Current Government Scandals

Bush's Broken Promises

links only from 2004 or earlier

"I will restore honor and integrity to the White House"

(Note: Sometimes it's 'honor and integrity' and sometimes it's 'honor and dignity.' He's such a hypocrite he can't even be consistent in his hypocrisy.)

• Also see The Enron Bubble (separate page)

• Stopovers Let Bush Charge Taxpayers for Political Trips
  Mike Allen, Washington Post, 20 May 2002
• White House on Autocrats: Malaysian Sí, Cuban No
  David E. Sanger, New York Times, 15 May 2002
• In Appointments, Administration Leaves No Family Behind
  Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 12 March 2002
• Tailoring Policy to Electoral Votes
  David S. Broder, Washington Post, 10 March 2002
• From Bush's Lips, a Vow He Could Not Renege On
  Raymond Hernandez, New York Times, 10 March 2002
• The Senator Explodes
  Mary McGrory, Washington Post,3 March 2002
• Bush White House releases transcripts of Clinton conversations — but only the parts that make Clinton look bad
  Joshua Micah Marshall, Salon, 7 February 2002
• Bush's Insistence of Privacy for Presidential Records Doesn't Apply to His Predecessor
  Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 1 February 2002
• Bush overturns rule banning law-breaking business from federal contracts
  Kent Hoover, Sacramento Business Journal, 11 January 2002 issue
• During the campaign Bush said he'd veto Yucca as nuclear dump site
  Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun, 29 September 2000
• Former POWs held by Japan are betrayed by the White House
  Iris Chang, New York Times, 24 December 2001
• The GOP's New Lobbyist in Chief
  Charles Lewis, Washington Post, 20 December 2001
• U.S. Seeks New Use for Secret Evidence Against Immigrants
  William Glaberson, New York Times, 9 December 2001
• Why doesn’t the Bush administration have a physician in chief?
  Emily Yoffe, Slate, 2 October 2001
• Bush's men face sleaze investigations
  Mary Dejevsky, Independent UK, 20 June 2001
• You Want Integrity? Chip In
  Michael Kelly, Washington Post, 22 May 2001
• Republicans blatantly sell access to Cabinet officials, party leaders
  editorial, Washington Post, , 6 May 2001
• Tax-Cut Supporters Masqueraded as Blue-Collar Workers for Rally
  Juliet Eilperin and Dan Morgan, Washington Post, 8 March 2001
• At the White House, 'Moving On' or Piling On?
  John F. Harris and Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 18 February 2001
• Bush's Mocking Inaugural Address
  Joyce Marcel, Albion Monitor, 29 January 2001
• For some, Bush loyalty is a one-way street
  Paul A. Gigot, Wall Street Journal, 12 January 2001
• Hobbled from the start
  Alan Wolfe, Salon, 15 December

No decision on Yucca Mountain until research results are available

• Yucca Mountain's Other Story
  Toby Eglund, The Gully, 28 March 2002
• The political fallout from a nuclear-waste decision
  Abraham McLaughlin, Christian Science Monitor, 5 March 2002
• Energy Dept. Is Challenged Over Waste Disposal Methods
  Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, 4 March 2002
• U.S. Technologically Unready to Store Nuclear Waste at Yucca Mountain
  Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, 31 January 2002
• Uncertainties surround plan for storing nuclear waste in Nevada
  H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press (in the Detroit News), 26 January 2002
• Only GOP will get Armey's ear on Yucca
  Erin Neff, Las Vegas Sun, 22 January 2002
• Battle Looms Over Energy Secretary's Decision on Yucca Mountain
  Eric Pianin, Washington Post, 11 January 2002

Free trade

• A High-Risk, Two-Faced Trade Policy
  Richard S. Dunham, Business Week, 25 March 2002
• Bush's Costly Meltdown on Steel
  Christopher Farrell, Business Week, 18 March 2002
• Treasury Official Is Said to Fault Steel Tariff Move
  Joseph Kahn and Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 16 March 2002
• So Much for Free Trade
  David Ignatius, Washington Post, 8 March 2002
• US should drop steel doctrine
  Victor Keegan, Guardian (UK), 7 March 2002
• U.S. Users of Steel Worry That Tariffs Will Be Costly
  Claudia H. Deutsch, New York Times, 7 March 2002
• Politics a Key Force in Forging Steel Policy
  Mike Allen, Washington Post, 6 March 2002
• Steel Tariffs Weaken Bush's Global Hand
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 6 March 2002
• Bush to Announce Steel Tariffs Amid Worries About Reaction of Allies
  David E. Sanger And Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 5 March 2002

"I'm a compassionate conservative"

