Homeland Security

We wanted you to assess the chances of a significant draw down of American forces in Iraq by the time voters go to the polls next November. We asked: "Will there be fewer than 100,000 US troops in Iraq on Election Day next year?" For a while, voting was fairly close, but in recent days, ballots have come in mostly to the No column. The end result — 67% of you saying there would be 100k or higher, and only 33% expecting big reductions.

There is absolutely no truth to the rumor that Rep. Tom Tancredo (Colo.) has plans, if he's the GOP presidential nominee, to balance his ticket with a prospective vice president who is an undocumented immigrant. I don't know where that one started.

However, if Tancredo did somehow become the Republican candidate, he'd be getting a huge boost from the Department of Homeland Security. Read more...

This is getting embarrassing. Worse, it is getting dangerous.

First, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blunders the House into an international crisis by threatening to schedule a non-binding Sense of the House resolution regarding a massacre that occurred a century ago in place far, far away.

Don’t forget she did that for purely partisan politics, against the advice of her major foreign policy advisers, including Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), Dick Gephardt and almost every Democratic foreign policy professional of the last 40 years. Read more...

Asked in the latest Gallup Poll what are the major problems facing America, an incredible 4 percent said terrorism. Ninety-six percent are living with their heads in the sand. Thirty-three percent cited Iraq, 22 percent mentioned some economic problem, 13 percent spoke of healthcare issues and 9 percent mentioned immigration.

With terror attacks on JFK airport, Ft. Dix, the Sears Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge and a wide variety of domestic targets narrowly thwarted and a terror attack on 10 airplanes flying over the Atlantic averted by the barest of margins, it is incredible that so few voters appreciate the dangers we face. Read more...

I have waited all week, through Sept. 11 remembrances and a major crossroads in the debate over the Iraq war, for someone to question why President Bush’s own national security adviser called Osama bin Laden “virtually impotent” last weekend on Fox News.

Frances Fragos Townsend said that while the government takes the tapes seriously, bin Laden’s messages were largely “threats and propaganda,” and that “this is about the best he can do. This is a man on a run, from a cave, who’s virtually impotent other than these tapes.” Read more...

Today we are reminded again of the Sept. 11 tragedy that happened six years ago. Over the years many people have tried to justify these dastardly acts of terrorists as being no different from those of serial killers. While there are many similarities between terrorists and serial killers, especially from the standpoint of the victims, there are vast differences in terms of why and how the acts are committed. Read more...

Consider the possibilities. If we were using spy satellites that can see inside buildings, as the administration proposes, we could already know what happened between Senator Craig and that undercover policeman in the airport restroom.

Putting aside the question of whether we really want to  see that, we might ask should we. Put a better way, do we want our government to be able to spy on its own countrymen and -women, with ultra-sensitive satellites overhead cameras watching our every move?  Read more...

A.B. Stoddard answers your questions for Aug. 17. In this video, A.B. tackles the theory about 9/11 being an inside job and Al Gore's possible presidential run.

In this video, Armstrong Williams wonders how long it will take for the United States to strengthen its immigration policies, in light of the recent execution-style murders allegedly done by an illegal immigrant in New Jersey.

In this video, Karen Hanretty discusses recent reports about U.S. Immigrations and Citizenship employees accused of aiding Islamic terrorists.