Gone to Hong Kong, at least for now. The plot thickens as Edward Snowden, 29—IT guy, apparent Ron Paul supporter and disillusioned Obama-hoper—declares himself as the leaker of the NSA data-collection disclosure and then hot-foots it to Hong Kong because … Continue reading →
The WSJ isn’t perturbed by the revelation of the data-mining continuation by the Obama administration: …[U]unlike the other White House scandals there seems to be little here that is scandalous. The existence of the program was exposed years ago and … Continue reading →
I’m continually impressed by how often the Obama White House has done not only what he spoke against while Bush was president, but what the left fantasized/feared the Bush White House was doing. The latest example is obtaining the Verizon … Continue reading →
Actually, I wouldn’t recommend marrying a twice-murdering psychopath, but my advice has not been solicited. Note that the prospective bride, Leydi Figueroa Uceda, seems to have a pattern of prison romance. The couple is planning a June wedding, if authorities … Continue reading →
For years I’ve called Eric Holder Obama’s proxy and his alter ego, with a function so important that it would require that Holder do something almost unimaginably awful for Obama to ever abandon him. Now, courtesy of Jonathan Turley in … Continue reading →
From a Chicago Tribune editorial: But Obama’s endorsement is no reason to celebrate. It’s the equivalent of a guy sending roses to his girlfriend after he stole tulips from her garden. I beg to differ. Actually, it’s the equivalent of … Continue reading →
…Holder’s DOJ won’t be snooping into the phone records of good-little-progressive-soldier Daniel Klaidman of The Daily Beast. [ADDENDUM: Ace points out that the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza has uncovered evidence that Holder’s DOJ judge-shopped in order to get someone who … Continue reading →
Obama plans to get cracking on nominating some federal judges of the liberal persuasion. And he’s using one of his favorite tactics, forcing the Republicans to play whack-a-mole: In trying to fill the three vacancies on the 11-member United States … Continue reading →
According to the NY Times, the Department of Justice says that in 2010 they informed News Corp., Fox’s parent company, of the Rosen subpoena (without mentioning Rosen by name at the time): A law enforcement official said on Sunday that … Continue reading →
John Fund points out that Lois Lerner has a pre-IRS history of overseeing the same sort of abuses she supervised when she later came to the IRS: Conservatives have long tangled with Lerner, who was director of enforcement at the … Continue reading →
Holder signed off on the Rosen email seizure, according to “a law enforcement official.” And today Obama had just put him in charge of “review[ing] Justice Department guidelines governing investigations that involve journalists.” Fox guarding the henhouse? Note that the … Continue reading →
and it’s always low-level employees.”
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