FBI agents say the bureau under Kash Patel has been gaming the vaunted Most Wanted Fugitives list to make the arrest stats look good.
Patel has repeatedly boasted about recent success in capturing fugitives on the list. But insiders say the bureau is putting people on the list that officials know ate about to be captured.
Scoop: The Pentagon barred press photographers from briefings on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military conflict with Iran after they published photos of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed "unflattering." https://t.co/4EbXGWkVHt
The Defense Department has barred press photographers from briefings on the Iran war after they published photos of Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed "unflattering," according to two people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation. https://t.co/xUNog7RZQC
Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos.
(Sometimes the late night TV talk show jokes write themselves.)
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Israeli defense officials start to ask how the Iran war ends. '“We don’t see anyone who can replace the regime,” an Israeli official said, summarizing a view shared by U.S. and Israeli intelligence analysts. https://t.co/AQGoDO6zyE
Oct 7 unleashed forces that are redrawing the Middle East on scale comparable to Arab Spring and break up of Ottoman empire - just not how Iran and its proxies intended. How will it end. Amazing piece by @SBHendrix https://t.co/p3iS4A1Ioq
Scoop: U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee joked to embassy staff about procreating while sheltering in place on Tuesday in a memo one U.S. official described as “awkward” and “odd.”
REPORTER: Yesterday you told us Israel was going to strike Iran and that's why we needed to get involved. But today the president said Iran--
RUBIO: No. Were you there yesterday?
REPORTER: Yes. I asked the question
Iran is latest case of US toppling regime or decapitating leadership swiftly with military power and precision. The history of Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and elsewhere shows that the hard part is what comes next. https://t.co/fldD6q2CKg
Scoop: A top Treasury aide is expected to step down after internal clash over directive to target Minneapolis with major data sweep
Directive follows Trump aggressively pushing Cabinet officials for results on Somali fraud claims
The treasury official was appointed by Trump
A UN vote on a lasting peace in Ukraine and we abstained. Go figure. The Russian Federation was against the proclamation. Is not four years of war enough? Is not missing children, shelling of cities and the killing of innocents enough? It is not a business deal-it is war.
In 1993, an FBI director was dismissed for, among other things, allegedly using an FBI plane for personal travel.
AG Janet Reno cited his “serious deficiencies in judgment.”