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  • SHOCK: Obama was 'incapacitated' due to 'staggering, inapt activities'

    05/21/2013 6:31:41 PM PDT · by Paine in the Neck · 144 replies
    Red Flag News ^ | 5/21/13 | J.R. Elliot
    Full title - "SHOCK: Obama was 'incapacitated' due to 'staggering, inapt activities' between the hours of 1800 and 2300 on the night of Benghazi... ""Two sources close to the inner circle of the Obama White House have communicated exclusively to RedFlag News that during the night of Benghazi, President Obama was 'incapacitated' due to 'staggering, inapt activities' between the hours of 1800 and 2300."
  • Report: More Benghazi Whistleblowers to Reveal ‘Devastating’ Details About Attack, Including WHY

    05/21/2013 7:33:02 PM PDT · by Lucky9teen · 45 replies
    http://www.theblaze.com ^ | 5/21/13 | Jason Howerton
    New Benghazi whistleblowers are prepared to reveal shocking details about the Sept. 11 terror attack, including why U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens was in Libya to begin with, two former U.S. diplomats reportedly told PJ Media on Monday. The unidentified whistleblowers are reportedly colleagues of former diplomats and are seeking legal counsel because they “work in areas not fully protected by whistleblower law,” the report adds. More from PJ Media’s exclusive: According to the diplomats, what these whistleblowers will say will be at least as explosive as what we have already learned about the scandal, including details about what really transpired...
  • What is "Obama" saying when he claims he SPOKE to No One about Benghazi, IRS Tea Party, Fox news

    05/21/2013 6:36:53 PM PDT · by Understand the stimulus · 33 replies
    Intelligence | 4 21 2013 | self
    For weeks Obama has made the "claim" that no one 'Told' him or spoke with him about the three major scandals surrounding Obama's Team the past few weeks in 2013, Electronic communication including blackberry, IMs, Emails etc have accounted for 90% of when someone might be TOLD the MSM editors allow OBAMA to fade the word spoke or told without explaining what these words mean...its similar to Clintons "what is is " ? Obama is using words to skirt awareness and he needs to held to questions about IMs and Blackberry...how does valarie jarret communicate with him, how does white...
  • Howard Dean: ‘Benghazi is a Laughable Joke’

    05/21/2013 5:46:45 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 80 replies
    http://www.nationalreview.com/ ^ | may 21, 2013 | andrew johnson
    “Benghazi is a laughable joke,” Dean proclaimed twice in a discussion with Republican National Committee communications chairman Sean Spicer last week. “With all due respect, governor, when four Americans die serving this country, that’s not a joke, sir,” Spicer responded. “Oh, stop it,” said Dean.
  • Bombshell: Govt Official Says Hillary Spearheaded Benghazi Review, Not Independent Board

    05/21/2013 4:58:37 PM PDT · by EXCH54FE · 76 replies
    Freedom Outpost ^ | May 21, 2013 | Tim Brown
    One of the four State Department employees, who was recently disciplined by their former boss Hillary Clinton, has broken his silence concerning Benghazi and has leveled some very big charges at the former Secretary of State. He is now indicating that the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her staff were the ones that led the review of the Benghazi attacks, not an independent board. The Daily Beast reports, Raymond Maxwell was placed on forced “administrative leave” after the State Department’s own internal investigation, conducted by an Administrative Review Board (ARB) led by former State Department official Tom Pickering....
  • Obama Won't Let Military Capture Benghazi Suspects

    05/21/2013 4:45:35 PM PDT · by real_patriotic_american · 55 replies
    Breitbart News ^ | May 21, 2013 | Awr Hawkins
    An AP report via Fox Nation via claims that although the FBI has identified five men believed to have been behind the September 11 Benghazi attacks, those men remain free because President Barack Obama will not allow the military to seize them. According to the report, the FBI says it has evidence sufficient to support seizing the men as "suspected terrorists." Yet because such an action would have to be carried out by the military, Obama appears unwilling to authorize it. Therefore, for the time being, the men are free while the FBI seeks enough additional evidence to clear a...
  • Will big government be felled by big government overreach, arrogance and overconfidence?

