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FBI, in reversal, now says it has closed Operation Encore, opening path to release more records about Saudi involvement in 9/11
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
After insisting for months that it could not release information about its once secret probe of Saudi government involvement in 9/11 because it was open and active, the FBI told a federal judge Monday that it has now closed the investigation. -
Answers begin to emerge about secret FBI probe of Saudi government complicity in 9/11
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Piece by piece, the puzzle of the heavily censored FBI 2012 Summary Report about Operation Encore, the bureau’s once-hush-hush probe of Saudi government involvement in 9/11, appears to be giving up its secrets. -
Pro-Trump super PAC refunds $500K to AshBritt amid FEC probe of allegedly illegal campaign contribution
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A pro-Trump super PAC has refunded a $500,000 contribution to AshBritt, the Deerfield Beach-based government disaster contractor that a Washington watchdog group says violated the ban on pay-to-play political donations. -
Conservative Florida Supreme Court targets Bar leaders for diversity ‘quotas’ in lawyers’ refresher courses
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Supreme Court seems to be buffing its ultra-rightist image by picking a fight about diversity with Florida Bar leaders and the American Bar Association. -
Trust at issue as Miami-Dade ethics commission takes big step away from transparency
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
In a blow to transparency, the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust is no longer posting its investigative reports online. And soon, the ethics commission will remove other public documents that have been available on its website for years.
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