Lee Hamilton, 9/11 Commision Vice Chairman Slams Obama On Intel

9/11 Commission co-chair blasts Obama's knowledge of Intelligence and National Security.

Obama to Critics of KSM Trial: 'I Don't Think it Will Be Offensive At All When He's Convicted' (Video)

"I don't think it will be offensive at all when he's convicted and the death penalty is applied to him," the president said of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to MSNBC's Chuck Todd.

Excuse me, Mr. Legal Scholar? Constitutional Law Professor?

What happened to innocent until proven guilty? You cannot have it both ways! How can he say he is not prejudging the case? He just did!

How can Team O claim they are better, more moral and more civil then barbarians like Bush and Cheney and then taint the system like this? They claim they wish to showcase the American judicial system to the world; that were are not a Kangaroo Court. Yet by this gaffe, clearly, Obama has some explaining to do.

Read more at The Hill and Politico.

Rudy Giuliani on Terror Trials in NYC (Video)

"This is an act of war!", says Rudy. I cannot, for the the life of me, understand how Barack Obama does not get that.

I thought I was angry over this cowardly, anti-American act. You can sense Rudy's anger yet he is more politically savvy than I. I would say far worse things to Obama given the chance.

This is a joke. It's Team "O"s attempt to undermine George Bush and his administration. It's Barack Obama's appeasement to his Islamic roots. This will not end well.

Please pray that we will not be attacked again before 2012.

Sister of 9/11 victim blasts decision to try confessed 9/11 mastermind in New York City (Video)

This a poltical travesty!

USS New York Arrives in New York City (Video)

The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city Monday with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack.

FEMA Removes Controversial 9/11 Coloring Book From Website (Video)

The book was intended to help children cope with disaster, but it's probably a good idea to remove this from the website.

Can anyone explain why FEMA thought it a good idea to have children color images of planes crashing into the building? Seriously, that seems like a bit much.

Day 101 "Do You Feel Safer": Chilling New GOP Attack Ad On Obama (Video)

House Republicans are using images of the Pentagon burning on 9/11 and President Obama's "bow" to the Saudi leader in a video that accuses the president of making America less safe in his first 100 days.

House Minority leader John Boehner asks the American people a tough but incredibly important question after Barack Obama, his pre-9/11 mindset and a radical leftist, Democratic-controlled Congress celebrate Obama's first 100 days in office.

Via POLITICO:

House Republicans are using images of the Pentagon burning on 9/11 and President Obama's "bow" to the Saudi leader in a video that accuses the president of making America less safe in his first 100 days.

But the new video has already created blowback from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus – whose meeting with Obama is also featured in the video – with one member of the caucus claiming use of the image is “racist.”

The video is part of a new offensive by Republicans, who are in the midst of a party rebranding effort, to question the Obama administration's national security policies.

“What are Democrats doing to keep us safe,” Republicans ask in the video, titled “Day 101,” released Thursday morning.

Complete with dreary background music, the video challenges Obama on his decision to close Guantanamo Bay and release memos detailing the Bush administration’s policies on torture. The video also shows Obama's handshake with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, airs a bunch of headlines and news clips about CIA interrogations and flashes of terrorist training videos.

The image of the Pentagon in flames on 9/11 appears for just an instant at 1:14 in the video, and it’s spliced with images of flag burning protesters and other violent footage from the Middle East. The video also flashes on a still photo of Obama meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus – and the image is spliced in between the Chavez handshake and the flag burning.

Noticing this shot, the CHC sent a vehement statement to POLITICO this afternoon.

“The video posted on Congressman John Boehner’s official website is a completely inappropriate message for the leader of the minority party to send to the American people,” said CHC Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.). “It’s disrespectful to the hard-working Latinos across the nation, serving in every sector of our economy and on our military’s front lines. The CHC demands an apology from the Minority Leader for this insensitivity and that the video be removed immediately.”

Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, also a member of the CHC, was even more outraged: “It is not only inflammatory to the Latino community but the singling out of a groups for that
categorization is racist.”

House Minority Leader John Boehner defended the video today, saying it was perfectly fair game.

“What is the overarching strategy?” Boehner asked. “I’m trying to push the administration to describe what their overarching strategy is.”