    05/21/2013 4:14:36 PM PDT · by Starman417 · 5 replies
    Flopping Aces ^ | 05-21-13 | Vince
    One of my favorite shows is a program called “Person of Interest’ on CBS. The story revolves around a government computer that knows when someone somewhere is in danger and passes that information along to a team of ex government types who go on to save that particular Person of Interest. The show’s device is that the machine can tap into virtually every piece of electronic data on the planet and harness the video feed from every surveillance camera in the world. While the heroes saving the day makes for a feel good show, it’s never a cakewalk. Besides the...
  • Ex-Diplomats Report New Benghazi Whistleblowers with Info Devastating to Clinton Obama

    05/21/2013 2:53:32 PM PDT · by KeyLargo · 20 replies
    PJ Media ^ | May 21, 2013 | Roger L. Simon
    by Roger L Simon PJM EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Diplomats Report New Benghazi Whistleblowers with Info Devastating to Clinton and Obama May 21st, 2013 - 12:05 am More whistleblowers will emerge shortly in the escalating Benghazi scandal, according to two former U.S. diplomats who spoke with PJ Media Monday afternoon. These whistleblowers, colleagues of the former diplomats, are currently securing legal counsel because they work in areas not fully protected by the Whistleblower law. According to the diplomats, what these whistleblowers will say will be at least as explosive as what we have already learned about the scandal, including details about what really...
  • FBI identifies Benghazi suspects- but no arrests yet

    05/21/2013 2:53:13 PM PDT · by don-o · 14 replies
    AP via Yahoo ^ | May 21, 2013
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn't enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers. The men remain at large while the FBI gathers evidence. But the investigation has been slowed by the reduced U.S. intelligence presence in the region since the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks, and by the limited ability to assist by Libya's post-revolutionary...
  • Freep this poll -- Obama Scandal-o-meter: How bad is it getting for the White House?

    05/21/2013 2:07:44 PM PDT · by Abakumov · 25 replies
    Rare.US ^ | May 21, 2013 | Rare.US
    Nothing there? The hope is gone? Bring in Biden? Tell us what you think.
  • Ex-Diplomats Report New Benghazi Whistleblowers with Info Devastating to Clinton and Obama

    05/21/2013 2:02:32 PM PDT · by onyx · 13 replies
    PJ Media ^ | May 21st, 2013 - 12:05 am | Roger Simon
    More whistleblowers will emerge shortly in the escalating Benghazi scandal, according to two former U.S. diplomats who spoke with PJ Media Monday afternoon. These whistleblowers, colleagues of the former diplomats, are currently securing legal counsel because they work in areas not fully protected by the Whistleblower law. According to the diplomats, what these whistleblowers will say will be at least as explosive as what we have already learned about the scandal, including details about what really transpired in Benghazi that are potentially devastating to both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The former diplomats inform PJM the new revelations concentrate in...
  • Carney: Asking about Sebelius fundraising for ObamaCare a lot like being a birther, or something

    05/21/2013 1:08:23 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 28 replies
    Hot Air ^ | May 21, 2013 | Ed Morrissey
    You know, a White House that just got exposed for spying on journalists probably should be doing some bridge-rebuilding, especially for an administration who needs a friendly media as much as this one does. What’s the worst possible way to get back in the media’s good graces? Accusing them of being conspiracy nuts for asking about Kathleen Sebelius’ fundraising for ObamaCare, starting with CBS’ Major Garrett, who just got done fronting the Benghazi e-mail defense demolished by Glenn Kessler today. Thanks bunches, Major: (VIDEO-AT-LINK) Struggling with a reporter about which Republican concerns are and are not legitimate, White House spokesman...
  • AP: 5 BENGHAZI SUSPECTS NOT BEING SEIZED MILITARILY AS TERROR SUSPECTS...

