Human Trafficking Probe at Home of Saudi Diplomat
The State Department confirms that federal law enforcement officials removed two potential human-trafficking victims from the home of a Saudi Arabian diplomat in Northern Virginia on Tuesday afternoon. “The U.S. State Department is aware of this matter. Diplomatic Security is aware of the matter,” State… Read More »
EmailObama Administration Denies Benghazi Whistleblowers Being Kept Quiet
More than seven months after the attack Sept. 11, 2012, on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, the Obama administration continues to defend itself against allegations from House Republicans that the administration has not fully cooperated with Congress on the investigation into the attack. On Tuesday, both… Read More »
Boston Bombing Suspects’ Mother Was Also in U.S. Terrorism Database
The name of the mother of alleged Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was placed in a U.S. terrorism database at the same time as her son’s was in October 2011. The CIA requested that both their names be placed in the U.S. government’s terrorism database known… Read More »
State Department ‘Doesn’t Agree’ with House GOP Benghazi Report
The State Department is defending its investigation of the Sept. 11, 2012 attack against the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, against a new report from House Republicans calling into question the department’s actions, including those… Read More »
Obama Convenes National Security Team, Legal Questions Surface After Bombing Arrest
WASHINGTON — President Obama and his national security team met today in the wake of the dramatic arrest Friday night of Dzhokar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect of the terror attack at the Boston Marathon. The weekend meeting lasted 90 minutes and was attended by FBI Director… Read More »
US Sea Radar Tracking N. Korean Threat
With North Korea’s launch of a mid-range Musudan missile believed to be imminent, a U.S. official confirms that the SBX radar has been deployed to the Pacific to assist with tracking the missile if it is launched. That tracking could help bring a missile down… Read More »
Top US General in South Korea Cancels Trip to Washington Due to North Korea Situation
The ongoing tense situation on the North Korean peninsula has led the top American general in South Korea and South Korea’s top general to cancel long-planned trips to Washington this week. It has also led U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to postpone an ICBM… Read More »
Minuteman 3 Test Delayed to Avoid North Korean ‘Manipulation’
WASHINGTON — A senior defense official told ABC News today that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has delayed a Minuteman 3 missile test that had been scheduled for Tuesday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California “to avoid misperception or manipulation” by North Korea. The official… Read More »
Six Americans Killed in Afghanistan in Separate Attacks
By LUIS MARTINEZ, NICK SCHIFRIN and ALEEM AGHA Six Americans were killed today in Afghanistan in two separate incidents. Five of them, including two civilians, were killed when their State Department convoy was struck by a car bomb as it headed to a local school… Read More »
North Korea Moves Missile, Could Be Preparing a Test
U.S. officials suspect that North Korea may be preparing for a test of its Musudan medium-range missile after seeing evidence of it being transported to North Korea’s eastern coast. Such a launch would be the latest in a series of provocations by North Korea in… Read More »
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