Posted in News, Research Archive on Jun 24th, 2009
Well, it certainly was at the time, but not anymore. “The Biggest Scandal Ever” was the New York Times headline on May 29, 1990, referring to the Savings and Loan bailout. Half a trillion dollars was the high-end estimate of the theft from the taxpayers; that figure sounds almost quaint by current standards, doesn’t it? [...]
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Posted in News, Research Archive on Jun 23rd, 2009
General Ali Fazli, who was recently appointed as a commander of the Revolutionary Guards in the province of Tehran, is reported to have been arrested after he refused to carry out orders from the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to use force on people protesting the controversial re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.” read more
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Posted in News, Research Archive on Jun 4th, 2009