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 […]
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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 […]
HealthCare.gov's Costly Flubs
The federal government's botched handling of HealthCare.gov cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, according to a new report by the General Accountability Office (GAO). The report will be officially presented tomorrow to a House subcommittee. The GAO report faults the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), […]
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, […]
Thousands of Qaddafi Era Shoulder-Fired Missiles Missing in Action
The surface-to-air missile attack on a Malaysian jetliner flying over eastern Ukraine is a good reason to revisit my report from 2013 about the thousands of missing shoulder-fired missiles known as MANPADS (Man-portable air-defense systems). As I reported, one major goal of U.S. in Libya prior to the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks on the U.S. mission […]
Good News for Obamacare; Insurance Analyst Weighs In
UnitedHealthcare is expressing confidence in Obamacare by expanding its presence next year to sell policies "in nearly half the exchanges," according to Kaiser Health News. That's good news for the government health insurance initiative, especially coming from a company that had expressed caution. Health insurer analyst Robert Laszewski has some thoughts on what might have motivated […]
