FIELDS: Barack Obama as the Great Gatsby
Source: The Washington Times
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 04:51:26 -0700 | political-news
The nation's capital has wonderful art museums, concerts and theaters, but they're only supplements to the big story playing out on the front pages always the government. We often miss the delicious ironies and insights that the literary and artistic...
NAPOLITANO: Tyranny just around the corner
Source: The Washington Times
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 04:51:20 -0700 | political-news
A few weeks ago, President Obama advised graduates at Ohio State University that they need not listen to voices warning about tyranny around the corner, because we have self-government in America. He argued that self-government is in and of itself...
TYRRELL: The beauty of confusion in officialdom
Source: The Washington Times
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 04:51:17 -0700 | political-news
Where are we now in this morass of Obama administration scandals?...Well, a synonym for imbroglio is confusion, and in all the above cases, replace the word imbroglio with the word confusion and you will get a hint of where I...
Syrians seeking refuge in Libya
Source: IRIN
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 04:16:54 -0700 | political-news
Two years ago Syrians in the relative security of their own country watched the unfolding crisis in Libya descend into a devastating civil war. Since then the tables have turned, and many of those same families find themselves in Libya...
Some of SNC's missing millions found in Montreal real estate, RCMP alleges
Source: The Globe and Mail
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 03:31:23 -0700 | political-news
At the heart of the corporate corruption case that has battered SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. for more than a year is missing money tens of millions of dollars that have disappeared in exotic locations like Swiss bank accounts, Caribbean mailbox companies...
Jay Carney: Criticisms over handling of scandals legitimate
Source: The Hill
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 03:11:32 -0700 | political-news
After tense and combative press briefings on Monday and Tuesday, press secretary Jay Carney took a different tack Wednesday, acknowledging there were legitimate criticisms about how we're handling this. The admission crystallized a sense within the press that Team Obama,...
Begnhazi whistle-blower's lawyer demands leaks probe
Source: Fox
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 06:08:35 -0700 | political-news
Attorney Victoria Toensing said Wednesday she will ask the State Department's inspector general to launch an investigation into claims that employees there leaked personal information on her whistle-blower client to members of the media as an intimidation tactic ahead of...
In Sprinter case, buck must stop at the top
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-22 18:18:35 -0700 | political-news
F516; Save The buck stops here! so said the plaque that famously sat atop President Harry S...How quaint and old-fashioned that sentiment seems when compared with the way our government operates at virtually every level today. In our nation's...
Lawmaker Gives Atheist ‘Prayer,' Glenn Beck's Latest Controversial Comment, and More
Source: Truthdig
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-22 18:06:18 -0700 | political-news
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa has agreed to withdraw a subpoena of Thomas Pickering over the Benghazi, Libya, attacks after the retired diplomat agreed to a private, closed door meeting. The panel had wanted Pickering to respond to questions...
House committee withdraws subpoena after Benghazi investigation leader OKs private meeting
Source: Star Tribune
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 01:01:36 -0700 | political-news
A House committee chairman has withdrawn a subpoena to compel a retired diplomat to answer questions in private about an independent investigation of last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya. Rep. Darrell Issa (EYE'-suh) says he acted after Thomas Pickering agreed...
EU decides to send mission to Libya
Source: B92
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-05-22 14:18:15 -0700 | political-news
EU leaders agreed on Thursday to send an EU Civilian Common Security and Defense mission to Libya. (Tanjug, file) The mission should help control the 4,300 kilometers of the north African country's borders. Libya is an important mission for Libya...
Libya 'Talking Points' Emails Put Petraeus Back In Spotlight
Source: National Public Radio
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-22 09:40:49 -0700 | political-news
Former CIA Director David Petraeus is under renewed scrutiny over the role he played in creating the discredited "talking points" about the attack that killed four Americans last year in Benghazi, Libya. The Washington Post has a front-page story Wednesday...
Benghazi whistle-blower's lawyer demanding probe into media leaks, alleged intimidation
Source: Fox News
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-22 08:51:18 -0700 | political-news
Attorney Victoria Toensing said Wednesday she will ask the State Department's inspector general to launch an investigation into claims that employees there leaked personal information on her whistle-blower client to members of the media as an intimidation tactic ahead of...
France beefs up Africa, Middle East embassy security
Source: Reuters
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-05-22 13:17:43 -0700 | political-news
Topics People stand among debris outside the French embassy after the building was attacked, in Tripoli April 23, 2013. France will invest about 20 million euros ($25 million) to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and...
Swiss court grants SNC special status in fraud case against former executive
Source: The Globe & Mail
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-05-22 02:46:48 -0700 | political-news
A panel of Swiss judges has granted special intervenor status to SNC-Lavalin in the prosecution of a former senior SNC executive after the Montreal-based engineering giant alleged that the executive, Riadh Ben Aissa, defrauded the company of $50-million (U.S.).
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