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Top Stories From the Washington Guardian

Exclusive: FBI counterterrorism jets used instead to ferry top officials on routine trips
Two corporate-style jets that the FBI persuaded Congress to lease for fighting global terrorism have instead been used the majority of the time to ferry Attorney General Eric Holder, his predecessor in the Bush administration and FBI Director Robert Mueller on business and personal trips at an expense of millions of dollars to taxpayers, the Washington Guardian has learned.
http://www.washingtonguardian.com/quickreads/exclusive-fbi-counterterrorism-jets-used-instead-ferry-top-officials-routine-trips?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6351

Medicare paid $5.1B for poor nursing home care
Medicare paid billions in taxpayer dollars to nursing homes nationwide that were not meeting basic requirements to look after their residents, government investigators have found. The report, released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general, said Medicare paid about $5.1 billion for patients to stay in skilled nursing facilities that failed to meet federal quality of care rules in 2009, in some cases resulting in dangerous and neglectful conditions.
http://www.washingtonguardian.com/quickreads/medicare-paid-51b-poor-nursing-home-care-0?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6351

US: $60 million in new aid to Syria opposition
The Obama administration said Thursday that it will provide the Syrian opposition with an additional $60 million in assistance and — in a significant policy shift — will for the first time provide nonlethal aid like food and medical supplies to rebels battling to oust President Bashar Assad.
http://www.washingtonguardian.com/quickreads/us-60-million-new-aid-syria-opposition?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6351
Lawmakers, vet groups panning Pentagon's new medal
The military's new medal for cyber warriors should get a demotion, according to veterans groups and lawmakers who say it shouldn't outrank such revered honors as the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
http://www.washingtonguardian.com/quickreads/lawmakers-vet-groups-panning-pentagons-new-medal-0?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6351

Whistleblower suit claimed Navy kickbacks in 2006
A recently unsealed whistle-blower lawsuit claims a former civilian Navy employee from Virginia and a now-defunct Navy contractor engaged in a bribery and kickback scheme going back to at least 2004. The lawsuit, first filed in a federal court in Georgia in 2006, predates by more than four years criminal charges brought by federal prosecutors in Rhode Island in 2011 that allege a similar scheme by some of the same people cost the government $10 million.
http://www.washingtonguardian.com/quickreads/whistleblower-suit-claimed-navy-kickbacks-2006?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6351

The Kansas Legislature needs mentioning doesn't it?

Kansas Watchdog

It's naked breasts vs. open records, so guess what wins
By Travis Perry │ Kansas Watchdog
OSAWATOMIE — The legislative session is half over, and so far lawmakers have discussed bills that tell strippers to cover up and allow politicians to accept thousands of dollars in undocumented gifts.
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