Why the liberal blog Media Matters works itself up into such a tizzy over any reporting (and reporters) that it perceives as a threat to its interests. But I think most anybody who’s even heard of them already knew this. Read article on Hillary Clinton’s mention of Media Matters
Fast and Furious
Justice Dept. List of Withheld Fast & Furious Docs is 1,323 Pages Long
List shows documents on wide-ranging subject matter being withheld. Emails between Attorney General Eric Holder and his wife Sharon Malone, and his mother, are withheld under executive privilege. Also withheld are emails between Obama administration spokesmen regarding news articles. For the first time, the Department of Justice has provided a detailed description of 15,662 Fast […]
Here’s Info Justice Dept. Won’t Give Congress in Fast & Furious
For more than two years, the Justice Department has ignored Congressional requests to disclose where all of the Fast and Furious weapons are turning up. Now, documents withheld from Congress, but provided to me by a source, give a predictably disturbing picture of the violent landscape in which the weapons are being used. Uriel Patino […]
Judicial Watch Sues Phoenix P.D. in Fast and Furious
The conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch is suing the Phoenix Police Department for records on a July 29, 2013 gang-style assault to see if weapons used were sold in the Justice Department’s ill-fated Fast and Furious case. In Fast and Furious, federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) allowed thousands of […]
Justice Dept. Must Release Fast and Furious Doc Log in One Month
Calling the government’s arguments for “even more time…unconvincing,” a federal court has ordered the Justice Department to turn over a list of withheld Fast and Furious documents by Oct. 22. Attorney General Eric Holder had sought a delay until the day before the midterm elections. Separately, Obama administration officials revealed that Holder intends to announce […]
Ten More Under-served Stories Covered by Attkisson
1. Cost of Illegal Immigrant Minor Crisis, Aug. 6, 2014 https://sattkisson.wpengine.com/cost-of-illegal-immigration-minors-crisis 2. HHS Also Lost Subpoenaed Documents, Aug. 7, 2014 https://sattkisson.wpengine.com/no-kidding-hhs-likely-lost-subpoenaed-docs-too 3. Another Fast and Furious Indictment, Aug. 7, 2014 https://sattkisson.wpengine.com/another-fast-and-furious-murder-indictment-in-brian-terry-case 4. Did Bank Help Reward Suicide Bombers? Aug. 11, 2014 http://dailysignal.com/2014/08/11/terrorism-lawsuit-accuses-arab-bank-helping-reward-hamas-suicide-bombers/ 5. IG: Obama Administration Released 600+ Convicted Criminal Illegal Immigrants, Aug. 12, 2014 […]
Updated: A Message from the Brian Terry Foundation
I’m helping get the word out for the family of Brian Terry, the Border Patrol agent murdered by illegal immigrant rip crew bandits armed with Fast and Furious rifles. From the Brian Terry Foundation: [ilink url=”https://secure.piryx.com/donate/S811v73k/Brian-Terry-Foundation/treks_trek”]Secure Donation Link to Trek’s Trek[/ilink] Erik “Trek” Utrecht is on a mission to ride 2,000 miles to raise awareness […]
Updated: Why I’m Suing HHS for HealthCare.gov Documents
Update: [ilink url=”http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/sharyl-attkisson-emmy-award-winning-journalist-teams-judicial-watch-sue-hhs-key-healthcare-gov-records/”]Read the background to my FOI request here[/ilink] [ilink url=”http://www.judicialwatch.org/cases/sharyl-attkisson-v-u-s-department-health-human-services-114-cv-01348/”]Read more about my FOI request here[/ilink] Squeezing public documents from federal officials hasn’t been easy for me under any administration. But, like many journalists, advocacy groups and members of the public, I’ve found out the hard way that the Obama administration has taken […]
