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Hoekstra: ‘Truth Hurts’

By | 12.30.09 | 3:11 pm

Clearly enjoying the attention he’s getting for his aggressive attacks on the Obama administration’s handling of terror threats, Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) takes to Twitter to declare victory:

State Department, for All Practical Purposes, Couldn’t Have Revoked Abdulmutallab’s Visa

By | 12.29.09 | 1:19 pm

In his press briefing yesterday, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly took a beating over the fact that department bureaucrats didn’t revoke Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s visa to enter the United States. Kelly, in something of a defensive crouch, said that it was the responsibility of an interagency effort run by More…

Wlady Pleszczynski Forgets 9/11

By | 06.04.09 | 1:23 pm

The American Spectator’s editorial director reads President Obama’s Cairo speech and grumbles:

Six thousand words and the words “terror,” “terrorist,” or “terrorism” do not appear even once.

Yes, the issue was so thoroughly dodged that the president brought up “the attacks of September 11th, 2001″ in the … More…

Holder Appears to Endorse President’s Power to Hold U.S. Citizens Indefinitely

By | 05.14.09 | 1:11 pm

Asked in careful, direct questioning by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) whether Attorney General Eric Holder believes the government has the right to hold a detainee indefinitely without charge or trial on U.S. soil — as Ali al-Marri was, before the administration charged him in federal court and thereby avoiding Supreme More…

Is It Just Me Or Are the Obama People Not Using the ‘War on Terror’ Phrase Anymore?

By | 01.15.09 | 3:12 pm

Kate’s last post about Eric Holder brings up something that struck me kind of funny, as Bruce Springsteen would say.

Notwithstanding Holder’s language about whether we’ve been at war since before 9/11, Kate tells me she hasn’t heard Holder use the phrase “war on terror” or “war on terrorism” in More…

Wait, I Thought He Couldn’t Remember Anything?

By | 01.01.09 | 10:41 am

The Wall Street Journal plays “Where are they now?” with former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales:

WASHINGTON — Alberto Gonzales, who has kept a low profile since resigning as attorney general nearly 16 months ago, said he is writing a book to set the record straight about his controversial tenure as

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Five Convicted of Conspiracy in Fort Dix Terror Case

By | 12.22.08 | 3:00 pm

CNN reports that a jury has convicted five men for conspiring to bomb American soldiers at Fort Dix, N.J., but acquitted the men of attempted murder. The men, who each face life in prison, are slated for sentencing in April.

Will SCOTUS Really Hear the Al-Marri Case? Not so fast…

By | 12.06.08 | 10:57 am

By now you’ve probably heard that the Supreme Court has decided to hear the case of the sole legal U.S. resident detained indefinitely — yes, that means potentially forever — without charges, right here on U.S. soil.  All because President Bush decided on his own authority, that this More…

Biden Links Future Terrorism to McCain’s Failures

By | 09.24.08 | 11:43 am

Sen. Barack Obama has only one event today, a rally in Dunedin, Florida, and the rest of his schedule is cleared for debate prep. His campaign, however, is not taking a day off from general election combat. Today Sen. Joe Biden is thrashing Republicans in a Cincinnati national security address. More…