    05/21/2013 12:59:46 PM PDT · by TexasCajun · 22 replies
    TheBlaze.com ^ | May. 21, 2013 3:25pm | Jason Howerton
    <p>WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) — U.S. officials say they have identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year. The officials say they have enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists — but not enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers.</p>
  • The White House claim of ‘doctored e-mails... to smear the president’ (WaPo declares it a lie)

    05/21/2013 12:24:00 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 30 replies
    http://www.washingtonpost.com ^ | may 21, 2013 | Glenn Kessler
    “That’s a very serious offense that happened where Republicans on the Hill, we voluntarily provided these e-mails to, took one of them, doctored it and gave it to ABC News in an attempt to smear the president.” — White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer, appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” May 19, 2013 “I think one of the problems that there’s so much controversy here is because one of the e-mails was doctored by a Republican source and given to the media to falsely smear the president.” — Pfeiffer, on Fox News Sunday, May 19 “They received these e-mails months...
  • PJM EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Diplomats Report New Benghazi Whistleblowers with Info Devastating

    05/21/2013 12:14:33 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 33 replies
    http://pjmedia.com ^ | may 21, 2013 | Roger L. Simon
    More whistleblowers will emerge shortly in the escalating Benghazi scandal, according to two former U.S. diplomats who spoke with PJ Media Monday afternoon. These whistleblowers, colleagues of the former diplomats, are currently securing legal counsel because they work in areas not fully protected by the Whistleblower law. According to the diplomats, what these whistleblowers will say will be at least as explosive as what we have already learned about the scandal, including details about what really transpired in Benghazi that are potentially devastating to both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The former diplomats inform PJM the new revelations concentrate in...
  • 'Mister Magoo' defense of Obama is undermining faith in government

    05/21/2013 11:38:42 AM PDT · by The Old Hoosier · 25 replies
    Conservative Intel ^ | 5/21/13 | David Freddoso
    Yesterday’s and today’s press conferences by White House press secretary Jay Carney provide ammunition to the thesis proposed this week even by a few mainstream journalists. By Carney’s account, Obama knows little or nothing about several really awful things happening in his own administration. He is (as Carney claimed) deliberately kept in the dark by senior staff regarding matters you’d expect a president would really want to know about, such as a major scandal about to erupt regarding the IRS targeting Tea Party groups, which began just as his health care bill was running into difficulty. The long and the...
  • Vanity - Joseph Curl watch on twitter (more cryptic tweets)

    05/21/2013 11:38:09 AM PDT · by Perdogg · 16 replies
    If President Obama didn't know about the IRS targeting of Tea Party groups, and Hillary didn't know about security lapses in Benghazi, ...— Joseph Curl (@josephcurl) May 21, 2013 ... and Holder didn't know a thing about Justice tapping phones and reading emails of reporters, don't you wonder what ELSE they don't know?— Joseph Curl (@josephcurl) May 21, 2013
  • Jihad in America

    05/21/2013 11:14:49 AM PDT · by Perseverando · 4 replies
    FrontPageMag.com ^ | May 21, 2013 | Joseph Puder
    On the bright, beautiful, and crisp fall day that was early morning, September 11, 2001, few Americans were familiar with stealth jihad, or considered Islamic terrorism a threat to America. Yet, there was a voice crying in the wilderness, warning of a danger that already existed here. That voice belonged to Steven Emerson, whose documentary film titled Jihad in America was aired by PBS on November 21, 1994. Islamic militant groups in America, including CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations) began their protestations and intimidation even before the broadcast date. Since the airing, the use of intimidation has been ramped...
  • Obama: Serial Liar