And Boehner spokesman Michael Steel says the imagery was appropriate: “The events of Sept. 11 happened. Pretending they didn't won't make America any safer. And ignoring the facts would be even worse."

Obama Song Parody: "Jet Airliner" Mocks Photo Op! (Video)

A parody of Steve Miller's "Jet Airliner" pointing out the lunacy of the Obama Administrations fly by photo op. Written and sung by The Lord of Mirrors.

Again, if we can't laugh, what's the point. The incident is not terribly amusing, but this song parody is.

911 Calls: Panic As Planes Flew Over NYC (Video, Audio)

Just released excerpts from 911 tapes show New York and New Jersey residents were terrified by the sight of a huge passenger jet and an F-16 fighter plane whizzing around the State of Liberty Monday.

Cost of Plane Photo-op Tops $300K, Plus Audio Of Panicked Call To 911 (Video)

The White House says an inquiry will take place into a photo-op that happened Monday over New York City. The cost of the photo-op is now more than $300,000.

I still find it hard to believe that President Obama, Rahmbo, Robert Gibbs et. al. had no idea this stunt was planned. It's like Johnny Cochran's "Chewbacca Defense". Chewbacca is a wookie, but he lives on Endor (home of the Ewoks); it just doesn't make sense.

The price includes over $35,000 in jet fuel. I demand the White House pay a "cap-and-trade" tax on these carbon emissions.

DHS Sec. Janet Napolitano Blames Canada for 9/11 Attacks (Video)

9/11 Comments begin at 4:00 mark.





CTV reports:

Ottawa was rushing to defend its border security on Tuesday amid a diplomatic scuffle with the U.S., which erupted after Washington's homeland security chief suggested that the 9-11 terrorists entered the U.S. through Canada.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano made the comments during a media interview earlier this week, much to the chagrin of Canadians on both sides of the border.

In recent years, Ottawa has invested a great deal of effort into dispelling perceptions among Americans that Canada's border is an easy entry point for terrorists planning attacks on U.S. soil.

"Unfortunately, misconceptions arise on something as fundamental as where the 9-11 terrorists came from," said Michael Wilson, Canada's ambassador in Washington.

"As the 9-11 commission reported in 2004, all of the 9-11 terrorists arrived in the United States from outside North America. They flew to major U.S. airports. They entered the U.S. with documents issued by the United States government and no 9-11 terrorists came from Canada."

Later, Napolitano's staff attempted to tamp down the controversy by blaming the comments on a simple misunderstanding, said Wilson, who was the keynote speaker at the Border Trade Alliance meeting in Washington Tuesday.

"Her comment from her people is that she misunderstood," Wilson said, adding that he was planning a personal meeting with Napolitano in the near future.

The furor began when Napolitano was asked to clarify statements she had made about equal treatment for the Mexican and Canadian borders, despite the fact that a flood of illegal immigrants and a massive drug war are two serious issues on the southern border.

"Yes, Canada is not Mexico, it doesn't have a drug war going on, it didn't have 6,000 homicides that were drug-related last year," she said.

"Nonetheless, to the extent that terrorists have come into our country or suspected or known terrorists have entered our country across a border, it's been across the Canadian border. There are real issues there."

When asked if she was referring to the 9-11 terrorists, Napolitano added: "Not just those but others as well."

However, Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan downplayed the comments and said that Napolitano is well aware that Canada was not the source of the 9-11 terrorists.

"We spoke about it back in March, and we were sharing a chuckle at the fact that the urban myth does circulate," he told CTV's Power Play.

"Ms. Napolitano understood quite clearly, then and now, that none of the September 11 terrorists came through Canada, as the 9-11 Commission found."

Full CTV News Video

VIDEO: Awkward TV -- Matthews/Fleisher Debate "How Dare You Say 9/11 Happened On Our Watch"

This is just really disturbing television, very awkward.

Chris Matthews is such and a**hole! What the hell is wrong with him; this goes well beyond Bush derangement syndrome and the tingly feeling he gets when he hears Obama speak.

I wish Ari Fleischer was live in the studio so he could have punched Matthews.

What a D*ick!