I’m posting this as it’s breaking today. I know nothing of its authors. It certainly bears further investigation, which I will be doing, and posting. I encourage you to do the same. UPDATE 1: “What Valerie Jarrett, and the president, did not know is that Leon Panetta had already initiated a program that reported to [...]
Wall Street Journal: Growth in the food stamp program appeared to reach a plateau in February — with 14.3% of the population relying on the safety net program. The number of food stamp recipients was essentially flat in February, the most recent month available, with 44.2 million Americans receiving benefits, according a new report from [...]
Fox News: For its extraordinary complexity and stunning success, the mission to kill Usama bin Laden – and the tidy removal of his corpse for subsequent forensic examination – may be the greatest covert operation ever mounted. Students of intelligence history were hard-pressed Tuesday to cite another operation that focused on so high profile and [...]
Time’s The Page: LEON PANETTA: The government obviously has been talking about how best to do this, but I don’t think there was any question that ultimately a photograph would be presented to the public. On rules of engagement: BRIAN WILLIAMS: Did the President’s order read capture or kill or both or just one of [...]
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CNN: (CNN) — A graphic image of what was reported to be Osama bin Laden’s bloodied face, which went viral on the Internet and was plastered on the front page of newspapers around the world, is a fake. The lower part of the photograph, which shows his partially opened mouth and graying beard, is almost [...]
Obama listens during one in a series of meetings discussing the mission against Osama bin Laden, in the Situation Room of the White House CNN: Washington — Within 24 hours of Osama bin Laden’s death in a U.S. assault on his compound in Pakistan, administration and government officials — both cloaked in anonymity and on [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Osama bin Laden was unarmed when Navy SEALs burst into his room and shot him to death, the White House said Tuesday, a change in the official account that raised questions about whether the U.S. ever planned to capture the terrorist leader alive. The Obama administration was still debating whether to release [...]
The Hill: The Obama administration decided not to inform Pakistan of its plan to hunt down Osama bin Laden over fears that the mission could be compromised, a top official said Tuesday. CIA Director Leon Panetta, who is set to brief House and Senate lawmakers later on Tuesday about the killing of bin Laden, said [...]
Note:This update comes some 24 hours after our longtime Washington D.C. Insider first outlined shocking details of an Obama administration having been “overruled” by senior military and intelligence officials leading up to the successful attack against terrorist Osama Bin Laden. What follows is further clarification of Insider’s insights surrounding that event. Q: You stated that [...]
1. Drudge Report: WHITE HOUSE TO RELEASE BIN LADEN DEATH PHOTO Tue May 03 2011 10:22:50 ET President Obama decided Tuesday morning to release at least one photo showing Osama Bin Laden’s death, a top source claims. The images, being described as ‘graphic’, are bound to stir emotions in the east and the west, and [...]
CNN: Abbottabad, Pakistan (CNN) — The trove of materials collected from the compound in which Osama bin Laden was killed includes 10 hard drives, five computers and more than 100 storage devices, a senior U.S. official told CNN Tuesday — material that investigators hope will yield clues to help break the al Qaeda network and [...]
