File: Bill Clark, CQ Roll Call. IAMGE: CIA Director David Petraeus testifies during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on ”World Wide Threats.” 1 hr ago By MSN News and other wires He submitted his resignation and cited an extra-marital affair… Read More ›
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55 days until fiscal cliff in US: “There is every chance for Moscow to become a new international financial centre”
Pavel Orlov Nov 7, 2012 15:40 Moscow Time Photo: EPA There are 55 days left until a fiscal cliff in the US. In January, all tax remissions for business will be abolished, which means that the White House will have… Read More ›
Trump calls for revolution against Obama
Sore loser Trump calls for revolution against Obama 2 hrs ago You’ve probably noticed that Donald Trump is not a fan of President Obama. But the reality TV star’s attitude turned from comically buffoonish to kind of worrying after the… Read More ›
White House told of militant claim two hours after Libya attack: emails “U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi Under Attack” and the notation “SBU”, meaning “Sensitive But Unclassified.”
9:11pm EDT By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 that an Islamic militant group had claimed… Read More ›
Drones were circling above U.S. consulate during Libya attack but officials decided NOT to mount a rescue mission
U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens repeatedly pleaded with the State Department for additional security personnel Republicans say the Obama administration denied the request for political reasons The White House says it had no role in procuring security detail for Stevens By… Read More ›
CIA knew deadly assault on US consulate was a terror attack just 24 hours later (so why did White House officials maintain it was a violent protest for a week?)
Saturday, Oct 20 2012 The revelation is surprising as the Obama administration maintained publicly for a week that the attack was a result of the mobs It is unclear who, if anyone, saw the cable outside the CIA at that… 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 ›
Senators Accuse Obama of ‘Bribing’ Defense Firms
Oct. 2, 2012 – 01:59PM | By JOHN T. BENNETT Republican lawmakers are accusing the Obama administration of “bribing” defense firms in order to avoid massive layoff notices before the election. The White House on Sept. 28 issued guidance… Read More ›
Lockheed: No Sequestration Layoff Notices This Year ; WARN Act is now useless as taxpayers will pay the bill for ALL violations
Oct. 1, 2012 – 05:13PM | By ZACHARY FRYER-BIGGS | 1 Comments Lockheed Martin Chairman and CEO Robert Stevens has repeatedly warned that automatic budget cuts effective Jan. 2 would be devastating to the defense industry. (Lockheed Martin) After… Read More ›
Obama Instructs Defense Contracters to Violate the (WARN) Act and the Federal Gov’t will pay the Legal Bills for their defense
Senators Accuse Obama of ‘Bribing’ Defense Firms Oct. 2, 2012 – 01:59PM | By JOHN T. BENNETT | Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is among GOP lawmakers accusing the White House of playing politics in order to get defense firms… Read More ›
Chinese hackers break in to White House military office network in charge of the president’s nuclear football
White House Hack Attack AP BY: Bill Gertz September 30, 2012 8:33 pm Hackers linked to China’s government broke into one of the U.S. government’s most sensitive computer networks, breaching a system used by the White House Military Office for… Read More ›
Chinese hackers had infiltrated a secure national security network used to control nuclear codes
WH: attempted hacking ‘not infrequent By GLENN THRUSH| 10/1/12 6:53 PM EDT White House Press Secretary Jay Carney downplayed a report that Chinese hackers had infiltrated a secure national security network used to control nuclear codes, saying the perpetrators breached… Read More ›
Workers beg Romney to stop latest Bain outsourcing ” US flag was taken down before the Chinese engineers arrived “
Engineering Evil: Is there any other credible confirmation of the US flag was taken down before the Chinese engineers arrived? By Agence France-Presse Monday, September 24, 2012 11:52 EDT Topics: bain capital ♦ romney Being told to train his replacement… Read More ›
NZ spy agency under investigation over Kim Dotcom case
Published: 24 September, 2012, 08:20 Edited: 24 September, 2012, 08:22 New Zealand’s prime minister has ordered an inquiry into “unlawful interception of communications” by the country’s intelligence agency in the case of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. The country’s Prime Minister… Read More ›
Obama’s Shaky Libya Narrative: Libyan Politician may have asked Libyan security to stand down for a pending attack
by Eli Lake Sep 21, 2012 4:45 AM EDT Sources say the attack on the Libyan ambassador was pre-meditated, with the possible collaboration of a Libyan politician. Eli Lake on the continuing collapse of the official U.S. line. Ten… Read More ›
White House, DHS, FBI Drafting Executive Order on Cybersecurity
Sep. 21, 2012 – 09:28AM | By NICOLE BLAKE JOHNSON Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate committee that that an executive order dealing with cybersecurity threats will be less effective than legislation. (Jim Watson / AFP via… Read More ›
Egypt’s New Leader Spells Out Terms for U.S.-Arab Ties
Engineering Evil: What is most disturbing here, is the role reversal. To have a far smaller country instruct a greater power in diplomatic relations. Whether statements by Morsi and double speak are correct or not is of little consequence. The… Read More ›
White House staffers ‘DID bring Colombian hookers back to hotel where president later stayed’
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:22:14 EST, 19 September 2012| UPDATED:22:15 EST, 19 September 2012 A new report is likely to reveal that White House staffers were involved in the Colombian prostitution scandal, with two members of the president’s advance team… Read More ›
Monica’s revenge: Lewinsky ‘to publish secret love letters to Clinton revealing his insatiable desire for threesomes and how he trashed Hillary’
Former White House intern, now 39, ‘will detail encounters in new book’ She ‘will describe how he went on about his desire for threesomes’ Clinton ‘said he thought Hillary was also looking for love outside marriage’ Lewinsky will also detail… Read More ›
White House allocates $376 million in September 2010 for upgrades
White House emerges from $86m two-year makeover… but it doesn’t look like anything has actually changed Four year construction project expected to cost $376 million After two years and $86 million, not much appears to have happened Witnesses say it… Read More ›
$70,000-a-year school Obama sends his daughters hit by drug and sex scandal
By Rachel Quigley PUBLISHED:08:11 EST, 12 September 2012| UPDATED:08:11 EST, 12 September 2011 The $70,000-a-year private school the President and First Lady send both their children is embroiled in another scandal after it was revealed drug and alcohol use is… Read More ›
The Deafness Before the Storm : IT was perhaps the most famous presidential briefing in history
Op-Ed Contributor By KURT EICHENWALD For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. On Aug. 6, 2001, President George W. Bush received a classified review of the threats posed by Osama bin… Read More ›
‘We’re so excited’: Secret emails reveal how Obama backed bin Laden film to help win reelection
Oscar winners Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal got access to classified information to help make ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ White House reminded filmmakers it wanted to ‘have visibility’ in the film so it could bask in the glory of bin Laden’s … Read More ›
Retired military members and CIA officers accuse Obama of spilling sensitive national security details to help secure his re-election.Top U.S. general blasts ex-officers for attacking Obama
ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT — US military chief General Martin Dempsey denounced ex-officers Tuesday for waging a campaign against President Barack Obama, arguing that soldiers had a duty to stay above the political fray. Wading into a potential minefield… Read More ›
White House considers executive order, leaves Internet takeover a possibility
The Daily Caller – Mon, Aug 6, 2012 The White House has left open the possibility of enacting its Internet agenda via executive order after the failed effort to bring the Democrat-supported cybersecurity bill to a full vote in the… Read More ›