By Jonathan Stempel and Basil Katz United Airlines bears no responsibility for suspected security lapses at a Maine airport, which allowed hijackers to board the American Airlines plane that crashed into one of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein granted a request by[...]
Newly published audio this week reveals that Vice President Dick Cheney’s infamous Sept. 11, 2001 order to shoot down rogue civilian aircraft was ignored by military officials, who instead ordered pilots to only identify suspect aircraft. That revelation is one of many in newly released audio recordings compiled by investigators for the 9/11 Commission, published[...]
Author: Robert McMahon, Editor Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez leaves an uncertain legacy for his country and region. This issue guide explores some of Chavez’s chief political and economic initiatives and his relationship with Cuba. The Atlantic: What Hugo Chavez Built: The Legacy of Latin-American ‘Chavismo’ ”Early in his presidency, Chavez remarked that he saw himself as a[...]
By Stephen Dinan The White House announced Tuesday that it is canceling tours of the president’s home for the foreseeable future as the sequester spending cuts begin to bite and the administration makes good on its warnings of painful decisions. Announcement of the decision — made in an email from the White House Visitors Office[...]
By AL MARTIN (AL MARTIN.COM) The sequester is simply the automatic across the board spending cuts that Congress agreed to abide by two years ago. It was supposed to be a scare tactic for Congress agreed upon prior to the 2012 bi-elections since both military and domestic spending would be cut 50-50. Sequestration was supposed[...]
By Agence France-Presse The killing of 48 Syrian soldiers in Iraq threatens to entangle Baghdad in neighbouring Syria’s civil war, a conflict in which it has sought to remain neutral. A convoy of wounded Syrian soldiers who had been treated in Iraq was ambushed in the western Anbar province on Monday en route to the[...]
From defensetech.org The U.S. Navy just ordered $71 million worth of additional testing for the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile program. The $71 million modification contract award to Lockheed Martin will pay for air– and surface-launched flight tests and other risk reduction activities, according to a Lockheed Martin press release. Under this contract, an additional air-launched[...]
From NaturalNews.com There was a reason why our founding fathers were leery of monopolies – because they knew that too much power and influence in too few hands was not conducive to liberty and freedom. That’s one reason why they would likely be concerned about control of the global food supply these days – because[...]
By Paul Joseph Watson infowars.com The establishment media, aided by a raft of leftist websites, is still portraying concern over the Department of Homeland Security’s purchase of some 2 billion rounds of ammunition as a conspiracy theory by regurgitating the glib statement of a single DHS official. Continued
By Terence P. Jeffrey During the month of February–as President Barack Obama was warning Americans they would see dramatic effects in their lives if “sequestration” of some planned federal spending kicked in–the federal government’s debt climbed by $253.5 billion. That one-month increase in the debt was nearly six times as much as the $44 billion[...]
By Agence France-Presse A top commander on Tuesday warned Iran not to test US resolve in the Gulf after Washington scaled back its naval presence in the area, saying no adversary should underestimate American military power in the region. “I still have one carrier out there, and I would just caution any enemy that might[...]
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