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AROUND THE WATCHDOGS: Lawsuit claims Kabul embassy security workers’ timesheets were altered

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AROUND THE WATCHDOGS: Lawsuit claims Kabul embassy security workers’ timesheets were altered

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January 23, 2013 5:00 am

A taxpayer watchdog group wants to know more about the federal government's dealings with a tax-exempt foundation pushing green construction standards for structures like Manhattan's forest of high-rises seen in this aerial photo, Tuesday, April 20, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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AROUND THE WATCHDOGS: Taxpayers Protection Alliance probes GSA, green group ties

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January 18, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. David Vitter, R-LA, questions whether Environmental Protection Agency officials were justified in redacting addresses in thousands of emails it made public yesterday in connection with the Windsorgate scandal. AP Photo

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David Vitter says EPA Windsorgate email privacy redaction claims are ‘fishy’

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January 15, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson. Her agency is being sued under the federal Freedom of Information Act by a non-profit group for official emails sent by one of her regional officials using a private account. (AP Photo)

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UPDATED! Glitches mar EPA release of first batch of ‘Windsorgate’ emails

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January 14, 2013 5:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner, R-OH, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-VA, approved expanded digital access to legislative information via the Government Printing Office (GPO). (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House leaders, GPO move to ease digital legislative access

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January 11, 2013 5:00 am

$USGS study finds no water problems in Arkansas fracking$

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USGS study finds no water problems in Arkansas fracking

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January 10, 2013 5:00 am

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-CA., says Department of Veterans Affairs officials are failing

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Darrell Issa reminds Eric Shinseki of GSA head’s departure in spending scandal

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January 8, 2013 5:00 am

Bill Richardson was nominated in 2009 to be Secretary of Commerce but withdrew following reports of state agencies awarding contracts to contributors to the former New Mexico governor's 2008 presidential effort. (AP Photo)

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Bill Richardson in flap over Ex-Im’s $150 million-plus in funding for Spanish green firm

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January 7, 2013 5:00 am

Radical U.S.-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi bought airline tickets for three of the 9/11 terrorists hijackers in the weeks prior to the attack that killed nearly 3,000 Americans in New York, Washington, D.C. and Shanksville, PA, according to documents obtained by Judicial Watch. (AP Photo)

National Security

UPDATED! Documents show Anwar al-Aulaqi bought airline tickets for three 9/11 terrorists

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January 3, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. David Vitter, R-LA, has jointly requested with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-OH, that the Government Accountability Office determine whether government policies based on

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Vitter, Brown want GAO to study ‘too big to fail’ policies

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January 2, 2013 5:00 am

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