• Bush Aims to Gut Federal Rent Aid
  Amy Goldstein, Washington Post, 13 April 2004
• What has George W ever done for women?
  Laura Flanders, The Guardian, 26 March 2004
• For Patients' Rights, a Quiet Fadeaway
  Amy Goldstein, Washington Post, 12 September 2003
• Under New Bush Rule, Emergency Rooms May No Longer Be Required to Treat Patients
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 2 September 2003
• Where's the Compassion?
  Joe Conason, The Nation, 28 August 2003
• If Bush has his way, human lives will be worth less
  Jim Barnett, Newhouse News, 27 March 2003
• Deborah Cook Is the Typical Bush Judicial Nominee — So Watch Out
  Adam Cohen, New York Times, 25 February 2003
• Bush Seeks to Recast Federal Ties to the Poor
  Amy Goldstein and Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, 9 February 2003
• Aid to Poor Faces More Scrutiny
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 5 February 2003
• Bush chooses homophobe for AIDS panel
  San Francisco Chronicle (in The Smirking Chimp), 23 January 2003
• President's Compassionate Agenda Lags
  Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 26 December 2002
• Domestic Violence Law's Foes Tapped for Oversight Panel
  Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 5 September 2002
• Bush vs. Women
  Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times, 16 August 2002
• Oxy, meet moron: Bush resurrects the lie he calls 'compassionate conservatism'
  Marc Sandalow, San Francisco Chronicle (in (in The Smirking Chimp)), 1 May 2002
• Devastated Women
  Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times, 26 April 2002
• Budget Would Cut Medicaid Payments
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 2 February 2002
• Bush's Economic Gap
  Robert Kuttner, Washington Post, 20 January 2002
• Bush repeals rule that blacklisted lawbreakers
  Leigh Strope, Associated Press (in the Detroit Free Press), 3 January 2002
• White House Sits on Million for Low Income People's Power Use
  KABC (Los Angeles), 8 September 2001
• Case Leaves Disabilities Activists Wary Of Bush Policy
  Sarah Schafer, Washington Post, 8 August 2001
• Charities decry elimination of tax provision that would encourage donations
  Dana Milbank and Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 30 May 2001
• Bush opposes lawsuit by former "comfort women" against Japan
  Bill Miller, Washington Post, 14 May 2001
• Bush regime may renege on Andrew Cuomo's pledge to rehabilitate housing
  Terry Pristin, New York Times, 2 April 2001
• The Mask Comes Off
  Bob Herbert, New York Times, 26 March 2001
• The cruelty of compassionate conservatism
  Jennifer Foote Sweeney (editor of Life, Salon, 23 March 2001
• The 'Having It All' Lie
  Marjorie Williams, Washington Post, 21 February 2001
• Bush's urban agenda: Let churches and businesses do it.
  Darci McConnell, Detroit News, 18 February 2001
• A mother's anguish - and a President's profits
  Observer (UK), 17 December

"Leave no child behind"

• Words, Actions at Odds on Children's Health Care
  Ceci Connolly, Washington Post, 25 September 2004
• Defying Bush, Senate Increases Child Care Funds for the Poor
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 31 March 2004
• Reauthorization Bill Contains Less Child Care Funding Than White House Claims
  Sharon Parrott, Jennifer Mezey, Mark Greenberg and Shawn Fremstad Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 15 December 2003
• Schoolkids go begging as military gets billions
  John Carter, Los Angeles Times (in The Smirking Chimp), 6 September 2003
• School officials slam Bush plan to eliminate school funding for military kids
  CNN, 7 February 2003
• Bush prepares for war, sacrificing after-school programs along the way
  Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Detroit Free Press, 28 February 2003
• Thousands of Schools May Run Afoul of New Law
  Sam Dillon, New York Times, 16 February 2003
• Bush's Plan for Head Start Worries Supporters
  Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times, 12 February 2003
• U.S. to Review Head Start Program
  Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 17 January 2003
• Money for School Lunches Diverted to Livestock, Report Contends
  Thomas B. Edsall, Washington Post, 2 November 2002
• Bush Seeks Slower Growth in Education Spending as Costs of War Rise
  Mike Allen, Washington Post, 25 September 2002
• 'No Child Left Behind' Is Hit Song With Bush Team
  Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times , 23 June 2002
• Bush has left education reform behind
  Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Hartford Courant (in The Smirking Chimp), 13 May 2002
• Proposal seeks to trim student-loan program
  Detroit Free Press, 29 April 2002
• Bush Seeking to Squeeze School Loan Program
  Philip Shenon, New York Times , 28 April 2002
• FDA suspends child-drug testing rule to see if financial incentives work
  San Francisco Chronicle, 18 March 2002
• Bush's Proposal on Welfare Draws Fire From Democrats for Putting Children at Risk
  Robin Toner, New York Times (requires registration to view), 13 March 2002
• No Child Left Behind? Come to Indian Country
  Jon Whirlwind Horse, Washington Post, 23 February 2002
• Democrats: Bush's Education Budget Is Less Than Promised
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 13 February 2002
• How Poor Kids Pay for Tax Cuts
  editorial, Washington Post, 17 December 2001
• Officials May Boycott Session on Children to Enforce Anti-Abortion Stance
  Alan Sipress, Washington Post, 27 August 2001
• Bush's War on Children
  Jonathan Rowe and Gary Ruskin, AlterNet, 3 July 2001
• Bush uses organizations for photo ops and then cuts funding
  Jake Tapper, Salon, 13 April 2001

"I'm a uniter, not a divider"

• Instead of healing, Bush appoints enemies of civil rights
  Trevor Coleman, Detroit Free Press, 27 January 2003
• Democrats' Removal From Pentagon Boards Criticized
  Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post, 18 April 2002
• Arab-Americans were betrayed by Bush
  Eric Boehlert, Salon (full article available to subscribers only), 2 April 2002
• Tom Daschle Isn't the Problem
  editorial, New York Times, 11 December 2001
• Blacks sense snub by Bush
  Gebe Martinez, Detroit News, 8 August 2001
• W Picks Golf Over NAACP
  John Nichols, Madison Capital Times (in CommonDreams), 13 July 2001
• White House gets it wrong in response to NAACP's attack
  Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 10 July 2001
• Republican Congress members get action on their letters to White House; Democrats get form letters
  Ruby L. Bailey, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2001
• Dissecting Bush's lunchtime photo-op
  Dana Milbank and Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 1 May 2001
• Tough questions for Bush at Democratic retreat
  Mike Allen and Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 5 February 2001
• Bush Disses Democrats, Blacks: Won't Renominate Justice Ronnie White for Federal Bench
  Associated Press (in the Washington Post, 3 February 2001
• Charm School Graduate in Chief
  Frank Rich, New York Times, 3 February 2001

"President of all the people, not just those who voted for me"

