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The Secretary of State arrived at meetings that had already been canceled. Problem was, nobody in the Obama White House bothered to tell her. Though holding what should be one of the most powerful positions within the U.S. government, it appears Mrs. Clinton was already an afterthought regarded with indifference by an Obama administration noted for its insulated secrecy and distrust of all enemies both past and present. -I heard on the radio there is a Cabinet meeting? Can I go?- The above is an actual quote according to just-released Hillary Clinton emails. They detail an uncertain, at times even...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s admittance to the New York- Presbyterian Hospital Monday, Dec, 31 - with a blood clot caused by concussion - gave wings to a cloud of rumor and conspiracy theories surrounding her state of health. The hospital, where Saudi King Abdullah was also treated two years ago, stated that the Secretary was receiving anti-coagulents and her condition would be assessed after 48 hours. However, NBC television’s medical correspondent Robert Bazell was skeptical about the blood clot being caused by an earlier concussion because, he said, it if were, it would not be treated with anti-coagulents....

Three suspected al-Qaida terrorists arrested last week in Spain appear to have been interested in targeting a Gibraltar-area shopping mall in a strike that was likely intended to coincide with the London Olympic Games, an analyst says. Police deduced this from the declaration of a paragliding instructor who had dealings with the group and the contents of a video they recovered from the suspects, according to Fernando Reinares, a senior international terrorism analyst who was briefed by Spanish security services on the investigation. "Attacking in or near Gibraltar during the Olympic Games apparently was for them a feasible alternative to...

Three suspected al-Qaida terrorists arrested last week in Spain appear to have been interested in targeting a Gibraltar-area shopping mall in a strike that was likely intended to coincide with the London Olympic Games, an analyst says. Police deduced this from the declaration of a paragliding instructor who had dealings with the group and the contents of a video they recovered from the suspects, according to Fernando Reinares, a senior international terrorism analyst who was briefed by Spanish security services on the investigation. "Attacking in or near Gibraltar during the Olympic Games apparently was for them a feasible alternative to...

From the show Detektor, Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR. Host is Thomas Buch-Andersen: http://www.youtube.com/v/erYpXzE9Pxs&

From the show Detektor, Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR. Host is Thomas Buch-Andersen: http://www.youtube.com/v/erYpXzE9Pxs&

WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- The recent experience in Libya is helping the United States formulate a response to the crisis in Syria, the U.S. defense secretary said. NATO enforced a no-fly zone over Libya last year after Moammar Gadhafi's forces attacked civilian demonstrators opposing his government. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testified before the House Armed Services Committee that the experience in Libya was shaping the U.S. approach to Syrian. While acknowledging there were limitations to the use of military force, the defense secretary said "all options" are on the table in Syria. "In Libya, there was widespread international...

POPCORN AND A (WORLD)VIEW Julia Roberts plays 'Evil Queen Obama' Exclusive: Drew Zahn says 'Mirror Mirror' reveals who isn't 'fairest of them all' At its heart, “Mirror Mirror” is a fairy tale filled with surprisingly value-affirming morals, lessons that Christians in particular and families of all stripes can appreciate. More subtly, it reflects the antics of certain “bad apples” in government, a lesson particularly poignant in America today. A retelling of the story of “Snow White,” the film is told from the perspective of the evil queen (played by Julia Roberts) who is frustrated at every turn attempting to vanquish...

In one of the emails from November 2011, Startfor officials discuss the explosion at an Iranian missile base near Tehran and quote a source who "was asked what he thought of reports that the Israelis were preparing a military offensive against Iran. Response: I think this is a diversion. The Israelis already destroyed all the Iranian nuclear infrastructure on the ground weeks ago." One company analyst responded dismissively to the possibility of an Israeli attack having already taken place, asking: "How and when did the Israelis destroy the infra on the ground?"

WASHINGTON — On a trip to Ireland in 1998, Speaker Newt Gingrich researched his Irish roots, discussed the prospects for peace in Northern Ireland and entertained speculation about his presidential ambitions. He even donned work gloves and blue jeans to help build a home in Belfast for a good-will project. Two of the sponsors for part of the Ireland trip were frequent partners of Mr. Gingrich: Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae — the government-backed housing industry giants that Mr. Gingrich has denounced as he fights to stay in contention against Mitt Romney in the Republican primaries.

