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Obama Reverses Course, Will Fight Release of Detainee Photographs
By Mark ImpomeniPresident Barack Obama reversed himself today and instructed lawyers in the Jusice Department to fight the release of pictures alleged to show mistreatment of detainees in U.S. custody. The pictures were the subject of an American Civil Liberties Union Freedom of Information Act request first denied by the Bush Administration. The ACLU sued to win release of the pictures and won a lower court ruling ordering the Pentagon to turn them over by May 28th. Just last week, President Obama said that his Administration would comply with the court ruling and release the pictures said to portray abuse ...
Democrats Complain About CIA Leaks
By Mark Impomeni
On the defensive over the revelation that top Democrats in the House and Senate knew about the use of enhanced interrogation techniques on terrorist detainees from the very earliest days of the controversial program, Democrats on Capitol Hill are complaining that the CIA is engaging in a deliberate media campaign to embarrass the party. The charge revolves around a 10-page summary of briefings given to members of Congress on the CIA interrogations prepared at the request of Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee. The report shows that Democrats in ...
House Gets Budget Boost As Questions Arise on Use of Funds
By Mark Impomeni
The Democratic majority in the House has tucked a $90 million increase into the staff budgets of members in anticipation of the 2010 Congressional elections. The 15% increase will be allocated equally to each member and may be used for any legal purpose the member wishes within his own office. But some are questioning the need for the increase in a time of economic uncertainty and the dubious legality of the expenditure it will likely fund.The House Chief Administrative Officer's request for the boost in members allowances says that the money is necessary in part to cover a biennial increase ...
Poor Jobs Reports Put Obama Stimulus Goal in Jeopardy
By Mark Impomeni
In campaigning for his $787 billion economic stimulus plan, President Barack Obama often repeated the claim that the plan would "create or save" 3.5 million jobs over its two-year life. But even if Obama's artful hedge of counting a job "saved" as a job "created" is accepted, recent job losses have made the likelihood that the stimulus plan will deliver the president's promised number of jobs remote at best. In fact, the stimulus plan will have a hard time meeting the much more modest goal of 2.5 million jobs set for the legislation by Democratic economists in testimony before Congress.On ...
Democratic Congressman Volunteers District for Guantanamo Detainees
By Mark ImpomeniVirginia Congressman Jim Moran (D) said in a Washington Post op-ed that his home district of Alexandria would be willing to host some of the terrorist detainees currently held at the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Moran, after acknowledging the logistical and financial burdens hosting the prisoners would place on the community, nevertheless said that Alexandria would do its "civic duty" if asked by the Obama Administration. Alexandria has hosted terrorists before, serving as the site of convicted 20th hijacker Zacharais Moussaoui's federal trial. Not phased by the ...
Vatican Official Says Notre Dame Should Not Have Invited Obama
By Mark Impomeni
Archbishop Raymond Burke, the former Archbishop of St. Louis and currently head of the highest Vatican court in Rome, today criticized the University of Notre Dame for inviting President Barack Obama to deliver the commencement address at the school later this month. Burke, who came out against granting Communion to pro-abortion Catholics during the 2004 presidential campaign, said that Catholic institutions should not give a platform to, "those who teach and act publicly against the moral law."The Archbishop also had strong words for the university's decision to confer an honorary doctorate ...
Memo Shows Pelosi Lied About Interrogation Briefings
By Mark Impomeni House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has been scrambling to counter Republican charges that she was aware of – and did not object to – the use of specific enhanced interrogation techniques by the CIA on suspected terrorist detainees. Pelosi said last week that while she was present at CIA briefings on the interrogations, she was not told that techniques such as waterboarding were in use.Now, however, intelligence documents have come to light which show that Pelosi has been lying about her knowledge of the use of enhanced interogation techniques. According to records of the briefings ...
Howard Dean Says America Has 'Had Enough Capitalism'
By Mark Impomeni
Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean was on CNBC today debating the likely impact of President Barack Obama's economic policies and the $17 billion in cuts that the president has included in his $3.5 trillion budget. In the course of defending Obama's policies, Dean made some statements that the Administration may come to regret. Dean first said that there would have to be tax increases, which he called "revenue increases," to pay for President Obama's spending priorities (1:40). Dean followed that up by endorsing a "carbon tax," (1:45) referring to a cap-and-trade ...
Obama Calls For 'Budget Cuts' While Dramatically Increasing Spending
By Mark Impomeni
The White House is touting President Obama's call for $17 billion in proposed "budget cuts" included in the details of his $3.5 trillion spending plan set to be unveiled today. But the Administration's intended claim of budgetary savings as a result crumbles under the reality of the overall spending increases that President Obama is proposing. The Administration's budget proposal calls for an eight percent increase in discretionary spending for the fiscal year beginning in October, while the cuts amount to only one half of one percent of the total federal budget.Most of the president's planned ...
White House Changes Course, Will Release NYC Flyover Photos
By Mark Impomeni
The White House said today that it will release a photograph of one of the planes in the presidential fleet taken during last week's controversial low-altitude flyover of lower Manhattan. The Administration said earlier this week that the photographs taken during the flight, which were described as publicity photos, would remain classified. But at today's press briefing, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that a photograph and a report detailing the shoot will be made public.The photo shoot caused panic in New York City and Jersey City, NJ, last week, as frightened office workers ...
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