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U.S. advises airlines to comply with China air zone demands
By IAN MADER National Nov. 30, 2013 – 04:40PM JST ( 16 ) BEIJING — The United States on Saturday advised U.S. carriers to comply with China’s demand that it be told of any flights passing through its new… Read More ›
U.S. government knew about al-Qaeda ‘pep rally for jihad’ in Benghazi that included calls for the murder of American diplomats – just months before terror attack
A report prepared for the government in August 2012 described a massive military presence of Ansar al-Sharia, the group behind the Benghazi attack It warned ‘assassinations’ would follow, and said the first attack on the U.S. diplomatic station quickly followed… Read More ›
Ukrainian thugs scam State Dept, highlighting flaws in ‘diversity visa’ program
Posted By Brendan Bordelon On 8:48 AM 10/29/2013 In | No Comments Ukrainian fraudsters are duping the State Department’s diversity visa program to extort cash from Ukrainian citizens and gain access to American Social Security numbers, a new report by… Read More ›
Millions in advanced US weaponry stolen by Libyan jihadis
Posted By Brendan Bordelon On 12:49 PM 09/27/2013 In Daily Caller News Foundation Libyan militants allied with terrorist groups stole millions of dollars in high-grade American military equipment, including armored Humvees and advanced night-vision goggles, during raids on a U.S…. Read More ›
Christian family home after ill-fated Pacific voyage to escape US tyranny
EEV: Hmmm, Never seen a headline from a major paper quite like this. I am strongly patriotic, and do have issues posting this. Couple rescued after setting off for Kiribati in a small boat with two young children to flee ‘state control’… Read More ›
The picture that proves Secretary of State John Kerry HAS been out on his boat while Egypt plunges into chaos – after his spokesman denied he been sailing in Nantucket
New pictures show Kerry on kayak as he celebrates July 4 holiday Secretary of State’s aides retract denial that he had been sailing By Jessica Jerreat PUBLISHED: 15:55 EST, 5 July 2013 | UPDATED: 16:53 EST, 5 July 2013… Read More ›
US spent $630,000 to ‘buy’ Facebook fans
Wednesday Jul 03, 2013 | Agence France Presse he US State Department has embraced the wide outreach made possible through social media, but requires guidelines Credit: Karen Bleier/AFP/File The US State Department was Wednesday under fire for spending $630,000 over… Read More ›
Revealed: State Department employs ‘TWO THOUSAND agents with criminal records or checkered backgrounds’
Revelations made in memo to State Deputy Inspector General Harold Geisel The 2012 memo was written by a team leader in the IG’s Office The person asserts that the hiring process is flawed Previous memo revealed State Department called off… Read More ›
The CIA’s deputy director announced his shock retirement following a 33 year career at the agency today. / His replacement will be White House lawyer Avril D. Haines
Michael Morell, 54, made a joint statement with CIA Director John O. Brennan this afternoon explaining that he wants to devote more time to his family. He is married with three college aged children. Departing and arriving: Michael Morell,… Read More ›
US diplomatic security accused in sex, drugs cover-up
11 Jun 2013 WASHINGTON (AFP) A US watchdog has launched an inquiry into claims that diplomatic security officials tried to cover up alleged sex-and-drugs charges against agents and diplomats, an official said. State Department diplomatic security agents are responsible for… Read More ›
Scandal flares up over State Department manipulated investigations/ “called off cases of illegal behavior of diplomatic staff.”
