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investigation stories: 132 news summaries

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Prosecutor Keeps an Eye
on Cheney

Froomkin: Even after the fact, CIA leak case evidence leads to VP

May 30, 07 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scooter Libby is about to be sentenced, but the government prosecutor and lawyers for the VP's ex-chief of staff aren't letting up, the Washington Post's Dan Froomkin blogs today. The jousting continued in a court filing last week in which, Froomkin posits, "the special counsel evidently felt obliged to... More »

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Dick Cheney • CIA • Patrick Fitzgerald • investigation • White House • CIA leak investigation • Lewis Scooter Libby

White House Support for Wolfowitz Crumbles

Bank will discuss his fate today

May 16, 07 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House is looking for an exit srategy for besieged World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. After months of unwavering support that failed to soften the bank's European partners, the Bush administration has indicated a willingness to replace him if it can be done without firing, the Washington Post reports.... More »

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Bush administration • ethics • investigation • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • White House • Henry Paulson • resignation • scandal

Ex-Justice No. 2 Tells of Attempt to Strong-Arm Ashcroft

Gonzales, Card visited AG in hospital

May 15, 07 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate investigation of Alberto Gonzales took a turn toward high drama today as a former deputy AG described his hospital-room standoff with White House officials attempting to secure the signature of his critically ill boss. James Comey, then No. 2 at Justice—and, with John Ashcroft incapacitated, the... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • investigation • John Ashcroft • Senate • James Comey • Andrew Card • NSA • George W. Bush

British Man Is Suspect in Kidnapping

Expat living in nearby villa was questioned, released

May 15, 07 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police searching for a four-year-old British girl missing on a family vacation in Portugal have named a 33-year-old British expat as a suspect. Robert Murat lives less than 150 metres from where Madeleine McCann vanished 12 days ago, the Guardian reports. Murat was questioned for more than 16 hours yesterday,... More »

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investigation • Madeleine McCann • kidnapping • Portugal • Robert Murat • Britain

No. 2 at Justice to Step Down

May 14, 07 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty will quit the Justice Department after admitting he misled a Senate committee in its investigation into nine fired US attorneys. Three other top Justice officials have resigned in recent weeks, but McNulty, AG Alberto Gonzales' second-in-command and himself a former US attorney, is the highest-ranking... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • US attorney • investigation • Congressional investigations • Attorney General • Paul McNulty

Gonzales Aide Probed for Political Hiring

Goodling accused of screening prosecutors for party affiliation

May 3, 07 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department is investigating whether Monoica Goodling, the former aide to Alberto Gonzales recently given immunitiy to testify before Congress, illegally used party loyalty as a criteria in hiring federal prosecutors. Goodling's position involved reviewing applications for prosecutors; it's a violation of federal law to consider political affiliation in... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • US attorney • investigation • law • Monica Goodling • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • White House • trial • scandal

Senate Seeks  E-mails From Gonzales

Attorney general receives first subpoena in firing scandal

May 2, 07 8:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate demanded all e-mails pertaining to Karl Rove's role in the disputed firing of eight U.S. attorneys from Alberto Gonzales today, setting a May 15 deadline for the attorney general to turn them over. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which  issued the subpoena, disputes... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Karl Rove • investigation • Attorney General • RNC • email • Senate • Senate Judiciary Committee • Patrick Leahy • subpoena • scandal

Wolfowitz Hints at Resignation

May 1, 07 6:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Besieged World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz suggested for the first time that he would resign his post—but only if he is first cleared of wrongdoing in ordering promotions and pay raises for his girlfriend Shaha Riza, reports the Wall Street Journal. A committee of the bank's board, investigating the... More »

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investigation • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • Shaha Riza • business • scandal

Police Search for Answers at VT

Apr 26, 07 6:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Post reports on the ongoing probe into the Virginia Tech shootings, with police reconstructing details of gunman Cho Seung-Hui's movements and searching for motives. Questions include whether Emily Hilscher, his first victim, was a random target, and the possibility that someone else mailed Cho's manifesto to NBC News. More »

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investigation • NBC • Virginia Tech shooter • Virginia Tech • police • Seung-Hui Cho • Virginia Tech shootings

Congress Studies Lost Art Of Oversight  

Lawmakers are gearing up furiously for for a rash of probes

Apr 9, 07 8:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Consider the U.S. attorneys  investigation the tip of the iceberg: With more than a dozen probes launched in its first 100 days, Congress is ramping up to reclaim its role as a watchdog over the executive branch, the Christian Science Monitor reports, honing skills that haven't been in demand... More »

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Congress • US attorney • investigation • politics • oversight

Fashion Designer Charged
With Rape

Who will dress
Paris Hilton now?

Mar 20, 07 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Celeb clothier Anand Jon swapped a Smashbox Studios fashion show for a Beverly Hills jail this week, as police filed an additional 15 felony sexual assault charges against the designer. Jon, who had been slated to star in his own VH1 reality series, was arrested last week on charges that... More »

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investigation • Anand Jon • fashion • rape • celebrity

Dems Score
With Subpoenas

They can't pass bills, but they can sure
hold hearings

Mar 20, 07 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats haven't managed to score with a single one of the bills drafted in their giddy first 100 hours, but playing hardball with hearings has proved more fruitful. In cranking up the congressional oversight machinery, write Richard Simon and Noam Levey, they've dominated headlines and applied pressure to the administration. More »

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Bush administration • ethics • Congress • Valerie Plame • investigation • Democrats • Congressional oversight • Democratic Congress • Congressional hearings • subpoena • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • George W. Bush

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