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NewsTrust - Most Recent Stories: News (Independent) Copyright (c) 2008 NewsTrust en-us Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:47:13 -0800 http://newstrust.net/images/logos/newstrust-logo_20px.gif NewsTrust http://newstrust.net/stories/top_stories/news/independent http://newstrust.net/stories/top_stories/news/independent NewsTrust helps people find good journalism online. We rate the news based on quality, not just popularity. Our social news network features top-rated stories from hundreds of mainstream and independent sources. Find out more at http://newstrust.net/ Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/448997 http://newstrust.net/stories/448997 <span><a href="/sources/the_nation">The Nation</a> - By Jeremy Scahill - Dec. 07 (News Report) - Inside sources reveal that the firm works with the US military inKarachi to plan targeted assassinations and drone bombings, among other sensitive counterterrorism operations.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/448997">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/448997">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/448997">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Taliban Pakistan War Feds failing in duty to protect water from oilsands development Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450428 http://newstrust.net/stories/450428 <span><a href="/sources/canada_com">Canada.com</a> - By Mike De Souza - Nov. 24 (Special Report) - The Harper government is failing to enforce federal law and exercise its constitutional authority in at least 10 different aspects of monitoring the exploitation of Alberta’s oilsands and its impact on water, says a new report to be released Monday.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450428">3.5 average</a> - <a href="/stories/450428">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450428">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Water Pollution Oil and Gas Canada Pesticides that kill rodents also poison owls. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450400 http://newstrust.net/stories/450400 <span>environmentalhealthnews.org - By Karen Kidd (synopsis) - Nov. 24 (Special Report) - Bait laced with the chemicals is eaten by the rodents. However the mice, rats and other rodents may live for several days after eating the bait. The poisoned animals often have different behaviors after they are poisoned and may spend more time out in the open, making them vulnerable to predators, including owls and other raptors. Birds of prey, like owls, are beneficial because they eat rodents and help keep their populations in check. The birds can be exposed to the rodenticides through their diets, and sometimes this has led to larger-scale poisonings.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450400">3.3 average</a> - <a href="/stories/450400">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450400">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Study Suggest Black Women's Relative Invisibility in Society Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450725 http://newstrust.net/stories/450725 <span><a href="/sources/miller_mccune">Miller-McCune</a> - By Tom Jacobs - Nov. 24 (News Report) - New research finds black women are more likely to go unnoticed and unappreciated than black men or whites of either gender.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450725">3.0 average</a> - <a href="/stories/450725">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450725">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Racism Psychology The Black Experience How Limousine Liberals, Water Oligarchs and Even Sean Hannity Are Hijacking Our Water Supply Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/451058 http://newstrust.net/stories/451058 <span><a href="/sources/alternet">AlterNet</a> - By Yasha Levine - Nov. 24 (Investigative Report) - A group of water oligarchs in California have engineered a disastrous deregulation and privatization scheme. And they've pulled in hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars without causing much public outrage.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/451058">4.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/451058">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/451058">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Environment Water Money and Politics The Memory Scrub About Why Ft. Hood Happened Is Almost Complete ... If It Weren't for Archives Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450172 http://newstrust.net/stories/450172 <span><a href="/sources/alternet">AlterNet</a> - By Mark Ames - Nov. 24 (News Analysis) - Reading through these credible accounts now, you can see how everyone from the PR flaks in the military to the rightwing machine would want somehow distract people from all the accounts of their pigheaded refusal to exempt or discharge Maj. Hasan, and you can then start to imagine how a lot of editors and viewers wouldn't put up much of a fuss if the story changed to something more palatable to the American public. So with no one interested in protecting Maj. Hasan's motives, and everyone interested in protecting the Army's behavior, the story gets changed from one of "it could have been prevented if Army bureaucrats/officers weren't such raging assholes to Maj. Hasan" to a barrage of leaks from unnamed Army officials, who argued that Maj. Hasan never said peep to anyone about wanting out of the service</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450172">4.3 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/450172">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450172">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Department of Defense Ethics in Journalism Bad Journalism Psychology Racism Some businesses waste more than £1m a year on excess energy, carbon trading trial finds Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450429 http://newstrust.net/stories/450429 <span>yorkshirepost.co.uk - By Tom Palmer - Nov. 24 (Special Report) - A PIONEERING carbon trading programme in Yorkshire has revealed some businesses are wasting more than a £1m a year on excess energy and would face six figure fines under future legislation.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450429">3.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/450429">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450429">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Energy Pollution Climate Change Culture & Society Articles | Viewing Turkey Day Through Academic Prism | Miller-McCune Online Magazine Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/451386 http://newstrust.net/stories/451386 <span><a href="/sources/miller_mccune">Miller-McCune</a> - By Tom Jacobs - Nov. 24 (Special Report) - Given that entirely reasonable analysis, it is a bit jolting to read further into the paper and find the following sentence: "The stuffed turkey represents the Native Americans, sacrificed and consumed in order to bring civilization to the New World."