"Deeply Flawed” Lease (SEC) Costs Taxpayers $557 Mil

"Deeply Flawed” Lease (SEC) Costs Taxpayers $557 Mil...In a classic example of how the government blows taxpayer money, the federal agency responsible for protecting investors and preserving market integrity dropped nearly $557 million on office space it will never use and lied to cover up the wrongdoing....It gets better. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) used a rather innovative system to determine how big its new fancy headquarters should be, according to an official at the agency. It’s called WAG, which stands for “wild-ass guess.”

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/jun/deeply-flawed-lease-costs-taxpayers-557-mil

Houston, TX: Sanctuary City keeps illegal alien sex trafficking ring in business

Houston, TX: Sanctuary City keeps illegal alien sex trafficking ring in business
A well-respected watchdog group that investigates government corruption on Thursday uncovered a scandal involving a so-called Sanctuary City in Texas that winks at crimes committed by illegal aliens. -- Investigators from Judicial Watch obtained documents from the Houston Police Department detailing a shocking sex trafficking operation run by illegal aliens

http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/sanctuary-city-keeps-illegal-alien-sex-trafficking-ring-business

NCLR Funding Skyrockets After Obama Hires Its VP, Cecilia Muñoz

NCLR Funding Skyrockets After Obama Hires Its VP, Cecilia Muñoz...A Judicial Watch investigation reveals that federal funding for a Mexican La Raza group that for years has raked in millions of taxpayer dollars has skyrocketed since one of its top officials got a job in the Obama White House. The influential and politically-connected National Council of La Raza (NCLR) has long benefitted from Uncle Sam’s largess but the group has made a killing since Obama hired its senior vice president (Cecilia Muñoz) in 2009 to be his director of intergovernmental affairs.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/jun/nclr-funding-skyrockets-after-obama-hires-its-vp

Obama Donors Get Top DOJ Jobs

Obama Donors Get Top DOJ Jobs...In a scandal ignored by the mainstream media, President Obama quietly stacked the Department of Justice with campaign donors, issuing key posts to supporters who raised big bucks for his 2008 presidential campaign and are expected to collect more cash for his reelection...Among the more alarming examples listed in the investigative piece involves the DOJ, the agency that enforces the law, ensures public safety against foreign or domestic threats and defends the nation’s interests. Obama appointed seven campaign bundlers to the DOJ, including Attorney General Eric Holder who raised $50,000 in 2008

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/jun/obama-donors-get-top-doj-jobs

FCC colludes with socialist group to push government regulation of Internet

FCC colludes with socialist group to push government regulation of Internet...Not just satisfied with Big Government takeovers of the automobile industry, the financial sector, and a healthcare system that totals one-sixth of the U.S. economy, the Obama administration is now moving on to surreptitiously gaining control of the Internet...Our government is supposed to be “of the people, by the people, and for the people,” NOT “of the Left, by the Left, and for the Left,”

http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/fcc-colludes-with-socialist-group-to-push-government-regulation-of-internet-1

Oops! Pentagon Loses Track Of $6.6 Billion

Oops! Pentagon Loses Track Of $6.6 Billion...In a mind-boggling example of government corruption, billions of dollars flown to Iraq for post-invasion “reconstruction” have vanished and may never be recovered. Bundled in chunks of $100 bills, the cash was sent from the U.S. to Iraq in turboprop military cargo planes known as C-130 Hercules. About $2.4 billion fit in each aircraft and 21 flights made trips, transporting a total of $12 billion in American currency to Iraq by 2004...This is simply the latest of many reports documenting the pervasive fraud and waste in Iraq reconstruction efforts, which have received more than $100 billion from U.S. taxpayers.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/jun/oops-pentagon-loses-track-6-6-billion-0

DOJ Lies About Immigration Courts To Hide Corruption

DOJ Lies About Immigration Courts To Hide Corruption...The Department of Justice distorts figures to hide from Congress pervasive corruption in the nation’s immigration court system, which allows deportable aliens to evade hearings without consequences and more than 1 million removal orders to be ignored.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/jun/doj-lies-about-immigration-courts-hide-corruption

FCC Colluded with Leftist Organization Free Press to Push Government Regulation of Internet, Documents Show

FCC Colluded with Leftist Organization Free Press to Push Government Regulation of Internet, Documents Show...Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has uncovered documents from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that indicate officials at the FCC colluded with the leftist Free Press organization to publicly push a new plan to regulate the Internet under the FCC’s so-called “net neutrality” program. Judicial Watch obtained the documents pursuant to a December 27, 2010, Freedom of Information Act request..Organization with Socialist Ties Driving “Net Neutrality” Agenda inside the Obama FCC

http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2011/jun/fcc-colluded-leftist-organization-free-press-push-government-regulation-internet-docum

Police: AG Holder pressures city to lower standards for minority recruits

Police: AG Holder pressures city to lower standards for minority recruits
A Beltway watchdog group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption released a report Wednesday regarding its uncovering of hundreds of documents from the city of Dayton, Ohio, revealing that AG Eric Holder and the Obama DOJ pressured the local police department to lower testing standards because not enough African-American candidates passed the written exam...

http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2011/jun/doj-pressured-city-dayton-lower-testing-standards-police-recruits-accommodate-minority

Judicial Watch Files Amicus Curiae Brief Challenging Constitutionality of Obamacare

Judicial Watch Files Amicus Curiae Brief Challenging Constitutionality of Obamacare
Legislative “power grab” has “overstepped the Commerce Clause’s boundaries…”..Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare (Susan Seven-Sky, et al v Eric Holder, Jr. et al.(No. 11-5047)). The lawsuit is currently on appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2011/may/judicial-watch-files-amicus-curiae-brief-challenging-constitutionality-obamacare

Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder urged to investigate killing of American David Hartley in border violence

Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder urged to investigate killing of American David Hartley in border violence...A Beltway watchdog group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced Tuesday that Governor John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Senators Mark Udall (D-CO) and Michael Bennett (D-CO) sent letters to Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, urging them to help gain “closure and justice” for Tiffany Hartley, the Colorado citizen and Judicial Watch client whose husband David Hartley was murdered by what are believed to be Mexican drug cartel pirates. The violent incident took place September 30, 2010, on Lake Falcon, a tourist destination on the border between Texas and Mexico

http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/clinton-holder-urged-to-investigate-killing-of-american-border-violence

State Dept. Withholds Records Of Hillary Clinton Ties To Lobbyist

State Dept. Withholds Records Of Hillary Clinton Ties To Lobbyist...Details surrounding the State Department’s expected approval of a controversial oil pipeline are being kept secret in an apparent effort to conceal impropriety created by the tight knit relationship between Hillary Clinton and the lobbyist pushing the multi billion-dollar project. The Secretary of State must approve the permit for the Canada-to-Texas pipeline, known as Keystone XL, which will span nearly 2,000 miles and transport around 1 million barrels of heavy crude oil daily across six states. Predicting opposition from environmental groups, the Canadian company behind the mega project hired one of Clinton’s national campaign directors (Paul Elliott) as its chief lobbyist.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/may/state-dept-withholds-records-clinton-ties-lobbyist

$2 Mil To Track What Minority Kids Eat For Lunch

$2 Mil To Track What Minority Kids Eat For Lunch... It marks the latest outrageous expenditure of public funds at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which is supposed to provide leadership on food, agriculture and natural resources based on “sound public policy” and science. Instead, under the Obama Administration, the bloated agency is spending huge sums to control matters unrelated to its mission.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/may/2-mil-track-what-minority-kids-eat-lunch

Widow (Tiffany Hartley) of American slain by Mexican cartel seeks justice

Widow (Tiffany Hartley) of American slain by Mexican cartel seeks justice...Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) held a press conference to bring attention to the investigation of the murder of David Hartley. Hartley was murdered on Lake Falcon which spans the border between Texas and Mexico. It is believed that Hartley was gunned down by members of Mexico's Los Zetas cartel who control the lake..Judicial Watch represents Mrs. Tiffany Hartley, widow of David, and survivor of the attack

http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/widow-of-american-slain-by-mexican-cartel-seeks-justice

Judicial Watch Fights for Release of bin Laden Photos

Judicial Watch Fights for Release of bin Laden Photos...Obama promised the most transparent administration in history. Now is the time to keep this promise and, more importantly, to obey the law. If this doesn’t happen, Judicial Watch will go to court.

http://oneoldvet.com/?p=28436#more-28436

Maxine Waters U.S. Rep (D-CA) has delayed her ethics trial by stalling subpoenas

Maxine Waters U.S. Rep (D-CA) has delayed her ethics trial by stalling subpoenas...Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch president, reports that Waters' friend and fellow California Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren helped delay her ethics trial by stalling subpoenas, "doing everything in her power to undermine the professional committee staff leading the investigation," and improperly firing two attorneys working on the investigation. Now, the GOP is mum on setting a date for the trial. Why?

http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/article/maxine-waters-swamp-queen

Secret DOJ Group Monitors Immigration Control Laws

Secret DOJ Group Monitors Immigration Control Laws...Obama Justice Department has created a secret group within the bloated civil rights division to monitor laws passed by states and local municipalities to control illegal immigration.
Because the measures are viewed as discriminatory and anti-immigrant by the administration, the Justice Department is spending valuable taxpayer dollars to track them and legally challenge them as it did in Arizona.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/apr/secret-doj-group-monitors-immigration-control-laws

NJ: In-State Tuition for illegals decision reversed...New Jersey’s largest newspaper calls school “cowardly” and “gutless”

NJ: In-State Tuition for illegals decision reversed...New Jersey’s largest newspaper calls school “cowardly” and “gutless”...New Jersey’s largest newspaper is accusing officials at a public college in Randolph of being “cowardly” and “gutless” for reversing a controversial policy offering illegal aliens discounted tuition after Judicial Watch challenged it. THANK YOU JW!!!!

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/apr/cowardly-reverse-illegal-immigrant-tuition-break

FL: Job Agency Spends $73K On Superhero Campaign (NO JOKE)

FL: Job Agency Spends $73K On Superhero Campaign (NO JOKE)...a federally-funded job center in Florida has financed a costly public relations campaign that is distributing thousands of superhero capes to the unemployed...the media coverage has led state labor officials to request an investigation into the matter.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/apr/job-agency-spends-73k-superhero-campaign

Cover Up? Judicial Watch Sues DHS for Docs on Investigation of Illegal Alien Charged with Killing Nun in VA Drunk Driving Accident

Cover Up? Judicial Watch Sues DHS for Docs on Investigation of Illegal Alien Charged with Killing Nun in VA Drunk Driving Accident...filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on April 14, 2011, against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to obtain records detailing Homeland Security’s investigation of Carlos Martinelly-Montano, an illegal alien who allegedly struck and killed a Virginia Benedictine nun in a drunk driving accident on August 1, 2010. Judicial Watch obtained an internal DHS report on the Martinelly-Montano investigation in response to a previous lawsuit. Judicial Watch now seeks all communications between the DHS and the Obama White House, as well as internal DHS records regarding the investigation and the report (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Case No. 11-725)).

http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2011/apr/cover-judicial-watch-sues-dhs-documents-detailing-investigation-illegal-alien-who-kill