Joe Lieberman

Peter King The former IRA Terrorist supporter, Peter King is holding his fourth hearing on “Muslim-American Radicalization,” this time focusing on the “military.” Expect it to be an Islamophobiapalooza. Rep. King’s fourth Muslim-American radicalization hearing to focus on military By Jordy Yager The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is hoping his panel’s hearing on the radicalization of Muslim-Americans within the U.S. military will reveal how the armed services can...Read Full Story

By Jordy Yager The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is hoping his panel’s hearing on the radicalization of Muslim-Americans within the U.S. military will reveal how the armed services can better protect itself against homegrown attacks. Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) is holding a joint hearing on Wednesday, along with Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), as the next stage in his series of efforts to address the...Read Full Story

WIRED ‘s Spencer Ackerman broke a story yesterday on the anti-Muslim training materials the FBI used to train intelligence units. According to the FBI, the agency has pulled the training . The FBI on Thursday said it had stopped a training session that called the Prophet Muhammad a “cult leader,” said mainstream Muslims were likely to support violent extremism and described the Islamic principal of charity as a “funding mechanism for combat.” The content of the training session set off a wave...Read Full Story

Joe Lieberman Lieberman: Obama’s concern with offending Muslims is hurting the war effort By Jordy Yager - 09/01/11 02:03 PM ET The Obama administration’s fear of offending Muslims will hurt the U.S. war against terrorism, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Thursday in a speech blasting the president’s new counterterrorism strategy. Lieberman said that Obama’s strategy, which was released in June, “was ultimately a big disappointment,” and while it successfully identified the core of...Read Full Story

Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins by Ryan J. Reilly Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) aren’t messing around when it comes to stopping federal dollars from flowing to anti-Muslim terrorism training. In a letter to Obama on Tuesday, the duo said that if the administration can’t develop criteria to  keep bigoted information out of counter-terrorism training , they’ll “consider drafting a legislative mandate or even imposing standards by statute.” “An initial review by our...Read Full Story

Obama 'Internet kill switch' plan approved by US Senate panel President could get power to turn off Internet By Grant Gross | Published: 11:02, 25 June 10 A US Senate committee has approved a wide-ranging cybersecurity bill that some critics have suggested would give the US president the authority to shut down parts of the Internet during a cyberattack. Senator Joe Lieberman and other bill sponsors have refuted the charges that the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act gives the...Read Full Story

Joe Lieberman Says U.S. Should Cut Social Security To Pay For Fighting ‘The Islamist Extremists’ This past April, right-wing war hawk John Bolton  suggested during an interview on Fox News that the United States should cut Social Security and Medicare to finance the defense budget. During debate over the debt deal today on the Senate floor, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) appeared to endorse this call. Lieberman explained that he is working with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) on a Social Security...Read Full Story

Joe Liberman By  Zaid Jilani on Aug 2, 2011 at 1:16 pm This past April, right-wing war hawk John Bolton  suggested during an interview on Fox News that the United States should cut Social Security and Medicare to finance the defense budget. During debate over the debt deal today on the Senate floor, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) appeared to endorse this call. Lieberman explained that he is working with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) on a Social Security spending reduction plan and that “we can’t...Read Full Story

'Moves to place restrictions and controls on the internet by Western governments are gathering pace, with the US setting the standard as the Department of Homeland Security seized yet more domain names over the weekend and shut down several websites under the guise of piracy and copyright regulations. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Monday to debate the Obama administration’s proposed move to provide the president with the authority to...Read Full Story

WASHINGTON ( Reuters ) - The United States should "put the brakes on" new nuclear power plants until fully understanding what happened to the earthquake-crippled nuclear reactors in Japan , the chairman of the U.S. Senate 's homeland security panel said on Sunday. Engineers in Japan tried on Sunday to avert a meltdown at three nuclear reactors following Friday's huge earthquake by pumping in cooling seawater after authorities said they assumed that some damage had already occurred. "I don't...Read Full Story