UN nuclear inspectors have arrived in Tehran for the second time in a month to discuss Iran’s nuclear programme. Chief inspector Herman Nackaerts said his team’s “highest priority” was to clarify the “possible military dimensions” of the nuclear programme. But he cautioned that progress “may take a while”. Iran insists it is enriching uranium to [...]

  (CNN) – An Arizona sheriff building a national profile stepped down Saturday from a state leadership position with Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign after a newspaper published allegations that he threatened to deport a former boyfriend. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu denied the allegations during a press conference Saturday. He was co-chair of Romney’s campaign [...]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul warned the U.S. is “slipping into a fascist system” dominated by government and businesses as he held a fiery rally Saturday night upstaging established Republican Party banquets a short distance away. The Texas congressman drew a couple thousand standing and chanting people to Kansas City’s [...]

The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked the Montana Supreme Court’s decision in December upholding the state’s century-old ban on corporate political spending. The ruling Friday evening sets up a possible full-blown U.S. Supreme Court rematch over the 2010 Citizens United decision that allowed unlimited corporate campaign spending. It came in response to an application submitted [...]

The real Mexican Drug War is a political war between the federal government, led by the National Action Party (PAN) and the state governments, mostly led by the Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI). The most powerful drug cartel in Mexico (the Sinaloa Drug Cartel) has ties to the CIA and corrupt elements of the PAN party. The [...]

  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and their mosques, based solely on their religion, as a way to sweep the Northeast for signs of Iranian terrorists, according to interviews and a newly obtained secret police document. The document offers a rare glimpse into [...]

Classified log of individuals banned from flying into or within America as they are considered a threat stands at 21,000!   Dulles airport, Washington DC: the US no-fly list stands at about 21,000. Photograph: Jeff Greenberg/Alamy Guardian UK The size of the US government’s secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to [...]

  (Image Credit: Lenny Ignelzi/AP Photo) ABC A small quantity of radioactive gas leaked inside one of the buildings at San Onofre nuclear power plant north of San Diego, according to a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The spokesman said the radiation levels were “barely measurable,” but the plant was shut down as a [...]

The Pentagon doesn’t know what happened to more than $100 million in cash held at Saddam Hussein’s palace in Baghdad during the Iraq war, according to a new report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. What’s more, the Pentagon can’t find documents to explain what it spent as much as $1.7 billion on [...]

By Mario Andrade DeadlineLive.info January 31, 2012 Note: The purpose of this never-before-published information in this article is to describe a possible scenario involving a false flag attack that may trigger a war with Iran. We are not in the business of predicting events; therefore, this is not a prediction. However, if an event like [...]

Earlier today we reported a potential Watergate break in at Ron Paul campaign HQ in Virginia. We are now getting concerned about the Doc’s own personal safety. This is just in: Via Daily Paul Yesterday, with about 20 campaign volunteers in attendance at a phone bank the Washington State Headquarters was attacked by an unknown [...]

The Christian Scientist Monitor Ron Paul is likely to win more delegates to the 2012 GOP convention than either Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum this week. Wait. What? That’s why he campaigned in Maine this weekend. This week, Ron Paul is likely to win more delegates to the 2012 GOP convention than either Newt Gingrich [...]

HONG KONG — The appeals panel of the World Trade Organization ruled on Monday that China must dismantle its system of export taxes and quotas for nine widely used industrial materials. The legal setback for Beijing could set a precedent for the West to challenge China’s export restrictions on other natural resources, including rare earth [...]

Business as usual….   By Rady Ananda Food Freedom The Wisconsin judge who recently ruled that we have no right to own a cow or drink its milk resigned to join one of Monsanto’s law firms. Judge Fiedler ruled that humans: “Do not have a fundamental right to own and use a dairy cow or [...]

With only Romney and Paul on the VA Ballot, some have suspected the Romney campaign of the “burglary” as a potential cover up to gain dirt on the Paul Campaign. IE: Watergate. Unless this act is thoroughly investigated … we may never know the truth. BUT, if secure info on Paul suddenly surfaces, we should [...]

In a revealing new book, The Enemy Within, the Sun’s Ezra Levant brings Omar Khadr’s story back into the public eye. Having completed his U.S. sentence in October 2011, Omar Khadr could return to Canada at any time. He may well be released, thanks to a lenient system that will likely credit him for the [...]

CNET Hawaii’s legislature is weighing an unprecedented proposal to curb the privacy of Aloha State residents: requiring Internet providers to keep track of every Web site their customers visit. Its House of Representatives has scheduled a hearing this morning on a new bill (PDF) requiring the creation of virtual dossiers on state residents. The measure, [...]

POLITICO   Unbeknownst to the press, President Obama met Friday evening with former president George H.W. Bush and his son, former Florida governor Jeb Bush, in the Oval Office. White House officials did not list the meeting on the president’s schedule but released a photo on Flickr. According to the photo’s time stamp, the meeting occurred shortly [...]