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Follow the Money: Congress & TARP Oversight
This series of watchdog stories look at spending in Congress and use of TARP funds. They used FOIA requests to gain access to TARP contracts and called into questions some questionable charitable work, sweetheart deals, financial disclosures, fund-raising, earmarks and more.
Tags: TARP; congress; oversight; economy; earmarks; Recovery Act; FOIA
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Foreclosure Deepens Mysteries Surrounding Westwood Church
After having foreclosure proceedings brought against "a church in Memphis' Westwood neighborhood" the Daily News investigated. It found that the property had been sold to a Tampa, Fla. church and the site had a history of neglect.
Tags: fund raising; foreclosure; church; congregation; neglect
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The Cult of Ole
The Dallas Observer investigates Ole Anthony, the leader of the Trinity Foundation who has carved out a niche for himself as "watchdog of Televangelists." He has helped expose Televangelists' practices, including going undercover for ABC TV's PrimeTime Live to examine "dubious fund-raising tactics or cult-like practices." This story examines Anthony himself, finding that "he used manipulative and abusive cult-like techniques on his own followers. His insistence that they take in the homeless put their lives at risk. And his undercover tactics were often unfair and inaccurate.
Tags: Ole Anthony; PrimeTime Live; Robert Tilton; Trinity Foundation; televangelists; religious cults of personality
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Charity Abuse
The authors investigated false claims from groups at Sea-Tac International Airport in Seattle claiming to be fund-raising for shelters for abused women and children.
Tags: fraud; charities; domestic violence; fund-raising; Port of Seattle; Sea-Tac International Airport
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Siplin Investigation
The investigation centers on State Senator Gary Siplin and his use of 40% of his campaign contributions on a consultant called Success Campaigns that hadn't existed for more than ten years. On further investigation the authors found more inaccuracies within the senators finances and other misconduct.
Tags: State senate; Gary Siplin; Success Campaigns; Florida State Attorney; political fund-raising; consultants; campaign spending
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Secrets and Lies: bin Laden, Damra and the Birth of Terror in America
This investigation uncovered the strong ties between Fawaz Damra, a seemingly peaceful spiritual leader of Ohio's largest mosque, and Osama bin Laden. The investigators found that before moving to Ohio, Damra headed a radical mosque in Brooklyn, to which the people behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing belonged. Furthermore, he was directly involved in fund-raising for terrorist "charities." Damra's charity was the predecessor of Al Qaeda, and gave bin Laden a foothold in America.
Tags: homeland security; Palestinian Islamic Jihad; Al Qaeda; WTC; national defense; FBI
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The buying of the president 2004
This book is the third in a series that provides investigative profiles and personal histories of all of the major presidential candidates and their latest campaign finance data. It reveals how special interests preselect candidates for president and influence their policies and platforms. This edition also notes the top 50 patrons of the two major political parties.
Tags: BOOK; campaign finance; elections; political fund-raising; 527s; politics; CAR; computer-assisted reporting; corporate donations
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Changing of the Guards
This in-depth look at Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's personal security guards revealed many problems within the Executive Protection Unit. Not only did the reporters uncover negligence and misconduct on the part of the police officers, but it found deeper flaws in the way the system was set up to abuse taxpayers' money. For example, tens of thousands of dollars were spent to drive police vehicles across the country for fund-raising and personal events.
Tags: police; bodyguards; protection; Democratic convention; traffic accidents
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Legislation for sale
This investigation of the Ohio Speaker of the House uncovered a campaign fund-raising scheme in which donations are subtly tied to legislation. Among the findings are lobbyists who said they made contributions to gain favorable treatment from the speaker, secret campaign accounts used to promote the speaker's handpicked successors for leadership positions, and allegations that he took kickbacks from vendors involved in House campaigns. The series prompted FBI and IRS investigations.
Tags: government; pay to play; lobbyists; campaign fund-raising; campaign financing; politics
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Computer study of Cuomo donors finds correlation with contracts; Mr. Cuomo's fund-raising overkill
This report uses computer assisted analysis reporting to reveal correlations between Gov. Mario Cuomo's campaign donations and state government contracts. The analysis revealed that Cuomo's largest campaign contributors had close ties to the state government.
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