Kors revealed how military doctors are purposely misdiagnosing soldiers wounded in Iraq as having been ill before joining the Army. His investigations resulted in a congressional hearing, bills in the House and Senate, and an added amendment to the Defense Authorization Act.
Washington Post reporters Dan Morgan, Gilbert M. Gaul and Sarah Cohen spent more than a year examining federal agriculture subsidies and identified more than $15 billion in wasteful, unnecessary and redundant spending.
Priest’s series of articles uncovered the inner workings, successes and failures of the CIA’s global effort to kill, capture and interrogate suspected terrorists, revealing the existence of a network of secret prisons outside the U.S.
Throughout 2005, in articles that broke the major revelations, the Post unraveled Abramoff’s web and his ties to then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
Their series exposed how a new breed of entrepreneur has entered the field of guardianship of the elderly, victimizing older Americans by charging them exorbitant fees, neglecting their needs and sometimes looting their assets.
An inquiry into Ohio’s curious investment in rare coins led to an investigation culminating in convictions of the governor and others and exposure of illegal campaign contributions.