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Freshman Congressman Tom Cotton (R-AR) delivered some thought-provoking comments on terrorism and the Obama administration on Wednesday during a speech on the House floor. "In barely four years," he said, "five jihadists have reached their targets in the United States under Barack Obama."
But he wasn't done there.
"In the over seven years after 9/11 under George W. Bush, how many terrorists reached their target in the United States?" he added. "Zero! We need to ask, 'Why is the Obama Administration failing in its mission to stop terrorism before it reaches its targets in the United States?'"
So why were they shocked? According to Kelly, the FBI was under the understanding that they would get much more time with Tsarnaev under the "public safety exemption" before he was read his rights. Adding to the shock: the sources told Kelly agents were getting crucial information after only 16 hours of questioning and were making valuable progress.
No matter.
"It's really unbelievable," Kelly said.
"The FBI had no idea they were sending over the judge, the prosecutor, the federal public defender; and the FBI said they were only 16 hours into what they understood would be a 48 hour period of questioning ... . They said they were in the process of getting valuable information ... and as soon as that magistrate judge went in there and gave him his rights with his lawyer present, he stopped talking. They said they would never have stopped interrogating him prior to the 48 hours unless they were forced to."
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This combination of undated file photos shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, left, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19.
This combination of undated file photos shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, left, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19.
The New York Times published an article on Thursday morning, highlighting some of these issues and corrections. To begin, not only did Dzhokar reportedly not have a gun in the boat, but it appears that police may have only found one other weapon that is traceable back to his brother, Tamerlan. This means that the brothers didn't necessarily have an arsenal, as was previously assumed.
Plus, there's the issue of how the brothers first came to the attention of officers - one that also deserves a second look. It was the murder of Officer Sean A. Collier that apparently set the chaotic evening's event's in motion last Thursday.
According to authorities, the Tsarnaev brothers were purportedly trying to get Collier's gun when they allegedly killed him. Evidence at the scene apparently corroborates this theory, as the two were, according to sources, unable to get the weapon out of its holster.
The information, which has been known to the administration and some members of Congress for weeks, isn't solid enough to warrant quick U.S. involvement in the 2-year-old conflict, the White House said. Officials said the assessments were made with "varying degrees of confidence" given the difficulty of information gathering in Syria, though there appeared to be little question within the intelligence community.
As recently as Tuesday, when an Israeli general added to the growing chorus that Assad had used chemical weapons, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the administration was continuing to monitor and investigate but had "not come to the conclusion that there has been that use."
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Israel's Mossad Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations launched a wide-range campaign over the past few days in its quest to enlist various professionals to its ranks.
The new campaign, under the slogan "with enemies like this - friends are needed," directs people to the Mossad's website and to the long list of professions the agency desires to enlist.
This is one of the largest campaigns the intelligence agency has conducted in years, and it is uniquely features across social media networks.
In what looks like a job description for a Mossad agent, the site notes "if you have courage, wisdom and ingenuity, you can influence and actualize a national and personal mission. If you have the ability to move, fascinate and motivate people, you may be made of the quality material we are looking for. If you have all of these, the Mossad is open to you."
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On Thursday afternoon, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a press conference that Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were planning to set off explosives in Midtown Manhattan.
"The surviving attacker revealed that New York City was next on their list of targets," Mayor Bloomberg said, adding that details of the attempted terrorist attack surfaced in recent days while Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was being questioned by investigators.
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Sen. Rand Paul
Sen. Rand Paul
The use of drones to kill American citizens is not "inherently illegal," as long as that citizen is a "combatant," a constitutional expert told a Senate panel considering the implications of targeted killings Tuesday.
"I think it's not inherently illegal to target American citizens so long as American citizens are also combatants in a relevant war. Sometimes U.S. citizens can be classified as enemy combatants" Ilya Somin, a law professor at George Mason University School of Law, told the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights.
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US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made the claim Thursday while speaking in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, adding that the American intelligence community has determined "with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria, specifically the chemical agent sarin."
Hagel insisted that the use of chemical weapons by any army would violate international guidelines for armed conflicts, and said confirmation of these reports would be a "game changer " in terms of America's role in the Syrian civil war.
Comment: All paving the way for another spree of mass killing by the U.S. in the name of saving lives.
The 'Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is innocent' Facebook page has quickly grown to include 11,250 members who offer a mixture of constructive support for the accused Boston bomber and conspiracy theories that paint him as an innocent man
Comment: The mainstream press is pulling out all the stops to counter the growing number of people who are waking up to the reality that another false flag attack was committed in Boston.
Callers flood C-SPAN to expose Boston Marathon cover-up
Boston bombing is already being exploited to introduce tyranny
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was 'radicalized' by Truth, not Islam - 'Extremist websites' he visited described intelligence agencies' role in 9/11
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Russian authorities contacted the CIA in the fall of 2011 and raised concerns that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed last week in a confrontation with police, was seen as an increasingly radical Islamist who could be planning to travel overseas.
Comment: As if people don't get on the CIA watch list so easily! This claim is a joke!
Comment: Double Standards. What about the chemical weapons used by the US and Israel? What about the illegal bombs used by Israel on Lebanon?