    05/21/2013 11:10:00 AM PDT · by Perseverando · 21 replies
    FrontPageMag.com ^ | May 21, 2013 | Daniel Greenfield
    Will Rogers, the great humorist, once said, “If you ever injected truth into politics, you would have no politics.” If you injected truth into the teleprompter during one of Obama’s speeches, there would be nothing left but an empty chair. Fourteen days after the September 11, 2012 attacks, Obama appeared at the United Nations to deliver a eulogy for the man he had not troubled to save and to declare that the future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam. Obama denounced the “crude and disgusting video” that had “sparked outrage throughout the Muslim world” and...
  • LIVE THREAD: WH Press Briefing – May 21, 2013 (12:30ish pm EDT)

    05/21/2013 8:53:57 AM PDT · by don-o · 102 replies
    The White House ^ | May 21, 2013 | Jay Carney
    Over / under Appropriate / inappropriate: 30 Any reference to investigations: 50 Ask somebody else: 25Odds “Mistakes were made” 200:1 Carney is confronted on his bald faced lies about WH role in sanitizing Benghazi talking points: 10:1Benghazi Emails Directly Contradict White House Claims WH Live Stream
  • Sharyl Attkisson's computers compromised

    05/21/2013 10:01:15 AM PDT · by Thane_Banquo · 74 replies
    Politico ^ | 5/21/13 | Dylan Byers
    Sharyl Attkisson, the Emmy-award winning CBS News investigative reporter, says that her personal and work computers have been compromised and are under investigation. "I can confirm that an intrusion of my computers has been under some investigation on my end for some months but I'm not prepared to make an allegation against a specific entity today as I've been patient and methodical about this matter," Attkisson told POLITICO on Tuesday. "I need to check with my attorney and CBS to get their recommendations on info we make public."
  • Flight recorders from crashed U.S. military plane found in Kyrgyzstan

    05/21/2013 9:37:51 AM PDT · by topher · 6 replies
    UPI.com ^ | May 20, 2013
    BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, May 20 (UPI) -- Searchers found flight recorders from a U.S. military plane that crashed in Kyrgyzstan May 3, the Kyrgyz Transport and Communication Ministry said Monday. A ministry spokesman said the recorders were found in debris at the crash site and turned over to U.S. officials for analysis, RIA Novosti reported. The Boeing KC-135 refueling tanker with a three-member crew crashed into a gorge about 36 miles west of Bishkek soon after taking off from the U.S. Transit Center at Bishkek's international airport.
  • Clinton’s role in the Benghazi fiasco and blame-shifting

    05/21/2013 8:58:14 AM PDT · by don-o · 19 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | May 21, 2013 | Jennifer Rubin
    Passing the buck is nothing new in government. But when four Americans are dead, the secretary testified to a certain version of events to Congress, and an independent report was allegedly not independent, we are in different territory. The gross incompetence that led up to the deaths of four Americans is inexcusable, but so was the mismanagement of the State Department. Under Clinton, critical memos never reached the secretary and the steps taken after the fact look a lot like an all-out effort to shield her from blame. Isn’t it time to get her back under oath?
  • Issa Warns Hillary: If she's called to testify again, she’d better be ready.

    05/21/2013 8:43:55 AM PDT · by Nachum · 62 replies
    National Review ^ | 5/21/13 | Jonathan Strong
    Since Hillary Clinton last came up to Capitol Hill, we’ve learned senior State Department officials sought to scrub references to terrorism from the infamous Benghazi talking points to insulate Foggy Bottom from political criticism — citing concerns of their “building’s leadership” to justify the demands. The rising temperature of the scandal means it’s possible that Hillary could be asked to return and testify again. If she comes back, she had better be prepared, says House Oversight and Government Reform chairman Darrell Issa. “We are interviewing lots of people, most of them under oath,” Issa says, describing the “methodical” approach his...
  • What did Obama do on 9/11/2012? (Comparison to Bill Clinton & 1996 TWA Flight 800 Cover up)

