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A nonprofit that claims to rescue trafficked children is actually a bungling organization that has duped its supporters and the media, according to a Vice investigation. Operation Underground Railroad, which raised more than $21 million in 2019, tells donors tales of derring-do in faraway places, but insiders say it uses shaky sourcing and makes tactical mistakes that camouflage its missions. The nonprofit says it recruits former members of law enforcement and elite military units, but critics say its operations lack the discipline and planning of such organizations, including a lack of meaningful surveillance to verifying that its beneficiaries have actually been trafficked. The group is under investigation, reportedly for misleading fundraising appeals, by the attorney general of a county in Utah, where it is based. Operation Underground Railroad said it strives to comply with all laws governing nonprofits and that it is transparent about how it us
journalist difficult and makes it difficult because if we can t figure it out and explain it well then the public doesn t know. and the public doesn t know what is being debated. that s a real disservice. we re working for you guys, who are watching this program. a lot of the things that circulated on the web in recent days, things like the rape, pregnancy and being a mom would become pre-existing conditions under the republican plan. is this an example of misinformation on the left? i wouldn t call that misinformation an the left. like everything else there s nuance here. the reality is this. the affordable care act, obamacare, which you know has got pluses and minuses, things people like, things that people don t like, but one of its ironclad guarantees is that every insurance policy will include an essential health set of health benefits. and that you cannot be denied coverage for pre-existing conditions. now, back before the affordable care act existed, you could be denied cove
rude rudy giuliani. you don t start the clock until he took over the governorship. a lot of fresh candidates have long back stories in legislatures or whatever, public doesn t know chris christie his clock started ticking in 2009, does that mean he s probably not ripe enough in 2012? we ll see but the tendency has been the riper the better. in 2000 and 2008 bush and obama, the two candidates who got to be president, rule that aside whether bush should have been, were the two most inexperienced. so the public seems to be liking freshness more and more. and how would michele bachmann suddenly if she ended up with the nomination and ended in the white house, how would she fit this? she s a rule changing in a lot of ways. she would finally jump the house of representatives if she became president.
point in that speech? go. stop, stopping the gusher is the number one priority of the nation. bill: nobody knows how to do it. making sure technology sk thrown at this problem. we haven t had that assure yens by the president that that has been his top priority and instead what his top priority is, bill is, capping tax. it s using this crisis not letting it go to waste but to use this crisis to increase the costs of energy. oob if that happens there is going to be an outcry. are you telling me you don t think the president s top priority is stopping that leak? is that what you re tell meeg? what i m telling you is that that is not what i m hearing and what the american public is hearing from the top official in the government. the poll numbers show the public doesn t know where to turn if we can t trust bp. we know we can t trust
across this great nation. as far as the injuries that happened to freddie gray obviously they don t have a lot of answers, that have made their way to the public. and that really feeds the tension out here the public doesn t know. they tend to fill in the narrative on their own, and, you know generally the narrative they fill in is nefarious. that adds to the tension you see on the streets, if you don t get the information out. and if someone needs to be charged, then you get that person charged. mike it s jackie here. we ve seen the 15 16-year-olds out there looting. what did you see in terms of that at 10:00 tonight? did you see mostly adults or teenagers as well? reporter: you certainly saw a number of teenagers before 10:00. you saw teenagers after 10:00. that really presents a conundrum for the police. we heard the commissioner say