Corporate Cronyism
October 23, 2004
#10 - The Final Countdown: Corporate Cronyism
With ten days left before the election, we offer these sterling examples from President Bush's efforts to take care of his corporate constiuency: August 2003: The Environmental Protection Agency relied on anecdotes from industries it regulates, not comprehensive data, when it claimed that relaxing air pollution rules for industrial plants . . . [more]
With ten days left before the election, we offer these sterling examples from President Bush's efforts to take care of his corporate constiuency: August 2003: The Environmental Protection Agency relied on anecdotes from industries it regulates, not comprehensive data, when it claimed that relaxing air pollution rules for industrial plants . . . [more]
September 27, 2004
#36 - He's Gonna Cost Us
From today's New York Times, "Agencies Postpone Issuing New Rules Until After Election": After a case of mad cow disease surfaced in Washington State late last year, federal regulators vowed to move swiftly to adopt rules to reduce the risks of further problems and restore confidence in the nation's meat . . . [more]
From today's New York Times, "Agencies Postpone Issuing New Rules Until After Election": After a case of mad cow disease surfaced in Washington State late last year, federal regulators vowed to move swiftly to adopt rules to reduce the risks of further problems and restore confidence in the nation's meat . . . [more]
September 20, 2004
#43 - Passing the Buck
“I went to Washington to fix problems, not pass them on to future Presidents.” George W. Bush President's Remarks at Victory 2004 Rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota September 16, 2004 Interesting. Because, from where we sit, Bush seems to have passed quite a few problems off to future generations and . . . [more]
“I went to Washington to fix problems, not pass them on to future Presidents.” George W. Bush President's Remarks at Victory 2004 Rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota September 16, 2004 Interesting. Because, from where we sit, Bush seems to have passed quite a few problems off to future generations and . . . [more]
August 18, 2004
#76 - What a Difference a Word Makes
From yesterday's Washington Post, "Appalachia Is Paying Price for White House Rule Change": BECKLEY, W.Va. -- The coal industry chafes at the name -- "mountaintop removal" -- but it aptly describes the novel mining method that became popular in this part of Appalachia in the late 1980s. Miners target a . . . [more]
From yesterday's Washington Post, "Appalachia Is Paying Price for White House Rule Change": BECKLEY, W.Va. -- The coal industry chafes at the name -- "mountaintop removal" -- but it aptly describes the novel mining method that became popular in this part of Appalachia in the late 1980s. Miners target a . . . [more]
August 15, 2004
#79 - Changing Laws on the QT
The New York Times reports that Bush et al. are quietly changing regulations to help their business friends: Allies and critics of the Bush administration agree that the Sept. 11 attacks, the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq have preoccupied the public, overshadowing an important element of the . . . [more]
The New York Times reports that Bush et al. are quietly changing regulations to help their business friends: Allies and critics of the Bush administration agree that the Sept. 11 attacks, the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq have preoccupied the public, overshadowing an important element of the . . . [more]
August 10, 2004
#84 - He Lets Corporate Foxes Guard the Public Henhouse, Part Three: Coal
Friends in the White House Come to Coal's Aid, via the New York Times: In 1997, as a top executive of a Utah mining company, David Lauriski proposed a measure that could allow some operators to let coal-dust levels rise substantially in mines. The plan went nowhere in the government. . . . [more]
Friends in the White House Come to Coal's Aid, via the New York Times: In 1997, as a top executive of a Utah mining company, David Lauriski proposed a measure that could allow some operators to let coal-dust levels rise substantially in mines. The plan went nowhere in the government. . . . [more]
August 08, 2004
#86 - Other People's Money
From Wednesday's Washington Post, "$1.9 Billion of Iraq's Money Goes to U.S. Contractors": Halliburton and other U.S. contractors are being paid at least $1.9 billion from Iraqi funds under an arrangement set by the U.S.-led occupation authority, according to a review of documents and interviews with government agencies, companies and . . . [more]
From Wednesday's Washington Post, "$1.9 Billion of Iraq's Money Goes to U.S. Contractors": Halliburton and other U.S. contractors are being paid at least $1.9 billion from Iraqi funds under an arrangement set by the U.S.-led occupation authority, according to a review of documents and interviews with government agencies, companies and . . . [more]
July 25, 2004
#100 - Using the F.D.A. to Protect Drug Companies
From today’s New York Times, "In a Shift, Bush Moves to Block Medical Suits": The Bush administration has been going to court to block lawsuits by consumers who say they have been injured by prescription drugs and medical devices. The administration contends that consumers cannot recover damages for such injuries . . . [more]
