Sharyl Attkisson

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Waste of U.S. tax dollars in Afghanistan

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Our Full Measure cover story today focused on the ongoing problem of waste, fraud and abuse of our tax dollars in Afghanistan. The scope of the money involves is massive: more than $130 billion. With Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko unraveling the many problems, it’s no surprise that there is steady […]

Keep one thing we’ve done right in Afghanistan: SIGAR

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The following is a news analysis. The Afghan War is the longest war in U.S. history. It has claimed the lives of thousands of U.S. soldiers and wasted billions of our tax dollars. Out of all that money being spent, there is pretty much only one independent force uncovering fraud, waste and abuse: the Special […]

Exiting Afghanistan

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Refugees continue to flee Afghanistan more than 17 years after the U.S. began pouring billions of U.S. taxpayer money into the Muslim country to help. Where has all the money gone? We asked the man tracking it on behalf of all of us: John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. The following is […]

The Nuclear Option: It’s complicated.

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Nuclear power provides clean energy at a reasonable cost– in theory. The problem seems to come in the construction of the plants. We recently set out to investigate the state of nuclear power in America. We were surprised to learn how many projects have been halted midstream, rife with mismanagement, cost overruns or waste: almost […]

The Foreign Connection

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Below is my investigation into foreign money influence into the U.S. political system as it aired on Full Measure on April 8, 2018. Watch the video of the Full Measure investigation here. Foreigners are barred from directly giving money to American politicians and political parties. But it turns out, there’s a legal way around that. […]

GAO says feds could save billions more by eliminating taxpayer waste

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The Government Accountability Office has released a whopping 98 new recommendations the federal government should follow to reduce waste of your tax dollars. In the GAO’s 9th annual report on duplicative expenses and possible cost savings, the focus is on reducing redundancy and overlap between departments, which would prevent multiple agencies from working on an […]