</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/451386">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/451386">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/451386">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Single Payer Activists to Congress: Defeat Democratic Health Bill Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/448186 http://newstrust.net/stories/448186 <span><a href="/sources/common_dreams">Common Dreams</a> - By Russell Mokhiber - Nov. 23 (News Report) - The Democratic health care bill is a massive bailout of the private health insurance industry. It is convoluted and complicated. And it should be defeated.That's the take of a number of leading single payer activists.They will hold a press conference the day before Thanksgiving. And call on Congress to defeat the more than 2,000 page bill. Start from scratch. And pass single payer, Medicare for all, national health insurance.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/448186">3.3 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/448186">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/448186">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care Should We Laugh? Cry? Both? Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/445949 http://newstrust.net/stories/445949 <span><a href="/sources/new_republic">New Republic</a> - By Jonathan Cohn - Nov. 23 (News Analysis) - The ritual is becoming familiar. Health care reform passes a major political hurdle. And progressives don?t know whether to laugh or cry. Last time, the occasion was a vote in the House of Representatives. Health care reform passed by the slimmest of margins, but not before conservative Democrats had extracted a major concession on abortion rights. This time, it was a vote in the Senate--not on whether to pass a bill, but whether to begin debating one. This measure, too, passed by the slimmest of margins, but not before conservative Democrats and one notorious independent made clear they were prepared to shut things down later if legislation includes a public insurance option. It?s no fun to watch this unfold. And yet this is the exactly the sort of drama you should expect for the next few weeks, as the Senate deliberations play out. The bill Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced last week is not everything it could be--not by a long shot. And progressives will try their ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/445949">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/445949">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/445949">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care U.S. Congress Democratic Party Republican Party Unrest mounts as China mine death rises Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/448538 http://newstrust.net/stories/448538 <span>Manila Times - Nov. 23 (News Report) - Relatives of victims angrily demanded answers Monday as hopes of finding more survivors after China’s worst mining disaster for two years took a blow with the death toll rising to 104. Rescuers recovered 12 more bodies, a spokesman for the mine in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province said, leaving four miners still unaccounted for after the weekend blast.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/448538">3.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/448538">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/448538">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Labor Coal China Extremes back climate experts' warnings Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446402 http://newstrust.net/stories/446402 <span>theaustralian.com.au - By Jared Owens, Lanai Vasek - Nov. 23 (News) - IT was a weekend of extremes. Melbourne copped a month's worth of rain in just 17 hours, NSW grappled with "catastrophic" bushfire conditions and record November temperatures -- and Climate Change Minister Penny Wong linked the unpredictable weather patterns to the effects of global warming.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446402">2.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446402">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446402">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change New report asserts R.I. CO2 emissions soared 24 percent Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446410 http://newstrust.net/stories/446410 <span>projo.com - Nov. 23 (News Report) - A new report from a group called Environment Rhode Island asserts that Rhode Island’s carbon dioxide emissions have soared 24 percent between 1990 and 2007, which is going in the wrong direction for a state trying to reduce its impacts on climate change.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446410">2.6 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446410">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446410">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Pollution Boracay beauties Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/448528 http://newstrust.net/stories/448528 <span>Manila Times - Nov. 23 (News) - Miss Earth 2009 winners pose on the resort island of Boracay on Monday, a day after they were crowned. They are, from left, Alejandra Echevarria of Spain (Miss Fire), Sandra Seifert of the Philippines (Miss Air), Larissa Ramos of Brazil (Miss Earth) and Jessica Barboza of Venezuela (Miss Water).</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/448528">1.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/448528">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/448528">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Road to Copenhagen Part: US Climate Legislation & Lobbyists Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/442814 http://newstrust.net/stories/442814 <span>Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy - By Jeff Smith - Nov. 22 (News Analysis) - Called the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, the Waxman-Markey bill was fought hard by the energy industry. According to a report by the Center for Public Integrity, “More than 460 new businesses and interest groups jumped into lobbying Congress on global warming in the weeks before the House neared its historic vote on climate change legislation.” You can see from the chart above that there was a spike in the amount of lobbying just prior to the bill’s passing.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/442814">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/442814">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/442814">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Lobbying Is It Time for Malpractice Reform? Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/432753 http://newstrust.net/stories/432753 <span><a href="/sources/american_prospect">American Prospect</a> - By Joanne Kenen - Nov. 20 (News Analysis) - Year after year, Republicans try to pass legislation that would limit medical malpractice awards. Fix the tort system, they argue, and we fix rising health-care costs. And year after year, Democrats resist placing arbitrary caps on awards to people who may have suffered from an egregious medical error. The fight plays out like a predictable old Western -- good guys versus bad guys. Depending on your politics, the villain is either the greedy doctor or the greedy trial lawyer.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/432753">3.7 average</a> - <a href="/stories/432753">7 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/432753">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care Law Fed Beaten: Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/432948 http://newstrust.net/stories/432948 <span><a href="/sources/huffington_post">Huffington Post</a> - By The Huffington Post News Team - Nov. 20 (News Report) - In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance Committee with an...