Even though it has been several years since any new detainees have been transferred to Guantanamo Bay, the intelligence extracted from them is still proving its worth—in major and surprising ways. Buried in the flood of information on the extraordinary operation to locate and kill Osama bin Laden is the critical role of strategic interrogations of detainees, including those at Guantanamo. According to a number of published reports, Gitmo detainees provided key pieces of information that ultimately lead to the location and death of Osama bin Laden. Those reports are …
Between the 9/11 terrorist attack and the inauguration of Barack Obama, the CIA’s detention and interrogation program yielded intelligence that foiled several terrorist attacks, according to author Mark Thiessen. That program, according to Thiessen, uncovered plots for attacks on high-rise apartment buildings; the U.S. Marine Camp in Djibouti, the U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles – the tallest building on the West Coast; and London’s Heathrow Airport and downtown buildings. On the second day of Barack Obama’s presidency, he signed an executive order ending the CIA program. Marc A. Thiessen, …
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today swung hard against a public-relations campaign by the Obama Administration to clean up its tattered image over its handling of the war on terrorists, and especially Nigerian terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. In a major address at The Heritage Foundation, McConnell gave a point-by-point refutation of all of the administration’s failures in this area, from the decision to close the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay to the botched attempt to try some terrorists in New York. But McConnell took special aim at the administration …
Seriously? The press did not ask anymore questions on the scandal of a House Speaker accusing the men and women of the CIA of lying to Congress, which has been widely refuted. So the President won’t talk about, the Speaker won’t talk about it, and we are supposed to accept this “transparency?” One reporter did shout to her as she hustled out of the room whether she was aware Congressman Peter King (R-NY) had asked that her security clearance be revoked. No answer. America deserves answers, not obfuscation. ‘Til next …
The Speaker is back! She once again thanks Waxman and Markey for their Global Warming Tax, a bill disguised as environmental legislation when it would have little impact on global temperatures. In fact, it is a massive energy tax that promises soaring household energy bills, major job losses, income cuts, and a sharp left turn toward big government. Bu thanks. She is now taking questions.
Rep. Becerra tosses it to DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). Van Hollen wants to ensure Americans their money is being well spent. Do you feel assured? He then praises President Obama for vowing to cut the deficit in half, once again missing the obvious logical point that he already quadrupled it. Pelosi might get near the podium again. Has anyone seen the Speaker?
Speaker Pelosi tosses it to Caucus Vice-Chair Xavier Becerra (D-CA) who praises the President and the Speaker, then rails against the debt. He says a trillion dollars broken down in seconds, means it would’ve started 32,000 years ago when man created fire. This is shocking, considering that this man, and his liberal colleagues voted for a trillion dollar stimulus bill WITHOUT READING IT. If spending money and increasing debt is of concern, Congressman Becerra has a choice: Just say no.
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer discusses the liberal plans for health care reform, assuring Americans that they will be able to keep their current health plan. If you believe that, then you believe Speaker Pelosi never knew about enhanced interrogation. With a public plan, the federal government would create the rules for the “game” in which it plans to compete. But the government would not just be a neutral umpire in the game. It would also own one of the competing teams, namely the public plan. It’s impossible to believe that …
She starts off announcing her honory degree from John Hopkins, and then announces the good news of raising taxes on all Americans and killing jobs across the country. By moving the Waxman-Markey Global Warming Tax out of committee, Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco constituents may be thrilled, but anyone in America who gets an electric bill or fuels their car is not smiling. Waxman–Markey will raise electricity rates 90% after adjusting for inflation, gas prices 74%, natural gas prices 55%, and an average family’s annual energy bill by at least $1,500. …
