TRANSPARENCY IS A B—H IF YOUR NAME IS FAUCI: He told Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) during Senate testimony under oath that he didn’t know “as a fact” if he’d been paid royalties by drug and medical research firms while at NIH. Now the truth is known, thanks to OpenTheBooks.com.

And as a result, the former White House Chief Medical Adviser/Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and highest-paid federal employee can expect to be summoned back to the Senate for a chat with the Kentucky senator.