    05/21/2013 8:23:07 AM PDT · by Perseverando · 23 replies
    WND ^ | May 20, 2013 | Jack Cashill
    Snip: Pfeiffer clarified, “He was talking to his national security staff, his National Security Council – people who would keep him up to date as these things were happening.” “Was he in the situation room?” Wallace asked. “I don’t remember what room he was in that night,” said Pfeiffer. “That’s a largely irrelevant fact.” No, it is not irrelevant at all. I cannot say for sure where Obama was that evening, but if the night of July 17, 1996, set a precedent, Obama was likely in the White House family quarters. For the record, at 8:35 p.m. on that turbulent...
  • Triplegate: It's Like Saul Alinsky is Running the Country

    05/21/2013 7:54:41 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 42 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | May 20, 2013 | Rachel Alexander
    With three full-blown scandals currently surrounding the Obama administration, there are too many “-gates” to name just one. There is the cover-up of the fatal Benghazi terrorist attack, the IRS targeting conservatives, and the Justice Department spying on members of the press. The level of corruption is so high right now it is like Saul Alinsky is running the White House. Alinsky, the radical activist who wrote Rules for Radicals, which he dedicated to Satan, taught the radical left to use dishonest tactics in order to achieve their agenda – “by any means necessary.” He advocated lying and harassing those...
  • Reporter Sharyl Attkisson: Something fishy’s been going on with my computers since early 2011

    05/21/2013 8:12:46 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 52 replies
    Hotair ^ | 05/21/2013 | AllahPundit
    Via the Chris Stigall Show and WPHT in Philadelphia. Two weeks ago, this wouldn’t have been worth posting; Attkisson herself, I suspect, wouldn’t have mentioned it publicly. Even if she’s right about something fishy going on, there are other plausible culprits besides the U.S. government when it comes to reporters’ computers being infiltrated. Two weeks later, though, knowing now that the DOJ was willing to order a dragnet of AP reporters’ phone records and actually read James Rosen’s e-mails, there’s no way around the obvious suspicion. If the feds were willing to monitor Rosen and the AP in the name...
  • Gov’t Official (and Poet) Put on Leave After Benghazi Finally Breaks His Silence...

    05/21/2013 7:52:31 AM PDT · by Twotone · 14 replies
    The Blaze ^ | May 21, 2013 | Becket Adams
    Raymond Maxwell, one of four State Department employees recently disciplined by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, made headlines this month for penning slightly cryptic verses critical of the agency’s handling of the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. And now Maxwell, who was placed on forced “administrative leave” despite claiming had no role in consulate-related security issues, is back in the news for ditching the poetry and outright accusing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of making him the Benghazi scapegoat.
  • New whistleblowers coming forward on Benghazi?

    05/21/2013 7:25:55 AM PDT · by smoothsailing · 23 replies
    Hot Air ^ | 5-21-2013 | Ed Morrissey
    May 21, 2013 New whistleblowers coming forward on Benghazi? Ed Morrissey At the end of the Benghazi hearing in the House Oversight Committee almost two weeks ago,chair Darrell Issa welcomed anyone else with knowledge of what happened before, during, and after the terrorist attack on the consulate to come forward and testify. According to PJ Media founder Roger L. Simon, that may happen soon. Two former diplomats told Simon that their colleagues have specific knowledge, but need legal protection before they can tell more of the story — and there is more to tell: According to the diplomats, what these...
  • Devastating Blow

    05/21/2013 6:59:16 AM PDT · by Marine Sentinel · 19 replies
    The Marine Sentinel ^ | 05/21/2013 | Marine Sentinel
    Truth is the mortal enemy of the lie. The “Truth” always comes out regardless of how hard individuals try to hide it. I believe with all my heart as do many that there are honorable men and women within government who will not sit idly by and let the crimes continue by those in this current administration. There is an eerie sound coming from the far winds of the earth where many protect our very freedoms. This isn’t going to be pretty for Obama, Hillary, and his administration. Whistleblowers are poised to strike in the escalating Benghazi scandal amongst other...
  • Breaking: New Crop of Benghazi Whistle-Blowers Will Testify on Obama’s Missiles to Al-Qaeda Program

