RCI Podcast Episode 7 - Fraud, Waste & Abuse

On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with Jeremy Portnoy, an investigative journalist for OpenTheBooks.com who writes RCI’s Waste of the Day feature, about rampant fraud, waste and abuse in government spending.

In our round-up of the week’s best investigative reporting, Zane and Varney discuss the Daily Caller’s report on Chinese researchers working on US defense projects, the Daily Mail’s article on a Chinese spy’s effort to recruit American figure skater Alysa Liu and the New York Times piece on Russia’s campaign to create mayhem across Europe. 0:00 Intro 01:33 Daily Caller: US Funded Defense Projects Riddled with Chinese Researchers 05:15 Daily Mail: Chinese Spies Tried to Turn Skater Aylsa Liu 07:04 New York Times: Ex-Cabbie Driving Russia’s Shadow War 10:30 RealClearInvestigations: Bad Bets: Massive EV Subsidies Not Paying Off 13:18 Jeremy Portnoy, OpentheBooks.com, RCI’s Waste of the Day feature