1. “Recycled
uranium spread wider than thought,” USA Today, 25 June
2001. Contamination with plutonium may have reached more than 100
federal plants, private factories and colleges.
2. “NASA
mistakes, optimism cost taxpayers billions,” Florida Today,
15 June 2001. Document shows projected $4.3 billion cost overrun on
international space station.
3. “Night
flights are numerous at High Point, N.C.-area airport,” High
Point (N.C.) Enterprise, 13 June 2001. Citizens’ group
cites FAA documents to oppose night expansion.
4. “Hundreds
of defects reported along Zephyr’s track,” Associated
Press, 10 June 2001. In 5 years prior to fatal Amtrak derailment March
17, 1500 defects found on Iowa tracks alone.
5. “Suffolk
guards stumble on promotion exams; failing grades for 69 percent,”
Boston Globe, 5 June 2001. In comparison, three-quarters
of Essex County guards passed tests.
6. “Mishandling
of informant hurt cases, DEA concedes; Crime: Because the system missed
warnings of operative’s misdeeds, many charges have been dismissed
or weakened,” Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2001. DEA and
prosecutors ignored warnings for 12 years, 280 cases.
7. “FAA:
Controllers caused near-collision – The agency is making changes
to its air-traffic control facilities at the international airport,”
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune, 1 June 2001. Federal Aviation
Administration document shows two planes within 100 feet on March
12.
8. “Officials
long debated risks of anti-drug patrol in Peru,” New York
Times, 22 May 2001. President Clinton decided to share intelligence
with Peru despite warnings from legal adviser.
9. “Ritalin
prescribed unevenly in U.S.,” Cleveland Plain Dealer,
6 May 2001. DEA data shows dramatic variations by county in prescription
rates for drug taken by 3 million children.
10. “Energy
contract used to repair D.C. schools; No-bid agreement pays utility
millions,” Washington Post, 23 April 2001. Washington
Gas did $10 million of non-energy repairs.
11. “U.S.
faced diplomatic dilemma with China over spy plane in 1970,”
Associated Press, 4 April 2001. Shootdown 30 years ago offers dramatic
parallels to recent Hainan Island crisis.
12. “For
VIP’s brother, fish are biting at a tiny lake; State supplies
big trout to region where department chief grew up,” San
Francisco Chronicle, 2 April 2001. A 30-inch fish story.
13. “USEC
privatization blasted,” Washington Post, 2 April 2001.
Judge issues withering critique of U.S. Energy Corporation stock offering,
citing bias, self-interest and self-dealing.
14. “CIA
boasts of ability to manipulate news in Bay of Pigs document,”
Associated Press, 24 March 2001. 1961 CIA document claims agency can
plant stories directly on wire services.
15. “Store
chicken filled with ‘defects,” Chicago Sun-Times,
2 March 2001. Agriculture Department documents show almost 40 percent
of processed chickens with sores and bruises.
