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PICKET: Romney spokesman - There will be a complete review of Obama DOJ under a Romney admin
The Obama Justice Department has been under scrutiny by Republicans since President Obama's 2008 election to the Oval Office. From the handling of the New Black Panther voter intimidation case to the failed "Fast and Furious" gun walking program, many have wondered if the Justice Department would be held accountable by a new administration.
PICKET: Two border agents shot, one fatally, at Brian Terry station in Ariz.
Fox News is reporting two U.S. border agents were shot, one fatally, on Tuesday morning at the at the Brian Terry Station near Naco, Arizona.
PICKET: Report - Threats toward U.S. embassy in Cairo demanding release of Blind Sheikh posted days before deadly consulate attack
The administration is scrambling to explain why immediately after the deadly 9/11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that took the lives of four Americans, administration officials rushed to blame the attack and the protests in the middle east at U.S. embassies on an obscure online anti-Muslim film trailer.
PICKET: Mexican youths massacred with fast and furious weapons says new report
The Justice Department may not be breathing too easily just yet.l On Sunday evening the spanish network Univision aired programming that investigated the deaths that occurred south of the U.S. border as a result of fast and furious weapons which got into the hands of drug cartel members.
PICKET: FBI Counter-terrorism lexicon skips all references to 'al qaeda'
Could federal law enforcement's own training protocol on what they have been defining as "terrorism" be delaying the investigation of what happened in Benghazi, Libya on September 11th? As I pointed out in a previous post, the FBI training manual after a 2011 purge, does not even include the terms "al Qaeda", "Muslim Brotherhood", or "jihad."
PICKET: Sec. Clinton says attack in Libya linked to al qaeda
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton revealed on Wednesday that the terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya was linked to Al Qaeda.
PICKET: Obama camp asks media to avoid using Sebelius's official title at campaign events
Despite being cited and later excused by the White House for a Hatch Act violation recently, as a result of calling for North Carolinians to vote for President Barack Obama at the annual Human Rights Campaign Gala, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be campaigning for the president in New Hampshire this weekend, reports The Washington Examiner.
PICKET: WH insists Obama UN remarks spoke out against 'slander' towards everyone 'equally'
President Barack Obama addressed the General Assembly at the United Nations on Tuesday and denounced the anti-Muslim online film trailer made by a southern California resident, calling it "disgusting" and "crude." At the same time the president said the online video should not be used as an excuse by others to incite violence. He also noted that the U.S. Constitution protects American citizens' right to free speech, so banning such material would not be legally possible.
PICKET: Lawsuit filed against EPA over pollution experiments on humans
A follow up from a Water Cooler post back in April. Steven Milloy, a biostatistician and securities lawyer who runs the site junkscience.com, is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over what he discovered through evidence from a Freedom of Information Act request. According to the National Legal and Policy Center, Milloy found out through the FOIA that the EPA was conducting " disturbing experiments that exposed humans to inhalable particulates the agency has said are deadly."
PICKET:(VIDEO) Madonna partially strips down and tells audience to vote for 'black Muslim in the White House'
At a Monday night DC concert, Madonna told attendees in a expletive ridden rant to vote for President Obama this November.
PICKET: U.S. response to Ahmadinejad rant carries less impact after U.S. response to anti-Muslim film
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad characteristically went after Israel in his remarks before the United Nations annual General Assembly session.
PICKET: Muslim advocacy groups influence heavily on U.S. national security protocol and lexicon
Part of the Obama administration’s national security strategy for almost four years has included avoiding the possibility of offending Muslims. Despite the administration’s claims that the anti-Muslim online video should not be an excuse for anyone to violently attack the United States, President Barack Obama will address the General Assembly at the United Nations on Tuesday and denounce the film trailer. In the meantime, leaders of Islamic nations will be at the UN and demand that anti-blasphemy laws be established.
PICKET: Pakistan official places $100,000 bounty on head of anti-muslim filmmaker
Pakistan's Express Tribune is reporting that the country's Federal Railway Minister Ghulam Ahmed Bilour declared that a $100,000 award will be given to anyone who kills the filmmaker of the anti-Muslim online movie trailer, “Innocence of Muslims."
PICKET: Obama to denounce anti-islam film at UN as Muslim leaders call for anti-blasphemy laws
President Barack Obama will address the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday and according to USA Today, he will focus on the "recent unrest in the Muslim World" within his remarks.
PICKET: (VIDEO) Oakland city council loses control of meetings to occupy protesters
Oakland, California, home to some of the most violent protests of the Occupy movement this year, is still dealing with occupy protesters at their city council meetings. Last Tuesday the Oakland City Council was shut down as a result of loud disruptions from protests.