Photo: EPA The State department is trying to cover up a scandal over allegedly altered or dismissed investigations into illegal behavior of multiple government officials worldwide. A memo obtained by CBS from the State Department inspector general showed incidents when… Read More ›
US targeted Fox News reporter as ‘co- conspirator’ in government spying case
Washington Post reports FBI sought phone records and emails of James Rosen as part of spying case against goverment official Tom McCarthy guardian.co.uk, Monday 20 May 2013 13.15 EDT Rosen has not been charged in the case, but Steven Jin-Woo… Read More ›
US tax dollars promoted Monsanto’s GMO crops overseas – report
Source: Reuters – Tue, 14 May 2013 12:59 PM Author: Reuters Plant specialist Nancy Brumley ties up a soybean stalk in a greenhouse at the Monsanto Research facility in Chesterfield, Missouri, Oct. 9, 2009. REUTERS/Peter Newcomb * Report critical of… Read More ›
The Obama administration’s State Department had a direct hand in revising the official story on the 2012 Benghazi terror attack, new documents show
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland objected to the CIA’s summary, which concluded that terrorists killed four Americans Attack came in the weeks before the 2012 election, as President Obama was campaigning on the strength of having defeated al Qaeda White… Read More ›
US officials blocked rescue effort while Benghazi burned, Congress told
Diplomat Gregory Hicks accuses State Department of cover-up in evidence that may yet hurt Hillary Clinton’s White House bid Dan Roberts in Washington guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 8 May 2013 22.00 EDT Gregory Hicks claimed he was scolded for giving… Read More ›
In rare public Q-and-A with reporters, Obama denies knowing Benghazi terror-attack survivors have been forbidden from talking to Congress
At least four career officials have hired lawyers as they prepare to share sensitive information with Congress Would-be State Department whistle-blowers claim harassment, intimidation Obama: I’m not familiar with this notion that anybody’s been blocked from testifying’ By David Martosko… Read More ›
Sarkozy gave Obamas $40,000 worth of gifts in just one year
Friday, 26 April 2013 Former French President and pop singer wife Carla Bruni gave America’s first couple more than $40,000 worth of gifts in a single year, it emerged today. Presents included a designer Hermes golf bag and… Read More ›
State Department made “grievous mistake” over Benghazi: Senate report
By Tabassum Zakaria and Mark HosenballPosted 2013/01/01 at 9:26 am EST WASHINGTON, Jan. 1, 2013 (Reuters) — The State Department made a “grievous mistake” in keeping the U.S. mission in Benghazi open despite inadequate security and increasingly alarming threat assessments… Read More ›
Independent inquiry faults U.S. State Department in Benghazi attack
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:20 GMT Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – An independent inquiry into the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans on Sept. 11, sharply criticized… Read More ›
Clinton won’t testify on Benghazi due to illness
Posted By Josh Rogin Saturday, December 15, 2012 – 7:55 PM Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won’t testify to Congress next week on Benghazi, after fainting and suffering a concussion Saturday and due to her ongoing stomach ailment. “While… Read More ›
Exclusive: Classified cable shows Benghazi consulate considered suspending operations, moving in with CIA
By Catherine Herridge, Pamela Browne Published November 03, 2012 FoxNews.com The U.S. mission in Benghazi, at an “emergency meeting” less than a month before the Sept. 11 attack, drafted a contingency plan to suspend operations as security deteriorated —… Read More ›
‘Troubling’ Surveillance Before Benghazi Attack “Assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our ‘police’ that guard the compound taking pictures,” he wrote hours before the assault.
Sensitive documents found amid the wreckage of the U.S. consulate shine new light on the Sept. 11 assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. BY HARALD DOORNBOS, JENAN MOUSSA |NOVEMBER 1, 2012 BENGHAZI, Libya — More than… Read More ›
Hillary Clinton sticks to plan to resign from State Dept in January
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that she still intends to resign her position January, she said in a Friday interview with the Washington Post. “I’m aiming to leave shortly after the inauguration; that’s my plan. But I haven’t… Read More ›
David Axelrod blames State Department for security issues at Benghazi consulate
Posted By Gregg Re On 4:57 PM 10/14/2012 @ 4:57 PM In DC Exclusives,DC Exclusives – Blurb,Politics,World,Yahoo! Linkbox | President Barack Obama’s chief re-election campaign strategist David Axelrod told “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace that the State Department —… Read More ›
U.S. officer got no reply to requests for more security in Benghazi
Tue, Oct 9 2012 By Susan Cornwell and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. security officer twice asked his State Department superiors for more security agents for the American mission in Benghazi months before an attack that killed the… Read More ›
Senior State Department officials publicly acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that killed four Americans, including the ambassador, was not preceded by protests as previously thought.
New vivid account of deadly attack on U.S. embassy in Libya that reveals how security forces attempted to save Americans under fierce fire By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:22:24 EST, 9 October 2012| UPDATED:00:22 EST, 10 October 2012 Senior State Department… Read More ›
Exclusive: Libya Cable Detailed Threats
Eli Lake Oct 8, 2012 12:00 AM EDT In a dispatch sent the day he was killed, Ambassador Christopher Stevens described how the militias keeping the peace in Benghazi threatened to quit over a political feud. Eli Lake reports…. Read More ›
Clinton Aide Philippe Reines fires off an angry expletive to reporter Michael Hastings.” Stevens was worried about the security situation in Benghazi for months before the attack”
State Department Aide Tells Reporter to ‘F**k Off’ by Megan McArdle Sep 24, 2012 1:36 PM EDT I’ve never seen a government official get quite this testy with a reporter. According to BuzzFeed, Clinton aide Philippe Reines sent quite… Read More ›
USAid ordered out of Moscow as Putin’s protest crackdown continues
American agency for international development has until 1 October to shut its office in Moscow Miriam Elder in Moscow and Chris McGreal in Washingtn guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 18 September 2012 16.43 EDT Vladimir Putin has drawn on stereotypes and conspiracy theories to… Read More ›
How do you contribute to modern day slavery of human trafficking?
By The Christian Science Monitor Sunday, September 9, 2012 20:46 EDT In this week’s Monitor cover story on the misunderstood scourge of human trafficking, some human rights advocates suggest that the global problem gets eclipsed by the issue of domestic… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 