    05/21/2013 6:25:04 AM PDT · by Perdogg · 56 replies
    Hillary Clinton admitted in testimony that terrorists used weapons from Libya in the attack gas plant attack in Algeria. Now, more Benghazi whistle-blowers are reportedly ready to testify on Obama’s missiles to Al-Qaeda program.
  • Hillary's Benghazi 'Scapegoat' Speaks Out

    05/21/2013 5:33:04 AM PDT · by kimtom · 4 replies
    thedailybeast.com ^ | May 20, 2013 | Josh Rogin
    <p>Raymond Maxwell, the only official at the State Department's bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to lose his job after the attacks, tells Josh Rogin that he’s been scapegoated by Hillary Clinton’s team.</p> <p>Raymond Maxwell was placed on forced “administrative leave” after the State Department’s own internal investigation, conducted by an Administrative Review Board (ARB) led by former State Department official Tom Pickering. Five months after he was told to clean out his desk and leave the building, Maxwell remains in professional and legal limbo, having been associated publicly with the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other American for reasons that remain unclear.</p>
  • Despite the WaPost, Benghazi Is a Major Scandal

    05/21/2013 4:40:53 AM PDT · by don-o · 9 replies
    American Spectator ^ | May 21, 2013 | Quin Hillyer
    There’s a huge red flag in the Benghazi mess, but conservatives are letting the media get away with using a red herring to avoid it. Give the establishment media credit for obstinacy: Once it settles on a standard narrative or explanation for a particular subject, it shows remarkable discipline in explaining away any evidence that contradicts its own approved spin. So it has been with the media’s 250-day old determination to downplay the scandalous nature of the Obama administration’s treatment of its outpost in Benghazi before, during, and after the terrorist attack there that took four American lives. After a...
  • Exclusive: CIA Honored Benghazi Chief in Secret Ceremony

    05/21/2013 4:30:07 AM PDT · by don-o · 19 replies
    The Daily Beast ^ | May 21, 2013 | Eli Lake
    At a secret February ceremony at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., the chief of the CIA’s base in Benghazi the night of the 9/11 anniversary attacks there was awarded one of the agency’s highest intelligence medals, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials. The honor given behind closed doors to “Bob,” the officer who was in charge of the Benghazi intelligence annex and CIA base that was attacked in the early morning of September 12, 2012 and then abandoned for nearly three weeks, illustrates the murky lines of command that preceded the attack, and helped make it a politically volatile...
  • Obama's Personal Diplomats?

    05/21/2013 4:26:09 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 14 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | May 21, 2013 | Mona Charen
    Count me as irritable on the subject, but President Obama's imperious habit of suggesting that American diplomats work for him is offensive to democratic sensibilities. In the second presidential debate last fall, when the Benghazi matter came up, the president responded: "Well, let me ... talk about our diplomats, because they serve all around the world and do an incredible job in a very dangerous situation [sic]. And these aren't just representatives of the United States; they're my representatives. I send them there, oftentimes into harm's way. I know these folks, and I know their families. So nobody's more concerned...
  • MSM Diligence

    05/21/2013 3:48:25 AM PDT · by Reaganite Republican · 8 replies
    Reaganite Republican ^ | 21 May 2013 | Reaganite Republican
    MemeCenter.com   h/t twitter
  • Ex-Diplomats Report New Benghazi Whistleblowers with Info Devastating to Clinton and Obama

    05/21/2013 1:01:08 AM PDT · by Pharmboy · 190 replies
    PJ Media ^ | May 21st, 2013 | Roger L Simon
    More whistleblowers will emerge shortly in the escalating Benghazi scandal, according to two former U.S. diplomats who spoke with PJ Media Monday afternoon. These whistleblowers, colleagues of the former diplomats, are currently securing legal counsel because they work in areas not fully protected by the Whistleblower law. According to the diplomats, what these whistleblowers will say will be at least as explosive as what we have already learned about the scandal, including details about what really transpired in Benghazi that are potentially devastating to both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. snip... Stevens’ mission in Benghazi, they will say, was to...
  • So When Does His Imperial Highness Head to Oklahoma to Grandstand and Deflect From the Scandals?