• U.S. backs off discrimination cases
  Shannon McCaffrey, Detroit Free Press, 11 December 2003
• Arabs' support for Bush sours
  Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2003
• Bush jibe angers black leaders
  Matthew Engel, The Guardian, 10 July 2002
• Bush moving to eliminate government offices that look after women's rights
  Tamar Lewin, New York Times, 19 December 2001
• Shutting Public Out, Letting the Elite In
  Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 3 November 2001
• White House Cancels Public Holiday Tours
  Manny Fernandez and Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 20 November 2001
• Bush turns back on Muslims
  Muqtedar Khan, Detroit News, 21 June 2001
• Bush is restricting tour groups' access to the White House
  Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, 12 May 2001
• Women's groups blast Bush's policies
  Lyn Berry, Denver Business Journal, 13 April 2001
• Leaders Decry Bush's Stealth Closing of Women's Office
  Amy Goldstein and Mike Allen, Washington Post, 29 March 2001
• Bush's Attempt At Healing Hits Sore Point in Houston
  Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 16 January 2001
• Texas Dems get Bush-whacked
  Jake Tapper, Salon, 14 December 2000

"A reformer with results"

• Government costs more under Bush administration
  Ron Hutcheson, Detroit Free Press, 4 December 2003
• Bush promises jobs help, but cancels funding for jobs creation programs
  Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, 3 September 2003
• Bush Plan to Ease Clean Air Rules Roils Court Cases Against Utilities
  Eric Pianin, Washington Post,16 July 2002
• Report Disputes Bush Approach to Bridging 'Digital Divide'
  John Schwartz, New York Times, 11 July 2002
• Critics Say Bush Broke Vow on Superfund Site in Edison
  Robert Hanley, New York Times, 2 July 2002
• Bush slashing aid for E.P.A. cleanup at 33 toxic sites
  Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times (in The Smirking Chimp), 1 July 2002
• White House is undermining CDC's effectiveness
  Susan Okie, Washington Post, 1 July 2002
• Reversing Course, Bush Signs Bill Raising Farm Subsidies
  David E. Sanger, New York Times, 14 May 2002
• White House Ends Environmental Fellowship
  New York Times, 13 April 2002
• Police fighting Bush's plans to cut popular federal law enforcement programs
  Ana Radelat, Greeneville News, 2 April 2002
• Opening Government Jobs to Private Competition: Why 1 in 4?
  Stephen Barr, Washington Post, 7 March 2002
• Bush Budget to Seek Job Training Cut
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 31 January 2002
• Bush's Lobbying Style Provides Little Leadership
  Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 24 December 2001
• Prospects Dim for Medicare Drug Benefit
  Robin Toner, New York Times, 5 November 2001
• Another Bush Lie Revealed: U.S. Not Seeking New Global Warming Talks
  Eric Pianin, Washington Post, 27 July 2001
• Guns and Bitterness (all other campaign promises subjugated to the tax cut)
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 4 January 2001

"It's the people's money, not the government's"

• CBO Report: Budget Will Tap Into Social Security
  Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 27 August 2001

Election Reform

• White House rejects election-reform request
  Jim Drinkard, USA Today, 21 March 2001

Reforming the Military

• Preparing For War, Bush Spurns Veterans
  Helen Thomas, The Carolina Channel, 7 January 2003
• Memo urges VA staff to stop pushing services
  Glen Johnson, Boston Globe (in The Smirking Chimp), 1 August 2002
• Big Bucks Trip Up the Lean New Army
  James Dao, New York Times, 10 February 2002
• Help Used to Be on the Way
  Fred Hiatt, Washington Post, 27 August 2001
• Bush shifts his stand on peacekeeping
  Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2001
• Cooperation easier on Kosovo front line
  Alexander Golts, Russia Journal, 4 February 2001
• Bush Plans Modest Increase for the Pentagon
  Steven Lee Myers and James Dao, New York Times, 1 February 2001

Reversing Course

Often, We the People don't want Bush to keep his promise.

• Bush Backs Into Nation Building
  Terry M. Neal, Washington Post, 27 February 2003
• Bush gives in again, will endorse increased spending on renewable energy
  Major Garrett, CNN, 27 June 2001
• Bush to Adopt Clinton's Lead Disclosure Rules
  Mike Allen, Washington Post, 17 April 2001
• White House Backs Off Plan to Ease Meat Testing
  Philip Brasher, Washington Post, 5 April 2001
• Weak economy forces Bush to reshape agenda
  Gebe Martinez, Detroit News, 8 April 2001
• Benefits program for sick nuclear workers won't be transferred
  Katherine Rizzo, Associated Press (in the Detroit News), 8 April 2001

Scandals

links only from 2004 or earlier

• Life's Little Ironies: 'Standards of Official Conduct' for White House Staff
  press release, White House, 20 January 2001

Corporate Corruption

• Air Force let Boeing rewrite contract
  Joseph L. Galloway, Miami Herald, 28 March 2004
• The Anti-Regulation Regulator
  Stephen Labaton, New York Times, 27 August 2002
• Clinton Says Republicans Blocked His Audit Reforms
  David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, 25 July 2002
• Bush does flip-flop, hails biz fraud bill he ripped
  Timothy J. Burger and Thomas M. DeFrank, New York Daily News, 25 July 2002
• 10 Days that Shook the Bush Presidency
  Thomas Spencer, History News Network, 23 July 2002
• Shorting George
  Landon Thomas Jr., New York Magazine, 23 July 2002
• Don't blame Bubba
  Gloria Borger, U.S. News & World Report (in The Smirking Chimp), 29 July 2002 issue
• Bush digs himself into a hole and keeps digging
  Taipei Times, 16 July 2002
• The Rap on Bush and Cheney
  Bill Saporito, Time, 14 July 2002
• Bush speech fails to deliver
  David Schepp, BBC, 15 July 2002
• GOP tries to pin Enron/WorldCom on Clinton
  Nathan Newman, Progressive Populist (in The Smirking Chimp), 14 July 2002
• White House backs Thompson in spite of his ties to company that committed fraud
  CNN, 13 July 2002
• That's pretty rich, Bush
  Oliver Morgan, Observer (UK) (in The Smirking Chimp), 14 July 2002
• Head of new fraud task force linked to firm accused of fraud
  Chuck Squatrigia, San Francisco Chronicle (in The Smirking Chimp), 13 July 2002
• U.S. Corporate Watchdog Served At Troubled Firm
  Anitha Reddy, Washington Post, 13 July 2002
• The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week
  George Mannes, TheStreet, 12 July 2002
• Bush in more trouble as markets crash
  Matthew Engel, The Guardian, 12 July 2002
• The Busted Effort to Blame Enron on Bill Clinton and the Democrats
  Bill O'Reilly Sucks, July 2002
• Bush Failed to Stress Need to Rein In Stock Options
  Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times, 11 July 2002
• Bush's crackdown fails to convince
  Sydney Morning Herald (in The Smirking Chimp), 11 July 2002
• Bush Calls for End to Loans of a Type He Once Received
  Jeff Gerth and Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 11 July 2002
• Speechifying in His Sleep
  Richard Cohen, Washington Post, 11 July 2002
• Bush's Appeal to Morality Falls Short
  Matthew Goldstein, TheStreet, 10 July 2002
• Big Names but No Authority to Prosecute
  David Johnston, New York Times, 10 July 2002
• Bush, on Wall Street, Offers Tough Talk and Softer Plans
  Floyd Norris, New York Times, 10 July 2002
• Corporate rogues count on the G.O.P.
  Joe Conason, New York Observer (in The Smirking Chimp), 10 July 2002
• A Roaring Bull Market in Political Trading
  Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 10 July 2002
• Bush meets with corporate contributors
  Associated Press, 4 January 2001

