9/11 terrorist claims Saudi link . . . A still-classified section of the investigation by congressional intelligence committees into the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has taken on an almost mythic quality over the past 13 years — 28 pages that examine crucial support given the hijackers and that by all accounts implicate prominent Saudis in financing terrorism.

Now new claims by Zacarias Moussaoui, a convicted former member of Al Qaeda, that he had high-level contact with officials of the Saudi Arabian government in the prelude to Sept. 11 have brought renewed attention to the inquiry’s withheld findings, which lawmakers and relatives of those killed in the attacks have tried unsuccessfully to declassify. New York Times

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Obama college loan program massively in the red . . . In obscure data tables buried deep in its 2016 budget proposal, the Obama administration revealed this week that its student loan program had a $21.8 billion shortfall last year, apparently the largest ever recorded for any government credit program. Politico

Why can't they wait tables?

What is the openness administration hiding? . . . It seems to be hiding a lot of things in a lot of places. In what must be the most under-reported story of the past year, some two thirds of the inspectors general in the government think the administration is stonewalling their lawful efforts to oversee government activities. White House Dossier

White House not sure Biden will attend Netanyahu speech . . . White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest today indicated it was uncertain whether Vice President Biden would attend next month’s speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Congress, saying, in effect, that it would depend on whether Biden can work it into his schedule. White House Dossier

FCC, under pressure from Obama, will regulate Internet . . . The Federal Communications Commission will vote Feb. 26 on reclassifying the Internet as a public utility, a move that would introduce an unprecedented layer of government regulation to the broadband Internet industry that has the full backing of the Obama administration. Washington Examiner

Health care, Internet . . . who's next?

Obama urges illegals to sign up for amnesty . . . Obama made a sales pitch Wednesday directly urging illegal aliens to sign up if they qualify for what he calls his “executive action” that will allow them to stay in the country despite violating the immigration laws. CNS News

State: We're not giving Gitmo back . . . The Obama administration is not discussing the possibility of handing the naval base at Guantanamo Bay back to Cuba as part of its ongoing talks with top Cuban officials, a State Department official assured Congress Wednesday. The Blaze

Cartoon of the Day || February 4, 2015

Obama Schedule || Thursday, February 5, 2015

Iran's militias taking over Iraq's army - with U.S. help . . . On the front lines of Iraq’s war against Islamic State, it’s increasingly difficult to tell where the Iraqi army ends and the Iranian-supported Shiite militias begin. Hadi al-Amiri, the founder and leader of Iraq’s oldest and most powerful Shiite militia, the Badr Organization, said the U.S. ambassador recently offered air strikes to support the Iraqi army and militia ground forces under his command. This has placed the U.S. in the strange position of deepening an alliance with the Islamic Republic of Iran for its war against Islamic extremists. Bloomberg

Iran is not regarded as a strategic enemy by the Obama administration. Big mistake.

McCain targets Gitmo transfers . . . The Senate Armed Services Committee will put the Obama administration's detainee policy under the microscope on Thursday, fueled by Republican concerns that President Obama's rush to empty the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is returning dangerous terrorists to the battlefield. Washington Examiner

Cracks in GOP unity on immigration . . . Cracks emerged Wednesday in the Senate GOP conference over how to fight President Obama on immigration but still fund the Department of Homeland Security. A growing number of Senate Republicans said they would be open to softening language in a House-passed appropriations bill reversing Obama’s executive orders on immigration. The Hill

Walker signs on top GOP operatives . . . Gregg Keller and Gary Marx, who both have deep ties to national conservative groups and have worked previously on high-profile presidential campaigns, will serve as senior advisers overseeing national conservative outreach. Washington Examiner

Clinton family doctor a vaccine skeptic . . . A doctor who was profiled by The New York Times for his close personal and professional relationship with Bill and Hillary Clinton has expressed skepticism about vaccines and touted research that found a link between childhood vaccinations and autism. Daily Caller

Jordan strikes back . . . Jordanian fighter pilots carried out devastating sorties against ISIS early Thursday, making good on their king's vow of vengeance for the horrific burning death of a captured airman -- whose hometown the jets buzzed triumphantly after the mission. Reports from the Middle East said the latest strikes killed 55 members of ISIS, including a senior commander known as the “Prince of Nineveh.” Fox News

Sunni leader: Crucify, dismember ISIS militants . . . Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious centre of learning, expressed outrage at the Islamic State group for burning to death a captive Jordanian pilot, saying its militants deserve to be killed or crucified. The Cairo-based authority's head, Ahmed al-Tayib, expressed his "strong dismay at this cowardly act". This "requires the punishment mentioned in the Koran for these corrupt oppressors who fight against God and his prophet: killing, crucifixion or chopping of the limbs." AFP

Okay, these are the good guys?

ISIS inflicting horror on children . . . The Islamic State group has perpetrated horrific punishments on Iraqi children, including burying them alive, crucifying them, using them as human shields and recruiting mentally challenged children as suicide bombers, a United Nations watchdog said Wednesday. The Blaze

Boko Haram kills dozens of civilians in Cameroon . . . Boko Haram fighters have shot or burned to death dozens of civilians in a border town near Nigeria, Cameroon's government spokesman said Thursday. Some 800 Islamic extremists attacking the town of Fotokol have "burned churches, mosques and villages and slaughtered youth who resisted joining them to fight Cameroonian forces," said Information Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakari. Fox News

Where are all the memorials and marchers when Africans are killed?

The Bibisitter . . . An Israeli campaign commercial. Thought you might get a kick out of it. White House Dossier

Brian Williams recants Iraq shoot-down story . . . NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams admitted Wednesday he was not aboard a helicopter hit and forced down by RPG fire during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a false claim that has been repeated by the network for years. Stars and Stripes

Williams told false story in great detail to Letterman . . . Two of our four helicopters were hit by ground fire, including the one I was in. RPG and AK-47.” Asked what the helicopter’s altitude was when it was hit, Williams said, “We were only at a hundred feet doing a hundred forward knots because we had these massive pieces of bridge beneath us on slings.” Daily Caller

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