Print Joel B. Pollak Follow Read Full Bio Obama's Community Organizers Rally for Immigration Reform Organizing for Action (OfA), the new activist organization into which Obama's campaign was folded, is holding local demonstrations in favor of immigration reform at congressional offices across the country. One such rally was held in West Los Angeles during lunch hour on Thursday outside the offices of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). 2 May 2013 Andrew Breitbart's Pigford Tweets Andrew Breitbart used Twitter to break through the mainstream media firewall on many issues, Pigford among them. Below is a collection of his best and most topical tweets on the Pigford scandal. Note that most of the links are outdated, following the relaunch of Breitbart.com last year, but the tweets themselves tell the story. 2 May 2013 On Bin Laden Anniversary, Security Concerns Push Afridi Decision to June The conclusion of Dr. Shakil Afridi's appeal has been postponed until June 13 due to security concerns following a suicide bombing that appeared to target the presiding officer, Sahibzada Anees, earlier this week. 2 May 2013 'Free Afridi': A Roundup of Breitbart Coverage The following articles on the appeal of Dr. Shakil Afridi have appeared on Breitbart News in recent months: 2 May 2013 Free Afridi Campaign Launches Ad, Poll in Military Times The Free Afridi campaign, which works for the release of Dr. Shakil Afridi, who helped the U.S. find Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, launched a new advertising campaign on his behalf today through Military Times, a print and online newspaper primarily read by members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families. 1 May 2013 After Losing Twitter Debate Over Sandy, Christie Calls 'Bullsh**' on Constituents Yesterday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie engaged me on Twitter for much of the day, defending his attack on Congress for delaying relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy, and claiming, wrongly and bizarrely, that "All the pork was stripped out of the bill prior to passage at the insistence of Republicans, myself included." 1 May 2013 True Story: Even the Kinko's Guy Knows About Pigford Last Friday, when the New York Times came out with its epic Pigford exposé, I took a print version of the paper to my local FedEx Kinko's here in L.A. to copy the front page and the full two-page spread inside. 1 May 2013 State Dept.: Dr. Afridi Should Be Freed On the eve of the decision in Dr. Shakil Afridi's appeal in Pakistan, the U.S. State Department has reiterated its position that he should never have been convicted for his role in helping the U.S. find Osama bin Laden. "We believe that the prosecution and conviction of Dr. Afridi sends the wrong message about the importance of our shared interest in taking down one of the world’s most notorious terrorists which was clearly in Pakistan’s interests as well as ours and the rest of the world," a State Department official told Breitbart News. 1 May 2013 Deadly Blast in Pakistan May Have Targeted Judge in Afridi Case A deadly suicide attack in Peshawar, Pakistan today that killed 10 and injured 70 was reportedly aimed at Police Commissioner Sahibzada Anees, the presiding officer in the appeal of Dr. Shakil Afridi, the man who helped the U.S. search for Osama bin Laden and is now serving a 33-year sentence on terrorism charges. 30 Apr 2013 Exclusive: Afridi's Lawyer: '50-50' Chance of Release Attorneys representing Dr. Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani physician who assisted the U.S. in finding Osama bin Laden and was subsequently jailed, are optimistic after what they describe as a suddenly rapid appeals process, saying that his chances of release after the decision is handed down May 2 is "fifty-fifty." 30 Apr 2013 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
Obama's Community Organizers Rally for Immigration Reform Organizing for Action (OfA), the new activist organization into which Obama's campaign was folded, is holding local demonstrations in favor of immigration reform at congressional offices across the country. One such rally was held in West Los Angeles during lunch hour on Thursday outside the offices of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). 2 May 2013
Andrew Breitbart's Pigford Tweets Andrew Breitbart used Twitter to break through the mainstream media firewall on many issues, Pigford among them. Below is a collection of his best and most topical tweets on the Pigford scandal. Note that most of the links are outdated, following the relaunch of Breitbart.com last year, but the tweets themselves tell the story. 2 May 2013
On Bin Laden Anniversary, Security Concerns Push Afridi Decision to June The conclusion of Dr. Shakil Afridi's appeal has been postponed until June 13 due to security concerns following a suicide bombing that appeared to target the presiding officer, Sahibzada Anees, earlier this week. 2 May 2013
'Free Afridi': A Roundup of Breitbart Coverage The following articles on the appeal of Dr. Shakil Afridi have appeared on Breitbart News in recent months: 2 May 2013
Free Afridi Campaign Launches Ad, Poll in Military Times The Free Afridi campaign, which works for the release of Dr. Shakil Afridi, who helped the U.S. find Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, launched a new advertising campaign on his behalf today through Military Times, a print and online newspaper primarily read by members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families. 1 May 2013
After Losing Twitter Debate Over Sandy, Christie Calls 'Bullsh**' on Constituents Yesterday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie engaged me on Twitter for much of the day, defending his attack on Congress for delaying relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy, and claiming, wrongly and bizarrely, that "All the pork was stripped out of the bill prior to passage at the insistence of Republicans, myself included." 1 May 2013
True Story: Even the Kinko's Guy Knows About Pigford Last Friday, when the New York Times came out with its epic Pigford exposé, I took a print version of the paper to my local FedEx Kinko's here in L.A. to copy the front page and the full two-page spread inside. 1 May 2013
State Dept.: Dr. Afridi Should Be Freed On the eve of the decision in Dr. Shakil Afridi's appeal in Pakistan, the U.S. State Department has reiterated its position that he should never have been convicted for his role in helping the U.S. find Osama bin Laden. "We believe that the prosecution and conviction of Dr. Afridi sends the wrong message about the importance of our shared interest in taking down one of the world’s most notorious terrorists which was clearly in Pakistan’s interests as well as ours and the rest of the world," a State Department official told Breitbart News. 1 May 2013
Deadly Blast in Pakistan May Have Targeted Judge in Afridi Case A deadly suicide attack in Peshawar, Pakistan today that killed 10 and injured 70 was reportedly aimed at Police Commissioner Sahibzada Anees, the presiding officer in the appeal of Dr. Shakil Afridi, the man who helped the U.S. search for Osama bin Laden and is now serving a 33-year sentence on terrorism charges. 30 Apr 2013
Exclusive: Afridi's Lawyer: '50-50' Chance of Release Attorneys representing Dr. Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani physician who assisted the U.S. in finding Osama bin Laden and was subsequently jailed, are optimistic after what they describe as a suddenly rapid appeals process, saying that his chances of release after the decision is handed down May 2 is "fifty-fifty." 30 Apr 2013