On Feb. 11, VP Joe Biden wrapped up a round table discussion on gun violence by reflecting on recent conversations with world leaders whom he claims didn’t want to discuss drones, Afghanistan, or terrorist attacks in Mali–rather, they “importunely” asked him
Just when you think the mainstream media will not be able to plumb deeper depths in their attempts to attack America and its values, they prove you wrong again. Boston Globe columnist James Carroll wrote a piece that the the
I bet you voted for Obama, didn’t you? I bet when he said the Cambridge Police Department acted stupidly, you cheered. I bet when Eric Holder dropped the charges on the Black Panthers, you laughed all the way to your imaginary
Rand Paul appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union”
TINA BROWN, EDITOR NEWSWEEK/DAILY BEAST: I mean, he’d be impeached by now for drones if he was W. Bush. MAHER: Impeached? No. BROWN: Yeah, don’t you think? I mean, don’t you think… MAHER: Impeached for… BROWN: Well, I think… MAHER:
In response to Nick Gillespie’s brilliant insight about journalists’ hypocrisy on drones: I added a few thoughts about Gillespie’s fine piece here. (Special guest appearance by Ace, because I thought immediately of something he wrote the other day when I
In response to Nick Gillespie’s brilliant insight about journalists’ hypocrisy on drones: Someone commented on Twitter, I think maybe Kirsten Powers, that libertarians seem to be the only ones with any consistency on this subject. We expect partisans to be
Nick Gillespie has written a brilliant essay on how the media, which once considered Bush/Cheney to be fascist-dictators-in-waiting because of the powers they assumed to fight terror, is now eager to give Obama’s greater and more brazen powers a pass.
The Charlottesville, VA City Council is calling on Congress to pass legislation barring the introduction of information gathered by drones into a Federal or State court. Charlottesville is therefore the first city to pass an anti-drone resolution. Councilmember Dede Smith
The nomination of John Brennan for Director of the CIA has uncovered that the Obama administration, after ostensibly withdrawing from Saudi Arabia to pacify Muslim outrage, still has a secret base in the country from which it operates drones. The base
Comparing waterboarding — which is so harmless journalists have volunteered to do it — to assassinating American citizens is like comparing a Nerf ball to an uzi. Comparing involuntary detentions at Guantanamo Bay — where the greatest threat to prisoners
On January 9th of this year the State Department confirmed that the United States was in favor of the United Nations using drones for video surveillance to ensure and monitor “peacekeeping” missions in countries around the world. The State Department
US Attorney General commenting on a leaked memo in which lawyers argue that the President has broad legal powers to kill US citizens suspected of links with al-Qaeda who present an “imminent” threat to the country.
In reply to Ace: I’m not sure what Chuck Hagel has against Jews, but I’m gonna go out on a limb here and guess it has something to do with a grade curve. L’Affaire Hagel – and the whiny butthurt
When Breitbart News’ Kerry Picket asked Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) about the reported FBI investigation into allegations that the senator used a house of prostitution populated with underage girls in the Dominican Republic his response was that he “wasn’t going
There is another classic case of the UN trying to emasculate the United States’ power. The UN is launching an investigation into the use of drones for strikes in warfare. The drones are highly successful in striking opposing forces without
(AP) Pakistan says US drones kill senior Taliban figureBy RASOOL DAWAR and ISHTIAQ MAHSUDAssociated PressPESHAWAR, PakistanTwo U.S. drone strikes on northwest Pakistan killed a senior Taliban commander who fought American forces in Afghanistan but had a truce with the Pakistani
Iran on Wednesday said it had shot down two US-made RQ-11 reconnaissance drones in the past 15 months, adding to a ScanEagle drone and RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft it already claims to have captured. He said the first had been
Last week, Californians concerned for their privacy and civil liberties forced the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to pull an agenda item that would have approved a grant for the purchase of a drone. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil
As the Obama administration insists there is no proof Iran has captured a second U.S. drone, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it’s time for the U.S. to count their drones. According to an IRGC spokesman, if the U.S.
