[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ere's an updated chart that identifies some of the people you're hearing about in the various Congressional, Inspector General, FBI probes. [hr] Read "The Smear" at your local library or purchase anywhere today.[hr]
NEW: FBI loses evidence in Hillary Clinton email probe
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] new batch of FBI text messages quietly turned over to Congress on Friday reveals new information in the FBI probe of Hillary Clinton's mishandling of classified emails. It also came with a cover letter from FBI Director Chris Wray explaining that a lot of FBI text messages that were supposed to be preserved--have been […]
Trump Year One: The Media
There has been voluminous reporting on President Trump's misstatements and missteps -- but the past few weeks I've been looking into what I think is one of the biggest stories of his first year as president: The Media. There's been a cascade of mistaken and false reporting from his first day in office. That's when […]
Record U.S. tax money spent in Afghanistan: Record waste, fraud and abuse?
We've spent more of our tax money trying to help rebuild Afghanistan than we've spent on any other single country in history: $120 billion and counting. Unfortunately, that includes billions of dollars in waste, fraud and abuse according to Inspector General John Sopko, an Obama appointee. And now he's facing a new obstacle in tracking […]
What is "infrastructure" & how much will improving it cost?
[dropcap]Y[/dropcap]ou're about to begin hearing a lot about our "infrastructure" and the need to update it. Sunday on Full Measure, we'll explain what all the talk is about and examine ways to pay the costly bill when we're already so far in debt. President Trump proposed expanding unique public-private partnerships that would put private money […]
DOJ "Coordinated" Fast & Furious Freedom of Info requests from me, others
The following is a news analysis and commentary [dropcap]F[/dropcap]reedom of Information (FOI) law was supposed to make it easier for all of us to get our hands on public documents that we own; documents that government too often tries to keep secret. But as I’ve written about and testified to many times, including before House […]
Investigating the Investigators at DOJ and FBI
Why do heads seem to be rolling—or at least tilting—at the Department of Justice and FBI?[hr] [quote]Eight high ranking Department of Justice and FBI officials have been removed, reassigned or are rumored to be leaving. They include the top FBI agents who worked on two of the agency’s most high-profile investigations in the past two […]
Politico's Hezbollah Article (the abridged version)
The following is a news analysis [dropcap]P[/dropcap]olitico recently published a lengthy investigative report by Josh Meyer about the terrorist group Hezbollah, its criminal fundraising activities in the U.S., and alleged Obama administration efforts to slow or block law enforcement actions against Hezbollah. For those who don't have time to read the entire article, here's a summary: Upshot: The […]
