Where there's smoke, there's fire. POGO's Morning Smoke is a collection of the previous day's investigations, scoops, and opinions related to the world of government oversight. Have a story you'd like to see included? Contact POGO's blog editor.
Natural Resources
Evidence Undercuts Oil Companies’ Argument That Disclosures Would Violate Foreign Laws
Marian Wang, ProPublica
3 Transocean workers bucking orders to testify
Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Houston Chronicle
Former Merck Unit Polluted Air & Groundwater
Ed Silverman, Pharmalot
Open Government
Politics and FOIA combine for combustible mix at hearing
Robert Brodsky, Government Executive
Financial Oversight
Fed takes unprecedented step of naming banks that drew ‘discount window’ loans during crisis
Associated Press
After Madoff: Fees for lawyers, others untangling mess expected to top $1 billion
David S. Hilzenrath, Washington Post
Homeland Security
Los Alamos Has Its Faults
Bryant Jordan, Defense Tech
Ethics
Former Senior Aide to Nevada Senator Is Charged With Violating Ban on Lobbying
Eric Lipton, New York Times
Defense
Independent probe of troubled military crime lab sought
Marisa Taylor and Michael Doyle, McClatchy
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