From the Trenches World Report

RT News

Some of US President Barack Obama’s high-ranked political appointees are using secret government email accounts, which they say are necessary to prevent their inboxes from being overwhelmed with unwanted messages and spam.

The scale of secret email use across the government remains unknown, as most US agencies have failed to provide lists of political appointees’ email addresses, which AP requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) over three months ago.      Continue reading “Obama’s top appointees use secret email accounts – AP”

RT News, June 4, 2013

The United States Department of Justice has responded to allegations that Attorney General Eric Holder lied to Congress, but lawmakers on Capitol Hill aren’t impressed.

Mr. Holder’s reputation within the Justice Department has been tarnished in recent weeks in the wake of a number of DoJ scandals, including his office’s investigation of journalists with the Associated Press and Fox News.   Continue reading “Congress gives Holder one more day to answer allegations of perjury”

RT News

The state of Connecticut has become the first to successfully enact a law requiring food containing genetically modified ingredients to be labeled as such, though it comes with the unusual requirement that four other states must pass similar legislation.

Though supporters of GMO product labeling will likely laud the state legislature’s approval of the new bill, it represents a significant weakening of the initial proposal with the introduction of a bipartisan ‘compromise’ requiring that four additional states, one of which must border Connecticut, pass labeling laws as well. An additional requirement is that the aggregate population of any combination of such states exceed 20 million people.    Continue reading “Connecticut passes first GMO food labeling law in US”

Mail.com

WARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP) — Ziyad Abid was a Missouri college student aspiring to become a pilot like his father back home in Saudi Arabia when he was accused of paying his roommate to kill a local bar owner. The judge set bond at $2 million, completely out of reach for his family — but not for the Saudi government.    Continue reading “Saudi remains behind bars after $2M bond posted”

New York Times – by MARK LANDLER

WASHINGTON — In a major shakeup of President Obama’s foreign-policy inner circle, Tom Donilon, the national security adviser, is resigning and will be replaced by Susan E. Rice, the American ambassador to the United Nations, White House officials said late Tuesday.

Information Clearinghouse – by Marjorie Cohn

Although whistleblower Bradley Manning pled guilty to 10 offenses that will garner him 20 years in custody, military prosecutors are pursuing further charges – aiding the enemy and violation of the Espionage Act – that carry life in prison.

The court-martial of Bradley Manning, the most significant whistleblower case since Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers, has begun. Although Manning pled guilty earlier this year to 10 offenses that will garner him 20 years in custody, military prosecutors insist on pursuing charges of aiding the enemy and violation of the Espionage Act, carrying life in prison.   Continue reading “Bradley Manning’s Legal Duty to Expose War Crimes”

Yahoo News – Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) – The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said it had found another leak of contaminated water on Wednesday, piling pressure on the utility to curb the problem as it seeks permission to release water to the sea.

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant was hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami more than two years ago, triggering nuclear reactor meltdowns and explosions.   Continue reading “Another contaminated water leak at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant”

Continue reading “Huge Mystery Blob on Weather Radars over Military’s Redstone Arsenal in Alabama Still Unexplained”

Press TV

Syria’s state television reports that Syrian forces have regained full control of the strategic city of Qusayr following three weeks of fighting with the militants in the region.

The Syrian military forces dismantled the terrorist network of the militants in the strategic area, which borders Lebanon.    Continue reading “Syrian forces regain full control of Qusayr area: Syrian TV”

Before It’s News – by Barracuda

Just about everyone knows someone who has died from cancer.What would you say if I told you that we are all being lied to, that natural cures for cancer already exist and those cures are being deliberately with held from the public.Well, It’s all true.

The FDA and the Pharmaceutical company are in bed together.There is simply to much money being made for these scoundrels to come clean and tell us the truth. Billions and billions of dollars are being made off the pain and suffering of so many cancer patients.It’s very disturbing when I think about how this continues, chemotherapy is worthless, it destroys the body along with the cancer, it is a death sentence!   Continue reading “Profiteering Cancer Industry Ripped Wide Open By Explosive Documentary ‘Cut, Poison, Burn’”

Guns Save Lives

The owner of a gift shop in New York City might be ran out of business by the vehemently anti gun government of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The shop owner was apparently unaware of the ridiculous NYC law which makes the selling of toy guns, even tiny novelty gun shaped cigarette lighters, a serious crime, punishable by massive fines that easily put small business owners out of business.   Continue reading “Bloomberg’s NYC Government Fining Gift Shop Owner $60,000 For Selling Tiny, Gun Shaped Lighters”

AlterNet – by Alex Kane

The recent revelation that the Central Intelligence Agency has handed tens of millions of dollars over to the offices of the president of Afghanistan should come as no surprise. The CIA has a long history of this sort of activity. And most importantly, it’s the latest reminder of how America’s global “war on terror” has been forged through backroom deals, cold hard cash and the fostering of corruption.   Continue reading “Dirty Wars, Filthy Hands: Five Unsavory Ways America Conducts Its “Global War on Terror””

Citizens for Legit Government

Christie Criticized for Cost and Timing of Senate Election  Gov. Chris Christie (R) announced on Tuesday a highly unusual special election that was immediately criticized for costing the state $24 million and setting up a schedule that was likely to confuse the voting public.

Voters will go to the polls on a Wednesday in October to cast ballots for a new senator, then return just three weeks later for the regularly scheduled general election, in which Mr. Christie will stand for a second term. Continue reading “Christie Criticized for Cost and Timing of Senate Election”

Washington Times – by Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon

An al Qaeda terrorist stated in a recent online posting that U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens was killed by lethal injection after plans to kidnap him during the Sept. 11 attacks in Benghazi went bad.

The veracity of the claim by Abdallah Dhu-al-Bajadin, who was identified by U.S. officials as a weapons expert for al Qaeda, could not be determined. However, U.S. officials have not dismissed the terrorist’s assertion.   Continue reading “Al Qaeda weapons expert: U.S. ambassador to Libya killed by lethal injection”

Breitbart- by Kerry Picket

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) revealed new testimony from IRS employees on CNN’s State of The Union on Sunday. According to transcribed excerpts released by the Committee, a Cincinnati IRS employee made it clear they were told by Washington, D.C. personnel to give extra scrutiny to Tea Party groups:    Continue reading “IRS Employee: D.C. Told Us To Target Tea Party”

The Washington Free Beacon

The United States will deploy Patriot anti-aircraft missiles and F-16 fighter jets to Syria’s neighbor Jordan this month, Jordan said on Tuesday, drawing swift condemnation from Moscow which accused the West of sending weapons to fuel Syria’s civil war.

Jordan said the planes and missiles will be sent as part of an annual exercise to begin in the last week of June. Military sources said the exercises would involve armies from at least 18 countries with more than 15,000 troops.   Continue reading “Obama To Deploy Patriot Missiles, F-16 Jets To Jordan”