From today’s New York Times, "In a Shift, Bush Moves to Block Medical Suits": The Bush administration has been going to court to block lawsuits by consumers who say they have been injured by prescription drugs and medical devices. The administration contends that consumers cannot recover damages for such injuries . . . [more]
June 20, 2004
#135 - He Can't Tell the Difference between "Patients" and "Consumers"
From today's British Medical Journal, via Helpful Reader Eric, "Bush plans to screen whole US population for mental illness" A sweeping mental health initiative will be unveiled by President George W Bush in July. The plan promises to integrate mentally ill patients fully into the community by providing "services in . . . [more]
From today's British Medical Journal, via Helpful Reader Eric, "Bush plans to screen whole US population for mental illness" A sweeping mental health initiative will be unveiled by President George W Bush in July. The plan promises to integrate mentally ill patients fully into the community by providing "services in . . . [more]
June 15, 2004
#140 - Even a Research Firm His Team Commissioned Says He's Failing to Save Lives
Via the New York Times and brought to our attention by Helpful Reader Eric, "Study Ranks Bush Plan to Cut Air Pollution as Weakest of 3": A research firm that the Bush administration commissioned to analyze its plan to lower emissions from coal-fired power plants compared the plan with two . . . [more]
Via the New York Times and brought to our attention by Helpful Reader Eric, "Study Ranks Bush Plan to Cut Air Pollution as Weakest of 3": A research firm that the Bush administration commissioned to analyze its plan to lower emissions from coal-fired power plants compared the plan with two . . . [more]
June 10, 2004
#145 - Misplaced Priorities at the G-8 Summit
There was also an unmistakable corporate flavor here [at the G-8 summit]. In return for renting mobile phones, Cingular Wireless was permitted to hawk its hardware from a sprawling booth with a giant inflatable model of its X-shaped symbol. But the human rights and other groups that usually circulate at . . . [more]
There was also an unmistakable corporate flavor here [at the G-8 summit]. In return for renting mobile phones, Cingular Wireless was permitted to hawk its hardware from a sprawling booth with a giant inflatable model of its X-shaped symbol. But the human rights and other groups that usually circulate at . . . [more]
June 04, 2004
#151 - We're Not Even Surprised Any More
From Wednesday's Houston Chronicle, "E-mail causes Cheney critics to call for inquiry": Vice President Dick Cheney's ties to Halliburton Co. have again come under scrutiny, after a Pentagon e-mail surfaced suggesting he knew in advance about a decision to award the firm a multibillion-dollar contract without seeking bids from competitors. . . . [more]
From Wednesday's Houston Chronicle, "E-mail causes Cheney critics to call for inquiry": Vice President Dick Cheney's ties to Halliburton Co. have again come under scrutiny, after a Pentagon e-mail surfaced suggesting he knew in advance about a decision to award the firm a multibillion-dollar contract without seeking bids from competitors. . . . [more]
June 03, 2004
#152 - With Donors Like These, Who Needs Integrity?
From today's Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Enron traders derided users": Enron energy traders in the company's Portland office spoke openly of reducing power supplies and jacking up prices at the expense of consumers and "poor grandmothers," according to recorded phone conversations filed last month with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Snohomish . . . [more]
From today's Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Enron traders derided users": Enron energy traders in the company's Portland office spoke openly of reducing power supplies and jacking up prices at the expense of consumers and "poor grandmothers," according to recorded phone conversations filed last month with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Snohomish . . . [more]
May 23, 2004
#163 - Mighty Donatin' Power Rangers
From today's Guardian (UK), "Bush's super fundraisers join the queue for favours": The Sun shone on the plush grounds of the Ritz-Carlton Lodge in rolling Georgia countryside. But the resort's four championship golf courses were strangely empty for a pleasant spring weekend. Instead, 300 of America's most powerful men and . . . [more]
From today's Guardian (UK), "Bush's super fundraisers join the queue for favours": The Sun shone on the plush grounds of the Ritz-Carlton Lodge in rolling Georgia countryside. But the resort's four championship golf courses were strangely empty for a pleasant spring weekend. Instead, 300 of America's most powerful men and . . . [more]
May 19, 2004
#167 - Crossing the Line
From Dana Milbank's "White House Notebook" in the Washington Post: On May 3, Vice President Cheney delivered a speech to the employees of the Wal-Mart distribution center in Bentonville, Ark. According to local newspapers, both Wal-Mart and the Bush-Cheney campaign described the speech as official -- taxpayer-funded -- White House . . . [more]
From Dana Milbank's "White House Notebook" in the Washington Post: On May 3, Vice President Cheney delivered a speech to the employees of the Wal-Mart distribution center in Bentonville, Ark. According to local newspapers, both Wal-Mart and the Bush-Cheney campaign described the speech as official -- taxpayer-funded -- White House . . . [more]
May 12, 2004
#174 - Say, Didn't This Used to be Called "Bribery"?
