On AlterNet: transparency

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "transparency"

Will Obama Issue an Order Exposing Big Corporate Political Spenders in Citizens United Era?

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. January 10, 2012.

Like it or not, many of America's biggest corporations may be forced to disclose their political spending.

Glenn Greenwald: The Heroic Bradley Manning Faces 30 Charges, Some Punishable By Death -- Why He Deserves a Medal Instead

Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian. December 15, 2011.

The real crimes exposed by this episode are those committed by the US government, not Manning.

Why WikiLeaks Is Essential

Don Hazen, AlterNet. June 12, 2011.

WikiLeaks has been criminalized for doing, in essence, fundamental investigative work to keep people informed.

What the Former Obama Lawyer's Defection for Goldman Sachs Says About 'Transparency' in Washington

Sarah Laskow, AlterNet. April 27, 2010.

Why is the top White House lawyer taking a job at Goldman Sachs?

The Press Grills Gibbs: What Happened to Obama's Promises of Transparency?

Jan Frel, AlterNet. January 16, 2010.

Transparency was all the rage in the election -- one year in, it's gotten very quiet.

Obama's "Open Government" Project Censors Popular Proposal to "End Imperial Presidency"

David Swanson, After Downing Street. June 4, 2009.

Is irony even the word for this? As soon as people vote online to push Obama to talk about empire, it's quietly removed from the list.

Will Obama Allow Americans to 'See the Full Human Cost of War?'

Satyam Khanna, ThinkProgress. February 10, 2009.

CNN's Ed Henry asked President Obama a hard-hitting question yesterday.

Forget the White House Pay Freeze ... Here Is the Great Thing Obama Did Today

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. January 21, 2009.

"Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this administration."

The Fed and the Treasury Need to Come Clean About Where The Money Is Going

deleted, The Nation. December 20, 2008.

Some major steps toward transparency are needed to begin to ensure that the bailout money is not being squandered.

$2 Trillion Handed out by Paulson and Bernanke, But Who Got It, Nobody Knows

Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. November 17, 2008.

We have no idea who got this money or the conditions or collateral put up in return for the loans.