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Washington Post Investigations Chat with Post writers Scott Higham and Peter Finn about their investigation into the Guantanamo Bay renovations at 1 p.m. today.
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Post writers Scott Higham and Peter Finn discuss their story about the investigation into the expenses and take your questions.
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Among other odd legacies from war-on-terror spending since 2001 for
the troops at Guantanamo Bay: an abandoned volleyball court for
$249,000, an unused go-kart track for $296,000 and $3.5 million for 27
playgrounds that are often vacant.
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GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA -- At the U.S. naval station here, a handsome electronic sign hangs between two concrete pillars. In yellow enamel against a blue metal backdrop is a map of Cuba, the "Pearl of the Antilles," above flashing time and temperature readings.
Washington Post Investigations Congress has regulated other government officials and private-sector executives' investments. Should ethics rules allow lawmakers to trade largely as each chooses?
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He was a stockbroker before he became a politician, and he continued playing the markets during his rise through Congress.
Washington Post Investigations Reporters Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz recently authored a book expanding on The Washington Post's original examination of the botched murder investigation of Chandra Levy.
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Nine years later, the Chandra Levy case endures as Washington's most famous recent murder mystery, and the book takes readers behind the investigation and into the darker side of Washington and its institutions of power and privilege.
Washington Post Investigations Are nursing homes in your county overbilling the government? Check out our interactive map to find out.
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Federal regulators are investigating skilled nursing facilities around the country that are billing Medicare for unusually high rates of patients in the most expensive billing categories. The Washington Post investigates.
Washington Post Investigations Post investigative reporters Scott Higham and Dan Keating look into possible waste and fraud in Medicare payments to nursing homes.
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Federal regulators are investigating skilled nursing facilities around the country that are billing Medicare for unusually high rates of patients in the most expensive billing categories. The Washington Post investigates.
Washington Post Investigations Why does the language detailing a $160 million earmark in a recent bill disclose neither the specific purpose of the radio project nor the dozen lawmakers who asked Chairman John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) to include it?
Details of $160 Million Request to Fund Police Radios in Mexico Are Vague in Bill - washingtonpost.c
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Tucked into the voluminous congressional plan for U.S. military spending next year is $160 million intended to help Mexico's police buy U.S.-made first-responder radios.
Washington Post Investigations Did Gov. Sarah Palin violate state ethics laws by soliciting and accepting private donations to pay her legal debts?
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An independent investigator has determined that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) may have violated state ethics laws by soliciting and accepting private donations to pay $500,000 in legal debts.
Washington Post Investigations A federal judge has ruled that government officials committed fraud while defending a lawsuit brought by a former DEA agent who accused a CIA operative of illegally bugging his home. Will former CIA director George J. Tenet face sanctions?
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A federal judge has ruled that government officials committed fraud while defending a lawsuit brought by a former DEA agent who accused a CIA operative of illegally bugging his home.
Washington Post Investigations When an Air Force command in north Florida sought new battlefield technologies, Rep. John P. Murtha steered millions in federal dollars its way. But the project fell apart when investigators found evidence that it was used to improperly pay a series of companies linked to the Pennsylvania Democrat.
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When an Air Force command in north Florida sought new battlefield technologies, Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) steered millions in federal dollars its way to hire defense contractors.
Washington Post Investigations Congress is under the microscope in today's Daily Read: The Office of Congressional Ethics recommends five new investigations, reports that a House panel routinely destroyed earmark requests, and a new bill targets Congressional insider trading.
CIA Program Targeted Al-Qaeda Leaders; Chief Auto Adviser Resigns Amid Probe; Metro Crash Prompts Sa
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Washington Post Investigations The report that former Vice President Dick Cheney was behind the decision to conceal a still-unidentified program from Congress deepens the mystery surrounding it. Did the Bush Administration break the law by concealing the covert program from Congress?
Cheney Linked to Concealment of CIA Program; WH to Revisit Bush Anti-Terror Policies; Problem Nurses
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Washington Post Investigations The chairman of the House intelligence committee has accused the CIA of intentionally misleading the panel- the second time in less than two months that the agency has been accused of lying to lawmakers. Should Congress increase it's oversight of the CIA?
House Intelligence Chairman Reyes Says CIA Lied to Panel About Classified Matter - washingtonpost.co
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The chairman of the House intelligence committee has accused the CIA of lying to the panel in a classified matter, the second time in less than two months that a top House Democrat has charged the spy agency of intentionally misleading Congress.
Washington Post Investigations A former executive of a Pennsylvania defense firm linked to Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) has agreed to plead guilty to taking bribes from a partner defense company, identified in court filings only as "K". Could it be Kuchera Defense Systems, another Murtha-linked firm currently under investigation?
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A former executive of a Pennsylvania defense firm with close ties to Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) has agreed to plead guilty to taking bribes from a partner defense company and is cooperating in a federal investigation of Pentagon contracting, records show.
Washington Post Investigations Why did Florida regulators grant R. Allen Stanford sweeping powers to bypass reporting requirements--despite objections from the state's chief banking lawyer over concerns that Stanford was laundering money? More in today's Daily Read.
Key Senator Backs Telecom Probe; Fla. Regulators Aided Allen Stanford; Former Gitmo Inmate Says Phot
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