Breitbart News has obtained an exclusive video of Attorney General Eric Holder flatly rejecting the idea of appointing a special counsel to investigate Benghazi. Filmed on May 15 and provided to Breitbart News by Special Operations Speaks, the video shows Holder
(AP) White House releases trove of Benghazi documentsWASHINGTONThe White House is releasing 100 pages of e-mails and notes related to the Obama administration’s response to the attack on a diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, last September. The White House had
In a week when scandals plague the White House, late night comics are still struggling to find a way to turn the news of the day into punch lines. There’s nothing funny about President Barack Obama. That’s what we’ve been
When I watch that really depressing TV show Intervention, it’s only to feel better about myself. It’s one of the great benefits of television: it’s personal therapy that elevates self-esteem quicker than a pep talk from a noxious life coach.
In a tense exchange Wednesday afternoon between Major Garrett of CBS News and White House spokesman Jay Carney, the White House refused to offer a straight answer to Garrett’s repeated requests that the Administration release the full email chain surrounding
For months, conservative media has been howling over the falsehood that the Accountability Review Board (ARB) offered a thorough investigation into the September 11 terror attack in Benghazi. The most frustrating part is that in order to ignore the legions
In Part One of this series, published on Monday, I used the word “Watergate” seven times, openly comparing the scandalous Obama administration to the scandalous Nixon administration. I didn’t know the half of it. Just hours after Part One ran, we all
Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to former UN Ambassador Thomas Pickering to see if he is still willing to participate in a transcribed interview over his work in the State Department’s Accountability Review Board (ARB) report
House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) told Breitbart News that his committee’s Department of Justice oversight hearing on Wednesday will focus on the lack of accountability throughout President Barack Obama’s administration and the Department of Justice. Holder is
It’s Deja Vu all over again. From the Inspector General’s report on IRS profiling: “We could not specifically determine who had been involved in creating the criteria.” And that morsel of information was relegated to a footnote. How is that even
In response to NPR: Scandals May Cost Obama His Dream of Bipartisanship: Ace, your little NPR derp is just following the marching orders handed down by Dear Leader. Even as his Administration was rocked by multiple abuse-of-power scandals, Barack Obama
Many in the media bit on this bait from the Obama Administration today. The Administration released one (1) email, which differed from quotations of it in small respects. They are now claiming “doctored emails:” So the GOP – after all
The writers at The Onion, much like the vast majority of political humorists, can’t find it in their heart to mock President Barack Obama. Call it political correctness writ large, the left’s inability to mock one of their own or the
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Jay Carney scolded a reporter for daring to shake her head at his spin. The reporter, Alexis Simendinger of Real Clear Politics, asked, “I just wanted to make sure, are we going to find
Former George W. Bush Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld appeared on Mike Huckabee’s radio show on Tuesday and discussed his new book, Rumsfeld’s Rules. He was critical of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for making remarks during her January
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney: “What [the leaked email] showed was that Republicans who are leaking these emails that have been shared with Congress, didn’t just do that, they decided to fabricate portions of an email and make up
The Benghazi cover-up is falling apart and the left is desperate. They will do anything to protect former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from any blame in the scandal. In this instance, Politico’s Roger Simon has fallen back on the tired
Why was U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice sent to appear on the Sunday talk shows on September 16, 2012 instead of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to discuss the terrorist attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya? After all, Clinton,
It has been eight months since the terrorist attacks on our facilities in Benghazi, Libya–attacks that ended up killing four Americans, including our ambassador, Christopher Stevens. We haven’t had a concrete explanation about this incident, and new State Department spokesperson
CNS News is reporting that the Internal Revenue Service has not indicated it will cooperate with the House Ways and Means Committee demand to turn over information related to its targeting of center right groups. Rep. Boustany (R-LA), chairman of
During a Monday press conference, President Barack Obama dismissed concerns and congressional inquiries into the Benghazi attack that claimed the lives of four Americans including U.S. Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens. “And suddenly three days ago this gets spun up as
Former Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Fox News’ Hannity last night. “They lied,” he told Hannity, and Cheney went on to say “it was really all about their incompetence.” The former Vice-President identified warnings from the CIA that
Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News: “No one has spoken to me about the Benghazi story, pressuring me one way or another. In fact our executives, our CEO Jeff Fager, our President David Rhodes have been encouraging in general of the kind
On Monday, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) responded to reports that the Department of Justice had secretly obtained two full months of phone records from the Associated Press, prompting the AP’s President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Pruitt to
Looks as though Joe Klein is back on the Narrative Plantation. After blistering the Obama Administration over revelations that the IRS was targeting conservative groups, today Klein took his marching orders from Ezra Klein and publicly walked it all way
You can’t blame Cher for wanting to turn back time to a news cycle without a smoking gun targeting the Obama administration’s actions in the wake of the Benghazi terror attack. The far-left singer, prone to using ALL CAPS to
With his administration under fire for scandals concerning the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi and the IRS’ targeting of conservative groups, President Obama is prioritizing: he has now committed to 20 fundraisers for 2014. This week, Obama will
President Obama at a press conference alongside British Prime Minister David Cameron
Following a May 13 joint press conference between Obama and British PM David Cameron, AP correspondent Julie Pace asked Obama about Benghazi talking points, and Obama said “political motivations” are keeping the Benghazi story alive. Pace: “Do you think the
Jackson Diehl, who writes about foreign affairs for the Washington Post, is no Obama administration shill. He has taken on the White House on several occasions, notably on the issue of human rights, where he has been willing–as few others
In testimony before the House Oversight Committee on May 8, former Tripoli Regional Security Officer (RSO) Eric Nordstrom said security at the consulate in Benghazi was substandard and that the only way Ambassador Christopher Stevens and the other Americans could
Appearing on Fox News this Sunday, Pat Smith, mother of murdered State Department employee Sean Smith, wished former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a happy Mother’s Day. “I want to wish Hillary a happy Mother’s Day,” she said. “She’s got
Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, who told Republicans in late 2012 to cave on higher taxes to President Obama, now thinks Republicans should stop attacking former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her role in American failures before, during, and
On Sunday, two days after White House press secretary Jay Carney took to the podium to dissemble on the September 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attacks that resulted in the deaths of four Americans including Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, even
Speaking at an Iowa Republican fundraising dinner on Friday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s handing of Benghazi in the six months leading up to the September 11, 2012 attack should
Speaking on May 10, White House spokesman Jay Carney said emails that show a State Dept. official watering down Benghazi talking points was released by Republicans to “politicize” the attack. Carney’s statement is in reaction to leaked email excepts which
Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, ended the Benghazi attack hearing on Wednesday by stating, “This hearing is closed. But this investigation is not over,” indicating more whistle blower Benghazi hearings are likely due in the
CBS NEWS: Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he would not have approved a rushed proposal to send military assets to Benghazi to halt the September 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility there, saying, “The one thing that our
