Senator Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on Sunday that she is not averse to holding hearings that deal with the phone and Internet surveillance programs that have been uncovered recently. She said, “I’m open to doing
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, refashioning himself as Professor Henry Higgins from Pygmalion and My Fair Lady, has spoken: good grammar is the key to success. Bloomberg’s remarks on a radio show barely preceded a report that delineated the poor
Although the National Security Agency has protested that it does not have the capability to monitor all the surveillance on communications in the United States, it has been revealed that the agency has a data mining tool named Boundless Informant
James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, said Saturday that the leaks surrounding the gathering of information by the intelligence community are reckless and dangerous. He said, “Disclosing information about the specific methods the government uses to collect communications can
Two government officials have admitted that as many as 50 American companies are now feeding the analysts at the National Security Agency with real-time user data, including credit rating agencies and internet service providers. Some of the companies have been
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) speaking at an event for the Jefferson County Democratic Party in Kentucky said, “I can be really brief tonight and just say, Mitch McConnell sucks.” McConnell campaign manager Jesse Benton said that Yarmuth ‘s remark was
On Thursday, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell, responding to Rudy Guiliani’s criticism of Barack Obama’s national security policies on Wednesday, repeated his charge from October 2011 that Giuliani was responsible for the firefighter deaths from 9/11. O’Donnell said Guiliani was an
It’s not enough for the Obama Administration to monitor the communications of adults, as the PRISM scandal revealed; in a masterpiece of synchronicity, Barack Obama announced his plans to implement high-speed Internet access to public schools in the U.S. the
Apple, Google and Facebook all protested Thursday that they had never heard about the PRISM program, which the FBI and NSA used to collect data from users of nine of the largest Internet companies. CNBC’s Eamon Javers revealed through three
Pat Smith, the mother of Sean Smith, the information management officer who was killed in the Benghazi attack, was furious with Barack Obama’s choice of Susan Rice as National Security Adviser. Smith said bluntly, “I don’t understand why Obama would
A CBS News poll reveals that that the majority of Americans think that the Obama Administration is hiding the truth on what happened vis-à-vis the Benghazi massacre. 77% of Republicans, 59% of independents, and even 41% of Democrats believe the
A Bloomberg National Poll shows Hillary Clinton’s popularity dwindling as the Benghazi scandal unfolds. In December, her favorability rating was 70%; it is now 58%. 22% of Americans view her very unfavorably, as opposed to 11% last December. 40% of
What do Star Trek and Mad Men have in common? They’ve both been ripped off by the IRS. Another training video made by the IRS, which had admitted to creating a $50,000 Star Trek video, features an actor imitating the
Joshua Katz, a North Carolina State University doctoral student in statistics, has created an amazing series of over 100 maps delineating the different dialects that make up America. The maps were created based on responses to a survey of 120
Sen. Rand Paul released a statement Thursday responding to the scandal erupting over the Nation Security Agency’s massive seizure and surveillance of Americans’ Verizon phone records, as reported by The Guardian. Paul’s statement read: The National Security Agency’s seizure and surveillance of virtually all
Barack Obama shamelessly appointed U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to replace Tom Donilon as White House national security adviser on Wednesday, saying he was “thrilled.” Obama thumbed his nose at those who have lambasted Rice for her anemic performance as U.N.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Wednesday that he supports Barack Obama’s nomination of Samantha Power as the new U.N. ambassador. McCain stated, “I believe she is well-qualified for this important position and hope the Senate will move forward on her
White House spokesman Jay Carney asserted that Michelle Obama responded “brilliantly” when an activist heckled her at a private fundraiser. When asked if he had any dialogue with Barack Obama about Michelle’s actions, Carney stated, “I haven’t asked the president that,
Not only did former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta leak the name of the Navy SEAL group responsible for the killing of Osama Bin Laden in 2011, but the release of the Pentagon Inspector General’s (IG) report revealing the incident,
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa made sure before he leaves office that he greased the skids for city employees with more taxpayer money. Villaraigosa’s final budget of $7.7 billion, which goes into effect July 1, includes a 5.5% raise for
In answer to those who responded to the tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma by claiming that God is absent from the world, cruel, or powerless to prevent such destruction, Dr. Robert Jeffress, the pastor of the 11,000-member First Baptist Church in
Michael Douglas was honored by the American Cancer Society Monday night only one day after he told The Guardian that his throat cancer was caused by performing oral sex on women. Douglas received the inaugural Marvin Hamlisch Memorial Award as
Miguel, the pop singer who attempted a flying jump over a pit of people at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas only to land on an audience member, may be faced with a harsher lawsuit then was initially
Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is hinting every chance he gets that he wants to run for governor of Maryland, where he was once lieutenant governor. Steele, who is now a contributor on MSNBC, told MSNBC’s Chuck Todd
SHARE, the non-profit Seattle Housing and Resource Effort, is being examined for its manipulation of the homeless people it serves. The organization has more shelters than any other organization in King County, Washington, but some of the rules are stirring
