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Ingraham Angle: Immigration Bill

The "Ingraham Angle" with Laura Ingraham on "The O'Reilly Factor" focused on the immigration bill. 

Ingraham said there has been no credibility on enforcing our borders by administrations of late.  She state that there are seven provisions to allow Homeland Security Secretary Napolitatno wide latitude to admit people to the US.  Ingraham said that there are parts of Texas whjere illegals are pouring in because of the benefits of the new law.

Ingraham feels Senator Rubio is incredibly naive in trusting in Senators Schumer and Menendez to write a bill with strict security.  

Martin Mawyer of Christian Action Network with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Martin Mawyer of Christian Action Network and author of "Twilight in America". 

Mawyer said money had to come from somewhere to procur the large numbers of weapons the Tsarnaev brothers did.  He commented on the large number of training centers even in the US and that the FBI is demmed useless by local law enforcement.  Ingraham commented that we need more rigorous procedures in tracking foreigners here on visas.

Mawyer responded to criticisms that there are terror training camps in the US with specific details and again reiterated how useless the FBI is as they are under instruction not to due to political correctness.  He is being sued by the "Muslims of America" group which is asking for $50 million to shut them down.  

Roger Cressey with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Roger Cressey, former National Security Director. 

Cressey said that Russia's security services (FBS) should be interrogated as to Tamerlan Tsarnaev's activities in Russia during his visits there.  He said the Tsarnaevs weren't members of a sleeper cell as their behaviors showed and that he finds the brothers' relationship as the key.  Ingraham questioned why Chechens after September 11th were allowed into the US.  

Cressey said it is important we learn the triggers to radicalization for national security purposes. He said anyone who is using violence along with religion is problematic and Ingraham cited Tom Brokaw's comments on Islamic rage.  

Cressey is interested in what the overseas interest may have been involved.  

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Pope Francis Tweet: Pray For Victims of Texas Fertilizer Blast

Pope Francis tweet: Pray for Texas fertilzer plant blast

In a message posted Thursday morning, Pope Francis said: "Please join me in praying for the victims of the explosion in Texas and their families."

 

Rep. Mike McCaul of the House Homeland Security Committee with Laura Ingraham on the Boston Marathon Terror Attack

Laura Ingraham hosted Rep. Mike McCaul.

McCaul said the best way to prevent terror attacks is by intelligence ahead of time.  He and Ingraham decried media pundits who are already making partisan accusations.  He and Ingraham spoke about the risks on our border vis-a-vis allowing criminal and terror elements.  McCall said the person of interest in the Boston Marathon terror attack is allegedly here on a student visa and that many of the visa overstayers are foreign students.

 

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Shakowsky Privacy Protection Amendments Defeated in Controversial

Rep. Jan Shakowsky proposed 3 privacy protection amendments to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) that were voted down by the House Intelligence Committee in secret.

A controversial data-sharing bill won the approval of a key congressional committee today without privacy amendments, raising concerns that the National Security Agency and other spy agencies will gain broad access to Americans' personal information.

The House Intelligence committee, by a vote of 18 to 2, adopted the so-called CISPA bill after an unusual session closed to the public where panel members debated and voted on the proposed law in secret.

 

Mark Mazzetti with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Mark Mazzetti, author of The Way of the Knife.  

Mazzetti said the CIA has taken the lead on drone strikes in Pakistan and that the bar has been lowered as to targeting.  He questions how many people have been radicalized due to collateral damage of innocent civilian deaths.  He said it will take years to see how this all plays out and if it will badly affect the US's security.  

Ingraham brought up the fact that Defense Secretary Rumsfeld expressed concern that the CIA was taking the lead in the wars and placed restrictions on the military.  Mazzetti said the spies are doing more military work and the military is doing more spying.  

Mazzetti said the Benghazi event happened toward the end of his wrapping up the book.  He recounts the details and Ingraham commented that the points he makes in the book were all there in Benghazi.  Mazzetti cited the layers of classification that make it difficult to get to the bottom of the incident and Ingraham urged him to investigate it.  

Catherine Herridge of Fox News with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Catherine Herridge, chief intelligence correspondence of Fox News on the Benghazi scandal and North Korea.

Herridge said South Korea claims North Korea has its missiles positioned to fire.  Also the US military said we have ability to shoot down a missile aimed at US interests.  Most importantly, she said a recent cyberattack is thought to have come from North Korea. 

Herridge noted we are in big debt to China and that they are robbing us blind, making it difficult for us to negotiate with them save they are worried about instability in North Korea. 

Herridge reported that 700 Special Ops signed a letter to Congress demanding a thorough investigation into the Benghazi scandal. She said Speaker Boehner hasn't gotten behind a special committee investigation, perhaps due to the money and spending political capital.  There are questions about the silence of the survivors, Obama's and Hillary Clinton's lack of engagement in the matter.  She said it is peculiar that the survivors aren't allowed to talk to Congress members who are supposed to receive classified intel.  

