Michael Scheuer, The Former CIA Bin Laden Unit Chief, Believes The Media Is Anti-Agency And 'Thinks It's Fun To Put People At Risk'

Newsbusters.org offers a piece on Michael Scheuer, the former chief of the CIA's bin Laden unit, being interviewed on FoxNews about the media exposure of the CIA officer who headed the team of CIA officers and Navy SEALs who raided bin Laden's compound in Pakistan and killed him.

I liked when Michael Scheuer sarcastically referred to a Washington Post reporter, who won the "Pulitzer Prize for Treason."

You can watch the video clip and read a transcript of the interview via the below link.

http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/eric-ames/2011/07/29/michael-scheuer-media-anti-agency-thinks-its-fun-put-people-risk

I interviewed Michael Scheuer, the author of a book called Osama bin Laden, for Counterterrorism magazine just before bin Laden was killed.

You can read the interview via the below links:

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AWOL Soldier Arrested In What Police Say Was New Fort Hood Terror Plot

FoxNews.com reports on an alleged terrorist plot against Fort Hood by Naser Jason Abdo, seen in the above photo.

An Army private has been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to attack Fort Hood soldiers that authorities suggest was close to being carried out. The arrest, first reported by Fox News, comes nearly two years after a deadly shooting rampage at the base.

Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, an AWOL soldier from Fort Campbell in Kentucky, was arrested by the Killeen, Texas, Police Department near Fort Hood and remains in custody at the Killeen jail.

You can read the rest of the story via the below link:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/28/exclusive-us-military-serviceman-arrested-in-second-alleged-attack-on-ft-hood/

Retired General Chuck Yeager Still Gruff, Colorful And Quotable At 88

Bill Glauber at the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel wrote an interesting piece about retired Air Force General Chuck Yeager.

At 88, Chuck Yeager still has the right stuff.

He flies.

He hunts.

He goes fishing.

And he spins tales of an extraordinary aviation career.

"I tell it the way I remember it - that's not necessarily the way it happened," Yeager said Wednesday, speaking to an overflow audience settled into a museum hangar at the EAA AirVenture event.

The greatest test pilot of his era, perhaps the greatest of all time, was the first man to fly through the sound barrier. His exploits were long-ago celebrated in the acclaimed Tom Wolfe book "The Right Stuff," later brought to the screen.

You can read the rest of the story via the below link:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/126285828.html

ATF Agents Denounce Operation Fast And Furious

Chuck Neubauer at the Washington Times reports on the congressional hearings on the Justice Department and ATF's Operation Fast and Furious.

ATF field agents working in Mexico broke ranks with their supervisors Tuesday during a rancorous five-hour House committee hearing, saying they were kept in the dark about a controversial undercover operation in which hundreds of guns ended up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent Carlos Canino, the ATF acting attache to Mexico; Darren Gil, former attache; and Jose Wall, senior agent in Tijuana, told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee they had serious concerns about the alarming rate of guns found in violent crimes in Mexico whose source was “Operation Fast and Furious” in Arizona.

You can read the rest of the newspaper story via the below link:
 
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/26/atf-agents-denounce-rogue-guns-transfers/?page=all#pagebreak

AMC's 'Mob Week' Features 'Goodfellas,' 'The Godfather,' and 'Donnie Brasco'

The Hollywood Reporter offers a piece on the cable station AMC's announcement about Mob Week.

AMC is getting into the mob business.

The cable channel best known for critically acclaimed series including Mad Men and Breaking Bad is set to roll out its first annual "mob week," hosted by former New York City Mayor and, as AMC puts it, "real life mob buster, Rudy Giuliani."

You can read the rest of the announcement via the below link:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/amcs-mob-week-features-godfather-215498

AMC will offer The Godfather, Goodfellas, Donnie Brasco and other classic mob movies, but I don't see how Pulp Fiction fits into that group. I'm not crazy about Pulp Fiction.  

Fans Celebrate Author Ernest Hemingway At Annual Key West Festival

Greensboro, North Carolina's WFMY News 2 covered the annual Hemingway festival in Key West, Florida.

Ernest Hemingway look-alikes proved their affinity for the author is "no bull" during Saturday's "Running of the Bulls" in Key West, Florida. It is a zany and much shorter take-off on the world-renowned annual run held in Pamplona, Spain.

The event featured past winners and competitors in the annual "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest. The stocky, white-bearded "Ernests" paraded through downtown Key West with life-size man-made replica bulls.

You can read about the festival and watch a video via the link below:

http://www.digtriad.com/news/watercooler/article/184232/176/Ernest-Hemingway-Is-Celebrated-By-Fans-In-Key-West

Answers Needed On Operation Fast And Furious

The San Antonio Express-News published an editiorial that calls for answers from the Obama Justice Department regarding Operation Fast and Furious.

In theory, Operation Fast and Furious was a sting operation run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to take down major gun traffickers supplying the drug cartels in Mexico. In practice, it was an operation out of control, with U.S. authorities allowing the illegal sale of 1,700 guns.

Two guns recovered from the scene of a murdered U.S. Border Patrol agent were sold to straw buyers under Operation Fast and Furious. The Mexican government alleges at least 150 Mexican citizens have been killed or injured by weapons that entered the country with the knowledge of federal agents.

You can read the rest of the editorial via the below link:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/editorials/article/Answers-needed-on-gun-program-1529227.php

You can also read my earlier post on Operation Fast and Furious via the below link:

http://pauldavisoncrime.blogspot.com/2011/07/atf-chief-admits-mistakes-in-fast-and.html