Michael Moore sides with Gingrich on anti-Romney film Newt Gingrich has been at the forefront of the attacks on Mitt Romney‘s tenure at private equity firm Bain Capital. And it was pro-Gingrich Super PAC Winning Our Future that produced “When Mitt Romney Came to Town,” the controversial 28-minute documentary tying Romney to corporate greed. This has put Gingrich in an awkward alliance with liberal filmmaker Michael Moore. “I wondered who they stole from my crew,” Moore told the New York Times regarding the documentary. “It was fun to hear what I have been saying for 20 years, not just by...

Bob Woodward says Al Gore is 'unpleasant and taxing'... as he's told 'public know just 1% of details on Clinton's government' -Watergate journalist didn't enjoy sitting next to Al Gore -He claims we know little about Clinton administration -Mr Gore was speaking at investment dinner last week If you ever get to hold that dream dinner party of writers and politicians, feel free to invite Bob Woodward or Al Gore. But just don’t ask both. Mr Woodward, 68, the former Washington Post reporter who gained fame through the Watergate scandal, is not a fan of the former vice-president. He said...

June 23, 2011 — Late Wednesday afternoon, I headed over to the White House to attend a background session about President Obama's Afghanistan speech. But when I watched the speech a few hours later, I wondered if I had somehow had wandered into the wrong briefing room. I was promised by senior administration officials that the speech would provide at least some strategic rationale for withdrawing 10,000 U.S. troops by the end of 2011 and 23,000 more troops by September 2012. They argued that the concept of a distinct fighting season is not entirely right, and so withdrawing forces next...

Dear Angelina Jolie, I am writing to you about Syria and the ongoing bloodshed we are watching across the country every day. You may have seen the consistent coverage in the news recently about the latest country in the Middle East to join the “Arab Spring.” Despite excitement over pro-democracy movements successfully removing dictators in Tunisia and Egypt, Western leaders have largely remained silent on Syria. They stayed silent when the bullet-ridden, tortured corpse of 13-year-old Hamza Ali al-Khateeb, who was arrested at a pro-democracy protest in a village in southern Syria in April, was returned to his family one...

This is what a half billion dollar golf course will look like, complete with undersea tunnels. Even Jules Verne could not have seen this one coming. The concept is a series of manmade islands with one or more holes on each, linked by transparent undersea tunnels through which golfers walk or ride, sort of a golf course meets Moonbase Alpha ambition. Besides the sheer audacity of building the thing, which is scheduled to open in 2015 (they have already signed on industry leader Troon Golf, the gold standard of international high-end golf course and club management, to run it), the...

The U.S. is failing to meet “key milestones” in advance of the Oct. 1 handover of responsibilities in Iraq from the U.S. military to the State Department, says a report being issued Thursday by the State Department’s inspector general.

Nobody in the economic history of the world has projected accurately the price of oil for more than one year ahead. There are just too many variables. Think tanks that monitor the supply and demand for oil worldwide, quarterly revise forecasts and there can be a sizable variance among these academics.

FRUIT HEIGHTS — Utah's Chad Hawkins is well known for his paintings of Latter-day Saint temples. But he recently won a major commission to create a scene from Afghanistan. In 2007, Hawkins traveled to Afghanistan to work on a project. "When I got there it was horrible," he said. "To me, it wasn't third-world conditions. It was Stone Age." Chad Hawkins Despite those conditions, little did Hawkins know that visit would eventually turn into one of the most significant works of his career. With that experience, along with his extensive background, Hawkins won the commission from the U.S. Army War...

One diplomat long involved in the tempestuous U.S.-Pakistan relationship likens it to a Catholic marriage: There may be problems, but divorce isn't an option. And so it is that, almost a month after U.S. Navy SEALs entered Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden, the two troubled partners find themselves not in divorce court but in an awkward but unmistakable process of reconciliation.

In 1941, 150 Jews were massacred by Iraqi nationalists in Baghdad. The pogrom predicted what their fate was likely to be under Arabs regimes in the future. Seventy years ago, on June 1, 1941, the most dramatic and violent pogrom in the Arab Middle East during World War II took place in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Known in Arabic as the Farhūd, this devastating pogrom left approximately 150 Jews dead, hundreds more wounded, and led to the ransacking of nearly 600 Jewish businesses.