Terrorism
Government Loses Terror Informants in Witness Program
A witness protection program of the U.S. government lost the whereabouts of two informants with links to terrorist groups. Now both are believed to have left the U.S., revealed a report on Thursday. The Office of the Inspector General released a summary of its findings that found many deficiencies and vulnerability in national security arising [...]
Republicans Looking for Answers in Benghazi Probe
Darrell Issa, the chairman of an investigative committee in the House of Representatives said that witnesses scheduled to appear at a hearing on May 8 have critical information regarding the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya that killed the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three other U.S. citizens. Issa also said that there are others, if [...]
Israel Airstrike Hits Target in Syria
Israeli officials announced on Saturday that an airstrike against Syria had targeted a missile shipment it believed was headed for Hezbollah the militant group based in Lebanon. The strike was the second this year by Israel in Syria and the latest in its long running attempt to disrupt the quest by Hezbollah to increase its [...]
Schumer Wonders Why Marathon Suspect was not questioned by FBI
On Monday, Senator Chuck Schumer from New York said he would question why an interview was not performed by the FBI with the older brother suspected in the bombings at the end of the Boston Marathon, when he came back to the U.S. six months ago from Russia. Schumer said the FBI has been very [...]
How to Shop for Terrorism Insurance
Today many of us carry life, car, health, dental, and home insurance, but not many people even think of carrying insurance for Terrorism. In the world we live in today, Terrorism insurance is very often considered due to the many acts of Terrorism that happen in our country today. Just a couple of weeks ago [...]
Yemenis Want Detainees in Guantanamo Released
Relatives of nearly 90 detainees from Yemen, being held by U.S. authorities at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay lockup, alongside activists staged a protest in Sanaa, in front of the U.S. Embassy on Monday. The protesters demanded the release of the prisoners after over a decade of them being held in detention. The largest group of [...]
Obama Attempts to Quiet Diversity Criticism
President Obama hopes that his appointment of Julia Pierson to run the Secret Service eases some of the criticism he has received that his inner circle is lacking in diversity. Pierson’s appointment makes her the first female to be in charge of the Secret Service. Pierson, who is 53, is a career veteran at the [...]
Tool for FBI Surveillance Ruled Unconstitutional
A California federal court has ruled that a tool the FBI widely used for surveillance, to obtain data on Americans without the need of oversight by the court, is unconstitutional. The court said the gag order that goes along with it violated the Constitution’s First Amendment. Judge Susan Illston made the ruling, which will bar [...]
Karzai Says U.S. Talking Daily with Taliban
Chuck Hagel, recently confirmed as the Secretary of Defense for the United States is making his first trip to Afghanistan. Hagel’s trip however did not get off to a good start on over the weekend due to a contentious speech given by Hamid Karzai the President of Afghanistan, along with a problem with security that [...]
Assad Says U.S. and UK back Terrorism
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria criticized harshly the British and U.S. aid given to rebels. He set strong terms for talks with his rebel opponents in an interview with a newspaper that was published Sunday, while fighting continued across the entire country. In the conflict, rebels made substantial headway in northeastern Syria, which has been [...]
As the shareholders in Germany opposes the re-election of Mr Flint as Chairman and Mr Gulliver CEO of HSBC Holdings ...
Since Obama seems to never know anything about any issue at any given time on any given subject from any ...
a one year high of $63.82? On May 15th?
What a nonsense, the shares were at $77.11!