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*We know politics makes for strange bedfellow, and politics can sometimes be hilariously funny, too. Take Sen. Marco Rubio (pictured), for example. The Florida Republican busted out some rap lyrics during his 13 hour filibuster to delay the confirmation of head of CIA nominee John Brennan in order to bring attention to the government’s domestic [...]
*Retired Gen. David Petraeus stepped down today as head of the Central Intelligence Agency after admitting to an extra-marital affair. “After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair, said in a statement announcing his resignation. “Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as [...]
*A group of former military and C.I.A. officers launched a campaign to trash President Barack Obama over alleged security leaks by appearing on seven TV shows on Thursday – all to draw attention to their 22-minute video that has been viewed about 400,000 times since it posted Wednesday on YouTube, according to The Hollywood Reporter. [...]
*Angela Bassett and former “Nip/Tuck” star Julian McMahon are in final negotiations to star in Fox’s untitled teen spy drama from Bones’ Karyn Usher, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The 20th Television drama revolves around Jane Forsythe, the orphaned 14-year-old daughter of a CIA operative who encounters a mysterious rogue agent/assassin who ultimately serves as [...]
*Osama bin Laden’s 12-year-old daughter watched as her father was shot dead by American special forces, a senior Pakistani intelligence official has told the Guardian. The girl, who was found at the scene of the raid by Pakistani security services, is being cared for at a military hospital having been wounded in the attack. She [...]
*According to the AP, the Obama administration is debating whether to release photographs of Osama bin Laden’s body as well as video of his burial at sea. Officials are wary of inflaming bin Laden’s sympathizers by showing graphic images of the body-and they’re apparently quite graphic-though they also want to shut down myths that he [...]
*New information is starting to come out about the daring U.S. mission that took down Osama bin Laden. A report in the National Journal says a team of Navy SEALS was flown from Afghanistan for the mission. The day of the mission, MH-60 helicopters took off from Ghazi Air Base in Pakistan to Abbottabad about [...]
*Sunday night President Barack Obama told the nation and the world that Osama bi Laden, the leader of the supreme terrorist organization, Al Qaeda, is dead. A CIA-led operation killed bin Laden in Pakistan and recovered his body after a tortuous decade-long hunt for the elusive militant leader who commanded the terrorist attacks of Sept. [...]
*Showtime has ordered a new Don Cheadle comedy based on the book “House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Tell You the Time.” Shortened to “House of Lies” for the pay channel, the series stars Cheadle as a self-loathing management consultant from a top-tier firm. Showtime also ordered CIA thriller “Homeland,” starring [...]
*A federal judge in Los Angeles has tossed out a $10 million claim by convicted drug kingpin “Freeway” Ricky Ross against the rapper Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Def Jam, UMG, Vivendi and others. Ross filed the lawsuit in June alleging that the hip hop star had stolen his name and identity and that Jay-Z had led [...]
*Wesley Snipes is involved in the 1960′s-set thriller “Code Name Zorro,” a biopic of the man who headed up the CIA’s top secret Zorro project designed to destroy Martin Luther King’s credibility. According to Deadline, the film centers on the final moments in the life of William Sullivan, who’s Zorro project was initiated by J. [...]
*Let’s face it, from Tomb Raider (2001) to Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) to Wanted (2008), Angelina Jolie has always delivered in her high-octane action adventures, and Salt is no exception. This espionage thriller about a Russian mole strategically planted in the U.S. couldn’t be more timely, given the recent arrest of Anna Chapman, the [...]
*Chiwetel Ejiofor, a talented and versatile actor, has taken on another impressive role. He alerted the president, Danny Glover, in “2012″ of the impending disaster and was Denzel Washington’s partner in the “Inside Man.” In “American Gangster” he starred again opposite Washington as his brother. In “Salt” Chiwetel’s task at the CIA’s counter-intelligence division is [...]
*Why have so many Third World countries remained impoverished and underdeveloped even after gaining their independence from the European nations which had conquered and colonized them? This is the basic question addressed by The End of Poverty, an incendiary expose’ directed by Philippe Diaz. In essence, this damning documentary is a history lesson about the [...]
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