From yesterday's AP wire, via the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, "Medicare card providers invest big in Bush": A few weeks after the Bush administration named Medco to be one of the first Medicare drug card providers, a company executive helped throw a $100,000 fund-raiser for the president that was headlined . . . [more]
From yesterday's AP wire, via the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, "Medicare card providers invest big in Bush": A few weeks after the Bush administration named Medco to be one of the first Medicare drug card providers, a company executive helped throw a $100,000 fund-raiser for the president that was headlined . . . [more]
April 09, 2004
#207 - Social Conservatives and Fiscal Conservatives Make Strange Bedfellows
From a recent post to the Harvard Republican Blog, via Helpful Reader Eric: John Ashcroft's War on Porn Next time someone tries to sell you the line that the Bush Administration's meteoric spending growth is mostly for Homeland Security, remember that agencies like the FBI don't spend all their time . . . [more]
From a recent post to the Harvard Republican Blog, via Helpful Reader Eric: John Ashcroft's War on Porn Next time someone tries to sell you the line that the Bush Administration's meteoric spending growth is mostly for Homeland Security, remember that agencies like the FBI don't spend all their time . . . [more]
April 05, 2004
#211 - Cover Up, Continued
The former head of a federal mine safety school alleges that Bush administration appointees halted an investigation of a coal mine sludge spill that polluted about 100 miles of creeks and rivers along the Kentucky-West Virginia state line. The bottom of a coal mine waste impoundment collapsed into an abandoned . . . [more]
The former head of a federal mine safety school alleges that Bush administration appointees halted an investigation of a coal mine sludge spill that polluted about 100 miles of creeks and rivers along the Kentucky-West Virginia state line. The bottom of a coal mine waste impoundment collapsed into an abandoned . . . [more]
March 28, 2004
#219 - He Doesn't Play Fair
From "Questions raised about ethics of Iraq contract" in the Seattle Times: A Virginia company that got a $240 million federal contract to develop "a competitive private sector" in Iraq helped write the specifications for the work that knocked its competitors out of the running, a federal investigation has found. . . . [more]
From "Questions raised about ethics of Iraq contract" in the Seattle Times: A Virginia company that got a $240 million federal contract to develop "a competitive private sector" in Iraq helped write the specifications for the work that knocked its competitors out of the running, a federal investigation has found. . . . [more]
March 24, 2004
#223 - Unqualified Judicial Nominees, Part 1
From the editorial page of Monday's Boston Globe, "A hostile judge": When the White House is in the clutches of the oil, coal, mining, and timber companies, as it is now, the best defenders of laws to protect the environment are often federal judges. Recently they have ruled against the . . . [more]
From the editorial page of Monday's Boston Globe, "A hostile judge": When the White House is in the clutches of the oil, coal, mining, and timber companies, as it is now, the best defenders of laws to protect the environment are often federal judges. Recently they have ruled against the . . . [more]
January 26, 2004
#281 - Because the State of Our Mountains, Rivers and Trees is Not Strong
Notice what didn't get mentioned in last week's State of the Union address? The Bush administration's systematic overhaul of the country's environmental protection laws. The Bush administration is moving to revamp a rule protecting streams that Appalachian environmentalists view as their best weapon for fighting the strip-mining technique of mountaintop . . . [more]
Notice what didn't get mentioned in last week's State of the Union address? The Bush administration's systematic overhaul of the country's environmental protection laws. The Bush administration is moving to revamp a rule protecting streams that Appalachian environmentalists view as their best weapon for fighting the strip-mining technique of mountaintop . . . [more]
January 14, 2004
#293 - He's Sneaky
While we're all in a tizzy over Iraq and other Bush misadventures, this is the type of slippery-slope agenda item that his administration is trying to sneak in behind our backs: A federal appeals court Tuesday overturned a Bush administration decision to weaken energy-efficiency standards for new air conditioners, a . . . [more]
While we're all in a tizzy over Iraq and other Bush misadventures, this is the type of slippery-slope agenda item that his administration is trying to sneak in behind our backs: A federal appeals court Tuesday overturned a Bush administration decision to weaken energy-efficiency standards for new air conditioners, a . . . [more]