Harken Oil

• A Detailed Summary of 'HarkenGate'
  Professor Skip Fox, Democratic Underground, 26 July 2002
• Bush’s Insider Connections Preceded Huge Profit On Stock Deal
  Knut Royce, Center for Public Integrity, 7 March 2004
• Bush quashed evidence in Harken enquiry
  David Teather, The Guardian, 2 November 2002
• Bush Sold Stock After Lawyers' Warning
  Peter Behr, Washington Post, 1 November 2002
• Bush's Fancy Financial Footwork
  David Ignatius, Washington Post, 6 August 2002
• How George W. Bush made his millions
  Joseph Kay, World Socialist Web Site, 1 August 2002
• Harken Energy set up Caymans subsidiary in '89
  Timothy J. Burger, New York Daily News (in The Smirking Chimp), 1 August 2002
• Is Harken Energy Bush's Watergate?
  The Scoop, 22 July 2002
• Predicting presidential scandals: Bush's new vulnerability
  John W. Dean, FindLaw (in The Smirking Chimp), 22 July 2002
• Files: Bush Knew Firm's Plight Before Stock Sale
  Mike Allen, Washington Post (in Truthout), 21 July 2002
• Soros adds to doubts on Bush business deals
  Michael Kranish, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 July 2002
• Report says that Harken sought influence in buying Bush firm
  Michael Kranish, Boston Globe (in The Smirking Chimp), 19 July 2002
• White House Watch: Credibility problem
  Nicholas M. Horrock, UPI, 17 July 2002
• Senators: Release records on Bush stock sale
  Kelly Wallace, CNN, 16 July 2002
• Audit this
  Martin Peretz, The New Republic (in The Smirking Chimp), 16 July 2002
• Steps to Wealth
  Paul Krugman, New York Times (in The Smirking Chimp), 16 July 2002
• Bush rides the Whitewater
  Eric Boehlert, Salon, 13 July 2002
• Bush squirms in sleaze scandal
  Ed Vulliamy, Observer (UK) (in The Smirking Chimp), 14 July 2002
• Why US press didn't give Bush a burning
  Harold Evans, Observer (UK), 14 July 2002
• Harken Papers Offer Details on Bush Knowledge
  Mike Allen and George Lardner Jr., Washington Post, 14 July 2002
• Takin' care of bidness
  Randall E. Stross, U.S. News & World Report (in The Smirking Chimp), 22 July 2002 issue
• Memos: Bush knew of Harken's problems
  Anthony York, Salon, 12 July 2002
• The Insider Game
  Paul Krugman, New York Times (in Truthout), 12 July 2002
• 'Read My Lips: Oil Was Well with Harken'
  Tom Flocco, American Free Press (in Scoop.com), 12 July 2002
• Bush's business career a study in using connections
  Michael Kranish and John Aloysius Farrell, Boston Globe (in The Smirking Chimp), 12 July 2002
• As a Harken board member, Bush OKd a deal like Enron's
  Warren Vieth, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2002
• Bush was told, before his stock sales, of company troubles
  Ken Fireman, Long Island Newsday (in The Smirking Chimp), 12 July 2002
• Secrecy Surrounds Bush Stock Deal
  Associated Press (in Truthout), 12 July 2002
• Did Bush Profit on His Harken Loans?
  Daniel Gross, Slate, 11 July 2002
• George Bush, Failed Corporate Crook
  James Ridgeway, Village Voice, 10 July 2002
• Bush Took Oil Firm's Loans as Director
  Mike Allen, Washington Post, 10 July 2002
• Old Business in New Light
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 9 July 2002
• "There was no malfeance (sic.), no attempt to hide anything."
  Alastair Thompson, Scoop, 9 July 2002
• Beware the MBA president: Democrats target Bush's business ethics
  Susan Milligan, Boston Globe (in The Smirking Chimp), 9 July 2002
• Minding their own business at the White House
  David Teather, The Guardian (in The Smirking Chimp), 9 July 2002
• Succeeding in Business
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 7 July 2002
• The know-nothing defense has been getting a workout
  David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 July 2002
• The rule he broke
  Ken Fireman, Long Island Newsday (in The Smirking Chimp), 4 July 2002
• Story changes on Bush stock sale
  Zachary Coile, San Francisco Chronicle (in The Smirking Chimp), 4 July 2002
• White House on defensive over Bush handling of stock sale
  CNN, 3 July 2002
• Bush Faces Scrutiny Over Disclosing '90 Stock Sale Late
  Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 4 July 2002
• Under Scrutiny, White House Shifts Blame for '91 Late Filing
  Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 4 July 2002
• Bush blames lawyers for undeclared share sale
  Matthew Engel, The Guardian, 4 July 2002
• Bush on back foot over corporate past
  The Guardian, 4 July 2002
• Bush Name Helps Fuel Oil Dealings
  George Lardner Jr. and Lois Romano, Washington Post, 30 July 1999
• Bush and Lay: A Common Pattern of Stock Dumps?
  David Corn, The Nation, February 2002
• Memo Cited Bush's Late SEC Filings
  Mike Allen, Washington Post, 3 July 2002
• Everyone Is Outraged
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 2 July 2002

