Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47), Chair of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, today announced that her subcommittee will hold a hearing to receive testimony on Department of Defense information technology and cybersecurity activities. Cybersecurity experts from the private sector will be on hand to discuss the opportunities and challenges...
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Tags: and Capabilities Subcommittee, Cybersecurity, Department of Defense, House Armed Services Committee, House Homeland Security Committee, Loretta Sanchez, Terrorism, Unconventional Threats
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"If Mr. Cheney believes we are at war, then he, as the most recent occupant of the vice presidency, is under the strictest of obligations to put aside his case of terminal partisanship, and rally to the support of his president in a time of war. Instead, his remarks not only give encouragement to...
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Tags: Bush administration, Countdown, Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, President Barack Obama, Terrorism, Traitor, Vice President Dick Cheney
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I have just returned from a debate on presidential power at Chapman University Law School.
In retrospect, the event should more properly have been called “The Trial of John Yoo.”
And strikingly, it was Yoo who cast himself in the role of defendant.
The debate was titled “Presidential Power and Success in Times of Crisis,” and the...
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Tags: .C. 2340, Bill of Rights, Central Intelligence Agency, Chapman, Chapman Law School, Chapman University, Chapman University School of Law, CIA, civil liberties, constitutional law, Convention Against Torture, George Bush, George W. Bush, Interrogation Techniques, Jay Bybee, John Eastman, John Yoo, Judge Jay Bybee, Katherine Darmer, Larry Rosenthal, law, Office of Legal Counsel, president george w. bush, presidential power, Terrorism, Torture, torture memos, U.S. Constitution, United Nations Convention Against Torture, United States Constitution, war on terror, waterboarding, Yoo
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At least 80 are confirmed dead. Over 120 are injured. This sad event is still unfolding as hostages are still being held captive in one of the city’s hotels.
This attack hasn’t just hit India. It’s reminded the entire world just how interdependent we are, that continued tensions in South Asia can cause global mayhem....
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Tags: foreign policy, India, Mumbai, Terrorism
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Keith Olbermann hit another one out of the park tonight. The GOP has managed to take terrorism to a new level, with John McCain leading the charge.
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Tags: McCain, Olbermann, Presidential Election, Republicans, Terrorism, terrorists
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The Red County/OC Blog feed headline “Bush Never Lied To Us About Iraq” caught my eye this afternoon. I had to click through to see what drug Jubal/Matt Cunningham was on.Â
Prominent Democrats and their apologists have claimed ad nauseum that they — and by extension the nation — were deliberately mislead into war by the...
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Tags: Bush, Democrats, History, Iraq, LATimes, Liberals, Media, media distortions, Red County, Republican mistakes, Republicans, snark, Terrorism
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Today at 9:00 AM Edgardo Reynoso, Manager for the Hoa Van Tran Campaign faceD Commissioner Jane Myers regarding the request for a restraining order by a former staffer for campaign.
Reynoso has publicly stated that the alleged incident did not involve him as he was in the campaign office on the phone at the time....
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Tags: 1st District Supervisor, Board of Supervisors, Edgardo Reynoso, Election 2008, Hoa Van Tran, Orange County News, Terrorism
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