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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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(Newser) - FBI recordings of a conversation between Sen. Roland Burris and the brother of disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich can be released to the Senate Ethics Committee, a judge ruled today. The committee is investigating Burris’ appointment by the now-impeached governor, made after Blagojevich was indicted, the Hill reports. The... More »

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Congress • Senate • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Roland Burris • Robert Blagojevich

ANALYSIS

Forget Tea Parties: Irate Brits Talking 'Bout a Revolution

Decades-long tensions come to the fore over latest scandal

May 24, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s embattled politicians may have another revolution on their hands, but this time one that’s brewing on their own soil. Citizens are fuming over outrageous personal expenditures—including a miniature “duck house” and the clearing of a moat—by members of Parliament, but tensions have been simmering... More »

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British Parliament • Gordon Brown • corruption • House of Commons • revolution • Britain • political scandal • Michael Martin

ANALYSIS

Bitter, Frustrated S. Koreans Mourn Dead Ex-Prez

Anti-graft leader turned out to be just like corrupt colleagues

May 24, 09 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Koreans spent the day yesterday mourning their former president, whose suicide left them sharply divided over his efforts to crush the very kind of corruption of which he was accused, the Los Angeles Times reports. “He was a two-faced person," said one researcher. “He set himself... More »

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suicide • South Korea • corruption • president • death • Roh Moo Hyun

Bribed Lawyer Lied to Protect Berlusconi

Italian PM faces calls to resign after court ruling in corruption case

May 20, 09 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi is facing calls to resign as Italy's prime minister, reports the Times of London, after an Italian court found his lawyer guilty of accepting a bribe to protect him from corruption charges. In a 400-page verdict released yesterday, the judges said that attorney David Mills—the estranged husband... More »

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Italy • bribery • corruption • perjury • immunity • Silvio Berlusconi • David Mills

(Newser) - Filthy, bug-infested Iraqi hospitals still lack basic equipment and supplies that could save thousands of lives, McClatchy reports. With sectarian violence down, doctors and aid groups are blaming government corruption for the nation's health woes. "The government has money," said a fourth-year resident at a Baghdad hospital.... More »

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Iraq • health care • Nouri al-Maliki • hospitals • corruption

ANALYSIS

 A Doubting 
 Washington 
 Greets Karzai 

Afghan president has 'plateaued,' diplomats say

May 6, 09 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly eight years after the fall of the Taliban, Hamid Karzai comes to the White House today to meet an administration distinctly unimpressed with his governance of Afghanistan. In interviews with two dozen Washington officials, the Washington Post finds anger and frustration with a president overseeing a weak and corrupt... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Taliban • diplomacy • Hamid Karzai • corruption • Afghanistan war

Texas Firm Charged in Kickback Case

Pension 'pay to play' scheme had tentacles
in many states: Cuomo

May 1, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and the SEC brought criminal charges yesterday against Saul Meyer, founder of Aldus Equity Partners, saying the firm had been involved in a “pay to play” scheme to manage part of New York’s pension scheme. And that’s just the tip of... More »

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corruption • Andrew Cuomo • pay to play • Securities and Exchange Commission • Aldus Equity Partners • Henry Morris • Saul Meyer

Analysis

Fierce Rivalries Shape, Threaten Kenyan Politics

Power sharing compromise has resulted in a rancorous impasse

Apr 25, 09 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Election violence in 2007 gave way to an uneasy coalition between Kenyan PM Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki, but that move seems only to have transformed the fighting on the streets into squabbling in the capital. Now, "Kenya does not have a functioning executive at all, just an... More »

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Kenya • corruption • government • Kofi Annan • political factions • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • International Criminal Court • election violence

NYC Probes Rattner's Firm in Pension Scandal

Quadrangle paid finders fees to indicted adviser's company

Apr 22, 09 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York City authorities are investigating whether Quadrangle Group, formerly led by Obama car czar Steven Rattner, deceived managers of the city's pension funds, the Wall Street Journal reports. Rattner's firm, Quadrangle, paid finders fees to Searle & Co., which had been headed by now-indicted political adviser Hank Morris,... More »

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New York City • New York • New Mexico • corruption • Searle • pension funds • kickbacks • Jeff Bingaman • Steven Rattner • Quadrangle Group • Hank Morris

Burris, Unsure on '10 Election Run, Faces
Cash Crunch

Senator collected only $845 in first quarter

Apr 21, 09 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roland Burris says he hasn’t decided if he’ll run for election to his Senate seat in February 2010, but an aide says he has begun fundraising efforts, the Chicago Tribune reports. The “very aggressive” push to raise money “as quickly as possible” can’t come soon... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate • corruption • Illinois • reputation • Rod Blagojevich • President Obama • Roland Burris

