All Blog Posts from Investigative Round-Up

Washington Times:
Honduran officials are investigating allegations that President Manuel Zelaya and his chief of staff stole millions of dollars from the central bank before the military ousted Mr. Zelaya last month, according to a senior Honduran official, government documents and other evidence.
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AP:
An independent investigator has found evidence that Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by trading on her position in seeking money for legal fees, in the latest legal distraction for the former vice presidential candidate as she prepares to leave office this week.
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AP:
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford shed his fiscal conservatism on several taxpayer-funded international trips, including a South American jaunt that included time with his mistress, choosing expensive first-class or business-class seats while his aides sat in coach.
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CQ:
House Intelligence Chairman Silvestre Reyes has suggested Republicans would be well advised to avoid politicizing the intelligence authorizaton bill later this week in light of evidence that, he says, shows that the CIA “affirmatively lied to” the panel.
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AP:
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's admitted extramarital affair with a woman in Argentina could cost him his job. It could cost him his marriage.
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LegalTimes:
From appearances and document leaks to preparing witnesses and challenging subpoenas, a group of Covington & Burling lawyers in a seminar today provided an insider guide to defending clients in congressional investigations.
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Washington Times:
If a tree falls in Brazil, it will, in fact, be heard in the U.S. - at least if a little-noticed provision in the pending climate-change bill in Congress becomes law.
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Los Angeles Times:
A Treasury Department challenge to the authority of government bailout watchdog Neil M. Barofsky came just as he had begun a sensitive investigation of the department's role in approving bonuses to executives of insurance giant AIG, sources said Thursday.
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New York Times:
After the Rochester billionaire Tom Golisano brokered the coup last week that threw the State Senate into chaos, he strolled the halls of the Capitol proclaiming himself a reformer on a mission to shake up Albany’s old ways of questionable ethics and self-dealing.
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Reuters:
JBS SA, the world's biggest beef processor, is under investigation by Brazil's federal prosecutor's office in a widespread corruption case that has targeted several companies in the beef industry.
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