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Sources: Donald Trump Listened In On Phone Lines At Mar-A-Lago
Trump had a phone console near his bed that could connect to every phone in the estate, and several former workers said Trump used it to secretly listen in on phone calls in the mid-2000s. Two Trump supporters said the tycoon didn’t eavesdrop.
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The Donald And The Dictator
Overlooking terrorism that killed Americans, including the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Donald Trump sought investment partnerships with Muammar al-Qaddafi and the Libyan regime. He rented his Westchester estate to the dictator, tried to set up a face-to-face meeting, and took the Libyan ambassador golfing.
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Trump’s Saudi Business?
The Republican candidate said in February that the Saudis “blew up the World Trade Center.” But while running for president, he formed companies apparently related to a possible hotel development in the oil-rich kingdom, his latest financial disclosure filings reveal. They also show he created nearly 40 other companies.
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The U.S. Government Has Been Outsourcing The Gitmo Trials
The Defense Department has given a multimillion-dollar contract to one private company — to serve both the defense and the prosecution in the Gitmo terror cases.
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Donald Trump Won Control Of A Prized D.C. Landmark — Here’s How
“The Trump people said all the right things,” said a former member of his team. “He never intended to stick with it. He thought, ‘Well, let’s get to the next phase and then we’ll do what we want to do.’” A BuzzFeed News Investigation.
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Parent At Nation’s Leading For-Profit Foster Care Firm Facing Murder Charges
A large corporation selected and paid foster mother Elizabeth Osei. Now she is in jail awaiting a murder trial in the morphine overdose death of the three-year-old boy that the company, The Mentor Network, placed in her care. Mentor paid a $500 fine for failing to “ensure adequate supervision” of the child who died.
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The Pentagon’s Shopping List Of Weapons To Fight ISIS
The U.S. military’s Special Operations Command is buying enough foreign weapons to equip a battalion. The contract may go to a troubled, tiny firm that has used subcontractors linked to Bulgarian organized crime, securities fraud, and bribery charges, and that previously tried to sell the U.S. 30-year-old weapons
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CIA’s “Queen Of Torture” Married To Former CIA Official Who Urges War Between Sunnis And Shiites
The controversial couple were on the agency’s Bin Laden tracking team together in the 1990s.
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Foster Care Company’s “Abnormal Level Of Lobbying”
A Senate committee is investigating Mentor, a giant for-profit foster care firm. Now, the firm has hired lobbyists who used to work for the leaders of the very committee conducting the investigation. The company has also hired a former White House lawyer famous for handling Congressional probes.
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Mobbed Up: Arms Dealer In American Anti-ISIS Effort Linked To Organized Crime
The U.S. military used a company with ties to a Bulgarian criminal to buy arms for Syrian rebels. Another executive involved in buying the weapons on behalf of the U.S. was found to have engaged in “fraud or deceit” with investors.
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San Bernardino Killer’s Brother, Falsely Identified As Shooter, Is A Navy Veteran
Syed Raheel Farook was awarded the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, among other awards.
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How A Fatal Boxing Match On A Navy Ship Marked A Pivotal Point For Race In The US Military
In 1905, at the dawn of America’s empire under Teddy Roosevelt, a black sailor and a Jewish sailor boxed in a makeshift ring on the deck of a U.S. Navy ship. What was intended to be entertainment for hundreds of idle soldiers instead turned into a tragedy, marking a pivotal, if overlooked, moment in the history of race in the American military.
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Ahmad Chalabi, The Man Who Gave Us ISIS
Chalabi, who died of heart failure on Tuesday at age 71, was charismatic, obsessive, and helped lead the U.S. to war in Iraq.
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Big Shakeups At Cisco In Russia Amid Bribery And Sanctions Allegations
The changes come amid a U.S. bribery probe and a BuzzFeed News report on allegations that the company altered records to provide high tech equipment to Vladimir Putin’s security services.
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Meet The Obscure Company Behind America’s Syria Fiasco
A multimillion-dollar deal with a minuscule arms dealer led to the death of a US citizen, delays in arming Syrian rebels, and the purchase of weapons from a pro-Russia dictatorship — all for a pile of defective 30-year-old weapons.
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Where’s The Love At The NSA? Director Said To Neglect Embattled Spy Agency
Post-Snowden morale plummets as director is accused of spending most of his time on his other duties.
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US Senate Committee Probes Nation’s Largest For-Profit Foster Care Firm
The company, National Mentor Holdings, says it is pulling out of foster care in five states. Mentor was the subject of a BuzzFeed News investigation.
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In An Unmarked Grave, A Baby Who Died On For-Profit Foster Company’s Watch
A 2-month-old infant girl died while in the care of America’s largest for-profit foster care company. Then, state officials tried to keep details of her death secret. A BuzzFeed News investigation.
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After Sanctions, Cisco Altered Sales Records In Russia
The intent was to dodge sanctions and provide equipment to Vladimir Putin’s military and security services, a source says. Cisco strongly denies it violated sanctions or attempted to do so. A BuzzFeed News investigation.
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U.S. Senate Probing Privatized Foster Care
Citing a BuzzFeed News investigation into the nation’s largest for-profit foster care company, senators launch 50-state examination of privatized foster care.