 Blago Can't Hit 
 Costa Rica for 
 Reality Show 

NBC wanted ex-guv in Costa Rica for celeb program

Apr 21, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge has barred Rod Blagojevich’s bid to leave the country to join a reality-show cast, the Chicago Tribune reports. The ex-governor’s lawyers hoped he’d get permission in court today to travel to Costa Rica for NBC’s I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of ... More »

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reality TV • NBC • corruption • Costa Rica • court • Illinois • governor • federal judges • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

 Rattner, Obama's Auto Chief, 
 Caught Up in Kickbacks Probe 

Source says Rattner linked to pension fund pay-for-play deal

Apr 17, 09 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Steven Rattner, the head of President Obama's auto task force, is involved in an SEC probe of a kickback scandal involving New York state's pension fund, a source tells the Wall Street Journal. Rattner is not accused of any wrongdoing, but is believed to have directed a $1.1 million... More »

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private equity • corruption • SEC • kickbacks • Steven Rattner

Reality TV Show Seeks to Dump Blago in Jungle

Ex-gov offered space on NBC show if judge gives the OK

Apr 15, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - NBC wants to pluck Rod Blagojevich from the political wilderness and dump him in the Costa Rican jungle, the Chicago Tribune reports. The ex-Illinois governor, who pleaded not guilty to corruption charges yesterday, has been offered a spot on a new season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of ... More »

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reality TV • NBC • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich

 Blago Pleads 
 Not Guilty in 
 Criminal Case 



Brother also pleads not guilty to corruption charges

Apr 14, 09 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich and his brother pleaded not guilty to corruption charges today in a 10-minute US district court hearing, the Chicago Tribune reports. The former Illinois governor’s lawyer spoke for him as he faced several questions from the judge, including one on his education. “Mr Rod Blagojevich would... More »

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corruption • Illinois • arraignment • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • hearings

 Vastly Corrupt 
 Afghan Cops 
 Await US Trainers 

Obama's plan to train cops faces tough challenge

Apr 9, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 4,000 troops President Obama is sending to train Afghanistan's police and army will run straight into a formidable wall of corruption that undermines national security at every turn, American soldiers tell the New York Times. Cops pilfer gas, judges take money, top officials profit from the drug trade,... More »

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corruption • drug trade • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Afghan police • smuggling

(Newser) - A House ethics panel has launched a “preliminary review” of Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr's bid for President Obama’s vacant Senate seat, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The Office of Congressional Ethics, formed last year as an “investigative entity” of private citizens, will look at communications between... More »

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ethics • Congress • investigation • corruption • House of Representatives • Rod Blagojevich • Jesse Jackson Jr. • Roland Burris • Office of Congressional Ethics

OPINION

In Stevens Case, Justice Was Served After All

Ruling in court of public opinion trumps court
of law's dismissal

Apr 8, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Stevens and his lawyers were awfully indignant yesterday for a crew that had just won. “You’d think there would be jubilation,” said Stevens’ attorney. Instead, “it was revulsion, revulsion turned to anger,” Brendan Sullivan raged. Stevens himself lamented that “consequences…can never be... More »

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Department of Justice • corruption • prosecutorial misconduct • Ted Stevens • justice • Brendan Sullivan • Brenda Morris • Dana Milbank • William Welch

Judge Nixes Stevens Conviction, Targets Feds

Vows prosecutors will face contempt charges

Apr 7, 09 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Washington judge officially set aside Ted Stevens' conviction today, and vowed to pursue criminal contempt charges against the Justice Department prosecutors who bungled the case against the former senator, Politico reports. Emmet Sullivan berated prosecutors for withholding potentially crucial evidence: “In 25 years on the bench, I have... More »

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Department of Justice • corruption • Ted Stevens • Emmet Sullivan

 Mexican Drug Bucks Ensnare 
 Texas County, Sheriff 

Border sheriff faces trial for clearing the way for drug traffickers

Apr 3, 09 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Starr County on the Texas border is enjoying boom times while the rest of the country is stuck in recession, the Los Angeles Times reports. The county—still one of America's poorest—lies at the center of the cross-border drug trade, and while residents acknowledge that illicit cash has long... More »

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Texas • corruption • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • sheriff • Rio Grande

(Newser) - A federal grand jury today indicted Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges, the Chicago Tribune reports. Indicted along with the impeached Illinois governor were his brother, two former chiefs of staff, and two businessmen. Blagojevich, accused among other things of trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat, issued a statement saying... More »

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Chicago • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich

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