Caroline May,The Daily Caller With the country mired in a grave debate about the debt and government spending,the CIA confirmed Monday that they are sponsoring a gay advocacy group’s summit on issues affecting lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) military members… “Promoting diversity within the CIA’s ranks — in its many forms [...] Cliff Kincaid,Accuracy In Media In a front page story about a major FBI terrorism investigation,The Washington Post has reported that the targets include “Chicagoans who crossed paths with Obama when he was a young state senator and some who have been active in labor unions that supported his political rise.” The implication [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com The media are salivating that Osama bin Laden’s death will seal Barack Obama’s re-election. But detailed reports show that the process that led to the event Democrats are calling Obama’s greatest triumph should be tantamount to a disqualification for holding the nation’s highest office. Delving into the details reveals that Obama [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com When the most finely trained military/intelligence team in America finally killed Osama bin Laden,MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell sent an embarrassingly misspelled tweet that informed the world,“Obama shot and killed.” However,MSNBC inadvertently allowed some truth to slip through its reporting of the assassination. The left-wing network quoted “a senior official [...] Donna Cassatta,The Idaho Statesman President Barack Obama’s choice of expert budget-cutter Leon Panetta to lead the Defense Department is a clear signal that the White House perceives the nation’s deficit crisis,not the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,as its toughest challenge. After winning the presidency in November 2008,Obama asked Robert Gates [...] By DEVLIN BARRETT and PAMELA HESS,Associated Press The Obama administration launched a criminal investigation Monday into harsh questioning of detainees during President George W. Bush’s war on terrorism,revealing CIA interrogators’threats to kill one suspect’s children and to force another to watch his mother sexually assaulted. At [...] By STEVEN R. HURST and DEVLIN BARRETT,Associated Press President Barack Obama has approved creation of a new,special terrorism-era interrogation unit to be supervised by the White House,a top aide said Monday,pushing further distancing his administration from Bush administration detainee policies. The new unit does not mean [...] By MATTHEW COLE,RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS,ABC News Leon Panetta may leave the CIA because of attacks by Justice A "profanity-laced screaming match"at the White House involving CIA Director Leon Panetta,and the expected release today of another damning internal investigation,has administration officials worrying about the [...] By Dick Morris,The Hill Obama pick Holder should not be confirmed President-elect Obama’s new head of the Office of Legal Counsel in the Justice Department,Dawn Johnsen,called the legal reasoning that gave the president broad powers to authorize “rough” interrogation of terrorists “shockingly flawed … bogus … outlandish.” [...] | |