In a statement issued tonight, the chairman of the House Benghazi Committee, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., indicated Hillary Clinton has turned over her private email server and several thumb drives to the Justice Department. According to Gowdy, the items contain "emails with compartmentalized classified intelligence that [Clinton] had turned over to her personal attorney." [quote]This is […]
Special Investigations
Fast and Furious: Guilty Plea in Brian Terry Murder
[Above image: Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry] One of the suspects accused in the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry has plead guilty to first degree murder charges. Under the plea deal, Rosario Rafael Burboa-Alvarez will be sentenced to 30 years in prison. Burboa-Albarez was not at the scene the night of Terry's murder […]
IG: Clinton emails contained info that was classified at the time
Clinton emails "contained classified State Department information when originated" Some contained "Top Secret" information --Inspector General for Intelligence Community Charles McCullough In an apparent contradiction to repeated assertions by Hillary Clinton, an Inspector General (IG) today told Congress that some of Clinton's emails contained information that was classified at the time she sent them as […]
Jon Stewart's Operation "Fast and Furious" Comedic Primer
As Jon Stewart retires from The Daily Show, it's worth revisiting his sardonic commentaries that explain in simple terms the absurdity of the government's ill-fated Fast and Furious operation. (Disclosure: he borrows liberally from my CBS News reports). WATCH: Jon Stewart on the Wisdom of Fast and Furious In this episode, Jon Stewart plays The Substitution […]
Inspectors General Want Criminal Probe Re: Republican Presidential Candidate
(Not really. It's Hillary Clinton who is targeted...) The following is a news opinion and analysis I call it the "Substitution Game" in my book Stonewalled. It refers to how the news media sometimes disparately treats comparable news, depending on the subject and how the news outlet or reporter feels about it. According to the New York Times, "Two […]
Judge Questions Govt. Delays in Attkisson v. HHS
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan calls speed of government response “unreasonable” When government offers to double the speed its response, Judge Chutkan replies: “But that will take us to, what, seven years instead of 14?” I’ve been seeking public information on HealthCare.gov since the fall of 2013. Under Freedom of Information (FOI) law, the government is […]
Benghazi Committee: Hillary Clinton Made "False" Claim About Subpoena
Today, the House Benghazi Committee released its subpoena of Hillary Clinton. In a statement, the Committee explained that it issued the subpoena in March but had not made it public. Why now? According to committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina: [quote]“I would not make this one public now, but after Secretary Clinton falsely claimed the […]
Obamacare: Republicans Can't Win For Losing?
If the plaintiffs win the current Affordable Care Act (ACA) case before the U.S. Supreme Court, King v. Burwell, millions of Americans who bought health insurance through the federal marketplace or “exchange” will lose the federal tax dollars they’re getting to help buy their policies. That’s because the Court would have ruled the ACA only allowed […]