January 09, 2004
#298 - No Money, No Voice
From today's New York Times, "Financial Firms Are Bush's Biggest Donors, Study Reports": A new study released Thursday shows that employees and political action committees of brokerages, banks and credit companies make up 6 of President Bush's top 10 career contributors, a clear indicator of his increasing support from the . . . [more]
From today's New York Times, "Financial Firms Are Bush's Biggest Donors, Study Reports": A new study released Thursday shows that employees and political action committees of brokerages, banks and credit companies make up 6 of President Bush's top 10 career contributors, a clear indicator of his increasing support from the . . . [more]
January 07, 2004
#300 - The Department of Anti-Labor
A proposed Labor Department rule suggests ways employers can avoid paying overtime to some of the 1.3 million low-income workers who would become eligible this year. The department's advice comes even as it touts the $895 million in increased wages that it says those workers would be guaranteed from the . . . [more]
A proposed Labor Department rule suggests ways employers can avoid paying overtime to some of the 1.3 million low-income workers who would become eligible this year. The department's advice comes even as it touts the $895 million in increased wages that it says those workers would be guaranteed from the . . . [more]
December 28, 2003
#310 - Big, Bad Government
From today's New York Times, "The New Republicans": Republicans have always enjoyed their reputation as the champions of business. The difference now is that they no longer couple their business-friendly attitudes with tight-fistedness. Discretionary spending has jumped 27 percent in the last two years; budget hawks complain Congressional pork is . . . [more]
From today's New York Times, "The New Republicans": Republicans have always enjoyed their reputation as the champions of business. The difference now is that they no longer couple their business-friendly attitudes with tight-fistedness. Discretionary spending has jumped 27 percent in the last two years; budget hawks complain Congressional pork is . . . [more]
December 13, 2003
#325 - He Favors His Big Business Friends
And they can't be trusted, either. Pentagon auditors found that Vice President Dick Cheney's former company may have overcharged the Army by as much as $61 million for gasoline in Iraq, senior defense officials said Thursday. Halliburton apparently didn't profit from the possible overcharges, the officials said, speaking on condition . . . [more]
And they can't be trusted, either. Pentagon auditors found that Vice President Dick Cheney's former company may have overcharged the Army by as much as $61 million for gasoline in Iraq, senior defense officials said Thursday. Halliburton apparently didn't profit from the possible overcharges, the officials said, speaking on condition . . . [more]
December 11, 2003
#327 - Profiting from War
From yesterday's Guardian, via Helpful Reader Ghida, "The privatisation of war": Private corporations have penetrated western warfare so deeply that they are now the second biggest contributor to coalition forces in Iraq after the Pentagon, a Guardian investigation has established. While the official coalition figures list the British as the . . . [more]
From yesterday's Guardian, via Helpful Reader Ghida, "The privatisation of war": Private corporations have penetrated western warfare so deeply that they are now the second biggest contributor to coalition forces in Iraq after the Pentagon, a Guardian investigation has established. While the official coalition figures list the British as the . . . [more]
December 09, 2003
#329 - His Administration Fails to Enforce the Law
From yesterday's San Jose Mercury News, "Fewer polluters punished under Bush, records show": The Bush administration is catching and punishing far fewer polluters than the two previous administrations, according to a Knight Ridder analysis of 15 years of environmental-enforcement records. Civil enforcement of pollution laws peaked when the president's father, . . . [more]
From yesterday's San Jose Mercury News, "Fewer polluters punished under Bush, records show": The Bush administration is catching and punishing far fewer polluters than the two previous administrations, according to a Knight Ridder analysis of 15 years of environmental-enforcement records. Civil enforcement of pollution laws peaked when the president's father, . . . [more]
December 03, 2003
#335 - He's a Polluter's Dream
Once again, the Bush administration has proposed lessening the regulation of pollutants in the name of "efficiency". This happens so often that it might just be comical - if, that is, the health and environmental consequences weren't so dire. The Bush administration is proposing that mercury emissions from coal-burning power . . . [more]
