In a change that could have a major impact on the PR of the Obama administration, President Obama is switching the operation of the controversial drone program from the CIA to the Defense Department, according to a report on The Daily Beast. The move is intended to increase the transparency of the program, something for [...]
Unidentified Drone Spotted Over New York City
March 5, 2013 | Posted by
An unmanned aircraft came within 200 feet of a commercial plane in the skies above New York City, leaving federal authorities questioning its origin. Alitalia Flight 608 landed without being forced to make evasive maneuvers, shortly after it encountered the drone Monday afternoon. The FBI and Federal Aviation Administration are unsure how the drone came [...]
Cornel West Calls Obama, Bush and Nixon War Criminals
February 15, 2013 | Posted by
Cornel West believes that President Barack Obama is a war criminal, who should be held responsible for the death of civilians at the hands of the U.S military. Speaking on his public radio show with co-host Tavis Smiley, West heavily criticized the tactics employed by Obama in the war on terror, and the government’s ability [...]
Obama Releases Secret Memo on Drone Killings to Senate
February 7, 2013 | Posted by
Fearful that the confirmation hearings of John Brennan for CIA director would be derailed before they started, President Obama relented and gave Congress a secret legal memo explaining his justification for drone strikes on Americans suspected of working with terrorists. The issue is sure to be a central question in the Senate hearings today of [...]
Leaked Memo: How Obama Justifies Drone Killing of Americans
February 5, 2013 | Posted by
As President Obama gets increasing pressure from liberals to halt the use of drones to kill suspected terrorists — and civilians — overseas, NBC has obtained an internal Obama administration document that appears to cite the legal justification to kill even an American citizen if “an informed, high-level official” of the government decides that person [...]
UN to Investigate Legality of U.S. Drone Assassinations
January 24, 2013 | Posted by
Critics of the Obama administration’s drone program may finally get their chance to put it under a microscope, as the U.N. announced that it will be conducting an investigation to determine if the controversial program is a violation of international law. At a news conference in London, Ben Emmerson, the U.N. special rapporteur on counterterrorism [...]
Nasty Confirmation Fights Loom for Obama Choices Hagel and Brennan
January 8, 2013 | Posted by
The bruising fight over Susan Rice’s candidacy for secretary of state was just a warmup for the title bout over President Obama’s apparent decision to nominate former Sen. Chuck Hagel for defense secretary and John Brennan for CIA chief. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., pulled her name from consideration for nomination as the [...]
Obama Drone Program Under Attack as More Pakistanis Killed
January 8, 2013 | Posted by
Critics of the Obama administration’s increasing reliance on the controversial drone program will get a chance to hear more details since the program’s architect, John Brennan, has been appointed by President Obama to be his new CIA director. U.S. drone missiles have killed nearly 20 suspected militants in Pakistan since the start of the new [...]
Oregon Judge Rules In Favor Of Naked Airport Protest
July 23, 2012 | Posted by
An Oregon judge has acquitted a 50-year-old Oregon man who was charged with indecent exposure after stripping naked when asked to submit to a pat-down inspection. The judge ruled that stripping naked to protest his treatment by Transportation Security Administration was indeed a protected form of free speech. According to The Oregonian, John E. Brennan [...]
