2nd Official Dissented Over Pequot Inquiry
405831
Two S.E.C. officials have now expressed serious concerns about how the agency is conducting its inquiry into a prominent hedge fund, Pequot Capital Management.
585238
By Hugh Lessig, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 10--RICHMOND -- A Roanoke attorney has filed ethics complaints against two influential Hampton Roads senators, alleging they have a conflict of interest in the ongoing debate over eminent domain reform.   Sens. Thomas K.
203792
HALIFAX (CP) - Senior navy officials went on the offensive Thursday, challenging media reports that suggested they initially downplayed the severity of a fire that disabled HMCS Chicoutimi and led to the death of one of the submarine's crew members.
733253
Two chairmen of key committees in the House and Senate on Wednesday criticized the White House for editing testimony from a government expert about the health impacts of global warming and demanded documents involving the testimony he provided to Congress
632660
The fight between the White House and Democratic-led Congress over fired U.S. prosecutors flared on Wednesday when one former official declined to answer a number of questions and another refused to even appear before lawmakers.
19570
The junior trader blamed for causing a $7 billion loss at French bank Societe Generale faced a second day of questioning on Sunday by finance police, who said he was cooperating with their inquiry.
113639
The probe into the Bush administration's firings of U.S. attorneys intensified Monday as lawmakers ordered two more ousted officials to tell their stories and the Justice Department said Republican Sen. Pete Domenici had complained repeatedly to the attorney general about one of the prosecutors.
721000
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The presiding officer in charge of U.S. military commissions in Guantanamo Bay has recommended that two panel members be dismissed from hearing cases of suspected terrorists because they could be considered biased...
540495
At a congressional hearing on the conduct of NASA Inspector General Robert W. Cobb, the embattled official aggressively attacked an investigation by the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency into his management of his office. Cobb had been accused by numerous former and current members of...
346397
The House majority leader faces yet another ethics investigation
327791
A second reporter was held in contempt Wednesday by a federal judge for refusing to reveal confidential sources before a grand jury investigating the leak of an undercover CIA officer's identity.
295617
By Patricia Smith, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Sep. 5--MOREHEAD CITY -- Commercial fishermen in the state are taking their arguments against the handling of proposed new deepwater fishing regulations to Washington.   And U.S. Rep.
101771
The man in charge of standards in public life has criticised the inquiry in to the Home Secretary's conduct. Is the inquiry too limited?
86743
By DENNIS BUECKERT  OTTAWA (CP) - Federal officials are refusing to confirm or deny published reports that the position of Canada's ambassador for the environment has been abolished.
646377
CHICAGO -- The lead author and peer reviewers of a government report raising the possibility of public health threats from industrial contamination throughout the Great Lakes region are charging that the report is being suppressed because of the questions it raises. The author also alleges that he...
565943
Vice President Dick Cheney opposed a promotion for a deputy involved in a heated dispute with the White House over the legality of a controversial domestic surveillance program, former Deputy Attorney General James Comey told senators.
665732
The controversy has prompted two federal investigations and hearings on Capitol Hill.