Once again, the Bush administration has proposed lessening the regulation of pollutants in the name of "efficiency". This happens so often that it might just be comical - if, that is, the health and environmental consequences weren't so dire. The Bush administration is proposing that mercury emissions from coal-burning power . . . [more]
November 07, 2003
#361 – We’ll All Be Wearing Gas Masks by 2008
More distressing news from the Environmental Pardon Agency. It just keeps coming. A change in enforcement policy will lead the Environmental Protection Agency to drop investigations into 50 power plants for past violations of the Clean Air Act, lawyers at the agency who were briefed on the decision this week . . . [more]
More distressing news from the Environmental Pardon Agency. It just keeps coming. A change in enforcement policy will lead the Environmental Protection Agency to drop investigations into 50 power plants for past violations of the Clean Air Act, lawyers at the agency who were briefed on the decision this week . . . [more]
November 02, 2003
#366 - Still More Bad News from the EPA
From yesterday’s Los Angeles Times, "Regulators to Let Maker Test Chemical Levels": The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Agriculture announced an unprecedented plan Friday to entrust testing for water pollution from atrazine, one of the most heavily used weedkillers in the country, to the chemical's manufacturer. The EPA called . . . [more]
From yesterday’s Los Angeles Times, "Regulators to Let Maker Test Chemical Levels": The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Agriculture announced an unprecedented plan Friday to entrust testing for water pollution from atrazine, one of the most heavily used weedkillers in the country, to the chemical's manufacturer. The EPA called . . . [more]
October 26, 2003
#373 - His "Unbashed" Advocacy for Big Business, Big Oil, Big Anything with Deep Pockets
From "Oil industry faring better with Bush in White House", via the Odessa (TX) American: The business and political climate is the best it’s been in years for the oil and gas industry, and some area producers appear to be well positioned to help make things even better. The ascendancy . . . [more]
From "Oil industry faring better with Bush in White House", via the Odessa (TX) American: The business and political climate is the best it’s been in years for the oil and gas industry, and some area producers appear to be well positioned to help make things even better. The ascendancy . . . [more]
October 02, 2003
#397 - More Plundering
From yesterday's Caspar Star Tribune, "Critics say Bush plan puts 600,000 Colorado acres at risk": Critics of a new Bush administration policy say it will put 600,000 acres of Colorado wilderness at risk of damage from energy development, grazing and all-terrain vehicles. Earlier this week, the administration ordered the Bureau . . . [more]
From yesterday's Caspar Star Tribune, "Critics say Bush plan puts 600,000 Colorado acres at risk": Critics of a new Bush administration policy say it will put 600,000 acres of Colorado wilderness at risk of damage from energy development, grazing and all-terrain vehicles. Earlier this week, the administration ordered the Bureau . . . [more]
September 22, 2003
#407 - He's Pro-Business to the Point of Absurdity
U.S. President George Bush says his series of record tax cuts is helping American small businesses stimulate the economy. The president used his weekly radio address to call on Congress to ease regulations that he says are hurting profits. (via VOA, the closest thing America has to Xinhua) Like regulations . . . [more]
U.S. President George Bush says his series of record tax cuts is helping American small businesses stimulate the economy. The president used his weekly radio address to call on Congress to ease regulations that he says are hurting profits. (via VOA, the closest thing America has to Xinhua) Like regulations . . . [more]
September 10, 2003
#419 - Six Reasons from Bill Buckley, but We'll Just Count Them as One Because of the Sarcasm
From yesterday’s editorial on Yahoo! News by William F. Buckley, "Bush Is Evil": In a private forum the question arose, Why do they hate Bush so? And ... what will they do with that hatred? How far can they carry it? How will it affect the next presidential election? The . . . [more]
From yesterday’s editorial on Yahoo! News by William F. Buckley, "Bush Is Evil": In a private forum the question arose, Why do they hate Bush so? And ... what will they do with that hatred? How far can they carry it? How will it affect the next presidential election? The . . . [more]
September 05, 2003
#424 - He Lets Corporate Foxes Guard the Public Henhouse, Part Two: Drug Companies
From today's New York Times, "Industry Fights to Put Imprint on Drug Bill": In the thick of the 2000 presidential campaign, executives at Bristol-Myers Squibb, one of the nation's largest drug companies, received an urgent message: donate money to George W. Bush. The message did not come from Republican campaign . . . [more]
