REDLINE || Thursday, March 12, 2015

Published: Thu, 03/12/15

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Thursday, March 12, 2015  

Good morning! In the news today: Two officers shot in Ferguson; Illegals to get $2 billion in tax credits; GOP letter exposed the truth - the Iran deal is not binding; former government FOIA chief says Hillary was obviously trying to avoid scrutiny; jail time for Hil?; and another top investigative journalist laments the bias of the mainstream media.

Have a great day.

Keith

Two Officers shot in Ferguson . . . Two police officers were hit by gunfire early Thursday outside the Ferguson police department. The shots were fired just after midnight as police were confronting protesters who had gathered outside the police station. One officer was shot in the face. He is 32 and has been on the force five years. The other was hit in the shoulder. That officer is 41 and has been in law enforcement for 14 years. No suspects have been identified in the shootings. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Video of the shooting and aftermath

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Refunds to illegals to cost $2 billion over five years . . . Illegal immigrants will file 800,000 claims for Earned Income Tax Credit refunds under President Obama’s new deportation amnesty, costing the government $2 billion over the next five years, Congress’s scorekeeper predicted this week as key lawmakers proposed legislation to cancel what’s become known as the “amnesty bonus.” Washington Times

More Obamaphones on the way!! . . . The Federal Communications Commission plans to soon begin working on a proposal to subsidize Internet service for low-income consumers by expanding its Lifeline program, which is mocked by conservatives as the "Obamaphone" program. National Journal


Secret Service agents barrel into White House barricade . . . The Obama administration is investigating allegations that two senior Secret Service agents, including a top member of the president’s protective detail, drove a government car into White House security barricades after drinking at a late-night party last week, an agency official said Wednesday. Washington Post

Climate change threat: NOT MY COFFEE! . . . I don’t know about you, but I can’t live without my coffee. Not, at least, in a sustainable, people-friendly way. So it was really hitting below the belt when EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said Wednesday that global warming was putting coffee at risk. White House Dossier

Video || Corker Shuts Down Kerry Filibuster

Obama Schedule || Thursday, March 12, 2015

GOP letter exposed truth about the Iran deal . . . The Republicans’ much-maligned open letter to Tehran has forced the White House to admit an uncomfortable truth: The deal might not outlast the Obama presidency. Daily Beast

Kerry admits: Iran agreement not legally binding . . . The Obama administration won't submit any deal limiting Iran's nuclear ambitions to Congress for approval because it won't be legally binding, Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday. Fox News

Cotton: No regrets on letter . . . "No regrets at all," the freshman Arkansas Republican told Greta Van Susteren on Fox News. "Iran has to understand that the Congress will protect the American people from a bad deal, as they have been doing for 200 years and as our Founding Fathers have envisioned." Newsmax

Treason petition signed by 155,000 . . . More than 155,000 people by Wednesday had signed a petition to the White House urging charges be filed against 47 Republican senators who they say committed "treasonous" offenses by writing Iran's leaders about ongoing nuclear negotiations. AFP

Kerry: We could defeat ISIS, but that's for suckers . . . Secretary of State John Kerry told members of Congress Wednesday that “we have the capacity” to “knock out ISIL,” but “we’re not going to get suckered into that.” CNS News

Iran waging Jihad via diplomacy . . . Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described his country’s diplomacy with the United States as an active “jihad” that is just as significant to Tehran’s advancement as the slew of new weapons and missiles showcased by the Islamic Republic’s military. Washington Free Beacon

Networks refuse ad saying Congress must approve Iran deal . . . Major networks declined to run an ad on their Sunday morning news shows from a bipartisan group of former senators warning of the seriousness of an Iranian nuclear bomb. Washington Free Beacon

Really? Self-proclaimed hoarder Hillary chucked 32K emails? . . . The critical question about Hillary Clinton’s email explanation is simply, “Why did she delete 30,000 private emails?” Hillary’s explanation was “I didn’t see any reason to keep them.” But there would seem to be many reasons to keep them. And one big one to throw them out – namely, that she had something to hide. White House Dossier

Former FOIA chief: Hillary email explanation "laughable" . . . "What she did was contrary to both the letter and the spirit of the law," says Metcalfe, the founding director of the Justice Department's Office of Information and Privacy, which advised the rest of the administration on how to comply with the law. Metcalfe ran the office from 1981 to 2007. "There is no doubt that the scheme she established was a blatant circumvention of the Freedom of Information Act, atop the Federal Records Act." Canadian Broadcasting


Report raises new questions . . . A report released Wednesday by the State Department’s internal watchdog raises questions about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s claim that a large proportion of her emails were formally archived because they involved State employees using official email. State staffers using an email system known as SMART did not have their emails automatically saved for federal record keeping purposes. Politico 

The Big House instead of the White House? . . . The Obama administration will soon find itself in court having to explain to federal judges why it never told anyone former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton used a secret email address, potentially spoiling dozens of open records requests. And Mrs. Clinton could face up to three years in prison per message if she is found to have broken her word and handled classified information on the secret account. The Washington Times

Video || Hillary Aging Through the Years

Did she sign? . . . Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, like all departing federal employees, was required to fill out and sign a separation statement affirming that she had turned over all classified and other government documents, including all emails dealing with official business. Washington Examiner

IT expert said the server is in Manhattan, not Chappaqua . . . Cyber-security expert Vinny Troia told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren on Tuesday that he traced the IP address of the server Hillary Clinton used to host the private email account she used as secretary of state to a government building in the heart of New York City. Daily Caller

AP sues for Hillary's emails . . . The Associated Press has filed a lawsuit against the State Department in an attempt to force the release of Hillary Clinton's private email correspondence, the wire service announced on Wednesday. The lawsuit comes after several failed attempts to obtain the emails under the Freedom of Information Act. Politico

Taxpayers subsidize Clinton exploits to tune of $16M . . . Bill Clinton and his office have received more money through the Former Presidents Act than any other ex-president. Politico

Boehner mulling $174B Medicare "fix" . . . Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and his leadership team are quietly coordinating a bill, four sources say, in hopes of ending the decades-long battle over how much doctors and healthcare providers should be paid for treating Medicare patients. The Hill

Lisa Myers: Journalists biased . . . I think most of the political coverage these days has all the depth of Twitter," she said. "I also worry that journalists today appear to have chosen sides when it comes to political coverage," the former NBC investigative reporter said. Myers couldn’t get Williams to air a segment about how the White House knew as far back as 2010 that some people would lose their insurance policies under Obama­care. Newsmax

Echoes the complaints of another great investigative reporter who left her MSM outfit, Sharyl Attkisson.

NAACP opposes Spanish high schools . . . A plan that would dedicate two public high schools in suburban Washington to immigrants and students struggling with English is pitting black and Hispanic communities -– usually allies -- against one another. Fox News

Professors: Get that racist Stars and Stripes out of here . . . A group of university professors has signed a letter showing their solidarity with students who tried to ban the American flag at the University of California, Irvine – because they said Old Glory contributes to racism. Fox News

Keith Koffler
Editor
White House Dossier

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