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How the US Blew Millions of Dollars Airlifting Cashmere Goats to Afghanistan
A new report accuses the Pentagon of pulling the wool over taxpayers’ eyes. By Bryan Schatz.
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The Rise and Fall of a Fox News Fraud
By the time Wayne Simmons went on Fox News last March for what would end up being his final appearance, viewers knew what to expect. "This president clearly has absolutely no idea what he is talking about," Simmons said of President Obama's handling of ISIS. Simmons had made guest appearances on Fox more than a hundred times as a "former CIA operative," and certainly looked the part: white mustache, neck bulging out of his dress shirt...
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The F-35’s Terrifying Bug List
The Pentagon’s top testing official has weighed and measured the F-35 and found it wanting. By Patrick Tucker.
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My High-School Boyfriend, the Con Artist
From the start our dates were more like stakeouts. By Heidi Julavits.
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Man charged with issuing $100 trillion in fake finance documents
A federal grand jury has returned a new indictment against Hillsboro resident Winston Shrout, accusing him of defrauding U.S. financial institutions by issuing bogus documents and failing to file six years of income tax returns. The grand jury returned an indictment charging Shrout with 13 counts of making, presenting and transmitting fictitious financial instruments and six counts of willfully failing to file income tax returns. He's accused of making and issuing more...
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Military Admits Billion-Dollar War Toy F-35 Is Fucked
Officials are finally admitting the F-35 fighter has turned into a nightmare—but it’s too late to stop the $400 billion program now. By David Axe.
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For my next trick...
Too many medical trials move their goalposts halfway through. A new initiative aims to change that
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N.F.L.’s Flawed Concussion Research and Ties to Tobacco Industry
An investigation by The New York Times raises questions about the league’s concussion research and its relationship with the tobacco industry. By Alan Schwarz, Walt Bogdanich and Jacqueline Williams. (Mar. 24)
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All Hell Is Breaking Loose at Arizona Election Fraud Hearing
A raucous hearing on election fraud in the Arizona primary is still going on in Phoenix. As of this writing, the hearing was moved to a separate room and is currently in recess due to continued outbursts of protest in the gallery. Helen Purcell began the Arizona Election Fraud hearing by saying “I want to begin […]
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Mattel’s and the Chinese cyber-thieves
The email seemed unremarkable: a routine request by Mattel Inc’s chief executive for a new vendor payment to China. It was well-timed, arriving on Thursday, April 30, during a tumultuous period for the Los-Angeles based maker of Barbie dolls. Barbie was bombing…
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For just $309, you too can hide your assets — in the U.S.
The website for Corporation Makers promises that owning a business can remain “your deep dark secret. Do you wish to own land or other assets without anyone becoming aware of it?” it advertises. By Matt Pearce.
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SEC charges Texas attorney general with fraud in alleged stock scam
Lawsuit filed against Ken Paxton and former executives. Republican is already under felony criminal indictment over other allegations.
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Farm to Fable
At Tampa Bay farm-to-table restaurants, you’re being fed fiction. By Laura Reiley
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How Not to Audit the Pentagon
Five Decades Later, the Military Waste Machine Is Running Full Speed Ahead. By William D. Hartung.
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NY voters file lawsuit over alleged election fraud
Hundreds of New York state voters to file suit calling the closed primary 'a threat to our democratic system' after claiming their party affiliation mysteriously changed. By Laura Bult.
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'Blind' Man Caught Driving, Committing Disability Fraud
In his application for disability benefits, John Caltabiano claimed he couldn’t drive, cook for himself, exercise at the gym, move around his house or even shave without help. The New York man, 49, said he had lost his sight in a workplace accident at a cement company in 2006 and, since then, he bumps into things and hurts himself at home. “I sit in the dark and listen to TV,” he wrote in his application.
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The unending quest of the Hoax Slayer
For 13 years, Brett Christensen has been a committed professional debunker. This balding, bearded, soft-spoken, and serious man of 53 years has devoted himself to fighting the tide of online misinformation—the kind of scams, frauds, and hoaxes that used to spread from one inbox to the next but today move with alarming speed… By Andrew McMillen.
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How Alex Jones Uses Fear of the Government to Sell Diet Supplements
“You’re not really sick, They’re poisoning you so you have to buy Their costly drugs to treat the symptoms They’ve caused because They’re also suppressing the cheap and easy natural remedes you probably already have in your kitchen cupboard! Credit card number?” By Spenser Davis.
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Pentagon’s Sloppy Bookkeeping Means $6.5 Trillion Can’t Pass an Audit
The troubling findings emerged from a wide-ranging audit of the capital funds and financial statements across the military services, including the Navy, the Marine Corps and the Army. By Eric Pianin. (July 31, 2016)
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Kagi Shuts Down After Falling Prey to Fraud
The venerable digital commerce company Kagi, which has been providing payment processing and shopping cart services to Mac developers since 1994, has ceased operations after an unsuccessful attempt to work off debt incurred by supplier fraud. By Adam C. Engst.
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