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May 24, 2013 | 12:14 AM
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  • Court: CIA doesn’t have to release photos of dead bin Laden

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

    CIA officials do not have to release images of Osama bin Laden taken after his death at the hands of Navy Seals, a federal court ruled today, citing the likelihood that the images would provoke a terrorist attack. “As one of the judges on this panel suggested that the Benghazi attack was...

  • White House to reporters: You didn’t ask!

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

    President Obama’s spokesman, to the irritation of the White House press corps, accounted for the shifting narrative about the White House team’s knowledge of the IRS scandal by pointing the finger back at the media for failing ask the right questions to get more information.

  • White House mocks birthers to avoid questions about scandals

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    White House Press Secretary Jay Carney reminded reporters of the conspiracy theories about President Obama’s birth certificate in an attempt to dodge questions about the current scandals dominating the Washington news cycle.

  • White House: Obama is glad he wasn’t told about IRS scandal

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

    President Obama did not hear of the IRS scandal until the agency apologized for targeting conservatives because his White House counsel and other senior staff agreed he should not be informed, his spokesman said today, adding that Obama thought they made the right decision in not telling him....

  • Pelosi: GOP focusing on Bengazi, AP and IRS because Obama ‘is a great president’

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

    House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., charged Republicans with “exploiting” the questions surrounding the Benghazi talking points, the AP phone records seizure and the IRS scandal to attack President Obama because “they fear” his agenda and eloquence. “This president — they...

  • Report: IRS denied tax-exempt status to pro-lifers on behalf of Planned Parenthood

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

    IRS officials refused to grant tax exempt status to two pro-life organizations because of their position on the abortion issue, according to a non-profit law firm, which said that one group was pressured not to protest a pro-choice organization that endorsed President Obama during the last...

  • Eric Holder: Results of FBI’s Benghazi investigation coming soon

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

    Attorney General Eric Holder said that the results of the FBI investigation into who carried out the Benghazi terrorist attack will be released shortly. “We will be prepared shortly I think to reveal all that we have done,” Holder told the House Judiciary Committee. The investigation is...