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  • The RNC Meets to Draft Their Platform: Sparks Fly on the Issue of Illegal Immigration

    08/26/2008 5:11:01 PM PDT · by Delacon · 74 replies · 317+ views
    Fox News ^ | August 26th, 2008 | Shushannah Walshe
    All eyes may be on Denver this week, but the Republican National Committee began their meetings to draft an election platform today ahead of next week’s convention. Sparks flew when delegates got into debate over illegal immigration, which reflected where John McCain originally stood on the issue, but has now taken a more conservative stance. Delegates were split into different subcommittees and it was in the national security meeting where members got into heated discussion surrounding the issues of amnesty and English as the official language of the United States. Two delegates wanted to harden the language surrounding the issue...
  • CIA's Haq cover-up is part of a pattern

    11/01/2001 5:41:13 AM PST · by CommiesOut · 85 replies · 460+ views
    CHICAGO SUN-TIMES ^ | November 1, 2001 | ROBERT NOVAK
    CIA's Haq cover-up is part of a pattern November 1, 2001BY ROBERT NOVAK SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST Unnamed CIA officials flat out lied when they told reporters that the first they had heard from Abdul Haq was his futile plea to be saved from the Taliban fighters who surrounded him and then murdered him last Friday. That fits the pattern of deceit, arrogance and ignorance that describes the U.S. role in the murder of the legendary Afghan commander. Actually, the Central Intelligence Agency had been in contact with Haq's representatives since last February. It was not a congenial liaison. The CIA's reaction ...