THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On 23 July 2002—eight months before the invasion o…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 16 Abu Ghraib torture was systemic not individual memos authorized it from the top one general repriman
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On April 16, 2003—four days after the fall of Baghdad—a memo from U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld authorized the use of "stress positions,"…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 15 The Tillman Cover-up Pat Tillman killed by friendly fire Army covered it up family lied to for month
THE TILLMAN COVER-UP: A DOCUMENTED ACCOUNT OF LIES, LOYALTY, AND THE COST OF WAR THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On April 22, 2004, U.S. Army Ranger Pat Tillman was killed in Afghan…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 14 Operation Mockingbird CIA paid journalists at major American outlets to plant stories ran from 1950s
THE ONE FACT THEY WON'T FORGET In 1977, the New York Times published a front-page story confirming that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had paid at least 400 American journal…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 13 ABSCAM FBI sting caught six congressmen and one senator taking bribes on camera in 1980
ABSCAM: The FBI Sting That Caught Congress Taking Bribes on Camera THE ONE FACT THEY WON'T FORGET In 1980, the FBI recorded Senator Harrison Williams—then the second-most senior De…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 12 The Keating Five five senators intervened with regulators on behalf of Charles Keatings failing SL 3
THE KEATING FIVE: THE $3 BILLION LOBBY THAT WASN’T ILLEGAL THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On April 9, 1987, five U.S. senators—Alan Cranston, Dennis DeConcini, John Glenn, John McC…
Political Scandals Bigger Than Watergate: 11 Gary Webb and the Contra drug connection CIA linked to crack cocaine supply chain reporter destroyed
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1989, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s inspector general confirmed in a classified report that the agency had worked with drug traffickers l…