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Berto Jongman: #Global_Witness & #OKFN Exposing Corruption in Data via #OpenData

Global Witness and Open Knowledge – Working together to investigate and campaign against corruption related to the extractives industries Sam Leon, one of Open Knowledge’s data experts, talks about his experiences working as an School of Data Embedded Fellow at Global Witness. Phi Beta Iota: We are seeing convergence.  See also #TrueCost and #ConflictFree See …

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SchwartzReport: $26 Billion Later, Iraqi Military a Disaster — the True Cost of US Government Corruption and Idiocy

As you read this think about how many schools this money would have built and staffed. How many elder care facilities could have been built. How much prenatal care this would have paid for. All lost on a losing strategy, that has failed over and over, and will fail again. $26 Billion in US Aid …

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Berto Jongman: Pfaff on US Doing Stupid Stuff in Ukraine Plus Chuck Spinney & Pat Buchanan on Bluster, Bluff, Corruption and More Stupidity in Estonia…

Doing Stupid Stuff in the Ukraine William Pfaff EXTRACT President Obama said not long ago that his foreign policy principle was “not doing stupid stuff.” At about the same time his State Department and CIA were conspicuously guiding and supporting a coup d’etat in Ukraine that was the exact contradiction to the Obama policy statement. …

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John Rappoport: Exclusive Interview with Sharyl Attkisson, Benghazi & Fast & Furious, CDC Swine Flu Fraud, on Corruption in Media Including Wikipedia

Exclusive: an interview with investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson Before her recent resignation from CBS, Sharyl Attkisson was a mainstream news star. Multiple Emmys. CNN anchor, CBS anchor on stories about space exploration. Host of CBS’ News Up to the Minute. PBS host for Health Week. Investigative reporter for CBS. Attkisson dug deep into Fast&Furious, Benghazi, and …

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