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Napolitano: Terror Threat Highest Since 9/11

Napolitano: Terror Threat at Highest Level Since 9/11 Politico reports: The United States is facing a terror threat “at its most heightened state” since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 9, 2011

Report: CIA Agents Promoted Despite Mistakes

Report: CIA Agents Promoted Despite Mistakes The AP reports: In December 2003, security forces boarded a bus in Macedonia and snatched a German citizen named Khaled el-Masri. For the next five months, el-Masri was a ghost. Only a select group of CIA officers knew he had been …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 9, 2011

Rep. Giffords Now Speaking

Rep. Giffords Now Speaking ABC News reports: Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has recovered enough to ask for toast with her breakfast. The congresswoman, who was shot in the head at an event outside a Tucson grocery store on Jan. 8, made the request to hospital workers who …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 9, 2011

Cardenas Elected New ACU Chair

American Conservative Union Treasurer Al Cardenas has been elected as the next chairman of the ACU in a meeting of the organization’s board. American Conservative Union Treasurer Al Cardenas has been elected as the next chairman of the ACU in a meeting of the organization’s board, Frum Forum …

Written by Tim Mak on Wednesday February 9, 2011

You Read it First in FrumForum

Our Tim Mak, continuing his long streak of being first with conservative and GOP news, yesterday broke the story that Al Cardenas will be ACU's new Chairman. Our Tim Mak, continuing his long streak of being first with Republican and conservative news, broke the story that Al Cardenas will succeed …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Wednesday February 9, 2011

US to Egypt: Lift State of Emergency

US Asks Egypt's Govt to Lift State of Emergency BBC reports: The US has called on the Egyptian government to lift its 30-year-old state of emergency immediately. Earlier, the White House described as "particularly unhelpful" comments by Egyptian Vice-President Omar Suleiman that …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 9, 2011

Save the Patriot Act

Last night, the House voted against extending critical provisions of the Patriot Act, a vote which could deny law enforcement key tools for preventing terror plots. Last night, the House of Representatives voted not to suspend the rules and pass three key counterterrorism amendments to the …

Written by Charles Stimson on Wednesday February 9, 2011

Webb Won't Seek Reelection

Webb Won't Seek Reelection Politico reports: Virginia Senator Jim Webb plans to announce today that he won't seek reelection, a senior Senate source said. Webb appeared likely to face a rematch with former Senator George Allen, whom he beat in a bruising 2006 contest. He had …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 9, 2011

Bush Torture Charges are an Affront to Law

Does the UN convention on torture apply to an American president? I received an inquiry from a reader and broadcaster about my recent post on George W. Bush and the international rule of law. I was asked directly: Did I deny that the UN convention on torture applied to an American president? …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday February 9, 2011

Jackson Lee: Pepsi Ad 'Demeaning'

Jackson Lee: Pepsi Ad 'Demeaning' The Hill reports: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) took to the House floor Tuesday night to criticize what she called a "demeaning" strong> Pepsi ad

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 9, 2011

West to Deliver CPAC Keynote

West to Deliver CPAC Keynote The Hill reports: Freshman Tea Party Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) will deliver the coveted closing speech on Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). West, the headline-grabbing lawmaker and former Army officer, said he was …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 9, 2011

Wall Street to GOP: Don't Cut SEC Funds

Wall Street: Don't Cut SEC Funds The Hill reports: A rift is emerging between congressional Republicans and the financial-services industry over the funding of Wall Street’s watchdog: the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Republicans, riding campaign promises to cut …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 9, 2011

US Struggles to Build Case Against Assange

US Struggles to Build Case Against Assange Wall Street Journal reports: U.S. investigators have been unable to uncover evidence that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange induced an Army private to leak government documents to his website, according to officials familiar with the …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 9, 2011

Protesters Plan Mass Rally for Friday

Protesters Plan Mass Rally Friday Reuters reports: Egyptians have staged one of their biggest protests yet insisting President Hosni Mubarak step down immediately and ignoring a government plan to transfer power. For many protesters it was the first time they had joined the …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 9, 2011

Boehner: 'I'm a Big Believer in Tea Party'

Boehner: 'I'm a Big Believer in the Tea Party' The Hill reports: House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Tuesday that he "should be" considered a member of the Tea Party movement.Boehner, speaking on a Cincinnati radio affiliate, said he is a "big believer" in what the Tea …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday February 9, 2011

Suleiman Warns Protesters to Stop

Suleiman Warns Protesters to Stop The AP reports: A young Google executive who helped ignite Egypt's uprising energized a cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands Tuesday with his first appearance in their midst after being released from 12 days in secret detention. "We won't give …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 8, 2011

Patriot Act Extension Fails

Patriot Act Extension Fails Washington Post reports: A measure to extend key provisions of the Patriot Act counterterrorism surveillance law through December failed the House Tuesday night, with more than two-dozen Republicans bucking their party to oppose the measure. The …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 8, 2011

Cantor: We'll Defund Health Law

Cantor: We'll Defund Health Law Politico reports: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says the bill to fund the government for the rest of the year will have language to withhold funding from the health care law by the time it passes the House next week. It was a message to the …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 8, 2011

FLOTUS Defends Super Bowl Menu

FLOTUS Defends Super Bowl Menu Politico reports: Even though she has been campaigning against childhood obesity for a year now, Michelle Obama defended the decision to serve bratwurst, cheeseburgers and deep dish pizza at the White House Super Bowl party over the weekend. "I …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 8, 2011

Can a New Chairman Unify CPAC?

Multiple sources close to the ACU have told F F that Treasurer Al Cardenas is expected to be elected as the group's new chairman. As outgoing American Conservative Union chairman David Keene steps down from his post Wednesday afternoon to go to the National Rifle Association, the next chairman …

Written by Tim Mak on Tuesday February 8, 2011