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In a coordinated series that broadcast in Denver, Atlanta, Las Vegas and Dallas, investigative reporter Tony Kovaleski of 7NEWS in Denver spoke to 17 Air Marshals from those four cities who believe current policies jepordize national security. Don Strange, a former director of the Air Marshal Service’s Atlanta office, addressed his concerns in memos to…
Read MoreThe Indianapolis Star’s Kevin Corcoran looks into the construction project to expand Indianapolis’s Central Library which is now two years behind schedule and more than $50 million over budget. An extensive review of documents and interviews with involved parties suggest that the Library Board’s decision not to employ a general contractor led to this debacle.…
Read MoreESPN.com offers a series delving deeper into the 2004 death of Pfc. Pat Tillman, who left the NFL to serve with the Army Rangers in Afghanistan, and the questions still under investigation by the defense department. TThe story of Tillman’s patriotism and personal sacrifice made headlines, but the Pentagon later acknowledged that he was killed…
Read MoreFollowing the announcement of murder charges against a New Orleans doctor and two nurses on duty in the wake Hurricane Katrina, CNN continues its Emmy-nominated investigative series, “Death at Memorial Hospital” with exclusive interviews with siblings of the accused Dr. Anna Pou, who maintains her innocence. “In October, CNN reported exclusively that after deteriorating conditions…
Read MorePaula Lavigne of The Dallas Morning News found that “the United States Department of Agriculture does not know how often organic rules are broken and has not consistently taken action when potential violations were pointed out.” Audits and inspection reports point to weak oversight of the certifying organizations that bestow official organic status on behalf…
Read MoreKent Fischer, Tawnell D. Hobbs and Molly Motley of the Dallas Morning News analyzed local school district credit card transactions to find that “only a fraction of purchase receipts are scrutinized, and thousands of purchases run afoul of DISD policy and state purchasing laws.” Among the $20 million spent each year by district employees with…
Read MoreIn a 9-month investigation, The Miami Herald uncovered inaccuracies regarding the government’s reporting of the frequency of fatal cargo crashes. Through the analysis of extensive government documents dating back to 2000, the reporters found that 69 planes have crashed claiming the lives of 85 people, thus “making air cargo the nation’s deadliest form of commercial…
Read MoreWith Fourth of July revelers bound for the lakes, Marc Chase of The Times of Northwest Indiana wrote, A Times’ computerized analysis of U.S. Coast Guard recreational boating accident records for Lake and Porter counties between 1995 and 2004 shows the circumstances involved in the three cases are largely the rule, not the exception, when…
Read MoreRichard Willing of USA Today reports that “The federal government will pay a Texas law school $1 million. . .to produce a national “model statute” that state legislatures and Congress could adopt to ensure that potentially dangerous information ‘stays out of the hands of the bad guys.’” The grant was included in this year’s budget…
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