The Quickie FBI Visit to Benghazi and the Arrests in Turkey
Two updates to the Benghazi attack story I've become obsessed with.
Multiple reports say the FBI has finally visited the attack site in Benghazi. The AP reports they were only onsite (the assumption being the sites include the consulate,…
Latif: Indefinitely Detained Even in Death
ProPublica reports that Adnan Farhan abd al Latif's body remains in limbo--in an undisclosed location.
His body hasn't been sent back to his home country of Yemen, and it's no longer at Gitmo.
It's being held in an undisclosed location.
"Mr.…
Mitt's Dirty Tomatoes Will Get Cleaned Up
The other day I pointed out that Mitt had chosen to eat lunch at a place that had not yet agreed to pay $.01 a pound more for tomatoes to ensure basic standards for tomato workers.
As of today, Mitt and the rest of us can enjoy Chipotle burritos…
Chris Stevens' Rescheduled Meeting with the February 17th Brigade
I'm working on a post on the Blue Mountain Group Libyan contractors' role in the Benghazi attack. But first, I want to point out a detail pertaining to the security provided by the February 17th Brigade--the militia that provided armed patrols…
Barack Obama (and the Three Musketeers of Selective Leaking) Says Barack Obama Wanted an OBL Trial
The AP made some news yesterday with this Barack Obama quote from Mark Bowden's new book, The Finish.
Frankly, my belief was if we had captured him, that I would be in a pretty strong position, politically, here, to argue that displaying due…
Romney Foreign Policy Advisor's Wife Joins Dance on Ambassador Stevens' Grave
Next up in the campaign to turn the Benghazi attack into Obama's Jimmy Carter? Danielle Pletka, one of the architects of the false claims that got us into Iraq War.
She draws a parallel between the Obama Administration's treatment of the…
BREAKING! Romney Surrogate Points to Effects of Republican Budget Cutting as Factor in Benghazi Attack!!
Eli Lake continues to serve as the mouthpiece for a political attack explicitly crafted by close Rove associates. In today's installment, he repeats Mitt Romney campaign surrogate, UT Congressman Jason Chaffetz' latest attack: that the State…
Iran's Economy on Its Knees: The West Built That
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According to the New York Times, the video above has been verified as depicting the massive outpouring of Iranians to the streets yesterday to protest debilitating inflation rates…
When You've Spent 3 Years Disdaining Criticism
In my opinion, the story of the debate last night was how well each man channeled the almost palpable disdain he harbored for his opponent. Mitt Romney had the demeanor of someone who couldn't stand that an unaccomplished black man failed to…
The Libyan Left Behind Novels
I confess I'm skeptical every time a set of documents gets "left behind" in Libya. First there were the intelligence documents showing how the US and UK collaborated in the rendition and torture of Libyan opposition figures. Then there was Ambassador…
Ford Motor Company Has a TIDE Report
I'll have plenty to say about the Pemanent Subcommittee on Investigation's report on how terrible DHS's fusion centers are. The short version: they're nearly worthless and a big waste of money.
But since DHS is so crappy, it says something…
Caramel: The 7.5% Solution to Iran's 60% Uranium Enrichment Threat
PressTV yesterday carried a threat from an Iranian lawmaker (and Reuters also reports the threat) that should the current round of P5+1 talks on Iran's nuclear technology break down, Iran would begin enriching uranium to 60% in order to produce…
AP Reports "Strong Circumstantial Evidence" Cartel Involved in Tres Marias Hit
The AP presents as exclusive news something that has been obvious for weeks: it appears likely a drug cartel--the Beltran Leyva Cartel--targeted two American CIA officers for assassination.
A senior U.S. official says there is strong circumstantial…
About That FBI Investigation of the Benghazi Attack...
The NYT's Eric Schmitt reports that JSOC is preparing target packages for those who attacked the Benghazi consulate.
The American military’s top-secret Joint Special Operations Command is preparing detailed information that could be used…
Winter™ -- Property of The Weather Channel®
With a lot of self-justifying, back-patting hoopla today, The Weather Channel announced it's decided unilaterally to assign names to winter storms.
During the upcoming 2012-13 winter season The Weather Channel will name noteworthy winter…
That Pico de Gallo Mitt Had for Lunch?
It may have been made from dirty tomatoes.
The Denver press made a big deal out of the fact that Mitt chose to eat lunch at Chipotle today.
Mitt Romney, in Denver to prepare for Wednesday's debate, stopped in at a Chipotle on Tuesday. He…
Why Can't Darrell Issa Read the Wall Street Journal?
In addition to the rather amusing fact that Darrell Issa is conducting an investigation that Mike Rogers should be conducting, there's another oddity about his "investigation." The answers to the questions he asks Hillary Clinton have been available…
Why Is Darrell Issa Doing Mike Rogers' Job?
In his latest of a series of posts on the Benghazi strike, Eli Lake reveals that Darrell Issa and Jason Chaffetz have written a letter to Hillary Clinton suggesting State ignored intelligence about terrorists in Benghazi.
In the five months…
Confusion Rules in Afghanistan
Still steadfastly refusing to admit publicly that its Afghanistan strategy has failed completely and that a new, more rapid timetable for withdrawal must be developed before the November election, the Obama administration and its Department…
Why Is Jose Rodriguez Hanging Out John Brennan NOW?
I'm no fan of either Jose Rodriguez or John Brennan. So I take no pleasure that the former is blaming the latter for a big intelligence scam carried out against the CIA back in the day.
As head of the multi-agency Terrorist Threat Integration…
