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Lobbyist’s Disclosure Documents Raise Serious Questions in Chevron-Ecuador Lawsuit

October 15th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Today, I offer evidence suggesting Ben Barnes, lobbyist for the plaintiff in a lawsuit that could cost San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron $27 billion, has been reading this blog.  It takes a while to explain, but I think you’ll find it offers worthwhile and relevant information about the Chevron lawsuit now being tried in a thoroughly-corrupt [...]

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Attorney Says Unedited Versions of the Oklahoma City Bombing Surveillance Tapes Are ‘Somewhere’

September 30th, 2009 · 12 Comments

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“Someday, somewhere, somebody is going to have the guts to release that stuff,” said David P. Schippers, speaking to me by phone from his office in downtown Chicago Tuesday afternoon.
The “stuff” to which Schippers was referring is surveillance-camera footage recorded in [...]

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Amazon Defense Coalition PR Hack Once Worked for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo

July 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

File this one under: “Thanks, Google.”
Yes, thanks to the capabilities of this well-known search engine, I was able to pinpoint the reason which New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo might be so interested in helping the Amazon Defense Coalition in its lawsuit against Chevron Corporation.
BACKGROUND
On June 2, I published a post in which I explained [...]

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What Does Allen Stanford Have in Common with Amazon Defense Coalition? Lobbyist Ben Barnes

June 19th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any shadier, I’ve learned that the lobbyist now representing the Amazon Defense Coalition (via Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C.) in its $27 billion lawsuit against San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron Corporation is the same man who represented Stanford Financial Group and its now-indicted founder R. Allen Stanford between 2002 [...]

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President Obama, Democrats Ignore Fact: Drilling Holds $1.7 Trillion in Economic Stimulus Potential

February 6th, 2009 · No Comments

President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress seem intent on passing a pork-laden economic stimulus package despite the fact that oil and natural gas resources that have been kept off-limits by Congress for decades could generate more than $1.7 trillion in government revenue, create thousands of new jobs and enhance the nation’s energy security, according [...]

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