“A scorpion asks a frog to carry him over a river. The frog is afraid of being stung, but the scorpion argues that if it did so, both would sink and the scorpion would drown. The frog then agrees, but midway across the river the scorpion does indeed sting the frog, dooming them both. When asked why, the scorpion points out that this is ... MORE
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Showing posts with label investigation. Show all posts
Thomas Sowell: The 'Disparate Impact' Racket
Group disparities are common. The U.S. Department of Justice issued two reports last week, both growing out of the Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown. The first report, about "the shooting death of Michael Brown by Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson" ought to be read by every American. It says in plain English what facts ... MORE
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authority,
DNA,
Eric Holder,
investigation,
law,
law enforcement,
motivation,
racism,
statistics
Thomas Sowell: Tortured Reasoning
The question is "compared to what." Critics and defenders of the harsh interrogation methods applied to captured terrorists can argue forever over whether those methods were "torture." But any serious discussion of a serious issue — and surely terrorism qualifies as serious — has to move beyond semantics and confront the ultimate ... MORE
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authority,
CIA,
crime,
interrogation,
investigation,
law enforcement,
military,
police,
torture
Bruce Walker: The IRS Scandal Is Not Going Away
Just wait until Republicans control Congress. The IRS scandal is not much in the news these days, but it is not going away. The more Obama’s minions stonewall this scandal, the more congressional Democrats discount the scandal, the more the leftist establishment media ignores this scandal, the more toxic it will be for the left. ... MORE
Josh Hicks: IRS Finds More Key Hard-Drive Crashes
They say just bad luck, no tampering. The Internal Revenue Service is missing e-mails from five more employees whose records could shed light on the agency’s targeting scandal, but there are no signs that its personnel have intentionally destroyed evidence, according to an IRS review. In a report to four congressional committees on Friday, ... MORE
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Congress,
deception,
dishonesty,
e-mail,
government,
information,
investigation,
IRS,
scandal
Cops Say Tasering 8-Year-Old For Tantrum Was Justified
by Vincent Schilling. Two months after an 8-year-old girl was tasered by a Pierre, South
Dakota police officer in October of 2013, Hughes County State’s Attorney
Wendy Kloeppner released a report
which stated “she was satisfied with an independent investigation,
deploying a taser was the best viable way to diffuse the situation,” and
no charges would ... MORE
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authority,
brutality,
children,
investigation,
law enforcement,
police,
reason,
taser,
violence
Fed Watchdogs Stonewalled By Obama Administration
The truth must not be their friend. Independent watchdogs from federal agencies decried on Tuesday what they said were Obama administration efforts to delay or stall their investigations. A letter to Congress from dozens of inspectors general cites specific instances in which watchdogs for the Justice Department, Environmental ... MORE
WASH TIMES EDITORIAL: The Tax Man's Politics
Taxpayers pay for lobbying to make the agency bigger. The Internal Revenue Service continues to keep Congress, or least the House half of it, busy with investigations into the harassment of the Tea Party and how email evidence of IRS abuse mysteriously disappears. The dogs are eating a lot of the homework at the IRS. The emails that can ... MORE
Public Servants Acting As Public Masters
by Glenn Harlan Reynolds. "Nothing could be further from the truth. I mean, we wouldn't do that." That was CIA Director John Brennan's answer
in March when Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., charged the CIA with
breaking into computers used by Senate investigators looking into CIA
misconduct. It turns out that the CIA would do that — ... MORE
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bureaucracy,
CIA,
incentives,
investigation,
IRS,
legislation,
NSA,
Obama,
power,
Rand Paul,
tax
The IRS Scandal And The Politicization Of Justice
by Hans von Spakovsky and John Fund. If you want a good illustration of how Attorney General Eric Holder has politicized the Justice Department and its prosecutorial decision-making, all you have to do is look at what Justice has not done in just one part of the IRS scandal. Despite its agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by the National ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: Finding The Truth At Benghazi
Only the deception is transparent. When the White House, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the fearless private watchdog group Judicial Watch, turned over an email about constructing the appropriate narrative response to the tragedy at Benghazi written by Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security ... MORE
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Benghazi,
deception,
dishonesty,
Hillary Clinton,
investigation,
Obama,
performance,
politics
Wisconsin School Prods Kids To Snitch On Parents
by Daisy Luther. In the government is not you dept ... The game is called “Cross the Line” and many outraged parents believe that it does just that. A middle school in Marinette, got a group of 5th-8th graders together and organized a really fun game that asked students to step forward to answer “yes” to a series of highly personal ... MORE
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authority,
children,
control,
drug war,
government,
investigation,
schools,
snooping,
students
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