Another sad chapter in the Benghazi saga will open on June 26, when retired Army General Carter Ham, the former leader of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), will respond to questions from the House Armed Services Committee. General Ham was
The decision by the Taliban to hoist their own “Islamic Emirate” flag above what was supposed to be just a “political office” in Doha, Qatar is more than just an embarrassment for President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, and more than
Liberal lawmakers in Ireland have blasted the government for its fawning treatment of President Obama. Parliamentarian Clare Daly said that the government of Ireland had portrayed Ireland as “a nation of pimps, prostituting ourselves in return for a pat on
News emerged a few weeks ago in Arabic media that yet another fatwa had called on practicing Muslim women to travel to Syria and offer their sexual services to the jihadis fighting to overthrow the secularist Assad government and install Islamic law.
Political correctness is dangerous, even deadly, especially when it is practiced by one of the nation’s most important law enforcement agencies. Judicial Watch recently released hundreds of pages of FBI memos and other documents revealing that, in 2012, the agency
Jodie Evans, 2008 Obama bundler and co-founder of the leftist anti-American group Code Pink, is in Yemen this week campaigning against the United States’ efforts in fighting the war on terror. This is in keeping with Code Pink’s decade-long history
With the announcement Thursday that the U.S. will send weapons to rebel forces in the Syrian civil war, President Barack Obama’s hypocrisy on war is now complete. When he directed U.S. forces to join the fight against Libyan dictator Muammar
The director of the new documentary Dirty Wars, a film detailing America’s secretive military tactics against Al Qaeda, says the country’s moral standing in the fight against terrorism is history. “We’ve lost every shred of credibility around the world, from
Obama administration officials are meeting this week to decide if its time for the U.S. to arm rebels in Syria with lethal weapons. According to a Fox News report, part and parcel to this is a parallel question of whether
The Obama administration is considering resettling thousands of refugees who left Syria during the country’s ongoing civil war to multiple towns and cities across the United States, the L.A. Times reports. A resettlement plan under discussion in Washington and other
One day after the story broke about the NSA’s PRISM program, Reuters reveals the NSA email gathering effort helped foil a 2009 terror plot. This new leak of information from unnamed administration sources seems designed to defend the efficacy of
But gotta say: Benghazi is still the big one. Can Issa get the emails? Will anyone ever say what happened to John Doe – our US ambassador? — Joseph Curl (@josephcurl) June 3, 2013 Bill Gertz is reporting at The
Pursuant to a July 18, 2012 Freedom of Information Act request, Judicial Watch obtained documentation on January 15 and April 16, 2013 concerning an FBI anti-terrorism training materials purge. The purge revolved around the removal of materials deemed “offensive” to
A new report on world international terrorism activities released by the State Department asserts that there were “no known operational cells” of Al Qaeda or Hezbollah in the Western Hemisphere during the year 2012. This is despite the report acknowledging
On Friday night, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), speaking at the Reagan President Library, bashed Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for McCain’s visit to Syria and encouragement of US involvement in the country’s civil war. “I’m very worried about getting involved in
Arab and Chechen fighters are flowing into southern Afghanistan to fight against U.S. and Afghan forces making a final push against Taliban operatives in the area. According to The Hill, Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), backed up by the U.S.
Remember going to summer camp as a boy? The friends you made? The fun activities? Do you wish you had a video keepsake to help you remember those magical times forever? These Syrian young men will have such a keepsake–this
A Sunday report from the UK Independent says that Michael Adebolajo, one of the men suspected of beheading British soldier Lee Rigby last week in Woolwich, had been known to anti-terror forces for at least three years before the attack.
In his Thursday speech at the National Defense University in Washington D.C., President Obama went out of his way to spin the terrorist attacks in Benghazi as a predictable result of loosely-affiliated terrorism. First, Obama stated that “the core of
President “Beyond Afghanistan, we must define our effort not as a boundless ‘global war on terror’ – but rather as a series of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America. In many cases, this
Al Qaeda and its affiliates in Syria are reportedly funding their activities by selling oil from fields they took from Bashar al-Assad. According to the the Telegraph, up to 380,000 barrels of crude “that were previously produced around the city
Talking to reporters on May 10, White House spokesman Jay Carney said there was no substantive evidence Al Qaeda was tied to the Benghazi attacks before U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice appeared on Sunday talk shows on Sept. 16. Yet Acting
If there was ever a moment in time when the American people could collectively glean knowledge from a “teachable moment,” the Obama Administration’s handling of the al Qaeda-related attacks on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya is surely one. From
Speaking on May 8, White House spokesman Jay Carney said edits made to Benghazi talking points were “stylistic and not substantive.” Said Carney: The fact that there are inputs is always the case in a process like this. Edits made
Writing at American Thinker, Ed Lasky points to Obama National Security Team member Ben Rhodes as the man possibly behind the Benghazi cover-up. Lasky notes that when the Benghazi attacks took place, “CIA career officials clearly and repeatedly identified Al
