Friday, May 9, 2008

Eliot Spitzer

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Spitzer's Spotty Record as Wall St. Reformer

He highlighted abuses and named names, but always seemed to have bigger fish to fry. more >>

Morning Buzz: March 13, 2008

This morning a parked car exploded in a commercial district in central Baghdad, killing 11 and wounding 57. After several months of relative calm, today's bombing was the latest in a string of attacks to hit Iraq's capital. It took place in an area just outside the heavily fortified Green Zone. more >>

Why Spitzer's Banking May Have Tripped Him Up

The government tracks large cash transactions and is interested in those who try to evade monitoring. more >>

Spitzer Scandal Disrupts Lobbying Efforts

NYU students were in Albany to ask for more aid. more >>

Spitzer's Stupidity

The governor has earned our disgust, and New York is best rid of a polarizing figure. more >>

Fallon Insubordination?

The head of Central Command is depicted as singlehandedly preventing an Iran invasion. more >>

Morning Buzz: March 12, 2008

As some news outlets are beginning to report that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer will call it quits, a majority of New Yorkers polled late yesterday believed quitting was the right thing to do. more >>

Spitzer’s Fall: Business Edition

Wall Street piles on Client 9. more >>

Eliot Spitzer and Prostitution

Obviously the governor should resign, but there are troubling aspects about the government's actions. more >>

Daily News: A Valentine's Day Mess

Details of how Eliot Spitzer arranged a Washington hotel room for tryst. more >>

Morning Buzz: March 11, 2008

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer triggered the prostitution investigation in which he is now ensnared by moving large amounts of cash from several bank accounts to one operated by a call-girl ring, the Associated Press is reporting this morning. Banks noticed frequent transfers from the accounts and filed suspicious activity reports with the Internal Revenue Service. When the accounts were traced to Spitzer, public corruption investigators opened an inquiry, which revealed that the governor was a frequent customer of the Emperors Club. more >>

Spitzer Scandal: His Possible Successor

In the wake of the prostitution scandal involving New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, attention may now turn to the No. 2 state official, Lt. Gov. David Paterson. more >>

What I Am Reading Today

On Rudy Giuliani, trade, Fred Thompson, inflation, and Spitzer more >>

Morning Buzz: Nov. 14, 2007

President Bush's pick to take the place of Alberto Gonzales as attorney general was sworn in today. Michael Mukasey, a former federal judge, was narrowly confirmed by the Senate last week, 53 to 40. Democratic senators were concerned that Mukasey declined to define as torture an interrogation technique known as waterboarding. more >>

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