(AP) Official: Iran has evidence it captured US droneTEHRAN, IranA prominent Iranian lawmaker says Tehran has material evidence to prove that it has captured an American unmanned aircraft. The head of the Iranian parliament’s defense committee Ismaeil Kowsari wouldn’t specify
AP TEHRAN, Iran – Iran claimed Tuesday it had captured a U.S. drone after it entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf- even showing an image of a purportedly downed craft on state TV – but the U.S. Navy said
(AP) Iran claims capture of another US droneBy ALI AKBAR DAREINIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranIran’s state TV said Tuesday that the country’s Revolutionary Guard has captured a U.S. drone after it entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf. The report quoted the
Today, columnist Jason Whitlock of Fox Sports and formerly of the Kansas City Star, blamed the Second Amendment to the United State Constitution for the murder/suicide of Jovan Belcher, linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs. Calling for the NFL to
Over the weekend, the San Francisco Chronicle announced that the gossip website TMZ was looking to launch a drone to monitor celebrities. According to the Chronicle, “Paparazzi are already using small drones on the Riviera to shoot photos of celebrities
Celebrities already live in fear of roving TMZ reporters ambushing them at airports, sidewalks and movie premieres. Imagine if the gossip site had access to a drone to follow them above and beyond their army of gossip-sniffing soldiers? The San
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Watch More News Videos at ABC | 2012 Presidential Election | Entertainment & Celebrity News ABC NEWS: In the early hours of Saturday morning, Israel’s Air Force reduced the headquarters of the militant
Princeton African-American studies professor and provocateur Cornel West accused President Barack Obama of being a “Rockefeller Republican in blackface” last Friday on a progressive television program. In an interview on the liberal “Democracy Now” program, West, with his shocking comments, was essentially saying Obama,
This past week’s installment of the Military Channel’s “Black-OPS” recalled one of the most famous and daring Special Forces missions in modern history. The “Operation Thunderbolt” episode reviewed a military action best known as the raid on Entebbe, the Israeli
In a letter responding to Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) inquiries and calls for a Senate Investigation into Benghazi, Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta claims the DOD did everything they could when the consulate came under attack. According to Panetta: “[We]
By DERRIK J. LANGAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELESWhen the latest installment in the wildly popular “Call of Duty” video game franchise is released Tuesday, it will transport fans to a completely new place: the future. But setting half of “Call of
Charles Krauthammer “You hear nothing about it until two days after the election. So either our intelligence agencies on which we spent 60 billion dolllars a year took a week to ascertain whether one of our drones was shot at
This week installment of The Military Channel’s “Black-OPS” focused on the hunt for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and the relentless assault on al-Qaeda In Iraq (AQI) under the command of General Stanley McChrystal. The show highlights how the United States lost
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge believes the Obama administration’s failure to react to the September 11th attack on the American consulate in Benghazi and the subsequent cover-up ought to impact voters this election. He feels voters in Pennsylvania and elsewhere
As more information comes to the light about the Obama administration’s Benghazi cover-up, a former Navy SEAL officer who once took a military detachment to Libya suggests President Barack Obama was either AWOL — essentially an “empty chair” — or
The White House has released a photograph of President Obama receiving updates and watching video of hurricane Sandy on a big monitor in the situation room on Oct. 30. The goal is to look presidential in a time of crisis.
Chris Wallace questioning Virginia Senator Mark Warner, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee…
Reports indicate two drones and an AC-130 gunship were in the area when Benghazi was attacked, yet their resources were not used. This runs completely against the current explanation coming out of the White House, which is that Obama did
Last night’s episode of the Military Channel’s “Black OPS” program featured a rundown of Operation Neptune Spear, the mission that killed Osama bin Laden. This was a pretty straightforward account of the May 1st, 2011 mission by SEAL Team 6
One question that did not come up in Monday’s foreign policy debate was the President’s use of drones to target specific individuals, including American citizens, for death – aka, the president’s “kill list.” When asked about it in the spin room
