Documents shed light on CIA torture program

Washington (AFP) – CIA lawyers sought guarantees the US spy agency would never be prosecuted for torturing suspects after the September 11, 2001 attacks, while other staff warned the program was an impending “train wreck,” documents showed. The correspondence provides a new glimpse into tussles within the CIA as it implemented its notorious “enhanced interrogation” […]

Omar Mateen’s Wife Under Scrutiny by FBI, Official Says

FBI investigators suspect the wife of the Orlando gunman, Omar Mateen, might have been aware that he was plotting an attack, and the agency is trying to determine her level of involvement, a senior law enforcement official said Tuesday. The wife, Noor Zahi Salman, told the FBI that she had driven him to the Pulse nightclub […]

Army officer among 49 killed during Orlando nightclub attack

Word spread rapidly from Florida A&M University President Elmira Mangum to friends on social media around the country Monday when it was learned Antonio Davon Brown was among the 49 people killed Sunday morning during a massacre inside an Orlando nightclub. Brown, a native of Cocoa Beach, graduated from FAMU in 2008 with a degree in […]

This is the military-style equipment used to respond to the attack in Orlando

Authorities responding in Orlando to what became the worst mass shooting in U.S. history used military-style equipment and weapons and an armored tactical vehicle, reframing the debate about what police should have in their arsenal. The issue was raised often as police responded to unrest in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014 and in Baltimore last year. Most […]

Fmr. CIA Director: Political Correctness a Shortcoming in Fighting Terror

In the wake of a deadly assault on an Orlando nightclub, which killed at least 49 people over the weekend, many criticize President Barack Obama for not using the words “radical Islam” as the attacker’s motivation. Former CIA Director Ambassador James Woolsey told FOX Business Network’s Stuart Varney the president’s verbiage is a “big shortcoming.” […]

Appeals court rejects $1.8M award to Jesse Ventura in ‘American Sniper’ case

MINNEAPOLIS –  A federal appeals court on Monday threw out $1.8 million in damages awarded to former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, who said he was defamed by the late author Chris Kyle in the bestselling book “American Sniper.” The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also sent a portion of the case — Ventura’s defamation […]

Omar Mateen’s Path to Radicalized Islam

Omar Mateen, the Islamic terrorist responsible for at least 50 deaths after attacking a gay club in the Orlando, Florida area, has been linked to a radical Islamic school and individual by law enforcement. According to Fox News and their law enforcement source, Omar Mateen was reportedly a follower of Marcus Dwayne Robertson. “It is no coincidence that this […]

In Wake of Orlando Shooting Obama, Others Call for Stricter Gun Laws

As authorities investigated the shooting Sunday that left 50 people dead, President Obama and other advocates for gun control made calls for stricter laws governing gun ownership. In statements made Sunday afternoon, President Obama called the shooting “a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in […]

Florida Shooter was body builder, guard; once wanted to be cop

He was a body builder and a security guard, a religious man who attended the local mosque and who at one point expressed interest in becoming a police officer, though he never pursued it. Early Sunday, 29-year-old Omar Mateen gunned down 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, police said. Mateen was the son […]

WikiLeaks to publish more Hillary Clinton emails – Julian Assange

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has said his organisation is preparing to publish more emails Hillary Clinton sent and received while US secretary of state. Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is under FBI investigation to determine whether she broke federal law by using her private email in sending classified information. A new WikiLeaks release of Clinton emails […]

VA Manipulated the Treatment Data of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)

According to subsequent emails sent to superiors, DeNofrio found that not only did Altoona VAMC take credit for providing polytraumatic care to patients who were not receiving it — many who the hospital claimed were receiving care had moved to other parts of the country and DeNofrio discovered one was in jail. He also found dozens of veterans with TBI who were receiving no care at all.