The main Ballroom at the National Press Club was packed with individuals from nonprofits, government and business (lobbyists, media relations and a few executives) who traded business cards, overused acronyms and buzzwords, asked long questions, and got short answers. As a large camera in the back panned the room, The Atlantic Water Summit was officially live…
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Top Stories from DC Bureau- WikiLeaks.org: New Media or Source? July 28, 2010Hillary Clinton is right. She has seen the same intelligence as President Obama. But this administration leaves out a large piece of this very ugly pie: The Pakistani intelligence service – the ISI – takes its cues not from the United States or its own government but from the most extreme elements in the Saudi Royal family. That connection has brought Pakist […]
- VIDEO: The Marcellus Shale: The Politics of Gas July 20, 2010The political situation surrounding natural gas in New York is tainted. DC Bureau discovered the same year a powerful republican state senator endorsed industry-drafted revisions to gas mining laws, his law firm represented the largest natural gas producer in the state. Partners at the firm also advised local residents on real estate transactions involving m […]
- Hexavalent chromium case: Iraq contractor cut deal for lawsuit immunity July 15, 2010A recent Oregonian report uncovered KBR’s involvement in exposing the Oregon Army National Guard to Hexavalent Chromium, a cancer-causing rust fighter. In 2003, U.S. and British troops had guarded KBR workers repairing a water-treatment plant near Basra. Following that, troops from four states and Britain claimed they suffered health problems. At least two h […]
- WikiLeaks.org: New Media or Source? July 28, 2010