Halliburton

• A Detailed Summary of 'HalliburtonGate'
  Professor Skip Fox, Democratic Underground, 26 July 2002
• Halliburton Accused of Accounting Fraud
  Jonathan Stempel, Reuters (in Truthout),6 August 2004
• Halliburton Subpoenaed Over Unit's Iran Work
  Matt Daily, Reuters, 19 July 2004
• Pentagon E-Mail Prompts Calls to Probe Halliburton, Cheney
  Susan Cornwell, Reuters (in Truthout), 1 June 2004
• Did Cheney Okay a Deal for Halliburton?
  Timothy J. Burger and Adam Zagorin, Time (in Truthout), 30 May 2004
• Halliburton lobby costs see big drop
  Maud S. Beelman, Boston Globe, 27 March 2004
• Top U.S. General in Iraq Criticizes Halliburton Conduct
  CNN, 15 March 2004
• Pentagon Opens Criminal Inquiry of Halliburton Pricing
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 24 February 2004
• Halliburton's Iraq gravy train
  Farhad Manjoo, Salon, 27 February 2004
• What did the Vice-President do for Halliburton?
  Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 9 February 2004
• Another Halliburton Probe
  Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenrball, Newsweek, 4 February 2004
• Pentagon Seeks Further Halliburton Probe
  Associated Press (in Truthout), 15 January 2004
• A Nigerian Contract at the Heart of a Corruption Affair
  Eric Decouty, Le Figaro (in Truthout), 20 December 2003
• Halliburton Subsidiary Is Accused of Racial Bias
  Jonathan D. Glater, New York Times, 29 November 2003
• Oil Firm Linked to Cheney Gets Iraq Boost
  David Teather, The Guardian (in Truthout), 30 October 2003
• Halliburton Unit In Consortium Fingered For Alleged Corruption
  Houston Business Journal (in Truthout), 10 October 2003
• Oil Services Firm Paid Cheney as VP
  Reuters (in Truthout), 17 September 2003
• Halliburton flap roils as Corps tacks on task
  David Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle, 7 May 2003
• Halliburton got more than oil fire contract
  Larry Margasak, Associated Press (in the Detroit News), 7 May 2003
• Halliburton Subsidiary Wins Iraqi Oil Firefighting Contract
  Associated Press (in Truthout), 26 March 2003
• Texas Firms Line Up U.S. Aid in Peru
  James V. Grimaldi, Washington Post, 20 November 2002
• Conflict of interest for Cheney
  David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 November 2002
• Halliburton and other Western firms eye reconstruction in old Iraqi oil fields
  Taipei Times, 31 October 2002
• Pot calls kettle 'evildoer'
  Molly Ivins, NewsForChange, 3 September 2002
• Cheney firm won .8bn contracts from government
  Ed Vulliamy and Nick Paton Walsh, Observer (UK), 21 July 2002
• For Cheney, Tarnish From Halliburton
  Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 16 July 2002
• Cheney's grimy trail in business
  Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2002
• In Tough Times, a Company Finds Profits in Terror War
  Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times (in The Smirking Chimp), 13 July 2002
• The Cheney Question
  Business Week, 12 July 2002
• Bush and Cheney face scrutiny in financial scandals
  Rupert Cornwell, Independent UK, 4 July 2002
• SEC Chief Vows Ongoing Audit Probe of Halliburton
  Kathleen Day, Washington Post, 1 July 2002
• Halliburton on the hot seat: Cheney's ex-firm to receive full SEC probe
  Zachary Coile, San Francisco Chronicle (in The Smirking Chimp), 1 July 2002
• US corporate clean-up implicates Cheney
  BBC, 29 May 2002
• Under Cheney, Halliburton Altered Policy on Accounting
  Alex Berenson and Lowell Bergman, New York Times (requires registration to view), 22 May 2002
• Halliburton: Targeting Another Texas Connection
  Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 29 January 2002
• Cheney's old firm on shaky ground
  David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 January 2002
• Halliburton stock hits 15-year low amid asbestos liability worries
  John McFarland, Associated Press (in San Francisco Chronicle), 4 January 2002
• Under Cheney, Halliburton did million in business with Iraq
  Colum Lynch, Washington Post, 23 June 2001
• Cheney's Halliburton did business with Iraq after sanctions were imposed
  Martin A. Lee, San Francisco Bay Guardian, 13 November 2000
• Firm's Iraq Deals Greater Than Cheney Has Said
  Colum Lynch, Washington Post, 23 June 2001 February 2002
• New White House Counsel Accused of Favoritism for Cheney's Halliburton
  Nathan Newman, CommonDreams, 18 December 2000
• Cheney Made Millions Off Oil Deals with Hussein
  Martin A. Lee, San Francisco Bay Guardian (in Truthout), 13 November 2000

WorldCom Meltdown

• World Con
  Ed Vulliamy, Observer (UK), 29 June 2002

Taiwangate Slush Fund

• Taiwangate: Time for Congress to probe Bush-Taiwan ties
  George Koo, Pacific News Service (in The Smirking Chimp), 19 April 2002
• Taiwan money scandal has White House ties
  Joshua Micah Marshall, Salon (full article available to subscribers only), 8 April 2002
• Secret Taiwan Fund Sought Friends, Influence Abroad
  John Pomfret, Washington Post, 5 April 2002
• Taiwangate? Bush appointees linked to secret slush funds
  David Corn, The Nation, 3 April 2002 (with updates)

