House Oversight Staff Report: FOIA is Broken "Executive Branch culture encourages an unlawful presumption in favor of secrecy" Update: The House passed FOIA reform bill Secrecy is the order of the day at many federal agencies when it comes to their actions and to public records. That's according to a new report today from the […]
President Obama: 10 Wild Successes; 10 Epic Fails
The following is a news commentary and analysis. It was first published Nov. 6, 2016 and has been updated with additional "successes" and "fails."[hr] As Barack Obama’s presidency draws to a close, he’ll likely go down in history (as do many Presidents) as a polarizing figure: Beloved by supporters who believe he delivered on key […]
Benghazi: Rescue Interrupted
Sunday on Full Measure, don't miss our exclusive report on Benghazi: Rescue Interrupted. It's the rescue that didn't happen the night of the Islamic extremist attacks on the U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11, 2012. We have new information on actions the Obama administration chose not to take. This, on the eve of […]
Petraeus and other big name witnesses to testify to Benghazi Committee
The House Benghazi Committee has announced some big names are about to testify behind closed doors, including former director of the CIA David Petraeus. As I write in "Stonewalled," in the immediate aftermath of the Benghazi attacks, Petraeus first drew ire from some administration colleagues for not reading from the Carney-Obama-Clinton-Rice book of fiction: While […]
We spent how much tax dollars on THAT? (and other reasons to watch this week's Full Measure)
Four Reasons to Watch this Week's Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson: 1. Unfit to fly. A story that even shocked the Inspector General for Afghanistan. He found a whole fleet of airplanes paid for by the US that were never used. The bill is astounding. 2. Is the European Union at risk of dissolving? Many […]
Govt Wipes Recent Vaccine Injury Data From Website
In March, the federal government removed the latest vaccine injury court statistics—more than a year’s worth of data—from one of its publicly reported charts. It was an abrupt departure from the normal practice of updating the figures monthly. Wiping the latest data means the “adjudication categories by alleged vaccine” chart on a government website no […]
Taxpayer waste (and other reasons to watch Full Measure Sunday)
3 Reasons to Watch This Week's Full Measure 1. Air America: The unbelievable story of how hundreds of millions of your tax dollars were spent on an Afghan air force that never left the ground. 2. Toxic Turf? The risks of crumb rubber. 3. The top media misses of 2015 as selected by MediaBuzz's Howie […]
Breaking Bad at a Federal Agency (and other reasons to watch Full Measure)
3 reasons to watch this week's Full Measure Breaking Bad at a federal agency: we'll dig into the discovery of a meth lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology--and wait until you hear who was running it! The Obamacare Cadillac Tax on many health insurance plans offered through work is coming--and almost nobody […]
