FBI's Shrink-for-Hire Undermines Their Case While Trying to Rebut Manic Defense
When last we heard from Dr. Gregory Saathoff, he suggested doing and managed production of a thoroughly hackish report trying to argue that the anthrax case against Bruce Ivins was solid. (See also this post, and Jeff Kaye's post laying out…
Triple Crown Trash Talk
An outstanding weekend of sports is on tap. And, believe it or not, we are going to lead off with baseball. The end of the regular season was as compelling as has been seen in a very long time. While most of the attention was focused on the…
Arsonist Burns Landmark Toledo, OH Mosque
If you've ever driven north on I-75 into the Toledo area, you've surely seen the magnificent white building seemingly arising out of the farmland at the juncture with I-475. It's not just a gorgeous mosque, it's one of the landmark buildings…
The Senate Report on Fusion Center Fails to Ask or Answer the Most Basic Question
As I suggested the other day, there is a lot to recommend the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report on fusion centers.
But while it meticulously supports its claims about the waste and inefficacy of fusion centers, it seems to miss…
Time to Fund State Like We Fund DOD
Two more updates in the continuing effort to make Benghazi into Obama's Jimmy Carter.
Jake Tapper offers up an email showing the State Department's Under Secretary for Management denying a request on May 3 that the Libyan Security Support…
Shorter Stafford Smith to Obama: "Don't Drone Me, Bro!"
On Saturday, a march is planned into South Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Three groups are involved in the march: Reprieve, of the UK, headed by attorney Clive Stafford Smith, CodePink, of the US, headed by…
Computer Returns
The Chinese computer company, Lenovo, which bought IBM's PC division in 2004, has announced it will be opening a small production facility in North Carolina next year.
The world's No. 2 personal-computer maker says the PC production line now…
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…