Sep 01 Watch Report Finds Fraud, Waste by War Contractors Costs Billions After a three-year investigation, a congressionally mandated commission found this week that between $31 billion and $60 billion has been misspent in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Margaret Warner discusses the findings with one of the commissioners, Dov Zakheim. Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch Deepening News of the World Scandal Threatens Murdoch’s $12B TV Deal There was more fallout from The News of the World's phone-hacking scandal Friday when London police arrested former editor Andrew Coulson, who once worked for Prime Minister David Cameron. International Television News' Gary Gibbon reports on the scandal and new… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Schoolhouse Shock: Report Finds Widespread Cheating by Atlanta Educators A new report found that nearly 200 Atlanta school administrators, principals and teachers cheated to raise student test scores for as long as a decade. Gwen Ifill discusses the report's findings, and the problem that has surfaced in school districts… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch News Wrap: China Warns U.S. Not to Impose Will Through Internet Freedom Push In other news Thursday, China's foreign minister warned the U.S. not to interfere in its affairs after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a new $25 million campaign promoting Internet freedom. Also, in a new U.S. intelligence estimate, Iran's leaders… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch Vote Fraud, Disenfranchisement Allegations Mar Haitian Election Twelve candidates in Haiti's presidential election have called for the results of Sunday's vote to be discarded amid allegations of voting irregularities. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch Prospect of Political Chaos Adds to Haiti’s Troubles Following Sunday's vote in Haiti, 12 of the 18 candidates trying to succeed President Rene Preval called for the results to be discarded after reports of fraud, but electoral officials disputed that there were widespread problems. Jason Beaubien of NPR… Continue watching
Jul 16 Watch Was Record Settlement Against Goldman Sachs a Good Deal for Company? Accused by the Securities Exchange Commission of civil fraud, Wall Street behemoth Goldman Sachs agreed this week to a record $550 million settlement, but did not admit to or deny the SEC's allegations. Jeffrey Brown speaks with experts about whether… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch News Wrap: Goldman Sachs Agrees to Settle Civil Fraud Charges In other news Thursday, Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs agreed to pay $550 million to settle civil fraud charges brought by the SEC. Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch Supreme Court Limits Scope of White-Collar Fraud The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday to limit the definition of a federal fraud law. Jeffrey Brown talks with Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about what the ruling could mean for several well-known cases of white-collar crime. Continue watching
Jun 16 Watch News Wrap: 2 Americans Killed in Ongoing Violence in Afghanistan In other news Wednesday, the monthly U.S. death toll reached 30 Wednesday in Afghanistan when two Americans died in a roadside bombing. Also, the military in Kyrgyzstan tried to regain control of the southern city of Osh after days of… Continue watching