CableGate: Shell infiltrated every level of govt. of Nigeria

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Wednesday December 08, 2010 · 2:33 PM PST

2010/12/08 · 14:33

For those claiming the leaked cables are only "low-level gossip". Here's what the Guardian just dug out of the dump:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/...

The oil giant Shell claimed it had inserted staff into all the main ministries of the Nigerian government, giving it access to politicians' every move in the oil-rich Niger Delta, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable.

The company's top executive in Nigeria told US diplomats that Shell had seconded employees to every relevant department and so knew "everything that was being done in those ministries". She boasted that the Nigerian government had "forgotten" about the extent of Shell's infiltration and were unaware of how much the company knew about its deliberations.

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 10:16 AM PST

2008/11/04 · 10:16

I haven't seen this mentioned in US media yet, only in europe (or more specifically, in this norwegian article).

A group of election observers dispatched from the OSCE (the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) to Florida had planned to visit a number of polling places, but according to a statement from one of the members they have only been allowed access to a single polling place, in Ft. Lauderdale.

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Monday September 10, 2007 · 1:09 PM PDT

2007/09/10 · 13:09

BBC's Mona Mahmoud has done her own evaluation of the surge, which I haven't seen mentioned anywhere else yet.

She's monitored the number of dead and wounded (often ignored by other sources) broken down between civilians, iraqi military, iraqi police and "coalition" military. She has also monitored the access to electricity for three families in Baghdad, fuel prices and the pressure on hospitals.

I don't have time or energy to do any in-depth analysis on her findings myself, I recommend you instead follow the link and read them yourselves.

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Monday March 19, 2007 · 7:18 AM PDT

2007/03/19 · 07:18

For those that didn't know, there is a hearing going on right now about global warming and how the WH has been treating that subject.

From the Oversight website:

Today's hearing will continue the Committee's examination of evidence and allegations of political interference with the work of government climate change scientists under the current Administration.

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