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Petraeus case shows ease of government email snooping

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The scandal surrounding the sudden resignation of an adulterous CIA director has stunned the American public not just for its prominent cast of characters, but also because of the ease with which authorities appeared to have traipsed through personal email accounts. Technology has transformed communications much faster than the law, giving [...]

Who Fed Susan the Benghazi Bullhockey?

At his news conference Wednesday, President Barack Obama postured as the young Galahad striding out onto the schoolyard to stop a pair of bullies from beating up a girl. Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham had charged U.N. Amb. Susan Rice with misleading the nation when, five days after the Benghazi attack in which Amb. [...]

How Long Does It Take to Tell a President His CIA Director is Under Investigation?

How long does it take to tell the president that his CIA director is under investigation? Here is the answer Americans are now supposed to believe: longer than it took for the White House to discover a YouTube video did not inspire the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. In [...]

Petraeus and Benghazi: A Time for Truth

The stunning resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, days before he was to testify on the CIA role in the Benghazi massacre, raises many more questions than his resignation letter answers. “I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair,” wrote Petraeus. “Such behavior is unacceptable … as the leader of an organization [...]

Feinstein: Yeah, We Still Need to Talk to Petraeus About Benghazi

Just because he had an affair, General David Petraeus isn’t getting out of his congressional testimony duties. Tonight on MSNBC, Chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Diane Feinstein told Andrea Mitchell that Petraeus still needs to testify about the 9/11 attack in Benghazi, despite recent revalations about an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula [...]

5 Possible Picks for Director of the CIA

With the Director of the CIA, General David Petraeus, stepping down yesterday after admitting to an extra-marital affair, it is time for the Obama administration to look for a new director. What we know for sure, is that whoever the President chooses to take this post must be prepared to come into the office amid [...]

Petraeus attended Oct. 27 OSS Society dinner as couple

Petraeus and Broadwell attended OSS Society Annual Dinner Oct. 27 together. As soon as retired Army Gen. David H. Petraeus announced that President Barack Obama accepted his resignation as CIA director, citing an extramaritial affair, attention turned to Paula Broadwell. Broadwell is the authoress of the book “All In: The education of General David Petraeus.” [...]

Committees: Benghazi hearings proceed without Petraeus

Amid shocking revelations that CIA director David Petraeus resigned his post in the wake of an extramarital affair, staff at the House and Senate Intelligence Committeess said hearings at which Petraeus was supposed to testify regarding deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya are expected to proceed as scheduled. According to breaking news reports Friday, Petraeus sent [...]

CIA director quits over extramarital affair

David Petraeus has resigned as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. According to his letter of resignation, Petraeus asked President Barack Obama on Thursday to allow him to resign, and on Friday the president accepted. Petraeus said in a statement that he had shown “extremely poor judgment” in having an [...]

Pentagon timeline shows military response to Libya

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Pentagon details show that the first U.S. military unit arrived in Libya more than 14 hours after the attack on the consulate in Benghazi was over and four Americans, including the ambassador, were dead. A Defense Department timeline obtained by The Associated Press underscores how far the military response lagged behind [...]

Obama - Answer the Questions

TAMPA, Fla. — This is the hometown of U.S. Special Operations Command — at nearby MacDill Air Force Base. This headquarters dispatches our military’s special operators — Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines — on missions in the most difficult and dangerous places on earth. It’s also the place where “action officers” are burning the [...]

Benghazi a barometer of Obama’s incompetence

The Sept. 11, 2012 Benghazi, Libya terrorist attack left four Americans dead including our ambassador, destroyed our consulate, compromised sensitive information, and made America look weak. This story lingers because it is a barometer on President Barack Obama’s competence. The Benghazi attack exposed Obama’s foreign policy record as hollow and his government as incompetent. Specifically, [...]

The Obama Doctrine: American Lives Are Expendable

The Obama White House, the Clinton State Department, and Panetta’s Department of Defense have guiding principles in Afghanistan that, if applied to Benghazi, explain the administration’s decision to deny air support to the Americans fighting for their lives on 9/11/12. The denial of air support to our troops in battle is normal operating procedure for [...]

Why Obama Chose to Let Them Die in Benghazi

The burning question is why Obama didn’t give orders to defend our consulate and American lives in Benghazi. The answer is becoming clearer each time President Obama and Secretary of Defense Panetta issue a denial or explanation of their inaction. To the president’s surprise, he chanced on an honest reporter during a local interview on [...]

The Smoking Gun of the Benghazi Cover-up

On June 6 of this year, a bomb planted at the U.S. compound in Benghazi ripped a 12-foot-wide hole in the outer wall. On June 11, the British ambassador‘s motorcade was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, wounding a medic and doctor. The next day, the ambassador was gone and the British Benghazi post was closed. [...]

Congressman: Administration message on Benghazi like Abbott and Costello routine

A member of the House Intelligence Committee told Human Events that the pattern of miscommunication and mixed messages following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya remind him of the famous Abbott and Costello “Who’s on First?” routine–only worse. “It almost makes that look like a serious conversation,” said [...]

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