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Lieberman: “To put it bluntly, our homeland defense system failed in Boston”

Ed Morrissey — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:41:52 +0000

FBI looking more closely at 6-month trip to Dagestan.

“Why are we still having problems connecting the dots?” asked House Homeland Security chair Michael McCaul, and he asked one of the right people. In a hearing this morning, McCaul invited DHS co-creator and former Senator Joe Lieberman to analyze the issues of stovepiping that the 2002 consolidation was supposed to address, in the context [...]

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White House staff involved in Cartagena brothel scandal?

Ed Morrissey — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:41:18 +0000

Delay good or bad?

Will the Cartagena brothel case make an unwelcome reappearance in the middle of Barack Obama’s re-election efforts? That’s what sources from law enforcement and Capitol Hill told Fox News yesterday, saying that an upcoming report on the Secret Service scandal will also name two White House staffers as suspects: Federal law enforcement personnel and a [...]

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Lieberman: This is not your father’s Democratic Party

Ed Morrissey — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:21:46 +0000

Lost opportunities.

And hasn’t been for some time, apparently. Senator Joe Lieberman had enough standing in his party to win the nomination for VP in 2000. By 2006, Lieberman had to run as an independent to keep his Senate seat, and while he still caucuses with the Democrats, the independent label fits better. Lieberman tells Howard Kurtz [...]

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Cybersecurity battle heads to Congress

Jazz Shaw — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:00:03 +0000

More regulation vs. the free market

There’s no getting around it… hackers are doing a lot more than just loading trojans into your important e-mails from Nigerian princes trying to send you money. Some of the most prominent “hacktivists” making news are from the group Anonymous, and they’ve been getting up to all sorts of mischief. Whether it’s targeting the government [...]

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Krauthammer: Obama is right, McCain is wrong on Syria

Tina Korbe — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:55:26 +0000

The case for restraint.

Hawkish U.S. Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman have called for direct U.S. military involvement in Syria, but countervailing voices say: Cool it. Charles Krauthammer’s is one of those voices. “I think Obama is right on this and McCain is wrong,” Krauthammer said. “I think this is not Libya. Libya is an oil [...]

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Contrasts in responses to the Cain sexual harassment allegations

Tina Korbe — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:40:09 +0000

Chatter.

Herman Cain this morning told Fox News’ Jenna Lee that the sexual assault charge against him, reported by Politico this weekend, was “totally baseless and totally false.” But, before the candidate himself spoke up, pundits and politicians started to cast their own spin on the story. The reactions of three prominent figures — each exactly what [...]

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Coburn lights into Obama, calls for real leadership

Tina Korbe — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:15:15 +0000

"All this is about is, this is a political campaign he's in."

In a harsh and cogent criticism of President Barack Obama’s Wednesday press conference and the president’s general lack of action to address the nation’s debt and deficit, Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn (R) today just flat-out nailed it. “The leader of our country is the president and he sets the tone and when he’s been inattentive [...]

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Progressives United blasts Dems who disapprove of executive order on disclosures

Tina Korbe — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:10:27 +0000

No free speech for Feingold?

Former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold’s Political Action Committee this week sent an e-mail blast to members soliciting $5 donations to place ads intended to “shame” three of Feingold’s former Democratic colleagues because they disagree with him about one aspect of campaign finance. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) [...]

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