May 24, 2013

Bear Witness Archives

2 FBI Agents Involved in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Arrest “FALL” Out of Helicopter and Die

Remember that scene in Scarface? Two members of the FBI’s elite counterterrorism unit died Friday while practicing how to quickly drop from a helicopter to a ship using a rope, the FBI announced Monday in a statement. The statement gave few details regarding the deaths of Special Agents Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw, other than to say the helicopter encountered unspecified … [Read more...]

House Leadership Rejects Senate Immigration Bill

This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee completed its work on the "Gang of 8" Amnesty Bill. The full Senate is expected to take up the legislation the first week of June, when it returns from Memorial Day recess. On Thursday, House GOP leadership made clear that the House wouldn't consider the Senate bill should it pass, but will work on its own legislation to reform … [Read more...]

Open Letter to U.S. Military: You Now Work for the North Atlantic Terrorist Organization

This letter is directed toward all of my military brothers who are still sleeping on the job. Time to wake up! Do you want to know why the DoD announced this last week in a directive that they seized sovereign authority over domestic operations for civil unrest from the legislative and executive branches? And why then SECDEF Leon Panetta announced last year to Senator Sessions in … [Read more...]

Democrats turn on IRS: ‘There will be hell to pay’

Vow to appoint special prosecutor if agency keeps stonewalling WASHINGTON — The threat was addressed to all the witnesses, but it was obvious the congressman had just one in mind, the woman at the center of the IRS scandal, Lois Lerner. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., loudly threatened in his opening statement that if witnesses refused to testify, it would leave Congress no option but to … [Read more...]

THE WAR ON OUR VETERANS

With Memorial Day approaching Americans should be preparing to honor our veterans and military heroes currently fighting for us as well as remembering those we have lost. This honor should be especially due from our own government that has sent these brave men and women off to war. Unfortunately, the opposite is true. It is clear that the Federal government has declared war on our veterans and is … [Read more...]

THIS PART YOU DON’T KNOW, BUT SHOULD. Benghazi

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The stunning part of this story is that Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty killed 60 of the attacking force.  Once the compound was overrun, the attackers were incensed to discover that just two men had inflicted so much death and destruction. The news has been full of the attacks on our embassies throughout the Muslim world, and in particular, the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three … [Read more...]

Indoctrination in Common Core ELA Texts

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The Tense Exchange Between Rep. Trey Gowdy and the Former IRS Head You’ve Been Waiting for…and It Doesn’t Disappoint

South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy showed up to Wednesday’s House hearing on the Internal Revue Service scandal in a fighting mood (as noted here on TheBlaze) and he only became more fired up as the day wore on. “If there’s inappropriate conduct being done on your watch in the IRS,” Rep. Gowdy said, “then that inappropriate conduct can last as long as the inspector general’s … [Read more...]

Rep. Dave Camp accuses White House of ‘cover-up’ in IRS scandal

The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday said the IRS scandal shows a “culture of cover-ups” and “political intimidation” within the Obama administration. Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican, while speaking at a hearing his panel held regarding the IRS’s improper targeting of tea party and other conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status, suggested the … [Read more...]

TOAST! – Obama To Benghazi Special Ops, “Stand Down Or I Will Relieve You Of Command”

  Holy crap! If this whistleblower’s testimony turns credible, they will throw Obama/Clinton in prison…     PJmedia – The former diplomat who spoke with PJ Media regarded the whole enterprise as totally amateurish and likened it to the Mike Nichols film Charlie Wilson’s War about a clueless congressman who supplies Stingers to the Afghan guerrillas. “It’s … [Read more...]

Obama: Accessory to murder?

Exclusive: Joseph Farah says if BHO had his way Gosnell would still be killing babies Is Barack Obama an accessory to murder? That question may seem loaded and over the top. But I would like to point out some simple facts. Kermit Gosnell was sentenced last Wednesday to life in prison without parole for the murder of a baby born alive in a botched abortion, who prosecutors said would have … [Read more...]

Veteran reporter: Nobody’s data safe from feds

  'Telecom routinely supply hundreds of thousands of records annually'     A veteran reporter is warning that members of the news media aren’t the only Americans who should be concerned about the privacy of their telephone conversations.   Gregory J. Millman of the Wall Street Journal, who says his telephone records were targeted by the IRS many years ago, … [Read more...]

IRS, OBAMACARE, AND THE WH

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Was Another Major Reporter Targeted by the DOJ? Hear What a CBS Journalist Revealed About Her Computer

CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson (Twitter)  Emmy-award winning CBS News investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson, who has been ferociously investigating Benghazi and Fast and Furious, says her personal and work computers have been compromised and the matter is currently under investigation. “I can confirm that an intrusion of my computers has been under some investigation on my end for … [Read more...]

It Gets Worse: More Shocking Details About DOJ Spying on Fox News

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 20: Security personnel guard one of the entrances as activists march to the U.S. Justice Department during a protest May 20, 2013 in Washington, DC. Homeowners and activists from Home Defenders League and Occupy Homes joined the protest to demand that Attorney General Eric Holder ‘hold Wall Street Banks that ravaged America’s economy accountable.’ Credit: Getty … [Read more...]

