Lincoln Steffens: Corruption In The Government

Muckrakers basically were the group of journalists and members of the press who undertook the mission of investigating and revealing all of the corruptions and wrong doings, which were persistent among the big businesses or even in the government to the public. The name “Muckrakers” was the nickname given by President “Theodore Roosevelt” to these journalists who were cleaning the muck of the American society. These were the people who used their pen as a weapon to tackle and combat the negatives and evils that existed in the society, and they were the one who spread the calls to the public of the American society to work upon and fix those issues concerning the society and economy as a whole including the political problems as well. The muckrakers played a great role in promoting

Ronald Watts, 48 years old, a District tactical sergeant, and a patrol officer named Kallatt Mohammed, 47 years old, were both parts of the 2nd District tactical team in the Chicago Police Department. On the eve of February 13, 2012, both officers were formally charged in the U.S. District Court of Chicago by the Northern District of Illinois United State Attorney, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, with government funds theft. Mr. Watts was an 18-year police veteran and Mr. Mohammed was with the Chicago PD for 14 years. Their arrest was due to unseal complaints of police criminal misconduct by two whistleblower officers, Shannon Spalding and Daniel Echeverria , followed by a thorough investigation of, special of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert D. Grant and the police department’s Internal Affairs Division. The

From 1946-1952 the United States chose Joseph McCarthy as Senate. When McCarthy became chairman of the Senate’s Committee he began his anti-communist investigation. But the word McCarthyism began well before Joseph McCarthy became Senator. Joseph McCarthy became U.S. Senate in 1946 He was then reelected in 1952 because he had publicly said that 205 communists had infiltrated the U.S. State Department. McCarthy then became chair of the Senate’s subcommittee on investigation and had claimed he had the names of 57 State Department communists.

That the murders take place in New York City is both bad and good. It is bad because the detectives are trying to keep information about the murders quiet and solve them quickly which is hard to do in a big city. It is good because both detectives have been working in New York for such a long time they know the city well. The story starts off when Zach arrives at Central Park and hears that there is a dead body on the carousel. After they find out who the victim is they start to interview people around the city and they figure out that there is not only one Hazmat Killer but two working together.

In 1873, he became a police reporter for The New york Tribune and dove into the untold horrors of Americans slums which were filled with crime and poverty. In order to spread these truths he took pictures and wrote a book called How the other Half Lives, both becoming major hits in the news. Jacob Riis is “now a legend for his work toward social reform, and for his use of photography to bring

In order to isolate the individual who they suspected for the leaks. But in 1971 Daniel Ellsberg leaked documents known as the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times, these documents showed US history and involvement in the Vietnam War. The papers showed the the US Military’s enlarged scale of operation of the war from the bombing being conducted in Laos, Cambodia and the raids in North Vietnam. With the leak of the Pentagon Papers, David Young the administrative assistant to Henry Kissinger published a memo for the creation of the “The Plumbers”. The plumbers consisted of persons who specialized in security and intelligence gathering in order to plug the wholes were the “leaks” were coming

Hoover held a meeting with the governor’s conference in hopes to thwart vigilantes, or people who take the law into their own hands (Thom and Jung 350). Tim Weiner implicates that Hoover teamed with immigration and passport services, police commissioners, and political vigilantes, which is slightly ironic considering his disapproval for vigilantism (23). As Ronald Kessler states, essentially, Hoover formed the FBI (31). “Hoover’s penchant for perfection led him to pioneer use of technology to solve crimes in the laboratory.” (31). Beverly Gage mentions that early on in Hoover’s career, he partnered himself with an organization called the Wickersham Commission.

They were caught attempting to wiretap phones and steal classified documents. After the burglary, Nixon took steps to cover up what happened at Watergate. He rose “hush money’ for the burglars, tried to stop the FBI from investigating the crime, destroyed evidence, and fired uncooperative staff members. In 1974, after the Watergate scandal had finally come to light, President Nixon resigned. Nixon abused

However, Irey had two bookkeepers of Capone’s businesses there to testify that were protected by the police before the trial. It was not until an agent, Eliot Ness angered Capone by exposing Prohibition violations and ruining Capone’s bootlegging business. It was the end for Al Capone. He was indicted for 22 counts of tax evasion and 68 members of his organization were charged with violations of the Volstead Act. It was an end of an era.

The legislators have become insensitive to the needs of the less fortunate when it comes to the health and welfare of citizens. Big powerful special interest groups have interfered with politicians’ decision to do what’s right; it appears that the political system has become corrupted and money plays a big role in their decision and money is very influential in getting the legislators to pass bills. One would believe that our politicians are making the battles between the political parties personally; it appear that if the parties don’t agree with another, they resort to drastic measures such as shutting down the government causing more hardship on

“…MLK was under covert surveillance…his room was bugged and wired…William Peppers, the plaintiff’s attorney, alleges…that such covert surveillance was usually done by the Army Security Agency implying the involvement of at least 2 federal agencies”. William Peppers pressed him, Liberto, about James Earl Ray, Liberto, a warehouse produce owner, replied, “He wasn’t nothing but a troublemaker from Missouri. He was a front man…A setup man”. The overwhelming evidence of United States government complicity, in the killing of Martin Luther King, found valid by the jury. Martin Luther’s “room was moved from a secure first floor room to an exposed balcony room.” “The FBI acted to cause kings by suicide…illegally spied on King…sent a letter promising to expose alleged sexual misconduct”.