In his farewell address to the nation 56 years ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned the American people for the first time to keep a careful eye on what he called the “military-industrial complex” that had developed in the post-World War II years…Eisenhower had been concerned about the growing size and cost of the American […]
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The CIA’s Secret History Is Now Online…
Decades ago, the CIA declassified a 26-page secret document cryptically titled “clarifying statement to Fidel Castro concerning assassination.”…To find out what the document actually said, you had to trek to the National Archives in College Park, Maryland, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and hope that one of only four computers designated […]
EPA Says Sovereign Immunity Protects Agency From Paying Big For Gold King Mine Spill…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday that federal law does not require the agency to pay more damages incurred after a massive toxic water spill in Colorado caused by an agency employee. EPA is not mandated under federal law to repay $1.2 billion to the states affected by the Gold King Mine spill, the […]
Inauguration Schedule of Events, Performers and Inaugural Balls…
The inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump features a long list of official and semi-official events and celebrations. There will be plenty of protests and counter-rallies as well, with a list of some available here…
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Competing Video Exposés: Project Veritas, Far-Left Groups Post Countering Undercover Videos…
A broad coalition of far-left groups is planning to disrupt President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, after the right-leaning Project Veritas admitted it had infiltrated their meetings to record their plans. Now, it’s a case of right said/left said. On Monday, Project Veritas published its “hidden camera investigation” that “exposes…
America’s Maidan! Vladimir Putin Calls the Creators of “Golden Showers” Dossier “Prostitutes”…
Warning that a “soft coup” is being waged against Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he sees attempts in the United States to “delegitimize” US President-elect Donald Trump using “Maidan-style” methods previously used in Ukraine, where readers will recall president Yanukovich was ousted in 2014 following a violent coup…
Obama Rushes to Fill Dozens of Federal Jobs…
CIA Director John Brennan Attempts To Justify His Agency Leaks To Media – “Duping Delight”…
Politically engaged Americans (writ large) will, most likely, soon discover why it became so intensely important –LAST YEAR– to outline the internal fight between ‘black hat‘ and ‘white hat‘ operatives within the intelligence community as it related to the 2016 U.S. election. One example of the “shadow fight” within the administration is outlined here…
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Massive Die-Off of Sea Creatures from California to Alaska — Animals Starving As Food Chains Continue to Collapse…
Evidence of starvation in abalone populations prompted authorities to impose new restrictions in the sport abalone fishery next year to limit the catch. The commercial red urchin fishery is suffering, as well… Meanwhile, the commercial salmon harvest, California’s most valuable ocean fishery, continues to suffer… Mass-starvation events have hit a spectrum…
No Discipline for FBI Agent Accused of Writing 9/11 Report FBI Now Calls Bogus…
The FBI agent who wrote a powerful investigative report about 9/11 that the bureau later publicly repudiated faced no apparent discipline even though the FBI subsequently deemed his report to be “poorly written” and “wholly unsubstantiated”…
Obama Administration Ending Policy Allowing Cubans to Stay Without Visas…
The White House plans to announce that President Barack Obama is undoing a longstanding policy that allows Cuban émigrés who reach U.S. soil without visas to stay in the country and apply for a green card after one year, administration officials said…
Obama Politicized Intel Officials Poisoning Relationship with Israel Using ‘Russia Blackmail’ Claims About Trusting Trump. Who Else?…
U.S. intelligence officials warned their Israeli counterparts not to trust President-elect Donald Trump with intelligence secrets, citing alleged fears that Russia held blackmail information over Trump, according to a report today in Israel’s respected Yediot Ahronot daily newspaper…
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Comey Letter on Clinton Email Is Subject of Justice Dept. Inquiry…
The Justice Department inspector general’s office said on Thursday it would open an investigation into the decision in October by James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, to inform Congress about a new review in the Hillary Clinton email investigation — a move Mrs. Clinton has said cost her the election…
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Trump CIA Nominee Mike Pompeo: Yes, Russia did the Hacking, And No, I Wouldn’t Follow Orders to Bring Back Enhanced Interrogation…
His Russia answer would have been more newsworthy today if not for the fact that Trump himself finally blamed Russia for the hackings at yesterday’s press conference. I wonder if Pompeo had a hand in that. If Team Trump asked him how he intended to testify at his confirmation hearing about the hackings and he […]
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Mattis Cruises Through Confirmation Hearing…
Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis on Thursday cruised through his confirmation hearing despite senators’ attempts to draw him out in areas where he might disagree with President-elect Donald Trump. The Senate Armed Services Committee afterward easily passed a waiver exempting Mattis from a law that requires Defense secretaries to be retired from military service for […]
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Rocky Start to Trump’ State Dept Nominee, While Chao’s Hearing for Sec’y of Transportation Dept Was a Breeze…
Rex Tillerson got a rough reception during his confirmation hearing for secretary of State Wednesday, at times coming under fire from both parties on issues ranging from Russia to climate change. Democrats assailed Tillerson over Exxon Mobil’s lobbying on Russia sanctions during his tenure as CEO of the oil giant. Those questions put Tillerson on […]
Trump DHS Pick Addresses Border Wall, Russian Hacks During Confirmation Hearing…
Retired four-star Marine Gen. John Kelly faced questions about border security, counterterrorism efforts, and cyber attacks during his confirmation hearing to serve as secretary of homeland security in the Donald Trump administration. Kelly delivered testimony Tuesday afternoon before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs…
Trump Taps Obama Appointee as VA Secretary…
Dr. David Shulkin, the undersecretary of health at the Veterans Affairs Department, is President-elect Donald’s Trump choice to head the government’s second-largest federal agency. “We looked long and hard,” Trump said, of the search for a VA secretary. “We interviewed at least 100 people, some good, some not so good”…
“Clock Boy” Gets His Clock Cleaned with Texas’ Anti-SLAPP Statute…
More than a year ago Ahmed Mohamed — later derisively known as “Clock Boy” — had a run-in with Texas school administrators and law enforcement. Your preconceptions may have driven your reaction. Was he a victim of insipid if-you-see-something-say-something culture…
Chelsea Manning on Obama’s ‘Short List’ for Commutation…
President Obama has put Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified material, on his short list for a possible commutation, a Justice Department source told NBC News…
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