Here are the 5 Most Interesting Moments from Tuesday’s Hearing on the IRS Scandal

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday held a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups, the second hearing of its kind on the explosive scandal that has rocked the Obama White House. Witnesses at the four-hour hearing included former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, who headed the agency during the period when it “aggressively” discriminated against … [Read more...]

More Benghazi Whistleblowers to Reveal ‘Devastating’ Details About Attack, Including WHY Chris Stevens Was in Libya

New Benghazi whistleblowers are prepared to reveal shocking details about the Sept. 11 terror attack, including why U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens was in Libya to begin with, two former U.S. diplomats reportedly told PJ Media on Monday. The unidentified whistleblowers are reportedly colleagues of former diplomats and are seeking legal counsel because they “work in areas not fully protected by … [Read more...]

PERSON OF THE YEAR

Obama Person of the year

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‘We’re 1 act away from social cataclysm’

Grave threat could affect lives of 160 million people WASHINGTON – While Washington is abuzz this week with investigations into several scandals, a summit on a much graver threat that could affect the lives of some 160 million people is underway on Capitol Hill. The annual International Electric Infrastructure Security Summit began Monday with panel discussions on the vulnerability of U.S. … [Read more...]

Tyrant in the White House

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When the government starts questioning political and religious associations, interferes with the rights to organize and the freedom of speech and the press, persecutes and harasses its opponents and donors of an opposition party, keep enemy lists in the White House and spies on the press, we definitely can no longer say that we live in a truly free society. This writer has lived in the United … [Read more...]

THE MOST TRANSPARENT ADMINISTRATION?

The most transparent administration in history is indeed most  transparent...The frenzy to control the message, reshape opinion, hide  evidence, silence detractors, punish contradiction, deflect criticism,  manage the news, deny responsibility and defend the indefensible with  Orwellian oratory is a constant Obamian protocol down to the most  minute detail. Practiced with agonizing regularity … [Read more...]

Congressman gets standing Ovation for nailing IRS chief

'Is there any limit to the scope of where you folks can go?'   A scathing rant aimed at Internal Revenue Service abuses brought a standing ovation at Friday’s House Ways and Means Committee hearing from observers who apparently thought Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., hit the nail on the head. “If you think it’s uncomfortable sitting over there,” Kelly told former IRS Chief Steve … [Read more...]

Mychal: Why I Do Not Like the Obamas

Mr. Massie is a respected writer and black talk show host in Los Angeles. The other evening on my twitter, a person asked me why I didn’t like the Obama’s? Specifically I was asked: “I have to ask, why do you hate the Obama’s? It seems personal not policy related. You even dissed their Christmas family pic.” The truth is I do not like the Obamas, what they represent, their ideology, … [Read more...]

WE THE FOOLS

In the face of 3 recent incidents many, including the media, are realizing what some of us already knew, that this present administration believes that they are all powerful, and is willing to extend their legal limits in order to achieve its extreme agenda.    They must think that we the people are all fools.    Even though his statements have been classified by fact checkers as false, … [Read more...]

Three Signs There’s a Cover-Up

“Mistakes were made….I don’t recall” and other surefire clues. Former acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller The late columnist William Safire once said that a good clue that someone in Washington was engaged in “an artful dodge,” i.e., a cover-up, was that they used the phrase “mistakes were made.” Safire defined it as a “passive-evasive way of acknowledging error … [Read more...]

Obama and the IRS: The Smoking Gun?

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Special Report   President met with anti-Tea Party IRS union chief the day before agency targeted Tea Party.   “For me, it’s about collaboration.” — National Treasury Employees Union President Colleen Kelley on the relationship between the anti-Tea Party IRS union and the Obama White House Is President Obama directly implicated in the IRS scandal? Is the … [Read more...]

IRS Official in Charge During Tea Party Targeting Now Runs ObamaCare Office

The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted tea party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation. Sarah Hall Ingram served as commissioner of the office responsible for tax-exempt organizations between 2009 and 2012. But Ingram has since left that part of the IRS and is now the director of the … [Read more...]

Congressman: IRS Demanded to Know Content of Pro-Life Group’s Prayers

Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock during the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the IRS scandal on Friday made a shocking claim: the IRS once asked an Iowa-based pro-life group to reveal the content of their prayers. “Their question, specifically asked from the IRS to the Coalition for Life of Iowa: ‘Please detail the content of the members of your organization’s prayers,’” Rep. … [Read more...]

These Are the 4 Most Important Takeaways from Today’s IRS Hearing

Ousted Internal Revenue Service’s interim head Steven Miller appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee Friday to testify on his agency’s targeting of conservative groups. And although a slightly bored-looking Miller spent most of the four-hour interrogation doing his best U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder impersonation (i.e. playing the “I don’t know” game), some important … [Read more...]

IRS Claims Release of Conservative Groups’ Confidential Info to Soros-Affiliated Media Outlet ‘Inadvertent and Unintentional’

The Internal Revenue Service claims the disclosure of conservative groups’ confidential information to investigative journalism outfit ProPublica was “inadvertent and unintentional.” After the IRS admitted to deliberately targeting conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, ProPublica reported it had received nine still-pending applications as part of its request for … [Read more...]