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‘Inventing terrorists’: New study reveals FBI set up terrorism-related prosecutions

 Nearly 95 per cent of terrorist arrests have been the result of FBI foiling its own entrapment plots as a part of the so-called post-9/11 War on Terror, a new study revealed. According to the report entitled ‘Inventing Terrorists: The Lawfare of Preemptive Prosecution’, the majority of arrests involved the unjust prosecution of targeted Muslim Americans. The […] Continue reading →

Yeah Grow Some Will Ya! Trey Gowdy to Eric Holder: Prosecute Lerner, Prove You’re a Real AG

 Attorney General Eric Holder must take seriously congressional allegations against former IRS official Lois Lerner if he is to be trusted as the nation’s top law enforcement official, Rep. Trey Gowdy says. “What happened today was really big . . . You remember when the president said there’s not a smidgen of criminality?” Gowdy, a […] Continue reading →

5 People and Groups Abused By the Government For Opposing Obama

John Hawkins,  “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.” — Ian Fleming It’s not happenstance or coincidence that Obama and his administration are illegally using neutral government agencies to go after their political adversaries. If it were, they wouldn’t be taking the 5th, stonewalling Congress and putting political hacks in charge […] Continue reading →

Government is Dangerous. Handle With Care

There is no connection, of course, between the prosecution of notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger and the recent spate of scandals and revelations roiling the Obama administration. Or is there? Law enforcement and criminal justice are essential functions of government. No civilized society could survive for long if it lacked tools to combat lawlessness or […] Continue reading →

Both GOP and Democrats Have Party Problems

Since last November’s election, there has been a lot of punditry about the fissures and schisms in the Republican Party. The divisions are real, and some of the commentary has been revealing. There has been less of a look at fissures and schisms in the Democratic Party. They’re real, as well. Most House Democrats voted […] Continue reading →

Leading From Behind Al Sharpton

Pat Buchanan  “The First Black President … Spoke First as a Black American,” ran the banner headline of Sunday’s Washington Post. But why, when the fires of anger over the Zimmerman verdict were dying down, did he go into that pressroom and stir them up? “A week of protests outside the White House, pressure building […] Continue reading →

Our US Department of Political Justice

Jeff Crouere In the aftermath of the controversial acquittal of George Zimmerman, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that his department would launch an investigation into whether Trayvon Martin’s civil rights were violated. According to an announcement from the Department of Justice, “Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any […] Continue reading →