    05/21/2013 1:14:25 AM PDT · by AmericanInTokyo · 35 replies
    Free Republic posting ^ | 21 May 2013 | AmericanInTokyo
    Just wondering. It ought to be something. What did Rahm Emmanuel say?
  • Exclusive: Hillary's Benghazi 'Scapegoat' Speaks Out

    05/20/2013 9:07:05 PM PDT · by Xcoastie · 30 replies
    The Daily Beast ^ | May 20, 2013 | Josh Rogin
    Maxwell, who served as deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs from August 2011 until his removal last December, following tours in Iraq and Syria, spoke publicly for the first time in an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast. “The overall goal is to restore my honor,” said Maxwell, who has now filed grievances regarding his treatment with the State Department’s human resources bureau and the American Foreign Service Association, which represents the interests of foreign-service officers. The other three officials placed on leave were in the diplomatic security bureau, leaving Maxwell as the only official in the...
  • Obama Scandals Bring MSNBC 7-Year Low While Fox News Rises

    05/20/2013 7:25:08 PM PDT · by Jet Jaguar · 33 replies
    deadline ^ | May 20, 2013 | By DOMINIC PATTEN |
    The scandals of the Obama administration seem to be hurting not just the White House but MSNBC as well while Fox News Channel scored its second-best week of the year. After double-digit gains during last year’s presidential election, May 13-17 saw the progressive-aligned “Lean Forward” news network hit new lows as the IRS scandal erupted and revelations that the Justice Department secretly obtained AP records became public. With 350,000 viewers on average and 94,000 among the adults 25-54 demo, MSNBC had its least-watched and lowest-rated total-day results of the year last week. That was also the lowest total-day demo result...
  • Remember when Fox News wasn’t ‘real news’?

    05/20/2013 7:54:20 PM PDT · by Nachum · 16 replies
    Human Events ^ | 5/20/13 | David Harsanyi
    We now know that the Justice Department kept exceptionally close tabs on Fox News reporter James Rosen in 2010, following his trips in and out of the State Department, hacking his personal emails and phone calls. Normal newsgathering activities are being treated as criminal activities by the White House. But consider what the same White House had to say about Fox News back in 2009. You might remember the concerted effort by White House officials to brand the right-leaning Fox News as a bogus news outlet, unworthy of attention.
  • Kerry challenges Congress on diplomats' security

    05/20/2013 7:49:01 PM PDT · by haffast · 7 replies
    Associated Press ^ | May 20, 12:10 PM EDT | MATTHEW LEE
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry challenged Congress on Monday to go beyond its investigations of embassy security and help ensure that U.S. embassies and consulates abroad have the resources they need for appropriate security. His comments come as the Republicans continue to press for answers about the Obama administration's handling of last year's deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. Speaking to State Department trainees at the Foreign Service Institute, Kerry said the administration would spare no expense or effort to protect American diplomats overseas. However, in a sign of frustration with congressional Republicans...
  • Petraeus in DC for suicide awareness run

    05/20/2013 6:57:46 PM PDT · by haffast · 16 replies
    Stars and Stripes ^ | May 20, 2013 | Leo Shane III and Meredith Tibbetts
    WASHINGTON — Saturday’s “Run as One” event in the nation’s capital featured a low-key appearance for disgraced former CIA director David Petraeus, who participated in the 5K amid some of his most ardent supporters. The event was one of dozens held nationwide by veterans with Team Red, White and Blue and Team Rubicon, in honor of friends lost to suicide. snip Petraeus, a long-time supporter of Team RWB, has kept a low profile since resigning from the Central Intelligence Agency over an extramarital affair with a military aide. But he spoke at the event about the importance of teamwork and...
  • Afghanistan's Benghazi: The Shoot-Down of Extortion 17

