Taliban Tag

Biden Administration Doubts Russia Placed Bounties on U.S. Troops

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 15, 2021 6 Comments

Example #6,708,757,907 of journalism malpractice during President Donald Trump's term: U.S. intel walking back the claims Russian put bounties on American troops. The Daily Beast subheadline: "But according to a newly disclosed assessment, Donald Trump might have been right to call it a 'hoax.'"

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Netanyahu To ICC: You Have “No Authority” To Investigate Israel

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on April 10, 2021 8 Comments

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to tell the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it had "no authority" to proceed with its war crimes probe against Israel.

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Biden Admin Drops Trump’s Sanctions on ICC Prosecutor Who Went After U.S. and Israeli Troops

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on April 04, 2021 10 Comments

Secretary Blinken calls Trump-era sanctions on the tribunal "inappropriate" even though the U.S. does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court....

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DOD Attacks Tucker Carlson for Criticizing Biden’s Woke Military Changes

Posted by Stacey Matthews on March 12, 2021 62 Comments

On Monday, President Biden announced the nominations of Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost and Army Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson to, respectively, lead the U.S. Transportation Command and the U.S. Southern Command.

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Remembering CIA Officer Johnny “Mike” Spann, Killed In Afghanistan on November 25, 2001

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2020 15 Comments

In May 2011, I wrote for the first time about Johnny "Mike" Spann, the CIA special operations officer who was the first American killed inside Afghanistan after the 9/11 attack. Spann and a small operations team entered Afghanistan to organize opposition, particularly among the Northern Alliance, against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

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Progressive Meltdown Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 20, 2020 9 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

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Another Anti-Trump Media Fail: “Intel still hasn’t established Russia paid Taliban ‘bounties’ to kill U.S. troops”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 15, 2020 15 Comments

Democrats and their media cohorts have spent the last four years throwing everything they can dream up at President Trump, hoping against hope that this time it will stick.  That this time, finally, after Russia, impeachment, Ukraine, unfounded accusations of racism, outright lie after outright lie . . . this time the latest invented anti-Trump smear will stick, the needle will move, Trump will lose support.  This time.  For sure.

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Trump Adds Names to Potential SCOTUS Nominee List, Including Cruz, Cotton, and Hawley

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 09, 2020 41 Comments

President Donald Trump added 20 names to a list of potential SCOTUS nominees to the list he first unveiled in April 2016. The list could help Trump's campaign since 21% of voters have SCOTUS as their main issue.

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More Intelligence Sources Confirm Trump Not Briefed on Unsubstantiated ‘Russian Bounties’ Allegations

Posted by Stacey Matthews on June 30, 2020 30 Comments

On Friday, the New York Times ran an alleged bombshell report alleging Russia had put bounties on American soldiers and other coalition forces in Afghanistan and that President Trump was briefed about it in March but had done nothing about it.

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DNI Ratcliffe Debunks NYT Report Trump Briefed in March About Russia Putting Bounties on U.S. Soldiers

Posted by Stacey Matthews on June 28, 2020 23 Comments

The New York Times published an explosive article Friday that alleged Russia had put bounties on the heads of American soldiers and other coalition forces in Afghanistan and that the Trump White House was briefed about it in March but has yet to act on it.

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Popular Mechanics Publishes Instructions on How to Take Down Statues ‘Using Science’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 17, 2020 18 Comments

Last week, a man was injured when a statue hit him on the head as he participated with a Black Lives Matter group to remove it. Popular Mechanics decided to publish an article with instructions on how to topple these statues so you don't get hurt. The magazine claims the article is not an encouragement for people to tear down the statues, though!

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There’s an effort to get me fired at Cornell for criticizing the Black Lives Matter Movement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 11, 2020 330 Comments

There is an effort underway to get me fired at Cornell Law School, where I've worked since November 2007, or if not fired, at least denounced publicly by the school. Ever since I started Legal Insurrection in October 2008, it's been an awkward relationship given the overwhelmingly liberal faculty and atmosphere. Living as a conservative on a liberal campus is like being the mouse waiting for the cat to pounce.

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Memorial Day 2020 – Sacrifice

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 25, 2020 8 Comments

Each Memorial Day we try to focus on the lives of a small number of individuals who gave their lives for our country, and whose stories we have followed for several years. In this way we put human faces and life stories honoring all those who paid the ultimate price. Click on each hyperlinked heading for prior posts about the person.

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U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan has Begun

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 09, 2020 15 Comments

A U.S. official told The Associated Press that troops have started to leave Afghanistan.

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U.S., Taliban Sign Peace Deal, Taliban Pledges To Ensure Terrorists Can “never again operate from Afghan soil”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on February 29, 2020 15 Comments

On Saturday, the U.S. and the Taliban signed an historic peace agreement.  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signed the deal but was cautious in his statements, saying that the "good feelings" will not last if there isn't concrete follow-up on the "commitments stated and promises made.”

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Socialism Rising Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 23, 2020 3 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

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U.S., Taliban Reach Agreement on Reduced Violence Before Possible Peace Deal

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 21, 2020 14 Comments

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that America and the Taliban in Afghanistan have reached an agreement to reduce violence for a week. The two sides could potentially form a peace deal by the time the agreement ends.

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Legal Insurrection Authors’ 2020 Predictions

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 01, 2020 45 Comments

Another year has passed—and what a year it's been!  Our very own Kemberlee started a New Year LI tradition of our authors making predictions for the coming year, and I'm honored to compile the post for her while she tends to her precious miracle, Baby Walt.

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