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From the “Never Let a Crisis Go To Waste” files: Sen. Chuck Schumer hit the Sunday talk show circuit to push for the TSA-ization of Amtrak. Because, you know, that’s working out so well. The Mouth of the Empire State has proposed expansion of the no-fly list to encompass a new “no-ride list” (prompting legions [...]

Adnan Shukrijumah has been a fugitive since 9/11, was rumored to have crossed the Mexican border, and was indicted last year in the NYC/Zazi bombing plot. Pakistan may be harboring him, as noted earlier this week. And there is also — of all places — a Shukrijumah tie to Trinidad and Guyana. An Al Qaeda [...]

Today’s syndicated column summarizes the week in bin Laden narrative bungles. The Navy SEALs did what they were told to do. It’s President Obama’s civilian messengers who can’t tell a straight story and do right by our heroes who risked their lives. The White House Keystone Kops aren’t just squandering a public opinion bump. They’re [...]

Lots of photojournalism headlines today. While the White House capitulated on the OBL death photos, Reuters was apparently willing to fork over money for pictures of bodies at the bin Laden compound other than bin Laden. The story and photos are here. Question: Who did Reuters pay? The camera man was reportedly a “Pakistani security [...]

Islamic Rage Boy, 1. Obama, 0.

My latest syndicated column was inspired by Five for Fighting singer/songwriter John Ondrasik’s tweet this morning suggesting that President Obama invite former President Bush to join him at Ground Zero on Thursday. Late tonight, word spread that just such an invitation was reportedly extended. Unfortunately, Bush has apparently declined. Given how Paul Ryan was treated [...]

Since 9/11, homeland/national security officials have been on the hunt for Adnan Shukrijumah. He was most recently tied to the NYC 2010 bombing plot involving convicted Colorado jihadi Najibullah Zazi and I’ve been keeping track of his various alleged sightings for nearly 10 years now. Refresher: Adnan Shukrijumah. Does the name ring a bell? It [...]

Looks like the White House may release at least one photo of dead bin Laden and perhaps more pics and video of the raid. Take everything bungling deputy national security adviser John Brennan says with a grain of salt, of course — but here are the latest details via ABC News: “We are looking at [...]

So Politico’s Josh Gerstein reports that White House officials are walking back key details disclosed by Deputy National Security Adviser John Brennan at his bin Laden briefing yesterday. The administration account has now been “modified.” You know all that sensational stuff about bin Laden having a gun and using one of his wives as a [...]

White House photog Pete Souza has posted several insider pics on Flickr giving Americans an extraordinary view of President Obama and Cabinet/military officials as they watched the bin Laden operation real-time and prepared to let the world know the results. The expressions speak volumes: Caption: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with [...]

Where were you last night when you first heard about Osama bin Laden’s death? If you were like me, you were on Twitter. The micro-blogging/social networking giant reports: “Last night saw the highest sustained rate of Tweets ever. From 10:45 – 2:20am ET, there was an average of 3,000 Tweets per second.” The graphic: From [...]

Last night, I noted that “much of the intelligence gathered that led to discovering bin Laden was developed by the detainees detained under the Bush administration at facilities like the one Obama wanted to shut down.” Those facilities, US officials are now reporting, included the CIA secret prisons reviled by the Left, outed by the [...]

Intrepid investigative journalist Erick Stakelbeck has a new book out today that couldn’t be more timely. I am honored to have written the foreword and urge you all to mark Osama bin Laden’s death by getting a copy of The Terrorist Next Door — and informing yourselves of the continuing jihadi threat right within our [...]

Leftists are swarming Twitter to chastise any conservatives who dare give any credit to President Bush for his resolve and role in leading the post-9/11 counterrorism/national security response to the worst attack on American soil. Meanwhile, Democrat hacks are burning the midnight oil making this All About Obama. It begins: “New DNC chief: Obama deserves [...]

Scroll for updates… News breaking all over the place tonight that Osama bin Laden was killed and that his body is in US possession. Latest reports via Fox News live right now are that he was killed over a week ago by a US missile. There are conflicting reports on whether he was killed in [...]

Scroll for updates… Buzz out of Washington this morning is that the Obama administration has signaled it will end efforts to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civilian trial and instead will use the Gitmo military tribunal system pursued by, yes, George W. Bush. AG Eric Holder is reportedly holding a 2pm Eastern [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Welcome to today’s debate on patriotism when it comes to unconditionally supporting a president at a time of war. Today’s debaters are MSNBC host Ed Schultz and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Ms. Clinton won the coin toss and has elected to defer to Mr. Schultz. Take it away, Ed: Republicans [...]

Music to his fears?

Cut off?

Remember this? March 26, 2009… Document drop: Whitewashing the “Global War on Terror” out of existence Yesterday, the Washington Post reported on the Obama administration’s vehement denial that it is backing away from the phrase “Global War on Terror.” The phrase has long been a source of debate and rancor – not just on the [...]

With certain updated exceptions, of course

**Written by Doug Powers President Obama, Nobel Peace Prize winner, launched an attack on another country while in another country, without the congressional approval that George W. Bush had and with only about half as many other countries on board. Obama seemed to feel this constituted enough of a moral high ground from which to [...]

And after the ride on Air Force One and everything?

**Written by Doug Powers The Times of India reports that Muammar Gaddafi has dispatched a letter to President Obama. In the letter, the Colonel stopped just short of inviting Obama to partner up with him for the potato sack race at the Tripoli father/son picnic: Trying to strike a personal note, Gaddafi prefaced his letter [...]

My column today takes on trashy trash-talking Democrat Rep. Lynn Woolsey’s smear of Gen. David Petraeus. The Code Pink/MoveOn Democrats strike again. “Move On” is still stuck in 2007. Democrat Rep. Lynn Woolsey: Capitol Hill’s Lindsay Lohan by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2011 A grown woman in public office who acts like Lindsay Lohan [...]

Just awful. Let’s hope the missing journalists are indeed in Libyan government custody and will be released safely ASAP. My heart goes out to the families. Our family knows the kind of hell they are going through right now. Praying for a safe return: Four New York Times journalists covering the fighting in Libya were [...]

Global rumors that Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi has been shot roiled the markets this afternoon. Oil prices tumbled $2 a barrel. The White House says it has “no reason to believe” Gaddafi is dead. But given how CIA director Leon Panetta gets his intelligence — quick, get him the TV remote control! — there’s no [...]

Loony-tunes dictator Muammar Gaddafi refused to step down in a trademark bizarro Libyan TV address this morning. He babbled hysterically about druggie kids instigating terror, blamed American planes for bombing innocent civilians, and ranted about the devil. He blamed the unrest on “cowards and traitors” who were seeking to portray Libya as a place of [...]