With the news that the Obama administration won’t release the images of a dead Osama bin Laden, Sarah Palin once again takes to the Twitter to prove she is totally wrong on national security: So why is this the wrong thing to do? Well let’s ask the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, […]
Here is an interesting fact the internet has pulled up. On December 28, 2009, President Obama made his first public comments about the attempted bombing on Christmas day – 3 days after the incident. On December 28, 2001, President Bush made his first public comments about Richard Reid’s failed bombing attempt. That was 7 days […]
Wow it didn’t even take a week for this to happen: The ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee on Tuesday night accused the White House of withholding information on the Fort Hood attack. Rep. Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) said administration officials delayed briefing members of Congress about the alleged gunman, raising “red flags” about what […]
Remember all the rage from the right a couple of months ago when Nancy Pelosi aid the CIA mislead Congress? Well according to the head of the CIA, Pelosi may have just been telling the truth: The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon E. Panetta, has told the House Intelligence Committee in closed-door testimony […]
Now if a Democrat did this the Republicans would be calling for a criminal investigation: A congressional trip to Iraq this weekend was supposed to be a secret. But the cat’s out of the bag now, thanks to a member of the House Intelligence Committee who broke an embargo via Twitter. A delegation led by […]
Kind of sounds like it: The CIA official who gave the command to destroy interrogation videotapes apparently acted against the direction of his superiors, the top Republican House Intelligence Committee member said Wednesday. “It appears he hadn’t gotten authority from anyone,” said Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., speaking to reporters after the first day of closed […]
From Roll Call via Think Progress: In a second blow to House Republicans this week, the FBI raided a business tied to the family of Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) Thursday afternoon as part of an ongoing investigation into the three-term lawmaker. Details of the raid on Patriot Insurance Agency in Sonoita, Ariz., were not immediately […]
This is a very serious question. When you look at the responses today from the GOP over the NYT’s article on the government having nuclear secrets published on the web. Let’s first look at how the publication of this information came to being: Last March, the federal government set up a Web site to make […]
Iraq’s involvement in 9/11 – none WMDs found in Iraq – zero Saddam’s ties to terrorism – zilch Number of terrorists created from Iraq war – a shit load. These are the facts that have come out from Bush’s own spy agencies. Everything we have been fed by the Bush administration these past 3+ years […]
One of the problems with Bush’s wiretapping that isn’t discussed in the public forum much is how he notified Congress of the program. There are clear laws that require the President to seek the advice and consent of Congress and now it appears he even broke those laws: WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 – A legal analysis […]