2013-04-26politico.com

``The Times' A1, above-the-fold story -- which involved Freedom of Information Act requests, interviews with former administration officials and database work -- shows how political appointees in the Obama administration's Justice and Agriculture Departments turned a potential government court victory into $1.3 billion settlement for Hispanic and female farmers -- some of whom never even claimed discrimination in court. The story also detailed how the feds relied on a flawed payout system for black farmers that was ripe with fraud and revealed that career officials in the Agriculture Department had opposed the program.''



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