Written by Tom Fitton

The Obama administration has perfected the art of "selective transparency." It releases documents when it serves them and keeps them secret when it does not.
We've seen this happen time and time again. When the Obama administration wanted to undermine enhanced interrogation techniques, it ... Read more: Obama Corruption Crisis: Obama’s War on Transparency Endorsed by Court
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Written by David North

The manner in which the Gang of Eight's S.744 reached the floor of the Senate included a mix of both open democracy and behind-the-doors secrecy.
Regardless of the merits of the omnibus immigration bill (which many find wanting) the procedures used to get the bill to, and through, the Senate ... Read more: A Mix of Conspiracy and Democracy: The S. 744 Process to Date
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Written by Tom Fitton

In my experience, the term “BOLO” is a law enforcement term short for “be on the lookout” for criminals and suspects on the run. But for the Obama IRS, BOLO meant, literally, “be on the lookout” for citizen groups who might be opposed to the Obama ...
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Written by John G. Malcolm and Hans von Spakovsky

With the announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder of a criminal investigation of the IRS over the agency’s targeting of conservative Tea Party and other groups, a key question that has arisen is: What are the relevant federal criminal laws that might apply to the misconduct of IRS employees?
There ...
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Written by Tom Fitton

If you are a regular reader of the Weekly Update, you know that Judicial Watch has been the leading force in uncovering the unethical and dangerous connections between the Obama administration and a wide swath of radical ...
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Written by Steven Malanga

City Journal A new liberal era? Not according to these reformers.
Shortly after Barack Obama won reelection in November, New Jersey governor Chris Christie pointed out that Republicans’ cloudy political prospects had a bright silver lining. “One of the reasons you have 30 Republican ...
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Written by Tom Fitton

The Obama administration tends to take a “see no evil, hear no evil” approach to the problem of Islamic radicalism and terrorism.
In November 2009, when Maj. Nidal Hasan murdered 13 people and wounded dozens of others in a Fort Hood ... Read more: Islamic Extremists Recruited by Obama administration?
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Written by Thomas DiLorenzo

[Thomas DiLorenzo will be teaching an online Mises Academy course titled "Lincoln: Founding Father of the American Leviathan State" from May 9, 2013 thru June 5, 2013.]
In an essay entitled “Lincoln, the Declaration, and Secular Puritanism: A Rhetoric for Continuing Revolution,” the late Professor ... Read more: American Exceptionalism: From Gettysburg to Damascus
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Written by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA),

Says Legislation to Create Select Committee Has Added 14 Cosponsors Since Interim Report Was Released Last Week; Now Totals 134
Washington, D.C. (April 30, 2013) – Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), chief sponsor of legislation to create a House Select Committee on the Terrorist Attack in Benghazi, today ... Read more: Wolf: Report From Benghazi Whistleblower Hints At White House Cover Up
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