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House committee: Security requests denied in Libya
Despite two explosions and dozens of other security threats, U.S. officials in Washington turned down repeated pleas from American diplomats in Libya to increase security at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi where the U.S. ambassador was killed, Republican leaders of a House committee said Tuesday.
Tags: State Department , Hillary Rodham Clinton , Congress , House , Darrell Issa , Jason Chaffetz , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ,
Former CIA operative Edwin Wilson dies at 84
Edwin Wilson's high-powered, jet-setting life in the 1970s and early 1980s followed a career in the CIA. But it came crashing down when he was branded a traitor and convicted in 1983 for shipping 20 tons of C-4 plastic explosives to Libya
Tags: Edwin Wilson , CIA , Federal Drive ,
US officials say 2 warships moving toward Libya
The Pentagon ordered two warships to the Libyan coast in the aftermath of the attack in Benghazi that killed the U.S. ambassador and three others, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Navy , Federal Drive
Obama condemns attack on U.S. ambassador to Libya
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton confirmed that U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith were killed in an attack yesterday on the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi.
Tags: State Department , Chris Stevens
Geopolitical issues facing the United States
STRATFOR Vice President of Intelligence Fred Burton joins host Derrick Dortch on today's show.
October 28, 2011
Tags: Stratfor , Occupy movement , terrorist threats , drug cartels , border crime , Iran , Mexican drug cartel , Fed Access , Derrick Dortch , Fred Burton
Panetta won't rule out extending Libya mission
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says there is no clear set of conditions in Libya that will trigger an end to the combat mission.
Tags: DoD , Leon Panetta , NATO
Libya Frees Al Qaida Prisoners
Libya has freed the leaders of an al Qaida linked group. The members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group claim to have renounced their old ways and connections to al Qaida. The twist here is that Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi was not in agreement with the release, however his son, Saif al-Islam, who is the leader of the country's reformist movement is the chief proponent of the move. Last year, the group's leaders, while still in prison renowned violence and urged young people to seek inspiration from the Koran.
Tags: technology , Pentagon and Beyond , Pentagon , Al Qaida , Koran
Expert: Libya investment 'will pay off'
Retired General Howie Chandler, the former Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, talks with Federal News Radio about Libya, the so-called Arab Spring, and the outcome of the Tanker Refueling contract.
Tags: Federal Drive , security , USAF , Air Force , Howie Chandler
Libya's Gadhafi has history of terrorism
The ongoing situation in Libya continues to worry both the United States and its international allies.
Tags: Moammar Gadhafi , David Silverberg , Homeland Security Today , Dorobek Insider
Libyan protests impact U.S. oil
CNN's Brian Todd talks to producer Ruben Gomez.
Tags: Brian Todd , Ruben Gomez , CNN , oil , Dorobek Insider
