Pointing out that the Bush Administration has been one of the most secretive in American history, Barack Obama has vowed to drastically increase government openness with a new level of transparency and accountability. Obama’s administration will utilize cutting-edge technologies to give Americans access to his administration’s records and he will likely appoint a chief technology

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In a blatant disregard for government transparency, the nation’s central banking system is refusing to disclose the recipients of nearly $2 trillion in emergency loans from U.S. taxpayers. Although the Federal Reserve vowed to comply with congressional demands for transparency in the $700 billion bailout of the nation’s financial system, it has secretly lent almost

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The Arizona Supreme Court has threatened to sue Judicial Watch for revealing that its chief justice agreed to enforce a Hispanic Bar Association demand to ban the terms “illegal” and “aliens” in all of the state’s courtrooms. A Corruption Chronicles item posted Thursday linked a lengthy letter from the president of Arizona’s Hispanic Bar Association

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A nationwide trend of local police joining forces with federal authorities has resulted in a record number of deportations of illegal immigrants, thousands of them criminal convicts. Nearly 350,000 illegal aliens were deported from the U.S. in fiscal year 2008, which ended in September, compared to 288,663 the previous year. One-third of those deported have

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Barack Obama infamously coined the term change during his presidential campaign and he promised a fresh bipartisan style if elected, yet his top advisors and cabinet look like a replica of Clinton’s White House. Obama’s chief of staff, Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel, was a top aide during Bill Clinton’s presidency and the president-elect is seriously

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Arizona’s Supreme Court chief justice has agreed to enforce the Hispanic Bar Association’s demands of banning the terms “illegal” and “aliens” in all of the state’s courtrooms. Claiming that the terms are inflammatory, the president of Arizona’s Hispanic Bar Association, (known as Los Abogados) has asked state Supreme Court Chief Justice Ruth McGregor to stop

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The District of Columbia Council added a second convicted criminal to its roster this week with the election of a lobbyist whose father was a corrupt Clinton Administration official. Michael Brown, the son of Clinton Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, joins fellow convict Marion Barry as a D.C. councilman this week. Michael was convicted of money

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A popular big-city mayor who lost a reelection bid amid a corruption investigation of his administration and several top donors has been appointed to a judgeship by the state’s governor. Although former Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn was embroiled in a huge City Hall bribery scandal, California’s Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has named the Democrat

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Latin American communist leaders, including a murderous dictator and a Marxist guerilla, are thrilled that Barack Obama will be the next U.S. president and several in the largely socialist region were quick to offer congratulations. The enthusiasm is not surprising considering that two of the region’s most prominent communists—Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega—officially

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Two prominent lawmakers representing opposite sides of the country pulled out reelection victories this week despite their involvement in major corruption scandals that received worldwide attention. The first shocker was Alaska Republican Senator Ted Stevens because he has actually been convicted of seven felonies. Just a few weeks ago a federal jury in Washington D.C.

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