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BP Suspension: What’s Behind Door Number Two?
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June 13, 2013
First Big Test for New SEC Chair
The appointment of Robert Rice as counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is the first big test for Mary Jo White, the new head of the SEC, according to an article in CNN Money.
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Topics: Financial Sector
June 12, 2013
POGO Supports Bill to Declassify Surveillance Court Opinions
A new bipartisan bill from eight Senators seeks to expand transparency and accountability of secret surveillance programs conducted under the PATRIOT Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
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Topics: Open Government
June 12, 2013
Intelligence Contractors like Snowden Excluded from Whistleblower Protections
Even as whistleblower protections have expanded, intelligence contractors like National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden are left in the cold, according to an article in the International Business Times.
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
June 11, 2013
Report: Possible Cover-Up of Sex and Drugs at the State Department
An internal memo reveals that the State Department “covered up” allegations of illegal behavior by its security officials including sexual assault and solicitation of prostitution, according to a report by CBS News.
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Topics: Government Accountability
June 10, 2013
NSA Leaker Came From Massive Intelligence Contractor
The latest national security leak comes not from a government employee, but from one of the many contractors now hired to run parts of our national security state, according to an article in The New York Times.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
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