Clinton’s words on weapons recalled as ‘Fast and Furious’ hearings held

Border Patrol agents often make their rounds alone. [Photo by James Tourtellotte, US CPB]
In March, 2009, Reuters said Sec. of State Hillary Clinton told media in Mexico City, “Our inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across the border to arm these criminals causes the death of police officers, soldiers and civilians.” She also said Americans’ “insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade.”

Clinton’s words proved prophetic when US Border Patrol agent Brian A. Terry was killed in December, 2010. Clinton has said nothing more since information about Fast and Furious broke. The US Report was one of the only independent blogs to write about Agent Terry's death when it occurred. Legacy media barely gave his killing a nod until Issa's investigation began months later.

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TSA body scanners, pat downs make strange world stranger

If you’re not upset about seeing video of a little boy undergoing a pat down courtesy of the Transportation Security Administration, you’d be right at home living in Cuba. Would those scanners and pat downs have prevented acts of terrorism like those we’ve already dealt with? Does America feel strange to you these days?

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Sen. Grassley still waiting on answers about ‘systemic problems’ with fraud, visas in immigration

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has fired off a series of letters to top government officials about possible fraud in visa applications and applications for benefits.

In a press release Oct. 15, Grassley said he asked the Secretary of the US Dept. of Homeland Security and the Inspector General at DHS “to address evidence from statements made by immigration officers that senior US Citizenship and Immigration Services leaders are putting pressure on employees to approve more visa applications, even if the applications might be fraudulent or the applicant is ineligible.”

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Sen. Grassley wants answers from USCIS about immigration benefits fraud

Progressives and right wingers often cloud the issue of immigration by painting a simple picture. Progressives push the idea of a simple migrant worker in search of the American dream. Right wingers push the idea of terrorists sneaking across the border to do us harm. Fact is there’s some truth in both straw men, but what most overlook is an issue high on a fiscal conservative’s list of concerns. Money.

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Oprah bio raises question of $7.8 million GM gave for ‘Favorite Things’

Oprah Winfrey made headlines around the world in September, 2004, when she opened the new season of her talk show with a ‘Favorite Things’ segment. That day, each member of her studio audience received a new Pontiac G6—276 cars were given for a total value of $7.8 million. However, considering General Motors' financial performance in subsequent years, the  giveaway raises a question.

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