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		<title>396.  Wrongdoing in the Air Marshal Service</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/11/396-wrongdoing-in-the-air-marshal-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Air Marshal Service went from 33 agents and a $4.4 million budget before 9/11 to 3,000-4,000 marshals and a  $786 million budget.  During this time, it has had 3 different leaders and been moved to 4 different agencies.  Since its expansion, some three dozen marshals have been charged with crimes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>392.  BP receives a slap on the wrist from Justice Department</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/11/392-bp-receives-a-slap-on-the-wrist-from-justice-department/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politicization of the DOJ]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On October 25, 2007, oil giant BP agreed to pay $373 million in fines to settle 3 different investigations against it.  In February 2004, BP tried to corner the US market in propane and stick its customers with higher prices.  To avoid a criminal prosecution, it agreed to pay $303 million in fines.
On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>385.  Corruption in the missile defense program</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/385-corruption-in-the-missile-defense-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/385-corruption-in-the-missile-defense-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Cantrell was an engineer who worked on the Pentagon&#8217;s missile defense program (see items 73 and 338) in Hunstville, Alabama.  An October 11, 2008 story in the New York Times reports how he and his deputy Doug Ennis got the Pentagon to fund $350 million in worthless projects.  Cantrell would pitch his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>382. More corruption in the government’s oil leasing programs</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/382-more-corruption-in-the-government%e2%80%99s-oil-leasing-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/382-more-corruption-in-the-government%e2%80%99s-oil-leasing-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Criminality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cronyism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the 2008 election, Republicans pushed oil drilling in offshore deepwater areas and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).  Such drilling would do little to alleviate our country&#8217;s long term energy needs.  Oil companies already hold millions of acres under lease which they have not developed.  Nor are there oil rigs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>380. Republican US Attorney downplays Obama assassination plot</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/380-republican-us-attorney-downplays-obama-assassination-plot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/380-republican-us-attorney-downplays-obama-assassination-plot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Criminality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politicization of the DOJ]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 24, 2008, the day before the Democratic National Convention began in Denver, Colorado, police arrested a white supremacist and meth head Tharin Gartrell after a traffic stop.  In his truck, authorities found two rifles, one with a scope, walkie-talkies, a bulletproof vest, and fake IDs.  This quickly led to the arrest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>375. The Hubbush letter and a forged justification for war</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/edit-item_0375_number_and_title375-the-hubbush-letter-and-a-forged-justification-for-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 14, 2003, London&#8217;s Sunday Telegraph ran a story about the discovery by Iraqis working under Paul Bremer&#8217;s Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) of a memo in two parts dated July 1, 2001 written by Iraq&#8217;s head of intelligence Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti to Saddam Hussein.   The first part describes how the operational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>363. Political Selection in Justice Department internship programs</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/363-political-selection-in-justice-department-internship-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/363-political-selection-in-justice-department-internship-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politicization of the DOJ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.endordil.com/?p=993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department (DOJ) administers an Honors and Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP).  The idea behind these is to encourage participants to take up careers at the DOJ.  Indeed the Honors Program is the only avenue for hiring candidates straight out of law school.  Traditionally, selection to these programs was made by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>356. Pentagon aeronautics contractor supplies dubious products for aircraft</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/356-pentagon-aeronautics-contractor-supplies-dubious-products-for-aircraft/</link>
		<comments>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/356-pentagon-aeronautics-contractor-supplies-dubious-products-for-aircraft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Criminality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.endordil.com/?p=979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a May 22, 2008 Project on Government Oversight article, a September 2006 Army memo accused a major aeronautics composite material manufacturer Airtech International Inc from 1997 to 2005 of fraud in supplying products which did not conform to contract specifications, of routinely changing the composition of these products without informing customers, and of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>355. Department of Defense can not account for billions it spent in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/355-department-of-defense-can-not-account-for-billions-it-spent-in-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/355-department-of-defense-can-not-account-for-billions-it-spent-in-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Criminality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.endordil.com/?p=977</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A May 22, 2008 Department of Defense Inspector General&#8217;s audit examined 183,486 commercial and miscellaneous payments totaling $10.7 billion from April 2001 to June 2006 (98.8% of these were paid out after January 2003) made from Army disbursement centers in Kuwait ($7.6 billion), Iraq ($3.1 billion), and Egypt ($21.1 million).  The audit took a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>339. Abuse in the government’s SmartPay card program</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/09/339-abuse-in-the-government%e2%80%99s-smartpay-card-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/09/339-abuse-in-the-government%e2%80%99s-smartpay-card-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An April 9, 2008, GAO report on the government&#8217;s SmartPay card program (meant to reduce bureaucracy and streamline government purchasing procedures) found widespread abuse.  In a sampling of purchases from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006, the GAO found 41% failed to meet either of 2 basic internal controls: 1) proper authorization and [...]]]></description>
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