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Investigating the government

An archive of NBC News investigations focusing on the government.

June 12, 2007: Video: Rich celebs are getting farm subsidies

June 7, 2007: Officials absolve Kolbe in page investigation

May 11, 2007: FBI probes Nevada governor for corruption

May 10, 2007: Student financial aid scandal grows

March 7, 2007: Critics cite ineptness at Walter Reed

Feb. 5, 2007: Online public records facilitate ID theft

Feb. 5, 2007: New York pulls personal data from Web

Jan. 29, 2007: Is the Coast Guard's new ship seaworthy?

Jan. 5, 2007: So much for congressional lobby reform?

Dec. 22, 2006: U.A.E. asks U.S. to dismiss camel jockey suit

Dec. 12, 2006: Federal charity drive in tax trouble

Dec. 5, 2006: Thieves exploit phone system for the deaf

Nov. 14, 2006: Will Murtha’s past haunt him as a leader?

Oct. 18, 2006: Medicare cancer project scrutinized

Oct. 18, 2006: ‘Tunnel rats’ file complaint against Capitol

Oct. 11, 2006: Spy Jonathan Pollard caught on tape

Sept. 29, 2006: Inspector general missing from Pentagon

Sept. 28, 2006: Auditors allege corruption at Interior Dept.

Sept. 18, 2006: FBI official leading anthrax probe off the case

Aug. 22, 2006: Danger lurks below U.S. Capitol

Aug. 1, 2006: U.S. borders perilously porous

July 24, 2006: Pentagon sells sensitive military equipment

June 7, 2006: House Appropriations chairman under fire

May 10, 2006: Lawmakers frequent fliers on private jets

May 4, 2006: FBI probes Watergate prostitution allegations

April 27, 2006: Oil industry profits, salaries fuel outrage

March 18, 2006: Congress, flyers react to airport security failures

March 17, 2006: Airline screeners fail government bomb tests

Feb. 22, 2006:

Feb. 2, 2006: Former U.S. official admits corruption in Iraq

Jan. 18, 2006: Lobbying 101: Inside one company’s efforts

Jan. 3, 2006: Abramoff’s plea provokes panic in Congress

Dec. 14, 2005: Is the Pentagon spying on Americans?

Oct. 28, 2005: Anatomy of the CIA leak

June 22, 2005: Senate panel: Lobbyists defrauded tribe

May 12, 2005: Rep. Ney's trip raises red flags

April 29, 2005: Foreigner may have paid for DeLay trip to Russia

April 20, 2005: Lobbyist linked to DeLay under investigation

March 7, 2005: Halliburton operates in Iran despite embargo

Dec. 21, 2004 Former friend alleges wrongdoing by Kerik

Dec. 2, 2004: U.N. worker accused of genocide

Nov. 16, 2004: Bulletproof vests under scrutiny

Nov. 15, 2004: Two more spies resign from CIA

Oct. 25, 2004: Radioactive material revealed as vulnerable

July 13, 2004: Border budgets busted, protection lacking