THE FULL video of the interview is online. It’s really tough to listen to President Obama’s defense of the FISA Court rubber stamp process as saying it is transparent. In fact, it’s unconscionably disrespectful of the many Americans following this that know better and find his statement wholly unbelievable. Buzzfeed has posted a partial transcript, [...]
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Obama Claims Congress Knew About Prism
“The programs are secret in the sense that they are classified. They are not secret, in that every member of Congress has been briefed… These are programs that have been authored by large bipartisan majorities repeatedly since 2006… Your duly elected representatives have consistently been informed.” – President Obama ON FRIDAY, President Obama made a [...]
Queer Talk: Former Navy Seal Kristin Beck Comes Out as Transgender
The just released memoir – Warrior Princess – is the story of the transgender journey of high school football player and seven combat deployments veteran Chris Beck, to retired Navy SEAL Kristin Beck. Among other things, it’s a good time to remember that the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, did not include transgender servicemembers. [...]
Sen. John McCain Meets with Rebels in Syria
Sen. John McCain Monday became the highest-ranking U.S. official to enter Syria since the bloody civil war there began more than two years ago, The Daily Beast has learned. McCain, one of the fiercest critics of the Obama administration’s Syria policy, made the unannounced visit across the Turkey-Syria border with Gen. Salem Idris, the leader [...]
A Brit’s View: More ‘Terrorism’ as Reprisal Attacks Begin
The atmosphere in Britain has been slightly tense since the murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich on Wednesday afternoon. Following the ‘terrorist’ incident, which involved two British Muslims hacking the off-duty British soldier to death, reprisal attacks against Muslims have been coming thick and fast. Thankfully nobody has gone down the ‘eye-for-an-eye’ response route just yet, [...]
Amid Scandals, Obama Turns to Counterterrorism and Osama
“I am troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill the investigative journalism that holds government accountable.” – President Obama WITH THE IRS scandal dogging the White House, due to the fetish like prophylactic protection penchant of White House aides, President Obama turned to counterterrorism and invoking Osama bin Laden, in a speech that [...]
A Brit’s View: Panic on the Streets of London?
I’ve made jokes in the past about how dodgy a place Woolwich is. I have friends who lived there for a while, albeit in the very fake ‘Woolwich’ by the river. There was no denying where the poor, run down Woolwich finished and the new, rich, slightly fake section started. The dividing line was, and [...]
“Strong Indication” London Attack Terrorism
A man has been killed in a machete attack and two suspects shot by police in Woolwich, south-east London. [BBC] THE attack in London, which Prime Minister David Cameron said the government had “strong indication” was a terrorist assault, was by all descriptions grisly. The UK Telegraph leading with this headline: ‘Soldier beheaded’ in ‘Islamist [...]
FBI Kill Man with Ties to Boston Bomber
NBC NEWS is reporting that the FBI has shot and killed a man, Ibragim Todashev, with ties to the Boston bomber suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Not much more is known, except that he was not being questioned for any role he might have had in the Boston terrorist attack. From NBC, the connection between Tamerlan Tsarnaev [...]
Obama and the GOP Scandal Fetish
In the cocoon of our public debate Obama gets high marks on foreign policy. That is because his policies’ principal aim is not to make strategic decisions but to satisfy public opinion— he has done more of the things that people want and fewer of the things we have to do that may be unpopular. [...]
CBS: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Left a Note
“When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims.” – Dzhokhar Tsarnaev RETRIBUTION for crimes against Muslims, the note Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left said, according to CBS News. From CBS: Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a note claiming responsibility for the April 13 attack on the Boston Marathon, reports CBS News senior correspondent John Miller. [...]
White House Email Dump on Benghazi
The White House is releasing 100 pages of e-mails and notes related to the Obama administration’s response to the attack on a diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, last September. [USA Today] AFTER keeping the lid on and hoping the Republican caterwauling would subside, the contagion of bad news stories force the White House to make [...]
AP Not Buying DOJ Letter [Video]
“People are pretty mad — mad that government has not taken what we do seriously,” one reporter said on Tuesday. “When the news broke yesterday … people were outraged and disgusted. No one was yelling and screaming, but it was like, ‘Are you kidding me!?’” “People are ticked,” said another. “Everyone supports the reporters involved.” [...]
Unprecedented Justice Dragnet on the Associated Press
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The government would not say why it sought the records. Officials have previously said in public testimony that the U.S. attorney in Washington is conducting a criminal investigation into who may have provided information contained in a May 7, 2012, AP story about [...]
Nawaz Sharif is Back in Pakistan
“The US will watch what Sharif does about extremists who threatened the election” – PJ Crowley A WHO will blink first situation over India and Kashmir caused Nawaz Sharif to be ousted from power through a military coup by Pervez Musharraf. Sharif is back, having won the Pakistan election, but what it will mean is [...]
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