Open government ally Carl Malamud has posted a brilliant agenda on public.resource.org, a five point technology plan he has presented... View Article
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Apparently, Senate Candidate 3 is Rep. Jan Schakowsky. Senate Candidate 3 was mentioned in passing in the criminal complaint, more... View Article
Continue readingDoes Power Corrupt?
Considering the major story of the day, Illinois Gov. Blagojevich’s “political corruption crime spree,” this new study in the Journal... View Article
Continue readingEPA Goes Mobile
Now here’s something in the department of “this has potential” …..The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a Web... View Article
Continue readingBlagojevich indictment visualized
I found it at the Chicago Tribune. Here's the text of it in Many Eyes, as a word tree. Interesting words to search in addition to Intercepted: Senate seat, Tribune Editorial Board, Campaign and Rezko.
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Feds: Illinois Governor put Obama’s Senate seat up for sale
Here's the summary from Congress Daily (subscription only):
Federal prosecutors say Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich engaged in a "staggering" conspiracy to sell or trade the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Obama in return for jobs and other personal benefits for himself and his wife, Patti. Blogojevich and Chief of Staff John Harris were arrested this morning. A 76-page FBI affidavit said the 51-year-old Democratic governor was intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps over the last month conspiring to sell or trade the vacant Senate seat. "I want to make money," the affidavit quotes the governor as saying. U.S. Attorney ...Continue reading
Many Eyes and Blago
Sunlight’s Bill Allison, at Real Time Investigations, links to a Many Eyes presentation of the Blagojevich criminal complaint. Looking at... View Article
Continue readingWho Are Senate Candidates 1-5?
The criminal complaint filed against Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris names five considered Senate candidates.... View Article
Continue readingThe Replacements: Pay-to-Play In Obama Replacement
Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois was arrested today on charges related to his decision on whom to appoint to President-Elect... View Article
Continue readingDaily Outrage: How Fannie and Freddie Bought Congress
If you want your daily rage inducing news piece, this Associated Press investigation into Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae should... View Article
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