Tag Archives: Ashton Carter

Terror Sweep, Trouble With Women

Saturday, March 26, 2016

State of Siege: Police in the Schaerbeek neighborhood of Brussels yesterday shot and detained a man linked to a failed terrorist plot in France as the international investigation is building evidence of connections between the Brussels suicide bombers and the …

FBI Suspects Terror, Women in Combat

Friday, December 4, 2015

Armed and Dangerous: The FBI is treating the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. as a potential case of terrorism but has come to no conclusions. Investigators are looking into the possibility that the suspects Syed Farook, 28, and Tashfeen …

Married Couple Mass Shooting

Thursday, December 3, 2015

A husband and wife were killed in a shootout with the police in San Bernardino, Calif., after the couple had attacked a state office building killing 14 people and wounding 17. The two shooters were identified as Syed Farook, 28, …

Questions in Texas, Cosby Must Answer

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Nation: The sheriff in charge of the Texas jail where a 28-year-old woman died after her arrest in a traffic stop said Sandra Bland told officers she had previously tried to kill herself. Despite that the jail staff did not …

Patriot Act Expires, Trouble in China Sea

Monday, June 1, 2015

—From Pilot Knob, NY.   Patriot Inaction: Key arts of the Patriot Act, in particular the portions that allow for the wholesale collection of telephone data by the NSA, expired at midnight after Congress failed to agree on an extension. …

US Claims Significant Blow, Cash for Clintons

Sunday, May 17, 2015

—From Franklin, Tenn.   Permawar: Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the killing of ISIS official Abu Sayyaf inside Syria was “ a significant blow” to the organization, but how serious remains to be seen. While the US showed that its …

Judge Orders Judge, Times’ David Carr Dies

Friday, February 13, 2015

Judge v. Judge: A federal judge in Alabama has ordered a local probate judge to issue licenses for same-sex marriages in compliance with the her previous order. In making the order, US District Judge Callie Granade is knocking heads with …

ISIS Damaged, Cosby Sued

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Permawar: The forces of the Islamic State have been significantly damaged by coalition air strikes, Secy. of State John Kerry said at a meeting of diplomats in Brussels. “Our commitment will be measured most likely in years but our efforts …