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Military: No Presidential Authorization Needed to Put Down “Civil Disturbances”

A recent Department of Defense instruction alters the US code applying to the military’s involvement in domestic law enforcement by allowing US troops to quell “civil disturbances” domestically without any Presidential authorization, greasing the skids for a de facto military

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Tagged with: civil unrest, DoD, Posse Comitatus, US military
Posted in A1, US

Editorial: DC Scandals Coming ‘Fast and Furious’; Will the President Survive Them?

Washington must be in a state of shock. The scandals swirling around this administration just keep on coming and the  sheer speed with which they are being revealed seems to be putting the White House on the defensive. Take your

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Tagged with: accountability, cover-up, Eric Holder, Hillery Clinton, Obama, scandal
Posted in A1, Flashpoint, US

AP Phone Records Seized by Feds in Secret Probe; May Have Compromised Sources

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the

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Tagged with: AP, big government, Brennan, leaks investigation
Posted in A1, Terrorism, US

President Calls IRS Scandal “Outrageous”,But Benghazi Investigation is a “Sideshow”

Mixing reality with politics, President Obama made two statements on Monday that illustrated the political dilemma in which he finds himself. The news that the IRS had specifically targeted “right wing” organizations, like those associated with the Tea Party, for

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Tagged with: , , investigation, Obama
Posted in B1, US

American F-22s Parked Less Than Six-Minute Flight from Iran

Five US Air Force F-22 Raptors on the ramp at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates. (Google Earth) At a dinner in downtown Washington Thursday, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel touted the Pentagon¹s deployment of advanced weaponry,

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Posted in A3, Middle East, US

Khalili Warns of Planned Mumbai-style Attack in US by Super Terrorist Group

The following article provides a cautionary alert to Americans that our world has changed. It is far more dangerous than it ever has been before and we must, individually and collectively, live our lives with a heightened sense of awareness

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Tagged with: Mumbai, terrorism
Posted in B2, Middle East, Terrorism, US

Israeli Airstrikes on Syrian Weapons Tell Iran and US: We Are Prepared to Act Unilaterally

Friday, May 10, 2013 JERUSALEM — Israel’s recent airstrikes on Syria not only stopped the delivery of arms to its sworn enemy Hezbollah in Lebanon but also gave notice to the Obama administration and Iran that the Jewish state has

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Tagged with: Israel, Israeli attack, , Syria
Posted in A2, Middle East, Terrorism

State Dept Officials Testify That There Was Cover-Up by Obama Administration

The minute by minute first hand account of the Benghazi attacks from Gregory Hicks, the former deputy chief of mission in Libya was gripping. It also made clear that the narrative that was delivered to the American people by the

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Posted in B3, Middle East, Terrorism, US

Syria: Update on the Very Uncivil War as Conflict Threatens to Expand Across Borders

In light of the current encouraging events in Washington, the hearings on Benghazi, on the Boston Marathon Bombing, and the Extortion 17 press conference at the National Press Club yesterday, Syria has recently taken a back seat in the news.

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Tagged with: al Nusrah, al Qaeda, Syria
Posted in A1, Middle East, Terrorism

Will the Truth Finally Come Out at Today’s Testimony on Benghazi?

The long-held, but too infrequently aired opinions that the Obama administration was guilty of a massive cover-up regarding the Benghazi attacks on 9/11/12, are now, finally, seeing the light of day. As Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and

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Tagged with: , C-Span, Clinton, Congressional Hearings, Obama, Panetta
Posted in B1, US, World
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  • Military: No Presidential Authorization Needed to Put Down “Civil Disturbances”
  • Editorial: DC Scandals Coming ‘Fast and Furious’; Will the President Survive Them?
  • AP Phone Records Seized by Feds in Secret Probe; May Have Compromised Sources
  • President Calls IRS Scandal “Outrageous”,But Benghazi Investigation is a “Sideshow”
  • American F-22s Parked Less Than Six-Minute Flight from Iran
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