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/432948">3.3 average</a> - <a href="/stories/432948">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/432948">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Congressional Oversight On 20th Anniversary of Killings of 6 Jesuit Priests by US-Backed Salvadoran Forces, Thousands to Protest "School of the Assassins" at Ft. Benning Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450002 http://newstrust.net/stories/450002 <span><a href="/sources/democracy_now">Democracy Now</a> - By Blasé Bonpane, Amy Goodman - Nov. 20 (Special Report) - This year’s protest will mark the twentieth anniversary of the murder of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador by the US-backed Salvadoran military. It comes days after the priests were posthumously bestowed El Salvador’s highest civilian award, marking the first time the Salvadoran government has honored the priests since their deaths. To talk about the priests and the overall state of Latin American affairs, we’re joined by Blase Bonpane, director of the Office of the Americas. A former Maryknoll priest, he has worked for more than four decades to promote human rights in Latin America.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450002">4.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/450002">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450002">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Foreign Policy Latin America Department of Defense ? Angry supporters boo Palin for leaving in the middle of her book signing: ‘Quittin’ on the job!’ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/452568 http://newstrust.net/stories/452568 <span><a href="/sources/think_progress">Think Progress</a> - By Amanda Terkel - Nov. 20 (News Report) - “I’m very disappointed. I think it was very rude. She could have at least apologized, and she didn’t even do that,” said Teresa Hedrick</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/452568">3.6 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/452568">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/452568">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Republican Party Sarah Palin Media and Politics Judge: Hurricane Katrina Flooding Was Caused By Army Corps Of Engineers' Negligence Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/427724 http://newstrust.net/stories/427724 <span><a href="/sources/huffington_post">Huffington Post</a> - By Cain Burdeau - Nov. 19 (News Report) - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina, a decision that could make the federal government vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/427724">3.1 average</a> - <a href="/stories/427724">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/427724">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Law Hurricane Katrina Bats: The New Canary In The Coal Mine? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/429920 http://newstrust.net/stories/429920 <span><a href="/sources/huffington_post">Huffington Post</a> - By Kerry Trueman - Nov. 19 (News Analysis) - At least 1 million bats in the past three years have been wiped out by a puzzling, widespread disease dubbed "white-nose syndrome" in what preeminent US scientists are calling the most precipitous decline of North American wildlife in human history. If it isn't slowed or stopped, they believe bats will continue disappearing from the landscape in huge numbers and that entire species could become extinct within a decade.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/429920">3.2 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/429920">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/429920">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Animals Army Suicides Hit Record and Will Likely Continue to Rise Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/431335 http://newstrust.net/stories/431335 <span><a href="/sources/truthout">TruthOut</a> - By Yana Kunichoff - Nov. 19 (News Report) - Suicides among veterans and soldiers have reached a record high this year and are set to continue rising, Pentagon officials said.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/431335">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/431335">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/431335">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> War in Iraq Obama Administration Bush Administration Legislation to Limit Use of State Secrets Privilege an Uphill Battle Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/427963 http://newstrust.net/stories/427963 <span><a href="/sources/truthout">TruthOut</a> - By William Fisher - Nov. 19 (Special Report) - The problems President Obama will likely face in this area may stem from his pledges - both during the campaign and currently - that he would make open government and transparency the hallmarks of his administration. But, in court cases, his lawyers have followed paths identical to those used by George W. Bush's Justice Department. This approach to secrecy, manifested in his use of the state secrets doctrine, has triggered widespread disappointment among the progressive wing of his supporters. These supporters are pushing hard for passage of legislation winding its way through Congress that would impose stricter limits on use of the privilege.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/427963">4.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/427963">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/427963">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Law Obama Administration Economists Opposing Fed Audit Have Undisclosed Fed Ties Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/427847 http://newstrust.net/stories/427847 <span><a href="/sources/huffington_post">Huffington Post</a> - By Ryan Grim - Nov. 18 (Investigative Report) - As the debate over an audit of the Federal Reserve intensifies in the House, one camp is trotting out eight academics that it calls a "political cross section of prominent economists." A review of their backgrounds shows they are anything but.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/427847">3.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/427847">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/427847">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Corruption U.S. House of Representatives House Proposal Would Allow Feds To Break Up Biggest Banks Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/427825 http://newstrust.net/stories/427825 <span><a href="/sources/huffington_post">Huffington Post</a> - By Shahien Nasiripour - Nov. 18 (News Report) - A key House Democrat released on Wednesday his much-awaited proposal to end "too big to fail": Let the federal government break them apart. Paul Kanjorski's amendment would give federal regulators the authority to force the country's biggest financial firms or those that pose the biggest risk to the financial system to sell assets or entire divisions.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/427825">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/427825">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/427825">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Finance