    05/20/2013 5:48:53 PM PDT · by Nachum · 11 replies
    Town Hall ^ | 5/17/13 | Diana West
    Grief and politics don't mix. When raw, aching grief and the dirtiest kind of politics meet, a hot volcano of pain and outrage erupts that is unstoppable. But it is necessary. It is the only way things might ever be clean again. I am thinking of recent casket transfer ceremonies that have taken place at Dover Air Force Base, where senior administration officials have used the solemn occasions -- Benghazi, the shoot-down of Extortion 17 -- less to comfort grieving families than to lay blame; to establish a narrative; to lie. Think of Sean Smith's mother. Think of Tyrone Woods'...
  • So This Must Be A Liberal Democrat's Greatest "Virtue"

    05/20/2013 5:16:11 PM PDT · by The Looking Spoon · 6 replies
    The Looking Spoon ^ | 5-20-13 | The Looking Spoon
    Liberals think crap like this is leadership, go figure.
  • Government needs to get Bigger. Quickly.[Attempted satire]

    05/20/2013 3:55:35 PM PDT · by DanMiller
    Dan Miller's Blog ^ | May 20, 2013 | Dan Miller
    There is far too much subversion for a small Government to handle. The Administration needs to be protected no matter how high the cost.Considering all the matters with which our grand and glorious Federal Government is forced to deal on a daily basis we need more, not less, of it. It cannot be expected adequately to respond to the many vicious attacks coming from the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy unless it expands sufficiently to deal with them. Here, for example, is a vile attack published by one member of that disgraced conspiracy, the Daily Pest Beast. Following the attack in...
  • Exclusive: Hillary's Benghazi 'Scapegoat' Speaks Out

    05/20/2013 1:02:09 PM PDT · by tje · 34 replies
    The Daily Beast ^ | May 20, 2013 2:53 PM EDT | Josh Rogin
    Raymond Maxwell, the only official at the bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to lose his job tells Josh Rogin that he’s been scapegoated by Hillary Clinton’s team. Following the attack in Benghazi, senior State Department officials close to Hillary Clinton ordered the removal of a mid-level official who had no role in security decisions and has never been told the charges against him. He is now accusing Clinton’s team of scapegoating him for the failures that led to the death of four Americans last year.
  • Sheriff Arpaio's Obama Investigator (Lt. Mike Zullo): New Obama Revelations In Two Weeks

    05/20/2013 1:13:14 PM PDT · by Cold Case Posse Supporter · 251 replies
    Lt. Mike Zullo ^ | 5-20-2013
    "In two weeks the naysayers will find out just how wrong they have been" - Mike Zullo
  • US sending troops to Italy in case of Libya unrest

    05/20/2013 11:20:52 AM PDT · by huldah1776 · 19 replies
    Defense Web ^ | 16 May 2013 | defenseweb
    The United States is sending a force of 200 Marines supported by two aircraft to Italy as a precaution against unrest in Libya. The force would deploy in case of an attack similar to the one on the US consulate in Benghazi last year. On Wednesday Italy’s Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said that the Marines were being transferred to Sigonella air base in Sicily. "It is taking place in accordance with bilateral agreements," Bonino told a joint session of the House and Senate foreign commissions. "This is a reinforcement for the security of US personnel in Libya or for possible...
  • Beat-Up Poet? One of the Men Punished Over Benghazi Security Failures Fights Back..

    05/20/2013 12:16:27 PM PDT · by GraceG · 17 replies
    The Blaze ^ | 5/19/2013 | Dave Urbanski
    Raymond Maxwell is one of the four State Department officials who was disciplined due to security lapses leading to the U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya, last year But after he was placed on paid administrative leave last Dec. 18, CBS News says that rather than sulk in silence and shame, Maxwell has been publishing poetry about his ordeal–often scathing verse–that can’t be making officials in Washington, D.C. applaud (or snap their fingers, whatever the case may be). CBS News calls attention to his “Trapped in a purgatory of their own deceit.” Here Maxwell writes in part: “The web of...