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The Bush Conflict-of-Interest Scandals - documented
George Bush Versus US National Security, by Edward S. Herman
... This took the heat off their catastrophic failure—and the ongoing corporate and Bush administration’s conflict-of-interest scandals—and allowed them to ...
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When the soldiers get back from Iraq they will find that their ...
... opposed a special counsel to investigate classified leaks at the Bush White House ... that the investigation remains free of a conflict of interest warrants the ...
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Spymac Forums :: Iraq contract: Halliburton admits faulty pricing
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Enron put Bush in White House
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The Enron Collapse And The Bush/Republican Connections!
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Capitol Hill Blue: 9-11 Panel Director May Have Conflict of ...
... They say he has a conflict of interest in investigating ... The families say that Zelikow, who was a part of the Bush transition team, drafted a memo for Rice ...
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Capitol Hill Blue: More Scandals for the Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Bush's Bounty Hunters, 2/13/2004 - The Texas Observer
... Texas’ other major federal contractors run by elite Bush donors include ... from cronies in order to avoid gross appearances of conflicts of interest, in other ...
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USATODAY.com - Why Bush, GOP can block all inquiries
... During the Bush administration, several special counsels have been requested: Rep. ... DS.C., requested one to pursue possible conflicts of interest in the ...
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Accounting
... Andersen -- a rare major casualty of the corporate scandals -- but every ... Xerox inflate its earnings and engaging in shady conflict-of-interest dealings with ...
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The "Project for the New American Century (PNAC)" ... Exposed, By ...
... members and associates have been implicated in conflict of interest scandals involving the ... Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Jeb Bush, and Lewis ...
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The Globe and Mail
... swirling web of conflict-of-interest scandals and controversial political positions.
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GEORGE BUSH VERSUS US NATIONAL SECURITY
... This took the heat off their catastrophic failure--and the ongoing corporate and Bush administration’s conflict-of-interest scandals--and allowed them to use ...
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Mercury News | 11/09/2003 | Despite scandals, reason to hope
... Securities and Exchange Commission under Presidents Reagan and the senior George Bush. ... has been a promoter and a regulator, a blatant conflict of interest. ...
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The Enron Collapse
... company’s large campaign contributions to both President Bush and many ... himself from the Justice Department investigation, citing a conflict of interest. ...
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST
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... A number of high-profile cases (or scandals) where financial conflicts of interest allegedly threatened the integrity of research results or the safety and ...
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Democrats push Bush to fire Pitt - Daily Iowan - Nation
... suggests an arrogant indifference to the appearance of conflicts of interest." Pitt is ... Bush, who appointed Pitt in spring 2001 to head the market watchdog ...
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Business Scandals: Rot in the 'CEO administration'
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Supreme Court Scandals
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Project for the New American Century (PNAC)
... Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Jeb Bush, and Lewis ... members and associates have been implicated in conflict of interest scandals involving the ...
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Warblogging.com — Banned by CENTCOM
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Conflicts of Interest on Wall Street: Corrupted Actors or System
... from 1992-2000, and re-invigorated by George Bush Junior, was based ... to make his name investigating the endemic and systemic conflicts of interest within and ...
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Whistle Ass / George Bush 2004: Perhaps the biggest danger to the ...
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Harvey Pitt - Why the accounting scandals aren't his fault. By ...
... So far, it is disappointing that the Bush administration's new budget ... in shooting down Levitt`s attempts to ban conflict-of-interest consulting relationships ...
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Will the Bush Administration Unravel? by Lloyd S. Etheredge
... Administration there is another forecast: George W. Bush belongs to a ... scandals involving mal-administration, bribery, and conflicts of interest of public ...
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Jim Mattox on Reagan, Bush & Rove
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Conflict of Interest
... President George W. Bush recently disbanded the panel that Chodosh and Adil ... and other researchers because it recommended tightening conflict-of-interest rules ...
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Enron's End-Runs. by Robert Kuttner. March 11 ...
... Former President George HW Bush got an $80,000 fee for addressing a ... banks had engaged in both businesses -- a flagrant conflict of interest -- in which ...
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Great Expectations: How Bush Pays Back Big Donors
fraudulent conflicts of interest between investment bankers and stock ... Executives from seven of those firms are now Bush Rangers or Pioneers. ...
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Foreign Policy In Focus | Global Affairs Commentary | Capitalism's ...
... The Bush administration's initial response to Enron's bankruptcy was to dismiss it. ... such as restrictions on stock options or conflict-of-interest limits on ...
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Hauser Report: 6/24
... isn't the failure to take Bush to account for prima facie crimes ... office by Republican judges on account of a disabling conflict of interest -- experience as ...
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We Knew There'd Be Scandals
... Conflict of interest for Cheney ... The Cheney Question Business Week, 12 July 2002; Bush and Cheney face scrutiny in financial scandals Rupert Cornwell, London ...
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Conflict of Interest: Personal (Corruption)
... QUOTE: An internal Securities and Exchange Commission memo from 1991 says President Bush repeatedly failed ... A Hospital's Conflict Of Interest: Patients Weren ...
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Conflict of Interest / Disclosure: Organizational
... QUOTE: But Mr. Bush and Mr. Pitt say they are outraged about WorldCom....As the Web site dailyenron.com put ... A Hospital's Conflict Of Interest: Patients Weren ...
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Bushies' Scandals!
... bush manages press; plays media lika a harmonica. bush oil contracts; more conflicts of interest. Deception of Decade... ... How George Bush Sr. ...
