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  • Intelligence Community Spying

    By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 27th, 2009New inter-agency structures supposedly meant to provide a superior intelligence response to national securitythreats were the subject of a recently-disclosed Intelligence Community (IC)Directive, one…

  • FDA Not Testing Medical Products

    By Cliff Montgomery Feb. 22nd, 2009Since 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has failed to guarantee that such essential medical devices as replacement heart valves, cardiac defibrillators, pacemakers and…

  • Hud Mortgages

    By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 18th, 2009For too long, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been little more than a second-tier federal agency. But America’s current economic…

  • Economic Stimulus

    By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 14th, 2009 Congressional negotiators announced a stimulus deal on Wednesday which forged a somewhat slimmer $787 billion economic plan than what President Barack Obama had…

  • CIA Video Destruction

    By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 9th, 2009The Central Intelligence Agency’s destruction of videotapes which may have shown the torture of suspectedterrorists is the topic of “an ongoing criminal investigation” which…

  • Gao High Risk Economy

    By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 7th, 2009Every two years, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) releases an updated list of federaloperations, programs and policies that either are “high risks” for…

  • Obama Lobbyists

    By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 2nd, 2009President Barack Obama may have banned earmarks in his $825 billion economic stimulus package, butlobbyists, lawmakers and interest groups will still be allowed to…

  • Stimulus Deficit

    Our federal deficit problem “is overwhelmingly the result of other factors,’ declares think-tank.By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 29th, 2009President Obama’s $825 billion economic stimulus package is a much-needed boost that…

  • Vet Long Term Care

    By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 26th, 2009A January 2009 Government Accountability Office (GAO) study reveals that the Veterans Affairs Office isfailing to provide Congress and the American people with adequate…

  • Obama Economic Plan

    By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 24th, 2009Let’s face it: The chief reason Barack Obama now sits in the White House is that he definitely is not George W. Bush.The first…

  • Iran Docs Us Overthrow Plot

    By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 22nd, 2009Iran has handed down multi-year jail terms to two doctors found guilty of engaging in a US-sponsored plot tooverthrow its Islamic government, reported French…

  • Obama Aides 1St 100 Hours

    By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 20th, 2009A number of vans parked at the Capitol were scheduled to shuttle a few select aides to the White House themoment Barack Obama was…

  • Dr King Mountaintop Speech

    By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 19th, 2009This day both commemorates the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and is the eve of the inauguration for America’s first black president,…

  • Obama Rule Of Law

    By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 15th, 2009Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) on December 10th sent an impassioned letter to President-elect BarackObama, which prompted the incoming Administration to “restore the rule of…

  • Questions Bailout Money

    By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 9th, 2009The leader of a congressional committee watching over America’s $700 billion financial bailout plan has toldreporters she is “shocked” that government officials can’t determine…

  • Obama Jobless Benefits

    By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 4th, 2009President-elect Barack Obama is speaking with Congressional Democrats about making a significantexpansion of unemployment benefits and federally-assisted health care insurance part of an ambitioustwo-year…