The Obama/Clinton 10:00 Phone Call
Andrew McCarthy has a must read post up at National Review about the 10:00 pm phone call between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on the night of the Benghazi attack. If the fact that a 10:00 pm phone call took
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Gov't Memo Proves CBS's Sharyl Attkisson Got Benghazi Email Story Right
One of the earliest reporters revealing the internal emails about Benghazi exchanged between the U.S. Department of State and the intel community was CBS’ Sharyl Attkisson. Her original report was based on “written notes” and, as she said from the
Before AP: DOJ Targeted Fox News' James Rosen
The Obama Administration, which has pursued more cases involving leaks from the government to the press than all other administrations combined, has been acting in this fashion since 2009, well before the current AP scandal. A case in point is
N. Korea Test-Fires Another Short-Range Missile
North Korea on Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, a Seoul official said. The guided missile was fired into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Sunday afternoon, a defence ministry spokesman
Mexico Violence Claims Hundreds of US Lives
(AFP) – When Malcolm X’s grandson was beaten to death in a seedy Mexico City bar last week his name joined the hundreds of US citizens who have been murdered in this country in recent years. Excluding terror attacks and
Reporter To State Dept: 'I Just Don't Understand Why You Hide Information'
When asked on Friday to give details on an upcoming peace summit, State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki awkwardly tried to dodge announcing the location of the international meeting. Psaki was informed by members of the press that President Obama and
State Dept Refuses To Condemn Iran For Excluding Women From Elections
State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Friday would not give any condemnation to the Iranian government for excluding women from being candidates in the upcoming elections. When asked for the official State Dept stance on the policy, Psaki said the
Obama Administration's New Benghazi Excuse: We're Idiots
A new report by CBS’s Sharyl Attkisson presents a new administration fallback on Benghazi. The people who made the decisions now claim they are just “idiots.” But that’s not what the record shows, at least when it comes to decisions
Woodward Compares Benghazi To Watergate
Bob Woodward appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” this Friday morning and, in stark contrast to his less-concerned Watergate colleague Carl Bernstein, he admonished the show’s hosts to “not dismiss Benghazi” and compared the White House’s behavior over CIA/State Department talking
Weiner's Wife Failed to Disclose Consulting Work at State Dept.
Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s longtime confidante and wife of disgraced former Congressman and soon-to-be New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, did not disclose that she consulted for outside groups while still employed by the State Department. According to reports in the New
State Dept Employees 'Held Accountable' For Benghazi Failures Still Receiving Paychecks
State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki revealed on Thursday that the employees who were relieved of duty as a result of the Benghazi review board report are still drawing paychecks five months after their change of status. Psaki had no specifics
When American Ambassadors Were Still Untouchable
I just finished one of the best books I’ve read in a long time, In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson, which tells the story of Ambassador William Dodd, President Roosevelt’s first Ambassador to Hitler. The book chronicles the
Ari Fleischer: White House Claim Of 'One Word Change' To Talking Points Not True
Ari Fleischer knows what it’s like to take the podium in the White House briefing room, especially with a hostile press corps. As the spokesman for the White House during the George W. Bush Administration, he had to deal with
Benghazi Dump: Teleconference Transcript Missing
Wednesday night, the White House dumped 94 emails that only in part help to explain how top administration officials in the White House, FBI, and State helped to shape the CIA talking points that would serve to set up a
GOP Demands More Despite Benghazi Email Release
(AP) GOP demands more despite Benghazi email releaseBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe White House release of some 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year has failed to satisfy
State Department Pushed to Cut Mention of Prior Attacks from Benghazi Talking Points
This afternoon the White House released a 100 pages of repetitive emails from September 14th and 15th. The emails confirm that the State Department was deeply concerned about a bullet point highlighting prior attacks in Benghazi. The email release shows
Petraeus Email Objected to Benghazi Talking Points
(AP) – Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more detail publicly
Issa Asks Pickering to Commit to Interview About ARB Benghazi Report
Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to former UN Ambassador Thomas Pickering to see if he is still willing to participate in a transcribed interview over his work in the State Department’s Accountability Review Board (ARB) report
US Ambassador Summoned by Russian Foreign Ministry
(AP) US ambassador summoned by Russian foreign ministryMOSCOWThe U.S. Ambassador to Russia was summoned by the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday over Moscow’s claim it caught a U.S. diplomat disguised in a blond wig trying to recruit a counterintelligence officer. Michael
The White House’s New Game: The Benghazi Emails Were Doctored or Something
Many in the media bit on this bait from the Obama Administration today. The Administration released one (1) email, which differed from quotations of it in small respects. They are now claiming “doctored emails:” So the GOP – after all
Obama Loses The Onion on Benghazi-Gate
The writers at The Onion, much like the vast majority of political humorists, can’t find it in their heart to mock President Barack Obama. Call it political correctness writ large, the left’s inability to mock one of their own or the
New State Dept. Spokesperson Gets Slammed over Benghazi
It has been eight months since the terrorist attacks on our facilities in Benghazi, Libya–attacks that ended up killing four Americans, including our ambassador, Christopher Stevens. We haven’t had a concrete explanation about this incident, and new State Department spokesperson
Will We Add the IRS to List of Government Agencies Refusing to Cooperate with Congressional Oversight?
CNS News is reporting that the Internal Revenue Service has not indicated it will cooperate with the House Ways and Means Committee demand to turn over information related to its targeting of center right groups. Rep. Boustany (R-LA), chairman of
Benghazi Victim's Mom to Hillary: 'She's Got Her Child, I Don't Have Mine Because of Her'
Appearing on Fox News this Sunday, Pat Smith, mother of murdered State Department employee Sean Smith, wished former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a happy Mother’s Day. “I want to wish Hillary a happy Mother’s Day,” she said. “She’s got
Dems: GOP Leading Benghazi 'Witch Hunt' Against Hillary
On Sunday, two days after White House press secretary Jay Carney took to the podium to dissemble on the September 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attacks that resulted in the deaths of four Americans including Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, even
