NewsWorld Wikileaks Confirms: US Hikers, Detained by Iran, Were Arrested in Iraq Wikileaks today made public a classified American military report that confirms that the American hikers detained by Iran were arrested in Iraq Esther KaplanOctober 22, 2010
NewsJustice, World Bauer, Fattal to Face Trial in Iran Cindy Hickey, the mother of Investigative Fund reporter Shane Bauer, who has been imprisoned in Iran for more than a year, told the AP today that Bauer and Josh Fattal, his hiking companion, will stand trial in Tehran on November 6… Esther KaplanOctober 19, 2010
AnalysisImmigration Diary of a Dobbs Story Gone Viral Our Twitter feed has gone crazy. Romenesko, Olbermann, and David Carr are all tweeting it. The Huffingon Post has it front-paged; Politico calls it a “PR bomb” for Dobbs; Salon gleefully announces that Isabel Macdonald “nails [Dobbs] to the wall”… Esther KaplanOctober 7, 2010
NewsWorld Shourd Released; Detention Extended for Bauer, Fattal Some amazing news: Sarah Shourd, one of the Americans detained in Iran for more than thirteen months, was finally released today to the Swiss Embassy in Tehran… Esther KaplanSeptember 14, 2010
NewsWorld One American, Detained in Iran, Set for Release The wire services are reporting that one of the three Americans detained in Iran since July 2009 will be released on Saturday in an act of clemency to mark the close of Ramadan… Esther KaplanSeptember 9, 2010
ImpactImmigration, Labor Federal Indictments in Human Trafficking Scheme Mordechai Orian, the target of an Investigative Fund probe into human trafficking, is now under federal indictment, in the largest such federal case in history. Esther KaplanSeptember 7, 2010
AnalysisBusiness, Politics The Kochtopus Goes to War Don’t miss Jane Mayer’s excellent probe into the Koch brothers in this week’s New Yorker. It makes a persuasive case that David and Charles Koch, owners of Koch Industries, are the country’s most important conservative political donors — and the ideological and financial fathers of the Tea Party movement… Esther KaplanAugust 25, 2010
AnalysisPolitics What Freedom of Information? So I received in the mail yesterday a slim letter from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in response to a Freedom of Information Request I sent in January 2009, more than nineteen months ago. “Board staff has been unable to respond to your request to date…” Esther KaplanAugust 18, 2010
Inside TIJournalism Why We Need Your Help Update: A thank you to the Schooner Foundation for generously doubling gifts until July 31. But we still need YOUR support. Help the Investigative Fund continue to influence public debate on issues from immigration to Afghanistan by contributing today! Esther KaplanJuly 31, 2010
ImpactJustice Hate Crimes Indictments in Herrington Case A New Orleans man, Roland Bourgeois, was charged today with hate crimes in an armed attack on Donnell Herrington in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a crime first reported by The Investigative Fund. Esther KaplanJuly 15, 2010