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9/11 Commission’s Executive Director Shared Stage with Al-Qaeda Connected, Muslim Brotherhood Spiritual Leader

Less than three years after the 9/11 Commission released its report in 2004, Philip Zelikow – the Commission’s Executive Director – shared a stage with Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi in Doha, Qatar (yes, AFTER the comprehensive report that should have revealed al-Qaradawi’s connection to al-Qaeda). The occasion was the annual U.S.-Islamic World Forum […]

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Benghazi ARB Chair: Egypt involved in Benghazi Attacks

At last week’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Benghazi, the Accountability Review Board’s Chairman, Thomas Pickering, may have divulged classified information when he confirmed Egyptian involvement in the Benghazi attack on 9/11/12. When asked by Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) if there was an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood connection to the attack, Pickering responded […]

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Barrack Show: Pickering on Kidnapping in Benghazi

On Today’s Show… Reps. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), and Jim Jordan (R-OH) may have stolen most of the headlines when it came to the House Oversight Committee hearing on September 19th but the most explosive questions may have come from Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY). While questioning Ambassador Thomas Pickering, Chairman of the Benghazi […]

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Pickering asked if Benghazi a Botched Kidnapping Plot

By Ben Barrack Her name is Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and she sits on the House Oversight and Government Reform committee. She may have asked two of the most important questions at the September 19th hearing on Benghazi but they don’t appear to have been picked up. It was one of the lengthier hearings and […]

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Sharyl Attkisson reports on Benghazi Conflict of Interest

“…no one will hold us more accountable than we hold ourselves.” – State Department Undersecretary Patrick Kennedy on October 10, 2012. As the Media Research Center points out, Sharyl Attkisson was briefly allowed out of her journalistic cage yesterday by CBS after nearly half a year. The last time she issued a televised report was […]

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Did Obama put a George Soros lackey / Muslim Brotherhood appeaser in charge of Benghazi investigation?

Did Obama really appoint a pro-George Soros / pro-Muslim Brotherhood appeasement artist to lead the investigation into what happened at Benghazi? Via Diana West: …is Thomas Pickering, Obama’s choice to lead the Benghazi investigation, the proper person to search for it? On first glance, Pickering, a retired top diplomat and State Department official, sets off […]

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