[Photo Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org] College student Emily* was satisfied with her birth control pill. Her doctor settled on the current formulation after trying Emily on several prescriptions. The final one improved her chronic headaches rather than making them worse and helped clear up her skin. (*Her real name is not used […]
Journalist Computer Intrusion Lawsuit Filed Against U.S. Government
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST SHARYL ATTKISSON FILES CLAIMS AGAINST THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND U.S. POSTAL SERVICE FOR UNAUTHORIZED AND ILLEGAL SURVEILLANCE OF COMPUTERS AND TELEPHONES Washington, D.C., (January 5, 2015)—Investigative Journalist Sharyl Attkisson has filed administrative claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act against the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Postal Service, and certain […]
Sen. Tom Coburn: Dept. of Homeland Security Failing Five Main Missions
[Above image: Three CBP officers and a Border Patrol agent at the Calexico, California Port of Entry, Feb. 16, 2012. Photo by: Josh Denmark] On his way out of the door, his final day as a U.S. Senator, Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) released a blistering oversight report that finds the federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]
The "Other" House Intel Committee Benghazi Report
It neither “exonerates” nor “debunks.” It specifically states that it is not the final word on Benghazi. Yet national press outlets claimed all of the above about the House Intelligence Committee report on Benghazi released on Nov. 21. The Washington Post stated that “the panel’s findings were broadly consistent with the Obama administration’s version of […]
Belatedly Released and Revealing Fast & Furious Docs
The Department of Justice improperly withheld public documents related to Fast and Furious after the first Freedom of Information (FOI) requests for them several years ago. The agency was recently forced to produce some of the materials to the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, which filed a FOI lawsuit to obtain the information. (To date, […]
NYT: CDC Makes Horrible Ebola Lab Error
(Above image: Thomas W. Geisbert, Boston University School of Medicine - PLoS Pathogens, November 2008. Color-enhanced electron micrograph of Ebola virus particles.) The New York Times reports that Centers for Disease Control (CDC) experts have made a crucial error resulting in possibly exposing a technician to the deadly Ebola virus. The mistake highlights the point of the […]
Fast & Furious Crime Scene Photos Ordered Released
(Above photo: A Fast and Furious weapons used in a 2013 Gang Style Assault in Phoenix. The Phoenix Police Dept. and U.S. Government had withheld the photo from Congress and the public until it was recently released as a result of a Freedom of Information lawsuit.) A Freedom of Information (FOI) lawsuit against a police agency […]
"After the Buzz": Sony and All Things "Hacking"
Today in "After the Buzz," Howie Kurtz and I discuss the violation of Sony and public attitudes about hacking. [button link="http://video.foxnews.com/v/3956535571001/after-the-buzz-attkisson-on-sony-hacking/?playlist_id=2636605067001#sp=show-clips"]Watch After the Buzz[/button]
