Rand Paul is using a good old fashioned filibuster to delay the nomination of John Brennan for CIA Director. His focus is drones and the Obama’s Administration assertion that the president can not only order the killing of Americans-not only abroad, but domestically as well. Since the government has already declared his opposition as “potential terrorists.” There are rather chilling implications for being a declared terrorist, potential or otherwise. At any rate, here is the video, via Raw Story… I will stickie this for the duration. Related posts: Vice Presidential Debate Live Feed State of the Union Live Feed Live [...]
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Benghazi Update: What Did President Obama do from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM on September 11, 2012, An Analysis of the Timeline and Administration Responses
The buck stops at the top on this one. Via memeorandum I saw this CBS News storyCould U.S. military have helped during Libya attack?: …Some lawmakers are asking why U.S. military help from outside Libya didn’t arrive as terrorists battered more than 30 Americans over the course of more than seven hours. The assault was launched by an armed mob of dozens that torched buildings and used rocket propelled grenades, mortars and AK-47 rifles. CBS News has been told that, hours after the attack began, an unmanned Predator drone was sent over the U.S. mission in Benghazi, and that the drone and [...]
