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 […]
Fast and Furious
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 […]
Six Serious Questions Regarding Elusive Federal Documents
When it comes to accountability questions, one owes the benefit of the doubt to the U.S. government, whoever may be in charge. Managing the massive federal bureaucracy isn't easy. Responding to the demands from the public, the press and Congress for public information can be time consuming. However, it becomes increasingly difficult to suspend disbelief […]
Another Fast and Furious Indictment in Brian Terry Murder
A seventh defendant, who was in the U.S. illegally, has been charged in the death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. The Department of Justice today announced that a federal grand jury in Tucson has indicted Rosario Rafael Burboa-Alvarez. The Terry family issued a statement saying, [quote]"While we are grateful another arrest has been made […]
Brian Terry Murder Suspect Extradited From Mexico
Just a coincidence that on the day it's announced that a federal court has ordered the Justice Department to initiate the process of turning over withheld Fast and Furious documents, the Justice Department announces another defendant in Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's murder has been extradited to face charges. According to a Justice Department news release, Ivan […]
Federal Court Releases Hold on Fast & Furious Docs Case
An interim victory for the conservative watchdog group, Judicial Watch, which is suing the Obama administration over withheld Fast and Furious documents: a federal judge has lifted a 16-month delay in the Freedom of Information lawsuit. That means the Department of Justice must turn over an index describing all of the material it's been holding […]
Effects of Mexican Violence Again Spill into U.S.
On Wednesday, three heavily-armed Mexican police officers from the city of Juarez improperly crossed into the U.S., apparently in pursuit of Mexican cop killers. The murder suspects had shot and killed a Juarez police officer and wounded another in an ambush near the U.S.-Mexico border. A 16-year old Mexican girl was also shot in the […]
Six Under-Served Stories Covered by Attkisson
1. Questionable Spending of Federal Disaster Relief Funds After Super Storm Sandy While Residents Still Await Help, Money Spent on Tourism Ads. July 9, 2014 via Sinclair Media 2. Military Injustice? Marine Corps Commandant James Amos and the Urinating on Taliban Video Case What Happened to the U.S. Marines Urinating on the Taliban Case? July 16, […]
