Gallup recently released a poll showing just 8% of Americans have a great deal of trust in the media, you don’t have to look any farther than the recent terrorist attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya to understand why. A few reporters like Eli Lake at Newsweek have doggedly pursued the story and […]
Terrorism
Breaking: US Officials Knew Libya Attack Was Terrorism Within 24 Hours
Fox News this morning is confirming an earlier report from Eli Lake that US officials knew within 24 hours of the September 11th attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya that led to the death of ambassador Chris Steven was terrorism: U.S. intelligence officials knew within 24 hours of the assault on the […]
Bumps in the Road
“But I was pretty certain and continue to be pretty certain that there are going to be bumps in the road because, you know, in a lot of these places the one organizing principle has been Islam.” — President Obama in an interview with “60 Minutes.” When I originally posted this editorial cartoon by the […]
Breaking: Obama Administration to Resume Guantanamo Trials
From the Associated Press: President Obama announced Monday that military trials will resume for detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, saying the tribunals are an “important tool in combating international terrorists.” Details are still sketchy, but it appears the President’s order bars the use of evidence obtained through the use harsh interrogation techniques.
Nine Years Later…
Every of September for the last nine years I’ve tried to make sense of what happened that morning… No matter how hard I try, I can’t, the events of September 11, 2001 were an act of such incomprehensible evil that they defy words. Every moment of that day is burned indelibly into our memories, I […]
Napolitano Backtracks; Now Says System Didn’t Work
Security of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is backtracking on remarks she made over the weekend regarding the attempted bombing of Northwest Airline flight 253: Napolitano, appearing Monday on NBC’s “Today Show,” explained comments she made Sunday regarding an incident in which a Nigerian man allegedly ignited an incendiary device aboard a U.S. jetliner on Christmas […]
Janet Napolitano: “The System Worked”
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again now: Janet Napolitano is an idiot who is completely unqualified for the position she holds. If anyone doubts the accuracy of that statement, her appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” today should remove any doubt: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday that the thwarting of […]
Christmas Day Terror: Bomb Attempt on U.S.-Bound Flight
From the Wall Street Journal: A passenger on a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight tried Friday to detonate an explosive device strapped to his leg and later told investigators he had affiliations with al Qaeda and was trying to blow up the plane, according to a senior U.S. official. “We believe this was an attempted act […]
Sgt. Kimberly Munley: Hero
The word hero gets tossed around a lot these day but Sgt. Kimberly Munley, the civilian police officer who ended the Fort Hood gunman’s violent rampage has certainly earned the title: The hero cop who ended the bloody rampage at Fort Hood by pumping four bullets into the crazed gunman even though she was wounded […]
Breaking: Fort Hood Gunman Alive, in Custody
From Fox News: A military doctor who reportedly feared an impending war deployment is in custody as the sole suspect in a shooting rampage at the Army’s Fort Hood that left 12 dead and 31 wounded, an Army official said Thursday night. The news that the suspect, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was alive and in […]
Breaking: New York Residences Raided in Terrorism Probe
Not a lot of details yet but the Associated Press is reporting that law enforcement agents have conducted raids related to a terrorism investigation in New York City: Law enforcement agents raided residences in New York City on Monday as part of a terrorism investigation, and began briefing Congress about the probe. New York Police […]
Gaffestastic: Napolitano Strikes Again
The hits just keep coming… This time it’s Canadians who are wondering how an idiot like Janet Napolitano got the job of Homeland Security Secretary: A diplomatic skirmish has broken out over suggestions by Janet Napolitano, the U. S. homeland security secretary, that terrorists have routinely entered the United States through Canada, including the perpetrators […]