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Somali Pirates Say They Are Subsidiary of Goldman Sachs

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig May 3, 2010 The pirate leader acknowledged that they merged their operations with Goldman in late 2008 to take advantage of the more relaxed regulations governing bankers as opposed to pirates, "plus to get our share of the bailout money." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Live Chat: Robert Scheer on the Goldman Hearings

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 30, 2010 Will the Goldman Sachs hearings really accomplish anything? Are the Democrats just showboating? What are the prospects for real financial reform? Robert Scheer answers these reader questions and more. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

How Wall Street Creates Socialists

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 29, 2010 No leftist polemicist could come up with as damning a description of contemporary capitalism as the contents of an e-mail that Goldman's Fabrice "Fabulous Fab" Tourre sent to his girlfriend. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Banks’ Lame Apology Isn’t Enough

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2010 WheresOurMoney.org's Harvey Rosenfield on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission hearings chaired by Phil Angelides: "If symbolism is what this is all about, I say we've moved beyond the 'apology' stage. How about sending some of these people to jail for twenty years?" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Guantanamo Hearings Begin for 9/11 Defendants

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2009 The fate of the Guantanamo Bay prison remained unclear on the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration, but all the same, pretrial hearings began Monday for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other prisoners implicated in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton: U.S. Must Use ‘Smart Power’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2009 Hillary Clinton began the first phase of her official vetting session for the position of secretary of state Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill, where she made opening remarks and faced her peers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as they took a close look at her credentials -- and her husband's globe-trotting fundraising activities. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fed Chief: Pass a Bailout or Else

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2008 How's this for not mincing words? "I believe if the credit markets are not functioning, that jobs will be lost, that our credit rate will rise, more houses will be foreclosed upon, GDP will contract, that the economy will just not be able to recover in a normal, healthy way." So sayeth Ben Bernanke on Tuesday, in a dire warning to Congress. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pentagon Opening Gitmo 9/11 Hearings to (Some) Media Outlets

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2008 A Pentagon representative has confirmed that "about four or five dozen" news journalists and associated personnel from both the U.S. and abroad are being invited to attend the June 5 arraignment at Guantanamo Bay of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, often referred to as the "mastermind" of 9/11, and four others allegedly involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

You Are Now Free to Blow the Whistle

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2008 The shocking truth about FAA plane inspections was revealed Thursday when three inspectors told a congressional hearing their supervisors ignored their concerns about the safety of Southwest planes and reprimanded them for raising questions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Shrub and the Rocket

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Feb 23, 2008 Of all the voices in Washington recently, who could be better equipped to speak for this president than Roger Clemens? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

When You’re Right, You’re Right

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