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NSA head General Keith Alexander said at a forum earlier this week that the agency is taking steps to insure that a breach of its systems like the one committed by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor employed through Booz Allen Hamilton, cannot occur again. ...

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Former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned in disgrace in 2008 after a prostitution scandal, is now running for the position of NYC Comptroller.  As Business Insider points out, he's since begun a huge national media tour and Thursday wasn't an especially good day for...

I was a guest on Crane Durham"s Nothing But The Truth show on July 15. We covered a variety of topics related to the George Zimmerman verdict and the aftermath, including threats of federal prosecution and civil lawsuits. One of the issues we discussed was the false racial narrative of the...

Off to Israel late tonight. My itinerary is something along the lines of Tel Aviv-Jerusalem-Tiberias-Golan Heights/TheNorth. I'm scheduled to meet some really interesting people, so there likely will be some posts from me while I'm away.  (In addition to some prescheduled posts, and well, I do have...

One Massachusetts State Police officer is speaking out in angry opposition to Rolling Stone's glamorization of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. And he's doing so through photos. [caption id="attachment_59370" align="alignnone" width="575"] Photo credit: Sean Murphy. Published at http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/07/18/tsarnaev/[/caption] From Boston Magazine: Sgt. Sean Murphy, a tactical photographer with the...

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In case you missed it, WOFL, the local FOX affiliate station (FOX35) in Orlando, Florida did an exclusive interview with alternate juror E54 from the George Zimmerman trial.  Sean Hannity aired segments on his Wednesday evening program. Anonymous juror E54 told WOFL's Valerie Boey that he agrees with the...

Bradley Manning will face the charge of "aiding the enemy," after a military judge ruled today that the charge will not be dropped.  Defense attorneys for Manning had earlier filed a motion for this and other charges to be dismissed, while human rights groups also...

Flashing across the wires:
The city of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection in federal court Thursday, laying the groundwork for a historic effort to bail out a city that is sinking under billions of dollars in debt and decades of mismanagement, population flight and loss of tax revenue. The bankruptcy filing makes Detroit the largest city in U.S. history to do so.
No one could have seen this coming, except Dewey: detroit_01_thumb10 Hmmm ... this can't be coincidence: https://twitter.com/FreeBeacon/status/357971369935372288 Most clueless Detroit bankruptcy tweet of the day: https://twitter.com/JoelleMackey7/status/357970741838352384 Elsewhere: https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/357960657339023361 https://twitter.com/JoeCilio/status/357969877643952129 https://twitter.com/BlaiseInKC/status/357969971923529728

In the wake of revelations about the scope of the NSA's surveillance activities, Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald will soon be writing a book that is expected to reveal new information on the matter.  Some of the book's focus will also be on the alleged cooperation...

Good thing John Kerry is in Israel pressuring Israel to accept as a precondition to negotiations a return to the 1949 armistice lines with minor modifications. That precondition is being held firmly by Mahmoud Abbas, who weekly receives encouragement, including the recent decision by the EU...

In 2005 the Florida legislator enacted statute 776.032. "Immunity from criminal prosecution and civil action for justifiable use of force." This immunity statute is often erroneously referred to as Florida's Stand-Your-Ground (SYG) law, even by lawyers, judges, and law professors who ought to know better...

The House Oversight Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing today at 11:00am ET on "The IRS’ Systematic Delay and Scrutiny of Tea Party Applications." (Livestream also at the bottom of this post). FOX News' Carl Cameron reported Wednesday evening on the O'Reilly Factor that major...

Sure, I disagree with Marco Rubio on the Gang of 8 immigration bill, particularly the amnesty part. But what's most galling is that Rubio appears to have been played by Chuck Schumer on the Democratic side, and McCain/Graham on the Republican side, suckered into being the...

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From a reader: Hello! I'm a regular reader and finally had the chance to get a picture worthy of your website. This photo was taken Monday evening on Route 1 in Alexandria, Fairfax County, VA. The van had a VA plate. Enjoy! ...

I think she came across a lot better in this interview than she did in the trial. And better than the Piers Morgan interview, which resulted in some narrative-busting and generally bizarre sound bites. It's loathsome that Al Sharpton has a show on MSNBC, but he did bring out the...