Funeralgate, The Sequel: Focus on Florida

• Funeral firm that dug up bodies pays families
  Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, 4 December 2003
• G.A.O. Sets Inquiry of Crematory Fraud and Grave Desecration
  New York Times, 21 March 2002
• Funeral Company Manager, Upset by Suit, Is Found Dead
  Dana Canedy, New York Times, 29 December 2001
• Funeralgate: The Skeleton in Bush's closet is back from the dead
  Reality.com, 24 December 2001
• Bush family backer linked to ghoulish (and illegal) corpse-dumping, grave reselling schemes
  Tamara Baker, American Politics Journal, 21 December 2001
• Funeral Company Accused of Desecration
  Tamar Lewin, New York Times, 21 December 2001
• Cemetery Claims Class Action
  Law firms of "Colson Hicks Eidson" and "Greenspoon, Marder, Hirschfeld, Rafkin, Ross & Berger"; 19 December 2001
• SCI: The Dying Giant
  Robert Bryce, Salon, 29 September 1999

Funeralgate

• Democrats.com list of information about Funeralgate
• The funeral scandal time line
  Compiled by Robert Bryce, Salon, 20 August 1999
• Funeralgate: Bush Charged With Lying Under Oath About Influence-Peddling
  R. Prichard, Democrats.com
• The Lawsuit That Wouldn't Die
  Robert Bryce, Austin Chronicle, 26 January 2001
• Fear and Loathing in Austin
  Robert Bryce, The Austin Chronicle, 10 November 2000
• It's His Funeral
  Robert Bryce, The Austin Chronicle, 27 October 2000
• Bush Faces Lawsuit in Texas
  John Mintz, Washington Post, 23 August 1999
• Who is Eliza May?
  Robert Bryce, Salon, 20 August 1999
• Funeralgate Hits Texas
  Robert Bryce, Austin Chronicle, 9-15 July 1999

Political Cronies

• See also:Cabinet and Other Appointees

• EPA Rule on Hazardous Waste Favored Ohio Businessman Who Is a Big GOP Donor
  James V. Grimaldi and Thomas B. Edsall, Washington Post, 17 May 2004
• How a Shady Iranian Deal Maker Kept the Pentagon's Ear
  James Risen, New York Times (in Truthout), 7 December 2003
• Ashcroft friend, adviser signed up OKC victims with promise of winning federal aid
  John Solomon, Associated Press (in the Kansas City Star), 1 August 2002
• Interior Official's Memo Raises Conflict Issue
  Michael Grunwald, Washington Post, 25 May 2002
• The Man to See On Indian Affairs?
  Michael Weisskopf, Time, 15 April 2002
• Energy Industry's Recommendations to Bush Became National Policy
  Don Van Natta Jr. and Neela Banerjee, New York Times, 28 March 2002
• Presidential Order Followed Draft by Lobbyists
  Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 27 March 2002
  • Big business backs Bush
    Kenneth R. Pybus, Houston Business Journal, 4 February 2000 March 2002
• In Appointments, Administration Leaves No Family Behind
  Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 12 March 2002
• Cheney Daughter Gets Job at State
  Washington Post, 2 March 2002
• State Dept. job created for Cheney's daughter
  Eli J. Lake, UPI, 28 February 2002
• John Poindexter Takes Over New Agency to Thwart Attacks on U.S.
  John Markoff, New York Times, 13 February 2002
• The GOP's New Lobbyist in Chief
  Charles Lewis, Washington Post, 20 December 2001
• Rascally Marc Racicot
  Jacob Weisberg, Slate, 9 January 2002
• Racicot Chosen to Head GOP National Committee
  Thomas B. Edsall and Mike Allen, Washington Post, 5 December 2001
• Bush's, Enron's fates were intertwined
  Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 2 December 2001
• Cheney's son-in-law assigned to Microsoft case
  James V. Grimaldi, Washington Post, 27 August 2001
• Barrick Gold forces investigative journalist Greg Palast offline
  William Spain, CBS Marketwatch, 1 August 2001
• White House sought advice on opening a nuclear waste dump from law firm that was also lobbying for nuclear industry
  Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, 28 July 2001
• Former Volunteers Criticize Bush's Peace Corps Choice
  Glenda Cooper, Washington Post, 27 July 2001
• A gold company with ties to the Bush family tries to muzzle a muckraking journalist
  Joe Conason, Salon, 20 July 2001
• Bush met with Salvation Army officers about Faith-Based Initiative
  Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 15 July 2001
• Utilities hire chief GOP fundraiser to plead their cause with the government
  Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times, 6 June 2001
• Memo suggests Texas firm manipulated gas market
  Bernadette Tansey, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2001
• Bush campaign adviser removed from Medicare panel because of conflict of interest
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 14 May 2001
• EU Official: U.S. Won't Halt OECD Tax Effort
  Reuters (in the Washington Post), 12 May 2001
• Bush opposes plan to crack down on offshore tax havens
  Jane Martinson and Charlotte Denny, The Guardian, 10 May 2001
• Welcome to the Military-Industrial Complex: Bush Picks Weapons-Company Executives for Pentagon Jobs
  James Dao, New York Times, 25 April 2001
• Brokerage Firms Target Rule That Prevents Insider Trading
  Carol Vinzant, Washington Post, 25 April 2001
• PG&E Took Hard Line, Dooming State Talks — Secret plan shows utility demanded even less regulation
  David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 April 2001
• The disturbing ties of some of George W. Bush’s Latino advisors
  Julie Reynolds, El Andar
• This Second Lady Is Keeping Her Day Job
  Melinda Henneberger, New York Times, 6 February 2001
• Enron, the nation's largest energy merchant, won't let California stand in its way
  Wendy Zellner, with Christopher Palmeri, Peter Coy, and Laura Cohn; Business Week, 12 February 2001
• Dear Richard, don't say we didn't tell you
  Gregory Palast, The Guardian, 21 January 2001
• How George W. Bush got into the National Guard
  Observer (UK), 28 November 1999

