MILITARY TIMES 3 Hours Ago Despite Pentagon claims, Marine colonel sought in Benghazi investigation not yet retired by  Dan Lamothe When insurgents attacked the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last fall, Col. George Bristol held a key post in the region. As commander of Joint Special Operations Task Force-Trans Sahara, he was in a position to know what options the U.S. had to protect Americans under fire. U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans died in the Sept. 11 attacks, sparking national outcry and a congressional investigation examining the lack of protection. Several U.S. officials have testified before Congress since — but not Bristol, a salty Marine whose task force was responsible for special operations in northern and western Africa. Defense Department officials have told members of Congress that Bristol cannot be forced to testify because he retired after stepping down during a March change of command ceremony, according to several media reports

 HOMELANDSECURITYUS.COM 6 Hours Ago TWA Flight 800: Hillary Rodham Clinton's Benghazi warm-up by  Douglas J. Hagmann Please comment on this article at Canada Free Press By Douglas J. Hagmann 17 July 2013:  Seventeen years ago today, the lives of 230 men, women and children were snuffed out and the lives of their families and friends were forever changed. At 8:31 p.m. ET on July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 fell from the sky in a sickening fireball of debris and human carnage, plunging into the Atlantic Ocean about 8 miles off the southern coast of Long Island, New York. It was only twelve minutes into its flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport en route to Rome, Italy, with a scheduled stopover in Paris when the flight, like the lives of those aboard, was abruptly and prematurely terminated. The evening was clear and the weather calm as the large passenger plane climbed to 13,700 feet and was traveling parallel to Long Island. Many people were outside on patios, beaches, and

 UPTOWNMAGAZINE.COM 8 Hours Ago Hillary Clinton Acknowledges The 'Deep Heartache' Of The Zimmerman Verdict by  Annika Harris Speaking with  Delta Sigma Theta  sorority Tuesday evening in Washington, D.C., former Secretary of State  Hillary Clinton  acknowledged the "deep painful heartache" that the acquittal of  George Zimmerman  brought American families. "My prayers are with the Martin family and with every family who loves someone who is lost to violence. No mother, no father, should ever have to fear for their child walking down a street in the United States of America … Yesterday I know you heard from the attorney general about the next steps from the Justice Department and the need for a national dialogue. As we move forward as we must, I hope this sisterhood will continue to be a force for justice and understanding." Read more about Clinton's almost 30-minute speech  here . Hillary Clinton Acknowledges The 'Deep Heartache' Of The Zimmerman

 THEBLAZE.COM 3 Hours Ago IRS Scandal Moves Closer to the White House – Obama Appointee's Role Under Fire by  Erica Ritz Though the scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups has fallen from breaking news headlines in recent weeks, more information is continuing to trickle out on the matter. On Wednesday, four House Republicans released excerpts from congressional testimony with a number of involved IRS employees indicating the scandal  may be closer to the White House  than previously known, though there is still no evidence to indicate President Obama was personally involved. However, it seems an Obama appointee may have been. The Washington Post writes : The chief counsel's office for the Internal Revenue Service, headed by a political appointee of President Obama,  helped develop the agency's problematic guidelines  for reviewing "tea party" cases, according to a top IRS attorney. In interviews with congressional in

 THEBLAZE.COM 3 Hours Ago Members of Congress Clash With Top Obama Officials on NSA Spying – Watch 5 Exchanges From Tense Hearing by  Jason Howerton WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 17: (L-R) James Cole, Deputy Attorney General, Robert S. Litt, Office of Director of National Intelligence, John Inglis, National Security Agency Deputy Director, and Stephanie Douglas, FBI National Security Branch, raise their right hands as they are sworn in before testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, July 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. Credit: Getty Images WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) — In a heated confrontation over domestic spying, members of Congress said Wednesday they never intended to allow the National Security Agency to build a database of every phone call in America. And they threatened to curtail the government's surveillance authority. Top Obama administration officials countered that the once-secret program was legal and necessary to keep America safe. And they left open the possibility that th

 PUNDITPRESS.COM 3 Hours Ago Martin Supporters Call for "Anal Raping" of George Zimmerman Yesterday we covered the fact that  a myriad of people are calling for the decapitation of George Zimmerman . Today, we have uncovered something, perhaps, even more disturbing: Trayvon Martin supporters are calling for George Zimmerman to be "anally raped." How exactly a large amount of people over vast distances of space have all decided that George Zimmerman must be raped can only be guessed at. One thing is certain, though: none of these people actually believe in justice. Below are just a few of the profane attacks on Zimmerman. " Cut with a razor :" " Violated :" And so on: Excuse my vulgarity but I hope George Zimmerman gets anally raped multiple times during his prison sentence. — BriCole ™ (@BriCole_)  July 14, 2013 Zimmerman will go to jail n get anally raped..lmaoo  #JusticeForTrayvon  — Jifa (@JifaDontCurrrr)  July 11, 2013 " @AbbyMorenikee :

 THEGATEWAYPUNDIT.COM 2 Hours Ago Jesse Jackson Calls For UN to Investigate America by  Jesse Jackson Calls Picture of the day… Sophie 13 Good grief.  Jesse Jackson called on the United Nations to investigate America following the George Zimmerman verdict. From  Jesse's column  at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. If Trayvon Martin were not a young black male, he would be alive today. Despite the verdict, it's clear that George Zimmerman would never have confronted a young white man wearing a hoodie. He would, at the very least, have listened to the cops and stayed back. Trayvon Martin is dead because Zimmerman believed that "these guys always get away" and chose not to wait for the police. Trayvon Martin's death shatters the convenient myths that blind us to reality. That reality, as the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board wrote, is that "black men carry a special burden from the day they are born." Both the prosecutor and the defense claimed that the trial was