Jason Leopold

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Investigative Reporter at Bloomberg News

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SpaceX’s 2023 Mishap Report Just Released By the FAA Is Heavily Redacted

5 days ago | bloomberg.com | Jason Leopold |Loren Grush

The 102-page report contains a few unredacted sentence fragments and paragraphs here and there. But for the most part, there’s a lot of black ink. Welcome back to FOIA Files! Two years ago, I requested a copy of an investigative report conducted by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and sent to the Federal Aviation Administration after one of its rockets exploded shortly after takeoff from the company’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
Trump Team Set to Dissolve Reagan-Era Transnational Crime Unit (1)

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Jason Leopold

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Trump Team Set to Dissolve Reagan-Era Transnational Crime Unit

1 week ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Jason Leopold

(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is “decommissioning” a Department of Justice unit that has long been at the center of dismantling transnational organized crime networks, drug cartels and human trafficking rings. • None The Battle Over the Fate of Detroit’s Renaissance Center• None NJ Transit Strike Would Be ‘Disaster’ for Region, Sherrill Says Leaders of the unit, called the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, or OCDETF, were told they had until Sept.
Trump Team Set to Dissolve Reagan-Era Transnational Crime Unit

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Jason Leopold

The Trump administration is “decommissioning” a Department of Justice unit that has long been at the center of dismantling transnational organized crime networks, drug cartels and human trafficking rings. Leaders of the unit, called the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, or OCDETF, were told they had until Sept. 30 to shut down operations, people familiar with the matter said. The people asked not to be identified, citing concerns over potential retribution.
Trump Team Set to Dissolve Reagan-Era Transnational Crime Unit

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Jason Leopold

Damian Williams, then-US attorney for the Southern District of New York, holds a "confidential" binder during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington DC on April 14, 2023. The Justice Department announced charges against several leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel and its facilitators. The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces were involved in the investigation and capture of the cartel’s leader, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Here Are the Job Titles and Salary Ranges of Some DOGE Staffers

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Jason Leopold

A list released to FOIA Files by the Office of Professional Management gives color on the individuals executing DOGE priorities. Among other things it reveals their salary ranges, job titles and official government employee categorization. Welcome back to FOIA Files! On Jan. 29, a couple of weeks before Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (better known by its acronym, DOGE) began gutting the federal workforce, I tried to figure out who’d been hired to help execute the plans.
CDC Launches Team to Manage the Fallout From Deep Staff Cuts

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Rachel Zhang |Jason Leopold

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is creating a temporary strike force to manage the fallout of sweeping workforce cuts, according to an email obtained by Bloomberg News. Due to “significant operational and programmatic issues for CDC emerging during this period,” the agency is creating a new temporary organization, it said in an email to employees. The group, called the “Transition Management Structure,” will address urgent issues resulting from the reorganization.
CDC Launches Team to Manage the Fallout From Deep Staff Cuts

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Rachel Zhang |Jason Leopold

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters stands in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. As the novel coronavirus has spread in the U.S., the CDC is under increasing heat to defend a shaky rollout of crucial testing kits. Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is creating a temporary strike force to manage the fallout of sweeping workforce cuts, according to an email obtained by Bloomberg News.
CDC Launches Team to Manage the Fallout From Deep Staff Cuts

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rachel Zhang |Jason Leopold

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is creating a temporary strike force to manage the fallout of sweeping workforce cuts, according to an email obtained by Bloomberg News. Due to “significant operational and programmatic issues for CDC emerging during this period,” the agency is creating a new temporary organization, it said in an email to employees. The group, called the “Transition Management Structure,” will address urgent issues resulting from the reorganization.
Trump’s Special Envoy Richard Grenell Was Once Subject of Leak Probe

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Jason Leopold

The former ambassador to Germany was investigated by the State Department’s internal watchdog in 2020 over the unauthorized disclosure of a sensitive cable. It’s exactly the type of leak the Trump administration has recently cracked down on. FOIA Files is back! I hope everyone had a relaxing spring break and a joyful Passover and Easter. I spun records by Joe McPhee, Albert Ayler and Paul Bley and totally zoned out on free jazz. Speaking of records, I recently obtained a stack of another variety.