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Article: Sale of Citigroup shares nets $12 billion profit for US Treasury

The US Treasury has sold its remaining stake in Citigroup, in a deal which it says will make a $12 billion profit on its overall investment.Citigroup was one of the worst victims of the financial crisis, and the US government stepped in...

Article: Monitoring America - The Washington Post on the U.S. Intelligence Industry

Nine years after the terrorist attacks of 2001, the United States is assembling a vast domestic intelligence apparatus to...

Article: U.S. Allowed American Companies To Do Business With Blacklisted Nations

The Treasury Department has granted nearly 10,000 special licenses to American companies over the past decade so they could sell some types of products in Iran and other countries the U.S. considers terrorist sponsors, The New York Times reported...

Article: GAO Gives Up on Auditing Government Over Medicare Projections, Cites 'Uncertainties'

The Government Accountability Office threw up its hands when asked to issue an opinion on the Treasury Department's government-wide financial statements for 2010, citing particular concerns about Medicare projections. Full...

Article: IRS Says Tax Changes Will Cause Some Filing Delays

Some taxpayers will be unable to file returns until mid-to-late February because of recent tax breaks approved by Congress in its lame-duck session, the IRS said Thursday.Congress approved tax breaks for higher education tuition, state...

Article: Steinbrenner FBI File: Watergate Prosecutor Wanted Campaign Donation Probe

Newly released documents show the special prosecutor in the Watergate case had an "extreme interest" in investigating Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for illegal campaign contributions. Full Article:

Article: Freed New Jersey Man Wants Gun Conviction Overturned

A New Jersey man whose seven-year prison sentence was commuted this week and is now seeking to get his felony gun charge conviction overturned blamed judicial...

Article: U.S. "Intelligence" Spending: A Whale of a Bad Joke

The government has announced that total spending on "intelligence activities" in fiscal year 2010 was $80.1 billion. According to a report in the...

Article: Homeland Security Using Child Protective Services to Snoop?

Is The Govternment trying to Find out, Who has What now? I ask, because – Child Services Interviewed My Child – Wanted to Know if We Had Solar Panels, Exactly Where We Go Camping and Hiking , If have Alternative Energy, If Food Stored, Then Came to my...

Article: F.A.S.T. by DHS - Invasive, Intrusive & Insane - It's next up!

If you expect to have even the slightest degree of freedom in this country in the future...Freedom to travel by plane, train, bus or car without being molested...freedom to attend public events...freedom just to walk walk down the...

Article: House & Senate Finalize Financial Overhaul Bill

Key House and Senate lawmakers approved far-reaching new financial rules early...

Article: White House Hiring Islamic Shariah Law Specialists

The Obama administration has announced its appointment of 13 White House fellows – and the first person featured on its short list is a Muslim attorney who specializes in Shariah-compliant transactions."This year's White House fellows a...

Article: WATCH OUT FEDERAL RESERVE: Senate agrees to expanded Audit the Fed provision

GREAT NEWS: the Senate committee that is currently working on a compromise Wall Street reform bill to reconcile with the House version has agreed to expand an audit of the privately owned and controlled Federal Reserve.While still not a...