The massive jailbreaks in Iraq, Libya, and Pakistan are linked to the travel advisory sent out by the United States and United Kingdom. Interpol is asking countries to investigate any connections between the breaks. Two hundred and forty eight prisoners
(AP) Global travel warning: US cites al-Qaida threatBy BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe United States issued an extraordinary global travel warning to Americans Friday about the threat of an al-Qaida attack and closed down 21 embassies and consulates across the Muslim world
On August 1, House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) subpoenaed the State Department for documents detailing the activities and findings of the Accountability Review Board (ARB) that investigated the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. According to
(AP) Threat closes US embassies in Muslim world for dayBy BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe United States is shuttering its embassies and consulates throughout the Muslim world on Sunday after receiving an unspecified threat, officials said. State Department officials said Thursday that
On Wednesday, the State Department ripped into Syrian President Bashar Assad’s Instagram account, calling it “nothing more than a despicable PR stunt.” The Instagram account features Assad meeting reveling Syrians, including children. Assad’s wife, Asma, shows up in the photos
President Barack Obama believes that the Keystone XL pipeline–a proposed nearly 1,200-mile oil pipeline project–would create permanent jobs numbering only in the double digits. Speaking in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Obama claimed the Keystone XL oil pipeline would create a minimum of jobs, despite
(AP) Israel, Palestinians eye peace deal in 9 monthsBy MATTHEW LEEAP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTONIsraeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed Tuesday to meet again within two weeks to start substantive negotiations on a so-far elusive peace deal with the goal of reaching a
Bradley Manning was found not guilty of aiding the enemy by military judge Army Col. Denise Lind this afternoon. The “aiding and abetting” charge was the most serious of the charges against Manning. He was found guilty on 15 out
Israeli and Palestinian officials resume direct peace talks Monday after a three-year hiatus, amid hopes US Secretary of State John Kerry’s quiet diplomacy may this time carry some chance of success. In a landmark agreement, the chief negotiators from both
Shebab Islamists claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack on a Turkish embassy annex in Mogadishu on Saturday that killed a Turkish guard and a Somali bystander. The Shebab claimed the attack in a post on their Twitter feed.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) believes that Huma Abedin, the Hillary Clinton confidante and wife of New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, and the State Department are stonewalling his investigation of the undisclosed consulting work Abedin did while on the
“But with this endless parade of distractions and political posturing and phony scandals, Washington has taken its eye off the ball. And I am here to say this needs to stop. (Applause.) This needs to stop.” – President Barack Obama,
Further evidence that the media is working overtime to pull Huma Abedin from beneath the flaming wreckage of her husband Anthony Weiner’s political career, much the way George Zimmerman has been known to pull families out of overturned trucks, courtesy
(AP) IG: Problems in US justice program in AfghanistanWASHINGTONAn award made to an organization to promote the rule of law in Afghanistan does not appear to contain basic provisions that would allow the State Department to ensure proper oversight of
Representatives Frank Wolf (R-VA), Steve Stockman (R-TX), and Darryl Issa (R-CA) have each claimed witnesses who planned to testify about the attack on American citizens in Benghazi, Libya have suffered repeated roadblocks in the way of providing such testimony. Those
Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit against the State Department seeking talking points and updates given to Susan Rice regarding the September 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit was originally announced on June 21,
Several members of Congress joined representatives of the special forces military veterans and grassroots organizations on Tuesday to launch an effort to force the House to have a thorough, public investigation into the terrorist attack at Benghazi, Libya, on Sept.
American diplomats could find themselves in the Muslim Brotherhood’s crosshairs now that Essam el-Erian, the vice president of the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, has called on protesters to besiege the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. El-Erian blames the U.S. government
On Tuesday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that Americans born in Jerusalem cannot put “Israel” as place of birth on their birth certificates. Judge Karen Henderson wrote that the
How could there be anything left to say about World War II and the Cold War that hasn’t been said already? We know the narrative, start to finish. In researching my new book, American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our
Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) took to the House floor on July 18 and talked about why those Americans who survived the attack in Benghazi, Libya last September 11 have not been heard from. “On Tuesday I raised the question of
Mustafa Bakari, an Egyptian politician, issued a brutal assessment of U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Anne Patterson. Bakari stated, “In my opinion, she [Patterson] is a member of the sleeper cells of the Brotherhood, likely recruited by Essam al-Erian or Muhammad
(AP) Liz Cheney to seek Wyo. Senate seat held by Repub.By MEAD GRUVER and BEN NEARYAssociated PressCHEYENNE, Wyo.Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter Liz Cheney will run against Wyoming’s senior U.S. senator in next year’s Republican primary, her campaign said
If you are student in the Hempstead Public Schools, you may need some help in learning literacy. The Long Island, N.Y. district released a summer reading list that is replete with more than 30 errors. Some of the more egregious
A senior US official flew into Cairo early Monday, hours after Egypt’s prosecutor ordered the freezing of assets belonging to 14 top Islamists. Under Secretary of State Bill Burns, the first US official to visit since the overthrow of president
