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Host of and investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson dropped a bombshell of information today during an interview with Steve Malzberg. According to sources close to the White House who Attkisson has spoken to, President Obama is now flat out refusing to accept or hear about intelligence surrounding radical Islamic terror groups. "I have talked to people who have worked in the Obama administration who firmly believe he has made up his mind, I would say closed his mind, they say, to the intelligence they try to bring him about various groups he does not consider terrorists even if they're on the...

I used to think, given the enormous size of the bureaucracy and the tragic nature of the human condition, that from time to time disasters would overwhelm us — and there would be not much the president of the United States could do about them. But after Katrina, the media taught me that neither the mayor nor the governor nor the Army Corps of Engineers nor the people of New Orleans were at fault for either the vulnerability to the chance of a catastrophic Katrina or the response after its arrival. No, you see, the commander in chief is the...

Former Clinton Chief of Staff John Podesta recently wrote a scathing article about former FBI Director Louis J. Freeh. Freeh made some harsh comments about his life at the FBI during the Clinton scandal years, and Podesta simply could not resist the knee-jerk urge to defend his ex-boss. Those who know me well also know that I have little love for the former FBI Director. His tenure at the helm of the bureau was a disaster. Freeh can best be described as a "Luddite" in terms of his understanding of modern technology. I am almost certain that his new book...

Grand jury to get FBI case Panel to weigh indictment in mistaken shooting; Victim, girlfriend summoned; Agent who shot man, 20, not expected to testify By Laura Barnhardt and Andrea F. Siegel Sun Staff Originally published June 18, 2002 Anne Arundel County's prosecutor will ask a grand jury next week to decide whether an FBI agent who mistakenly shot and wounded a Pasadena man in March should be indicted in the case. Instead of determining himself whether the shooting was justified, State's Attorney Frank R. Weathersbee will begin presenting the case to a grand jury Tuesday, authorities confirmed yesterday. By...