Partisan Campaign Activity in Florida Secretary of State's Office

• Bush's conspiracy to riot
  Robert Parry, Consortium News (in The Smirking Chimp), 5 August 2002
• Florida judge slaps Katherine Harris over redistricting lawsuit
  Matthew Haggman, Miami Daily Business Review, 20 June 2002
• The election shows the way Republicans play the game
  Mary Jo Melone, St. Petersburg Times, 19 August 2001
• The imaginary firewall
  editorial, St. Petersburg Times, 9 August 2001
• Democrats say Harris should resign
  Alisa Ulferts, St. Petersburg Times, 9 August 2001
• Data Permanently Erased From Computers in Katherine Harris' Office
  David Barstow, New York Times, 8 August 2001
• Harris computers contain partisan files
  Thomas C. Tobin, Alisa Ulferts and Alicia Caldwell, St. Petersburg Times, 8 August 2001
• Data Permanently Erased From Florida Computers
  David Barstow, New York Times, 8 August 2001
• Katherine Harris' hand-picked expert claims no files are missing from office hard drives
  Alisa Ulferts, St. Petersburg Times, 2 August 2001
• Florida Gives Computers in November Election to News Groups
  Dana Canedy, New York Times, 2 August 2001
• Harris employs systems expert; newspapers insist on their own inspection
  Steve Bousquet, St. Petersburg Times, 28 July 2001
• Katherine Harris claims she will release hard drives used during recount
  Dana Canedy, New York Times, 26 July 2001
• More Evidence Bush Stole the Election
  Bill Press, CNN, 23 July 2001
• Florida Attorney General says all office records are public unless explicitly declared private by the legislature
  Steve Bousquet, St. Petersburg Times, 21 July 2001
• New York Times documents military role in theft of 2000 election
  Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site, 19 July 2001
• Katherine Harris denies the New York Times evidence of her partisan bias
  Dana Canedy, New York Times, 18 July 2001
• Harris' partisan fixers
  editorial, St. Petersburg Times, 17 July 2001
• Katherine Harris' partisan activities during recount revisited
  Tim Nickens and Steve Bousquet, St. Petersburg Times, 16 July 2001
• Media focused on Katherine Harris' makeup, not her indictable crimes
  Laura Flanders, WorkingForChange, 16 July 2001
• Harris Hires Lawyers Linked to Jeb Bush
  Jo Becker and Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 16 November 2000
• A taste for quiet and a talent for discord
  Michael Ellison, Guardian UK, 14 November 2000
• The woman under fire
  Jake Tapper, Salon, 13 November 2000

The Profit Motive

• Also see War Profiteers (separate page)
• Also see GOP Fund Raising (separate page)

• James Baker's Double Life
  Naomi KleinThe Nation, 1 November October 2004
• Bush enjoys travel advantage on taxpayer-financed Air Force One
  Associated Press (in USA Today), 1 June 2004
• Pigs at the trough: Bush's super fundraisers line up for favors
  Paul Harris, The Observer (in The Smirking Chimp), 23 May 2004
• Chief of Head Start Is Accused of Mismanaging a Center
  Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times, 16 April 2004
• Bush donors would benefit from Medicare, energy bills
  Thomas B. Edsall, Washington Post (in the Detroit News), 22 November 2003
• Utility at Center of Blackout was Major Bush Donor
  Mike Allen, Washington Post (in Truthout), 19 August 2003
• 'Pioneers' Paved Bush's Way With Big Dollars
  Mike Allen, Washington Post, 6 May 2003
• Cheney is Still Paid by Pentagon Contractor
  Robert Bryce and Julian Borger, The Guardian (in Truthout), 12 March 2003
• Congressman Pressures Firm to Hire Republican Lobbyist
  Kathleen Day and Jim VandeHei, Washington Post, 15 February 2003
• Cashing in: Fortunes of war await Bush's circle after attacks on Iraq
  Andrew Gumbel, Independent UK (in The Smirking Chimp), 15 September 2002
• Vanity Fair Pays Bush Adviser For Access to White House
  Jackie Calmes, Wall Street Journal, 15 July 2002
• Chevron Helped Dictate U.S. Energy Policy
  press release, Natural Resources Defense Council, 22 May 2002
• Stopovers Let Bush Charge Taxpayers for Political Trips
  Mike Allen, Washington Post, 20 May 2002
• Secret Taiwan Fund Sought Friends, Influence Abroad
  John Pomfret, Washington Post, 5 April 2002
• GOP Groups Accused of Ensuring Income for Mo. Senate Candidate
  Thomas B. Edsall, Washington Post, 3 April 2002
• Taiwangate? Bush appointees linked to secret slush funds
  David Corn, The Nation (in The Smirking Chimp), 3 April 2002
• President Rewards 43 Members of Fund-Raising 'Pioneers Club' With Prominent Posts
  Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 6 March 2002
• Pioneers Pointing the Way for Bush
  Mike Allen, Washington Post, 3 March 2002
• White House Is Backing Foes of Finance Bill
  Richard L. Berke and Alison Mitchell, New York Times, 12 February 2002
• Abraham got thousands from nuke biz
  William Spain, CBS MarketWatch, 11 January 2002
• Inside Lockheed's Billion Pentagon Connection
  Geoffrey Gray, Village Voice, 7 November 2001
• O'Neill makes huge profit by delaying divestiture
  Jake Tapper, Salon, 7 June 2001
• Bush donors fill top envoy posts
  Laurence McQuillan, USA Today, 4 May 2001
• Elder Bush in Big G.O.P. Cast Toiling for Top Equity Firm
  Leslie Wayne, New York Times, 5 February 2001

"Pharisees and Hypocrites"

