The Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful and secretive institutions in Washington, long considered beyond the reach of lawmakers. But now, as details emerge of how the Fed secretly doled out more than a trillion dollars during the financial crisis, a rare bipartisan movement in Congress demands that the Fed be held accountable.
Internet reports are now circulating that Obama’s Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, John Holdren, penned a 1977 book that approved of and recommended compulsory sterilization and even abortion in some cases, as part of a government population control regime.

Military hearings are due to resume later in the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay on Cuba.

The head of the CIA has accused former US Vice-President Dick Cheney of concealing an intelligence programme from Congress, a top US senator says.
U.S. Postal Service officials are considering closing 33 post office branches in the Columbus area in an effort to control costs.
World leaders have enjoyed a five-course meal on the eve of a G8 summit on tackling world food shortages, a menu released by a summit source showed.

CIA Director Leon Panetta has admitted that his agency regularly misled Congress, six members of the House Intelligence Committee have alleged.

Al Gore invoked the spirit of Winston Churchill yesterday when he urged political leaders to follow the example of Britain’s wartime leader in the battle against climate change.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict called on Tuesday for a “world political authority” to manage the global economy and for more government regulation of national economies to pull the world out of the current crisis and avoid a repeat.
The Friday night, June 27th FDIC Financial Follies were presented again at 9:00 pm EST. That is so the public will not hear about the failures.
Swine Flu Vaccine: Will We Have A Choice? From the National Vaccine Information Center. (video)

Goldman Sachs has played a crucial role in creating every market bubble since the 1920s – and has profited from not only the bubbles, but from the crash that followed as well, says a new expose in Rolling Stone magazine.

The White House has refrained from pledging federal aid to California, after politicians in the state missed a deadline to agree on moves towards a balanced budget.
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