What’s interesting in the news today?
1. As if they didn’t have enough problems, it looks like a coup is underway in Iraq.
From HotAir “This was popped up in the headlines, and details are still sketchy, but something potentially big is afoot in Iraq. (And for once, we’re not talking about their being under attack by ISIS.) We were first tipped off on Twitter as well as a quick draw compilation of tweets from inside Iraq provided at Pundit Press. Here are a few, along with Pundit Press’s summary, keeping in mind that this isn’t confirmed yet:
Iraq’s parliament just chose a new President who refused to rename Prime Minister Nouri Kamal al-Maliki to a third term. Maliki declared the move unconstitutional and his own State of Law Party pulled support from him. Now his forces are seizing government buildings in Iraq, have closed the airport, and are surrounding the Green Zone.
His speech refusing to step down occurred at midnight and was followed by the military action.”
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2. Gee, who didn’t see this coming….
From NationalReview “he Department of Justice does not have receipts for more than half of the unaccompanied alien children apprehended at the southwest border by Border Patrol since the start of fiscal year 2013, government records show.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection data show more than 85,000 total apprehensions of unaccompanied alien children during fiscal year 2013 and fiscal year 2014 through June. Information from the same time period provided to National Review Online by the DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review shows 41,592 total receipts marked as juvenile in immigration courts. Kathryn Mattingly, spokesperson for EOIR, tells NRO the receipts refer to new Notices to Appear (NTA) — the document the Department of Homeland Security uses to charge an illegal immigrant with being removable from the United States.
EOIR has recorded 20,814 receipts marked as juvenile in fiscal year 2014 as of June 30, but Border Patrol recorded 57,525 apprehensions of unaccompanied alien children during the same time frame. This means immigration courts have receipts for fewer than four out of every ten unaccompanied alien children apprehended by Border Patrol this fiscal year. Mattingly said EOIR stands behind the numbers of receipts it has recorded, but would not speak about the difference between the number of juvenile receipts and CBP’s apprehension data.”
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3. Meanwhile border agents say they’ve been handcuffed at every turn.
From FoxNews “The vice president for the National Border Patrol Council criticized Washington Friday for restricting agents’ actions over the last two decades, saying they were “handcuffed at every turn.”
Shawn Moran’s remarks came amid growing outrage over the recent murder of off-duty agent Javier Vega Jr.
Moran, appearing on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” slammed the U.S. government for gutting enforcement actions by the Border Patrol in the midst of an immigration crisis.
Moran detailed how Border Patrol actions have been restricted over the last 15 to 20 years, saying agents are “handcuffed at every single turn.””
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4. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before….
From NationalReview “The revelation that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Marilynn Tavenner did not retain her e-mails means that more than 20 witness in the Obama administration to lose or delete e-mails without notifying Congress, according to the top House investigator.
“The Obama administration has lost or destroyed e-mails for more than 20 witnesses, and in each case, the loss wasn’t disclosed to the National Archives or Congress for months or years, in violation of federal law,” House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) said of Tavenner’s lost e-mails.
“It defies logic that so many senior Administration officials were found to have ignored federal recordkeeping requirements only after Congress asked to see their e-mails,” he continued. “Just this week, my staff followed up with HHS, who has failed to comply with a subpoena from ten months ago. Even at that point, the administration did not inform us that there was a problem with Ms. Tavenner’s e-mail history. Yet again, we discover that this administration will not be forthright with the American people unless cornered.””
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5. This seems to be a preferred tactic with this administration.
From FoxNews “A key ObamaCare official involved in the rocky rollout of Healthcare.gov likely deleted some of her emails that are now being sought as part of an investigation into the problems by a House committee, Fox News confirmed Thursday.
The Department of Health and Human Services informed House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa in a letter Thursday that some of the emails belonging to Marilyn Tavenner, who leads the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, may not be “retrievable.”
The missing emails belonging to Tavenner, whose agency runs the ObamaCare exchanges, were first reported by msnbc.com.
Issa, whose committee is also dealing with a missing email problem in its probe into the IRS’ targeting of conservative groups, said it “defies logic” that multiple Obama administration officials are “ignoring” federal rules on records-keeping.”
And they’ll keep using this tactic until you do something about it Mr. Issa.
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6. Here we go again….
From TheState “The fatal shooting of a black teenager by police sent hundreds of angry residents out of their apartments Saturday in a St. Louis suburb, igniting shouts of “kill the police” during a confrontation that lasted several hours.
A St. Louis County chapter of the NAACP called for the FBI to look into the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, a predominantly black suburb a few miles north of downtown St. Louis.”
“By early Saturday night, dozens of police cars remained parked near the shooting scene as mourners left votive candles, rose petals, a large stuffed animal and other remembrances at a makeshift memorial in the middle of the street. At the height of the post-shooting tensions, police at the scene called for about 60 other police units to respond to the area in Ferguson, a city of about 21,000 residents, about two-thirds of whom are black.”
And then things went downhill quickly. There were reports of rioting, looting, and even attacking off duty police officers in their homes, leading to shoot outs.
Pics and videos here, from WeaselZippers
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Wandering Views 
What’s to say?
It’s always something and it becomes overwhelming.
That’s the Alinsky doctrine.
And it works.
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We don’t put things in writing anymore unless we have to. The telephone is a wonderful invention.
But then, you didn’t elect me to office, or hire me to work for you either.
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Losing or deleting emails; Start putting some of these people in jail, take away some retirement benefits and see if this problem doesn’t stop.
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Personally sue Eric Holder for not doing his sworn duty! i hope with a Republican President a bunch of these law breakers can be tried and convicted of not doing their sworn duties.
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Accessory to murder sounds real good!
That would put the whole 8 years in perspective. And there is no time limit for murder charges; I saw it on NCIS so it must be true.
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An interesting article:
http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2014/08/13667/
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