The CIA and US special operations forces have been training Syrian rebels for months, since long before President Barack Obama announced plans to arm the opposition, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
In an explosive interview, a Bush-era NSA operative claims the nation’s clandestine services are building dossiers on most leaders and potential leaders in the US, leading some to ask, “Who’s really running the country?”
Somewhere along the line in what has become a heated debate over how to reform the nation’s immigration laws, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) lost his base.
The Telegraph reports that “WikiLeaks says Michael Hastings contacted it just before his death. Are they implying he was murdered?”
The petition to reopen the probe comes before the July release of a documentary that features testimony from former investigators who raise doubts about whether the crash was caused by a center fuel tank explosion. See the fascinating video interview with one of the main people behind the documentary.
In this wide-ranging interview, Senator Paul contends that we should skeptical of what the federal government’s clandestine services tell us given the recent lies told to Congress. He also wonders whether the Bill of Rights is restraining federal surveillance efforts in the US.
President Barack Obama is “going beyond his powers” in seeking to negotiate a reduction in nuclear weapons with Russian President Vladimir Putin, says former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III.
An Irish Legislator hit Obama hard in her comments this week before the parliament, calling him a war criminal and “hypocrite of the century,” and also accusing Ireland of prostituting itself to Obama.
The Afghan Taliban is ready to free a U.S. soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as a conciliatory gesture, a senior spokesman for the group said Thursday.
Vice President Joe Biden, speaking at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast Thursday, slammed Republican lawmakers opposed to the push for comprehensive immigration reform, calling the White House’s blueprint the “Christian thing to do.”