Is The North Korean Army Split Over Kim Jong Un?

The Daily Telegraph of the UK's exclusive interview poses the point: North Korean Army 'Split' Over Kim Jong Un.  Does this explain the new aggression from the Hermit Kingdom?

North Korea's army was deeply split over whether to accept the command of Kim Jong-un, a former officer has revealed, giving a possible clue to the tensions lying behind the young leader's calls to war.

 

Kirk Wiebe with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Thin Thread creator Kirk Wiebe.

Wiebe said there were four or five people involved in Thin Thread.  He said the NSA found itself behind the curve in the NSA in the 1990s.  Michael Hayden ignored "Thin Thread" which was ahead of the curve and instead adopted a program called "Trailblazer".  He said intelligence and cyber security are different things.  He said it's all about how one uses the data and that what's on the Internet is huge and not of interest.  The key point is winnowing the data to what is significant.  He said they had developed an approach called big data, but he and his colleagues walked away from the NSA due to corruption and the fact the information would be used against innocent private citizens.  

Wiebe said there is a huge database in Utah that has gigabytes of information on US citizens.  He said "Thin Thread" citizens' protection was disabled.  He said there is language in the Patriot Act that has been kept secret and that Senator Ron Wyden has asked for it to be made public.  Wyden is also working on FISA  guidelines being fixed to prevent innocent citizens from being wiretapped.  

Asia Pivot: Kim Jong Un-happy With US B-2 Bombers In South Korea Drills

North Korea plan to attack US mainland revealed in photographs

North Korea has revealed its plans to strike targets in Hawaii and the continental United States in photos taken in Kim Jong-un's military command centre.

 

North Korea's Kim Jong Un responded Friday to the US putting nuclear ready B-2 bombers in South Korea military drills. 

It seems the US thinks he's a bigger threat than administration rhetoric would indicate, downplaying the threat with words and amping up with weaponry.  

North Korea's leader responded Friday to America's use of nuclear-capable B-2 bombers in joint South Korean military drills with more angry rhetoric, saying his rocket forces are ready "to settle accounts with the U.S."

Rep. Tim Huelskamp with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Rep. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas. 

Huelskamp said he's still waiting for answers to the question of whether the Homeland Security Department is buying up bullets and ammo to the point that local police is running out of ammo.  Ingraham said ammo purchases have been consistent by the federal government and she and Huelskamp wondered if this is being raised due to the gun violence debate.  Both agreed that DHS is raising concern by not answering the question. Huelskamp stated that the Obama White House has antipathy toward gun ownership.

Huelskamp asked if the Supreme Court should short circuit the state laws on same sex marriage and said he agrees with Proposition 8 and said the White House overreaches on issues.  

Chip Flaherty of Walden Media with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Chip Flaherty of Walden Media.

Flaherty said his television venture is an extension of his family friendly media that families can enjoy together.  His company is teaming with Hallmark and Proctor & Gamble. They will have 30 nights this year.  He said the stories are akin to parables.  Ingraham and Flaherty agreed that this is a perfect antidote to today's salacious fare.  Tonight is "Return to Nim's Island".  He said it will also be available on DVD on Tuesday.  

 

Andrew McCarthy with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Andrew McCarthy.

McCarthy said the trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law hasn't caused an outcry, but that it should and that he's been floating under the radar.  He said he's against trying terrorists in the US because intelligence files are turned over to people who are at war with us and because they get all the rights of citizens.  He said the Obama administration kills terrorists rather than capturing them for intelligence. 

McCarthy said he disagrees with Rand Paul by saying the Authorization of Military Force should be updated by Congress rather than taking away the president's powers during certain danterous conflicts.  Ingraham countered that there are people who are concerned about a chief executive having too much power over citizens.  

Rep. Tom Rooney with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Representative Tom Rooney of Florida's 17th District.

Rooney said he would rather increase taxes than hollow out our military.  He is against tax increases.  

Ingraham noted Rooney is a graduate of West Point and Army JAG, but there must be other cuts in the military rather than the troops benefits.  Rooney said a trillion in a year will have been asked of the military and that the military will be going back to our readiness of the Carter years.  Rooney said the sequester cuts to the Pentagon were a huge mistake.  

Rooney said that the goal is tax code reform to improve revenues which would replace the sequester.  Ingraham enumerated aspects of the current debt.  Rooney said Paul Ryan has a plan and budget which will being to address entitlement reform.  He pointed to cuts he has asked for and Ingraham replied they are drops in the bucket and that there are errors made during the Bush years.  Rooney stated the difficulties of working off a budget from the Pelosi years and that there are few gorwnups in the room.