Bridget Johnson
Obama Still Running on ‘al-Qaeda Is on the Run’ Message as He Talks New Strategy
President eager to link Islamic terrorism solely to al-Qaeda, distance al-Qaeda from known active affiliates, then distance al-Qaeda from all recent attacks: "They did not direct the attacks in Benghazi or Boston."
What a Difference a Scandal Switch Makes: Oversight Dems on Fire vs. ex-IRS Chief
Warning of a special prosecutor, hard grilling over the target list, threatening there will be "hell to pay": Will the comity last?
Immigration Bill Heads to Senate Floor
Judiciary Committee passes behemoth bill 13-5 after working through hundreds of amendments; opponents say fight is not over.
Dems Who Do Campaign Time Get Prime State Department Spots
Latest is a longtime Democratic operative tasked with battling anti-Semitism who's spent years battling the Republican Jewish Coalition.
Durbin Asked IRS’ Shulman to Probe ‘Several’ Conservative 501(c)(4) Groups in 2010
Democrats' background on the issue underscores their interest in turning the current scandal into a campaign finance narrative.
A Tie of Two Scandals: Benghazi and the AP Phone Records
Denials of terror threat preceded the AP's bomb plot story; said one congressman in May 2012, "This is the funny season, this time of year."
Holder on the ‘Ongoing Matter About Which I Know Nothing’
At hearing today: "I've just been given a note that we have in fact confirmed that the deputy was the one who authorized the subpoena."
Dems May Not Be So Willing to Back White House in IRS Scandal
Some early indications from Capitol Hill even before news broke of the Justice Department actions that have mortified free-press advocates.
Lieberman Back on Hill to Warn of ‘Rapidly Spreading’ Islamist Threat
In first hearing on Boston bombings, former senator says "it was possible to have prevented" attack and questions why mosque that says it threw out Tamerlan Tsarnaev didn't report him.
Oversight Hearing: Clinton Asked Stevens to ‘Make Benghazi a Permanent Post’
Emotional testimony from former chargé d’affairs brings more questions about attack and a certainty: "The YouTube video was a non-event in Libya."
On Eve of Benghazi Hearing, Woman Picked to Replace Ambassador Stevens Speaks
Deborah K. Jones on security crises at her sparsely attended hearing: "If you don't get the answers you need, you pick up the phone and speak to the people who are responsible for that."
Dems Launch Preemptive Strikes on Benghazi Hearing
But are congressional Democrats equipped -- or fully willing -- to deflect the blows for the Obama administration?
Will Congressional Committees Pull Together for One Benghazi Probe?
Resolution author Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) talks to PJM: "If we've had a Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop, we can certainly have one on Benghazi."
Pentagon: N. Korea Missile Advances ‘In Line’ with Kim’s Desire to Strike U.S.
Yet the Defense Department tells Congress that this regime of daily threats and provocations would really just like to get along with us.
Keep Those Whistleblowers Coming, Says House Republican
Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), author of the Waste Whistleblower Protection Resolution, tells PJM Benghazi hearing can inspire others to call out departments putting politics over policy.
Obama’s Impassioned Gitmo Slam Doesn’t Match Administration’s History
Even a key human rights group called out the president for trying to pin the blame for his unfulfilled 2007 promise on Congress.
Past 4 Years: VA Budget Up 40 Percent, Yearlong Pending Claims Up 2,000 Percent
Two-thirds of Senate implores Obama to take "direct action and involvement" to free 600,000 veterans from morass.
Royce: Time to Review Administration-Picked Review Board that Found No Benghazi Conspiracy
The week's five-committee offensive over a consulate attack cover-up is only getting hotter.
White House Wants Syria ‘Red Line’ to Be Determined by UN
Despite that body's schooling on what a red line means, lawmakers are livid about the message Obama's sending.
Chechnya Terror Link to U.S. Well-Established by Feds Since 9/11
Yet the Tsarnaevs slipped through the cracks as it was revealed Russia warned the CIA six months after warning the FBI.
Potential Clues in Fort Hood Report on FBI’s Treatment of Tsarnaev Lead
Did politically correct "sensitivities" damn another probe into extremism with deadly results? PLUS: Napolitano says system "ping" caught Tsarnaev departure, but not return
‘Premature to Declare We Will Not Treat Tsarnaev as an Enemy Combatant’
Lawmakers argue over the need to get more intelligence out of the Chechen immigrant even as he can only scribble answers to investigators.
CAPTURED: Minutes After Saying Suspect Slipped Away, Boston Gets a Break
"Suspect in custody. Officers sweeping the area. Stand by for further info," tweets Boston Police Department.
Boston Mystery Deepens as New One Unfolds in D.C.
Who would send a deadly ricin-laced letter to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)?
Boston Bombings Pull D.C.’s Attention Back to Terrorism
In a Congress where gun control and immigration are king, and in an administration that hasn't issued a terror alert since replacing Bush's color-coded system.
Previous Posts | MORE PHONE FUNNIES: The Justice Department Investigated a New York Times Reporter, Too. “The New York Times reports the Department of Justice investigated national security leaks given to Times reporter David Sanger over his story last year about the Stuxnet virus by pulling all the email and phone records of government officials who communicated with the reporter. . . . The Times’ Ethan Bronner, Charlie Savage and Scott Shane report the FBI requested for any phone and email logs from the White House, the Defense Department and other “intelligence agencies” that showed any contact between employees and Sanger. It does not appear they went so far as to seize Sanger’s telephone records or emails, as they did with the Associates Press and Fox News reporter James Rosen. They at least got creative this time. Instead of looking at his communication records, they looked at the communications between him and every government employee by looking on their end.” ... |
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