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Scarborough: Senate Intelligence Committee Report is ‘Preposterous’

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) had been calling for the declassification of a report that is extremely critical of the CIA’s interrogation policies. The report paints a picture of a poorly managed...

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Gitmo Secret Prison Commander to Testify

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE—A commander from Guantanamo Bay’s infamous—and until recently highly secret—Camp 7 will testify this week in military court about how prisoners are treated in the highly...

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9/11 Hearings Halt Over Spying Accusation

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE—The 9/11 hearings came to a halt on Monday morning just thirty minutes after they had begun following accusations by defense lawyers for the accused terrorists that members of...

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9/11 Victim Families: Obama Administration Sabotaging Trials

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE—Victims of the 9/11 terror attacks expressed shock that the FBI may be meddling in the hearings here, and some speculated that it is part of an effort by the Obama...

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KSM Lawyer Sacrifices Military Career to Stay on Case

 GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE—Army Maj. Jason Wright, a member of accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s defense team, informed the court Thursday morning that he will be retiring from the...

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Inside Look at the 9/11 Museum

NBC’s Matt Lauer and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg tour the 9/11 Museum in a segment that aired Wednesday morning. NBC reports: Among items on display are the bullhorn that President...

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Giuliani: 9/11 Museum ‘Well Done, Beautiful’

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani appeared on CBS This Morning Thursday to discuss and praise the opening of the 9/11 museum. “Now with the passage of time, you’re sort of brought back into the...

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Senior DHS Adviser: ‘Inevitable that ‘Caliphate’ Returns’

A controversial senior adviser to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is receiving criticism for tweeting that the recent takeover of Iraqi cities by a violent terror group is proof that a Muslim...

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Iran Sponsored ISIL Founder, Sheltered Him from U.S.

Iran long provided shelter and protection to the founder and former commander of al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), the predecessor to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), which rose to power due...

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Ron Paul: Government Had Foreknowledge of 9/11 Terror Attacks

Former Rep. Ron Paul said he believes the U.S. government had prior knowledge of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and has kept this information hidden in a classified section of the 9/11 Commission...

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George W. Bush Honors 9/11 Hero

George W. Bush posted a picture of George Howard’s Port Authority Police Department badge to his Instagram Thursday morning, the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. “Some will carry memories of a...

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Flashback: Dubya Gives Most Important First Pitch in American History

Just weeks after the terrorist attacks of September 11, the New York Yankees hosted the Arizona Diamondbacks a short distance from Ground Zero. That night, Oct. 30, 2001, President George W. Bush took...

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Dick Cheney: Next Attack Will be Worse than 9/11

Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that the United States is in more danger now than before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and that the next major attack will be worse than that...

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Former B-List Actor Now 9/11 Truther

Comedian and former B-List actor Russell Brand told BBC Newsnight host Evan Davis that he was “open-minded” to the idea that the U.S. government was behind the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on New...

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Massive LA Fire Consumes Three Towers, Shuts Down Freeways

A seven-story apartment complex under construction was consumed by fire early Monday morning in Los Angeles, causing millions of dollars in damage and significant traffic delays. KTLA reporter noted...

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Obama Won’t Say Whether He Would Have Approved Enhanced Interrogations After...

In an interview with MSNBC’s Jose Díaz-Balart that aired Wednesday, President Obama refused to answer whether he would have approved enhanced interrogations of terrorists with vital intelligence. “So...

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9/11 Widow: ‘Torture Was Watching What Happened on 9/11′

Terry Strada, a New Jersey native whose husband Tom Strada was killed in the 9/11 terror attacks, was confounded at Senate Democrats’ decision to release a report on CIA ‘torture’ when, she said,...

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Brennan: Info from Detainees after Enhanced Interrogations Was ‘Useful’ in...

CIA Director John Brennan confirmed that information obtained from enhanced interrogation techniques (or ‘EITs’) was “useful” in planning and carrying out the operation that killed Osama bin Laden....

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9/11 Hearing on Skids Following Senate Report, FBI Spying Claims

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE—It is “highly unlikely” that the 9/11 military hearings scheduled to resume this week will do so amid new revelations in a report about treatment of detainees released by...

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