The prestigious Pew Research Center has obtained a Homeland Security document that provides some information on the influx of children from Central America--but doesn't fill in some important blanks. According to Pew, the government document indicates that "of the thousands of unaccompanied children apprehended at the U.S. border in recent months, many can be attributed […]
A Story That Some Don't Want to be Told...
Tomorrow evening, I plan to post an exclusive interview and report on an interesting story that some don't want to be told. Keep a look out on this space and, in the meantime, download the Blue Force Tracker application and bookmark BlueForceTracker.com
Feed the Children Scandal: Follow the Money
“FEED THE CHILDREN” CHARITY UNDER FIRE Exclusive: CBS News Investigation into a Billion-Dollar-a-Year Charity That Solicited Aid for Haiti By Sharyl Attkisson – Feb. 18, 2010 “Feed the Children” is perhaps best known by its infomercials featuring founder, the Reverend Larry Jones. “For only $8 a month, you can help feed a child. Would you […]
Issa to IRS Commissioner: Want to Revise Your Testimony?
Today, House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) sent a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen asking if he wants to amend his earlier testimony about Lois Lerner. Koskinen testified on June 23 that Lerner, a former IRS official at the center of the controversy over the tax agency's targeting of conservative groups, followed terms of […]
Quinnipiac: Obama Worst President Since WWII
President Barack Obama is the worst President since World War II and more voters say America would have been better off if Republican Mitt Romney had won in 2012. That, according to a new Quinnipiac University national poll. More than half of voters, 54 percent, say that the Obama Administration is not competent at running […]
The NSA Revelations in One Handy-Dandy Chart
The investigative news site ProPublica has published a year's worth of NSA revelations in one handy-dandy cartoon chart. Got a minute? There's a link to a How-Much-Do-You-Know-About-the-NSA quiz, too. [ilink url="http://projects.propublica.org/nsa-grid/"]ProPublica's NSA Chart[/ilink]
"Why I Left 60 Minutes"
"The big networks say they care about uncovering the truth. That's not what I saw." This firsthand account comes from Charles Lewis, the founder of the Center for Public Integrity. Before that he was an ABC News and CBS 60 Minutes producer. He currently teaches journalism at American University School of Communication. Politico excerpts from his […]
Who's Interfering with New Findings on Dangers of Arsenic in Water?
The Center for Public Integrity is out today with a new investigative report on the dangers of arsenic in drinking water. Like many dangerous substances, even tiny amounts can be harmful to one's health. According to the article, women are especially vulnerable. "EPA scientists have concluded that if 100,000 women consumed the legal limit of […]
