December 22, 2015 Rep. Sensenbrenner and Sen. Lee: The truth about USA Freedom Act There are no easy answers when it comes to keeping the government out of the lives of innocent Americans without sacrificing safety or national security.
December 21, 2015 Iranian hackers gained access to suburban NYC dam in 2013, report says Iranian computer hackers accessed the control system of a small dam outside of New York City two years ago, raising red flags throughout the U.S. government, according to a published report.
December 21, 2015 IAEA nuclear agreement meeting: Will Iran honor its promises? Should the Obama Administration accept Iran’s lies about its earlier efforts to design and develop a bomb in exchange for insisting on its strict compliance with the new deal it has made limiting the size, scale and nature of its nuclear program?
December 21, 2015 Congress critical of Snowden's mission 'accomplished,’ as NSA spying case heads to higher courts Edward Snowden’s recent TV appearance in which he called for a halt to widespread NSA surveillance got low grades Sunday from Congress, as one of his legal advisers suggested the Supreme Court will ultimately decide on the issue of government spying.
December 21, 2015 US officials: drone targeted embassy plot leader U.S. and Yemeni officials say the target of a Dec. 12th drone strike in Yemen was the ringleader behind the summer plot that shuttered 19 diplomatic posts across Africa and the Mideast. But he was only wounded, and escaped, while up to a dozen others were killed.
December 21, 2015 Pentagon evacuates diplomats, allies from Sudan The Pentagon says it flew 120 U.S. diplomats and others out of South Sudan Wednesday because of continuing violence in the African nation.
December 21, 2015 Chinese naval vessel tries to force U.S. warship to stop in international waters A Chinese naval vessel tried to force a U.S. guided missile warship to stop in international waters recently, causing a tense military standoff in the latest case of Chinese maritime harassment, according to defense officials.
December 21, 2015 Pentagon prepares to destroy Syrian chemical weapons on US ship The Pentagon is preparing for a mission to destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile on board a U.S. ship, using a system that has not yet been tested at sea.
December 21, 2015 CIA papers show Panetta spilled bin Laden secrets Newly declassified documents show that former CIA Director Leon Panetta revealed secret information to "Zero Dark Thirty" scriptwriter Mark Boal, who was allowed to attend Panetta's speech at CIA headquarters marking the raid that killed Usama bin Laden.
December 21, 2015 GOP congressman blasts NY Times Benghazi claims as ‘misleading’ A top congressional Republican is saying a new report that concludes Al Qaeda did not carry out the 2012 attack on the U.S diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, is “misleading.”