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Conservatives Created the Corporate Scandals
... Bush will sign whatever reform legislation emerges from Congress, but he ... investment houses from commercial banks to end corrosive conflicts of interest. ...
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The Barreling Bushes
... But there is certainly enough to suggest that the Bush dynasty's many ... hunting in the Middle East have created a major conflict of interest that deserves to ...
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Conspiracy Planet - Al Martin - Conflict of Interest: The ...
... and conflict of interest disclosures showed that he had conflicts of interest with corporations that ... To avoid a repeat of this embarrassment, Bush signed a ...
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christopherlydon.org
... Bushies Stonewall on Conflict of Interest Scandals. bronxite Joined: Mar 02, 2001 Posts: 1396 From: New York City, Posted: 2001-06-29 18:55 Bush's White House is ...
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BBC News | AMERICAS | Analysis: Oil and the Bush cabinet
... cabinet members could face a possible conflict of interest ... be affected by the private financial interests of so ... In This Section. ...
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Bush's scandals dwarf Clinton's - 1/30/02 - NCTimes.net
... and ultimately blocked by Supreme Court justices with conflicts of interest who refused to ... son worked in the law firm representing Bush's campaign; Clarence ...
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Political Puzzle: January 25, 2004 Archives
... s already mixed up in a serious conflict of interest. The conflict-- brought to our attention by weblogger Roger ... have included John McCain, Jeb Bush and the ...
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sandiego.indymedia.org | more 2000 election scandals
... as a journalist, reported that Ellis had been in telephone contact with both Jeb and George W. Bush on election ... It's a clear a conflict of interest for a ...
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Cheney Halliburton Circle
... Learn about another and (perhaps bigger) area of conflict of Interest with directly with Bush, Sr. See the documentary at. ...
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CNN.com - President to take Wall Street to task - July 9, 2002
... framework to help ensure corporate responsibility, address conflicts of interest among stock ... Hours before Bush spoke, former top executives of WorldCom were ...
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CNN.com - Text of President Bush's speech - July 9, 2002
... President Bush. ... This is a flat-out conflict of interest, and we'll aggressively enforce new SEC rules against this practice, rules which take effect today ...
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TownHall.com: Conservative Columnists: George Will
... Well, yes, but no. Lay contributed to Richards. And he contributed much more to Bush. ... The resulting coziness reeked of conflict of interest, and surely ...
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Search Results
... Clinton. Another Bush Conflict of Interest: Baby Brother Marvin Profits from the PATRIOT Act 27-Nov-02 Bush Scandals. Margie Burns ...
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Bush Seeking 13 Percent Jump in SEC Budget
... who assumed the post a year ago after Bush's first SEC ... of cases related to the Enron, WorldCom and other accounting scandals, conflicts of interest in Wall ...
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"The Gate-less Community" by Joshua Green
... defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict. ... Moreover, Bush's Defense Department hasn't been ... maligned Crusader in the interest of "transformation ...
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Oval Office a rich resource for budding 'scandologist'
... Enron would become a scandal for the Bush administration ... reputation for personal scandals, and Republicans for conflict-of-interest scandals, "in fundamental ...
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Bush appointee at SEC resigns amid charges of cover-up
... the Bush family and while at the SEC helped clear Bush of charges ... to sharply curtail proposals for a “global settlement” on conflicts of interest in the ...
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New York Times defends Bush on links to Enron corporate fraud
... statements, insider deals, a board of directors rife with conflicts of interest, top executives ... thus render aid and comfort to George W. Bush is consistent ...
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Lateline - 23/7/2002: Corporate scandals rattle US politics. ...
... get land from the city of Dallas to build the stadium and there's a conflict of interest there too, but you asked me how it will affect Bush politically. ...
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truthout - ISSUES - Russ Feingold | No. 1 Reason for Campaign ...
... is confirmation of this deep conflict of interest. The Bush administration must take every step possible to remove the appearance of a conflict in all ...
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Star Telegram | 02/03/2004 | Bush budget calls for increase for ...
... Donaldson assumed the post a year ago after Bush's first SEC ... related to the Enron, WorldCom and other accounting scandals, conflicts of interest in Wall ...
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The Konformist - BOTM: September 2002
... HARVEY PITT - Not to be outdone in the Conflict-Of-Interest Championship Sweepstakes, the Securities ... GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH - A power player still ...
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OMB Watch - Ignoring Enron’s Lessons, Bush Rollbacks Continue
... of 2000, the SEC proposed a draft rule to clamp down on such conflicts of interest -- which many ... For the Bush administration, this situation was just fine. ...
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Columns: Time to add a new wing to Corporate Hall of Shame
... to water down proposals in Congress, how far will Bush move toward backing tough new laws against corporate abuses and conflicts of interest on Wall ...
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FORWARD : News
... Aides even warned Bush administration officials, in advance of ... was condemned as conflict of interest by the ... announced this week that the conflict charges were ...
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Ralph Nader: A Corporate (Crime) State
... Michael Colby Bush to the Nation: You're All ... a trillion dollars in principal and interest between 1990 and ... Conflicts of interest are at epidemic levels in Wall ...
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IHT: American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of ...
... countries "menaced by religious and resource conflicts." He also raises disturbing conflict-of-interest questions about the Bush family's intertwining ...
www.iht.com/articles/126813.htm - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

CBS News | Bush Signs Corporate Crackdown Bill | July 31, 2002 08 ...
... The struggling economy, along with a Bush administration agenda critics ... for financial analysts designed to prevent conflicts of interest; and establishing ...
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/07/31/politics/main516984.shtml - 47k - Cached - Similar pages



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