Good News: Obama Skips the Majority of His Intelligence Briefings

According to a new report from the Government Accountability Institute, President Obama skips 60 percent of his intelligence briefings… This information comes shortly after Obama blamed the intelligence community for underestimating ISIS during an interview on 60 Minutes. That assertion prompted a visceral reaction from people inside the intelligence community, who have been warning the President about

USA Today on STOCK Act: “Congress backpedals on ethics”

 “… The latest example is the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which explicitly bars lawmakers and staffers from spreading or trading on inside information. The law passed in 2012 only after CBS’ 60 Minutes aired a scathing report, based on a book by Peter Schweizer, exposing the way members of Congress profit from their

Huffington Post: “Next Time, Read the Bill!”

“… Last year fewer than 60 bills emerged from Congress. (Some people might find this number too high.) What else are members doing with their time? Stupid me: dumb question! They are too busy raising money for their next political campaign. Or, if you follow the bipartisan examples cited in Peter Schweizer’s excellent book, Extortion:

Rising status in Congress comes with big dues for Utah’s Chris Stewart

“Linking campaign activities to committee assignments is unseemly, says Peter Schweizer, president of the conservative Government Accountability Institute and the author of “Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets.” “We want to believe that committee assignments are based on knowledge, expertise, and background,” writes Schweizer. “Raising money is what

GAI Investigation: School Lunch Program A Waste

“The Government Accountability Institute says one problem is a new government initiative called community eligibility, which means an entire community can be opted in to get reduced or free school lunches, whether they need it or not. Another problem is paying professional athletes to endorse the program.” To Read the Full Article, Click Here.  

GAI Investigation: Non-Profit Vs. Profit Among Sports Teams

“Peter Schweizer leads a watchdog group called the Government Accountability Institute.  “This is not a non-profit organization. This is an organization that makes huge sums of money from merchandising, from franchising, from other streams of revenues.” “Changes to the tax exempt status of some pro sports teams won’t come without a fight. In fact the

Government Accountability Institute Featured on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360

“The influence of politics and money has become a legal game of extortion, critics say, made all the more insidious because the so-called extortionists are politicians who write the laws and legally manipulate the system for their own gain. “It is a feeding frenzy that’s going on,” said Peter Schweizer of the Government Accountability Institute, a