• GOP aide probed in VA eavesdropping case
  Hank Shaw, Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, 18 April 2002
• Police Investigate A Top GOP Official In Eavesdropping
  R.H. Melton, Washington Post, 29 March 2002
• Why has Lori Klausutis' Death Been Swept Under the Rug?
  Jennifer Van Bergen, Truthout, 4 January 2002
• Dan Burton's Solo Visit to Germany Coincides With Wife's Treatment There
  Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 11 August 2001
• Linda Tripp demands government job
  Marianne Means, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 26 June 2001
• James Hormel Responds to His GOP Attackers
  Peter Kupfer, Washington Post, 20 June 2001
• Robertson Remarks on China Abortions Rile Conservatives
  Thomas B. Edsall, Washington Post, 18 April 2001
• John "Shut It Down" Sweeney given a pass on probable drunk driving
  Michael Tomasky, New York Magazine, 13 March 2001
• Huckabee Acknowledges Ties to Right-Wing Site (FreeRepublic.com
  Doug J. Swason, Washington Post, 4 February 2001
• DeLay PACs Hired His Daughter as Consultant
  Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 31 January 2001

Ethics Violations by Members of Bush Regime

General/Miscellaneous
• Two EPA Officials Take Jobs with Firms Benefiting from Air Rule Change
  Knight Ridder (in Truthout), 4 September 2003
• How Ethical is the Bush Administration Anyway?
  Viveca Novak, Time, 21 June 2001
• Bush's men face sleaze investigations
  Mary Dejevsky, Independent UK, 20 June 2001
• FBI Candidate's Continued Role in Fraud Case Faulted
  Dan Eggen, Washington Post, 16 June 2001
• Republicans blatantly sell access to Cabinet officials, party leaders
  editorial, Washington Post, 6 May 2001

Spencer Abraham

• Abraham under fire again for attending fund-raiser during taxpayer-paid trip
  Sharon Theimer, Associated Press (in the Detroit Free Press), 21 July 2001
  (Also in the Detroit News)

Joseph Allbaugh

• Allbaugh's Use of Emergency Plane Draws Criticism
  James Risen, New York Times, 28 June 2001

John Ashcroft

• Ashcroft's Letter to NRA Prompts Ethics Complaint From 2 Groups
  Dan Eggen, Washington Post, 3 July 2001
• Hanssen Lawyer Says Ashcroft May Have Broken Justice Rules
  Walter Pincus, Washington Post, 29 March 2001
• Possible Ashcroft Campaign Violation
  Walter Pincus, Washington Post, 1 February 2001

Robert G. Card

• Questions Raised Over Energy Dept. Official's Industry Ties
  David Firestone, New York Times, 6 June 2002
• Undersecretary's Former Companies May Have Benefited From Nuclear Waste Moves
  Eric Pianin, Washington Post, 3 June 2002

Charles James

• Bush aide accused of pressuring trade group to cancel pro-affirmative action speaker
  Adam Clymer, New York Times, 21 August 2001

Gale Norton

• Norton Never Submitted Fish and Wildlife Critique of Controversial Proposal to Relax Wetlands Rules
  Michael Grunwald, Washington Post, 14 January 2002
• Officials Go on Trial for Contempt
  Neely Tucker, Washington Post, 10 December 2001
• Norton Will Face Contempt Charges
  Bill Miller, Washington Post, 29 November 2001
• Judge Warns He May Hold Norton, Others in Contempt
  Bill Miller, Washington Post, 31 October 2001
• Norton Lies About Her Own Agency's Data In Order to Tout ANWR Drilling
  Michael Grunwald, Washington Post, 19 October 2001

Theodore Olson

• Former American Spectator publisher: Olson is deceiving the Senate
  Ralph J. Lemley, Salon, 24 May 2001
• New Revelations About Ted Olson
  Murray Waas, American Prospect, 23 May 2001
• Solicitor General Nominee Defends Senate Testimony
  Thomas B. Edsall, Washington Post, 15 May 2001
• Olson lied to Judiciary Committee about involvement in Arkansas Project
  Jake Tapper, Salon, 3 May 2001

Paul O'Neill

• O'Neill makes huge profit by delaying divestiture
  Jake Tapper, Salon, 7 June 2001

Harvey Pitt

• Pitt alleged to discuss fraud investigation with former client
  Stephen Labaton, New York Times, 5 May 2002
• A Regulator with His Own Conflicts of Interest
  Gary Weiss, Business Week, 4 February 2002
• Pension Chiefs Want Head of the S.E.C. to Withdraw
  Leslie Wayne, New York Times, 5 February 2002
• SEC Head Draws Fire for Ties with Accounting Firms the Agency Oversees
  Kathleen Day and Albert B. Crenshaw, Washington Post, 16 January 2002

Colin Powell

• Powell: Speech wasn't improper
  Reuters, 10 January 2001

Condoleeza Rice

• Study Says ChevronTexaco Evaded Taxes in Price Scheme
  Neela Banerjee and David Cay Johnston, New York Times, 13 September 2002

Karl Rove

• Associates of Karl Rove Say He Helped Win Contract
  Richard L. Berke, New York Times, 25 January 2002
• White House Rejects Request for Rove Ethics Review
  George Lardner Jr., Washington Post, 11 August 2001
• Rove's First Step Toward Shedding Stock Took 5 Months
  George Lardner Jr., Washington Post, 26 July 2001
• Karl Rove met with drug company lobbyists while owning drug-company stock
  George Lardner Jr., Washington Post, 21 July 2001
• Waxman Seeks Justice Inquiry of Rove
  George Lardner Jr., Washington Post, 18 July 2001
• Henry Waxman requests Justice Department review of Karl Rove's conflicts of interest
  New York Times, 18 July 2001
• Bush defends adviser who met with Intel execs
  Laurence McQuillan, USA Today, 19 June 2001
• Ethics of Key Bush Officials Targeted
  Mike Allen, Washington Post, 16 June 2001
• Congressman Seeks Hearing on Bush Aide
  David E. Sanger, New York Times, 16 June 2001
• Bush Aide Who Held Intel Stock Met Executives Seeking Merger
  John Mintz, Washington Post, 14 June 2001
• Karl Rove kept utility stocks until after Bush energy plan was completed
  Mike Allen, Washington Post, 6 June 2001

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