Tag Archive | Leon Panetta
General in Benghazi Scandal Suddenly Retires | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Tad Cronn (GodfatherPolitics.com) – Is it payback or just shame? General Carter Ham, the combatant commander of Africa Command and a key figure in the Benghazi scandal, is retiring from the Army years short of the mandatory retirement age, according to the Washington Times. Ham’s name came up in relation to […]
Without Asking Congress, Obama Puts U.S. Troops on Syria Border | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER The Obama administration has now publicly announced that it deployed U.S. troops near the Syrian border in neighboring Jordan without ever seeking congressional permission, supposedly in an effort to help the Jordanian government deal with refugees from Syria while ensuring that the civil war does not spill over into the broader region. […]
‘Oblivious’ Obama not behind Osama raid | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER The decision to raid Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan and kill him was made without President Obama – and actually was kept from him until after the helicopters already were in Pakistani airspace – according to a new report from a retired major general who cites a senior intelligence source. The […]
Panetta: US sends forces to Jordan | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States has sent military troops to the Jordan-Syria border to bolster that country’s military capabilities in the event that violence escalates along its border with Syria, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday. Speaking at a NATO conference of defense ministers in Brussels, Panetta said the U.S. has […]
Pentagon claims Syria moved chemical weapons (How Convinient, Just Like Iraq!) | THE JEENYUS CORNER
RT.com The Syrian government may have moved some of its chemical weapons to safeguard them against rebel forces, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said at a Friday press conference. While some weapons were moved to locations unknown to US intelligence, Panetta said the main storage sites remain secure and under government control. “There has […]
Marines face court-martial for urinating on dead Afghans | THE JEENYUS CORNER
RT.com Two of the Marines alleged to have urinated on the corpses of Taliban fighters are now facing criminal charges and will be forced to face a court-martial over the incident. Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph W. Chamblin and Staff Sgt. Edward W. Deptola will be court-martialed over accusations that they were involved in the […]
US court calls CIA emperor without clothes | THE JEENYUS CORNER
PressTV A US appeals court in Washington has denounced President Barack Obama’s CIA-run policy of assassination drone strikes, calling the CIA an emperor without clothes. On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) took the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to court over Pentagon’s controversial drone policy after the US government refused to release documents […]
CIA sued over drone killings | THE JEENYUS CORNER
RT.com The American Civil Liberties Union is taking the CIA to court for the agency’s refusal to comply with a FOIA request to hand over documents about the Obama administration’s “targeted killing” drone program. The CIA claims its drone program is “secret,” even though President Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and senior government officials […]
Obama fights ban on indefinite detention of Americans
RT.COM The White House has filed an appeal in hopes of reversing a federal judge’s ruling that bans the indefinite military detention of Americans because attorneys for the president say they are justified to imprison alleged terrorists without charge. Manhattan federal court Judge Katherine Forrest ruled in May that the indefinite detention provisions signed into […]
Rumsfeld: Israel needn’t notify US about strike
Yitzhak BenhorinYNet NewsAug 5, 2012 WASHINGTON – While US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attempted to convince top Israeli politicians and security officials not to launch a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities during his visit to Israel last week, his predecessor Donald Rumsfeld, seems more prepared for a possible attack. Rumsfeld, who served as secretary […]
