Public administration
The Suspected Boston Bombers and the Russia Connection
Russian counter-terrorism officials tipped off the FBI at least once about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the dead alleged Boston bomber. He was questioned but released. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Fiona Hill, an expert on Russia and the Causcasus at the Brookings Institution to find out what went wrong.
The Shadowy, Byzantine Process of Political Rule-Making
Between the fiscal cliff and sequestration, bemoaning Washington bureaucracy is almost a cliché these days. Getting a bill signed into law seems like quite a victory, but for major legislation, like the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the Affordable Care Act, getting the president’s signature doesn’t automatically set the entire law […]