From today's New York Times, "Industry Fights to Put Imprint on Drug Bill": In the thick of the 2000 presidential campaign, executives at Bristol-Myers Squibb, one of the nation's largest drug companies, received an urgent message: donate money to George W. Bush. The message did not come from Republican campaign . . . [more]
September 04, 2003
#425 - How to Privatize Air Traffic Control, Bush Style
From Thomas Oliphant's editorial in yesterday's Boston Globe, "Muscling government out of air safety": [President Bush] could not prevail if the privatization issue were put to a specific vote in Congress. In fact it was put to a vote in the Senate two months ago as part of the process . . . [more]
From Thomas Oliphant's editorial in yesterday's Boston Globe, "Muscling government out of air safety": [President Bush] could not prevail if the privatization issue were put to a specific vote in Congress. In fact it was put to a vote in the Senate two months ago as part of the process . . . [more]
August 30, 2003
#430 - He's for the Polluters
So much for all the recent touting of his environmental record (via the New York Times). The Bush administration relaxed its clean air rules today to allow thousands of industrial plants to make upgrades without installing pollution controls, arguing that other regulations were in place to reduce emissions. Utilities, which . . . [more]
So much for all the recent touting of his environmental record (via the New York Times). The Bush administration relaxed its clean air rules today to allow thousands of industrial plants to make upgrades without installing pollution controls, arguing that other regulations were in place to reduce emissions. Utilities, which . . . [more]
August 27, 2003
#433 - He Lets Corporate Foxes Guard the Public Henhouse, Part One: Energy Interests
From yesterday’s Guardian, "GAO: EPA Lacked Data for Pollution Claims": Congressional investigators say the Environmental Protection Agency relied on anecdotes from industries it regulates, not comprehensive data, when it claimed that relaxing air pollution rules for industrial plants would cut emissions and reduce health risks. The General Accounting Office, the . . . [more]
From yesterday’s Guardian, "GAO: EPA Lacked Data for Pollution Claims": Congressional investigators say the Environmental Protection Agency relied on anecdotes from industries it regulates, not comprehensive data, when it claimed that relaxing air pollution rules for industrial plants would cut emissions and reduce health risks. The General Accounting Office, the . . . [more]
August 18, 2003
#442 - He Blacks Out When it Comes to Regulating His Friends
The Bush administration rushed to defend itself yesterday from accusations that reluctance to upset its friends in the energy industry was to blame for the regulatory chaos leading to last week's massive power blackout across the north-eastern United States and Canada. Writing in the New York Times, President Clinton's energy . . . [more]
The Bush administration rushed to defend itself yesterday from accusations that reluctance to upset its friends in the energy industry was to blame for the regulatory chaos leading to last week's massive power blackout across the north-eastern United States and Canada. Writing in the New York Times, President Clinton's energy . . . [more]
July 20, 2003
#470 - Big Business, Big Mistake
Here we have an Associated Press report from last week regarding several large companies mistakenly tagged as small businesses in the government's contractor database. The mistaken designations, contained in records obtained by The Associated Press, mean the government has overstated the contract dollars that are going to small business at . . . [more]
Here we have an Associated Press report from last week regarding several large companies mistakenly tagged as small businesses in the government's contractor database. The mistaken designations, contained in records obtained by The Associated Press, mean the government has overstated the contract dollars that are going to small business at . . . [more]
July 10, 2003
#480 - He Puts the Quid in Quid Pro Quo
"Given the outcome of our work in Florida, and with a new president in place, we think our services will expand across the country." - ChoicePoint spokesman Martin Fagan, December 2000 "A data-gathering company that was embroiled in the Florida 2000 election fiasco is being paid millions of dollars by . . . [more]
"Given the outcome of our work in Florida, and with a new president in place, we think our services will expand across the country." - ChoicePoint spokesman Martin Fagan, December 2000 "A data-gathering company that was embroiled in the Florida 2000 election fiasco is being paid millions of dollars by . . . [more]
June 16, 2003
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