National Security
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BREAKING: Doctor returning from W. Africa tests positive for Ebola at NYC hospital (Video)
Another case of Ebola has reared its ugly head, this time in the Big Apple. The patient, Craig Spencer, is a…
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Man nabbed with ‘Ebola’ heroin at New Jersey hotel; Liberian arriving at Newark reportedly cleared
Twin reports out of the Garden State, both dealing with the Ebola threat. According to NBC New York, a 47-year-old man…
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Why is DHS ordering 34 million Permanent Resident Cards?
The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security, solicited bids early this month to…
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Tweet of the Day: CDC guidelines for reducing Ebola risks among health professionals riddled with errors
As LU Staff noted in an earlier post, an “Ebola situation assessment” released by the World Health Organization reveals that the incubation…
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Ebola scare at Pentagon after recent traveler to Africa vomits in parking lot
As the president and his acolytes in the press continue to peddle the idea that banning air travel from West Africa…
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As two more dominoes fall in the Ebola travel ban debate, Obama stands pat in weekly address
Yesterday, North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan, who had previously praised the CDC’s “guidance” on Ebola, joined the growing chorus of voices calling for…
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‘Hammer dropped!’ GOP Senate candidate: ‘My boots were on ground now held by ISIS’ (Video)
Republican U.S. senatorial candidate Joni Ernst gave Iowans another memorable one-liner Thursday with her delivery of an in-your-face assessment of…
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Passenger dies in ‘fit of vomiting’ aboard plane from Nigeria to JFK in New York
We can all rest easy in the wake of reports that a 63-year-old man who died aboard an airliner en route from Lagos, Nigeria, to…
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Ebola fears lead to school shut-downs in Ohio, Texas
Fears over the Ebola virus have caused schools in both suburban Cleveland and Texas to shut down Thursday, after fears…
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Then: Obama canceling fundraiser would alarm Americans. Now: [Crickets]
Yesterday, a headline appearing in the Washington Post gave me a perverse chuckle. “An epidemic of fear and anxiety hits Americans…
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Picture of the Day: Man without protective gear accompanying Ebola patient raises concerns, fears (Video)
Talk about your breaches in protocol! A photo that is going viral this morning on social media shows health care…
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Latest Ebola patient traveled on commercial airliner day before symptoms surfaced
The bad news about a second health care worker in Dallas testing positive for Ebola just got worse. CBS Dallas/Fort…
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Dean of DC press corps: People sense Obama not competent to protect them (Video)
Susan Page, USA Today Washington Bureau Chief, wasn’t exactly going out on a limb this past Sunday when she made…
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World Health Organization official makes deadly Ebola predictions
A World Health Organization official announced that the death rate for patients inflicted with the Ebola virus has risen dramatically,…
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NIH director turns Ebola into political football; Twitter explodes
During an interview published Sunday evening, the director of the National Institutes of Health, which conducts bio-medical research and funds…
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CDC did not consider new US Ebola victim ‘high risk,’ wore ‘full’ protective gear (Video)
An unnamed Texas health care worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian Ebola patient who later died, is now…
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‘Air bridge’ carries workers, supplies to West Africa ‘every single day’
In the wake of the news that “patient zero,” Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan died on Wednesday after being infected with the Ebola…
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Why won’t Obama ban flights from West Africa?
Following word that the first American to contract the Ebola virus had died, the White House swung into action and…
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Tweet of the Day: Obama’s State Dept wages war on ISIS … via social media
There are still no boots on the ground in Syria or Iraq, and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (White House code…
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Video: State Dept’s Jen Psaki has smirk wiped off face
If there is one thing more revolting than State Department spokes-hack Jen Psaki’s perpetual grin, it’s her willingness to go…
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Obama trashed 2005 proposal to prevent entry of Ebola via international travel (Video)
In 2010, the Obama administration quietly trashed a comprehensive system of quarantine regulations designed to prevent the spread of disease…
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West African illegal immigrants caught along US southern border (Video)
Immigrants from West African nations experiencing an Ebola virus outbreak have been caught crossing the border illegally, according to a…
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Leon Panetta: Obama wanted to get out of Iraq no matter what the cost
The White House was “so eager to rid itself of Iraq” that it made no real effort to secure a…
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Soccer fans in Morocco cheer for ISIS
On Monday in Casablanca, Morocco, supporters of Raja Club Athletic chanted, “ISIS, ISIS” to “Allahu Akbar, let’s go on jihad!” As reported at…
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High schoolers shown 9/11 documentary sympathetic to terrorists (Video)
Virginia parents are outraged over a film that was shown to local high school students that paints the al-Qaeda terrorists…
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BREAKING: Julia Pierson resigns as director of Secret Service
The announcement just came over the wire that Secret Service Director Julia Pierson has resigned. From CNBC (via Associated Press): Pierson…
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Ambulance transporting Ebola patient remained in service for two days
An ambulance crew that transported the first person diagnosed in the United States with the deadly Ebola virus to a…
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Thousands of porch lights switched on for 6-year-old and his dad, a fallen military hero (Video)
When Darren Baysore, now age 6, lost his father a year ago, the lights went out in a very literal…
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Obama exempts himself from own rules on civilian casualties; Twitter responds
While executing its bombing campaign in Syria and Iraq, the Obama administration has exempted itself from its own standards drafted…
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