TMI: New Fusion Center failed to stop Boston bombing

By   /  May 22, 2013  /  National, News, Power Abuse  /  No Comments

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WASHINGTON — Federal Fusion Centers — massive data-retention facilities funded in part by the Department of Homeland Security — have spread out across 77 cities, collaborating with local law-enforcement agencies to identify and defuse terrorist threats.

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Ranking candidates for lieutenant governor roils some VA tea parties

By   /  May 13, 2013  /  News, Politics, Virginia  /  No Comments

HE'S NO. 1: Could a tea party ranking that puts him at the head of the lieutenant governor field have a boomerang effect on Corey Stewart?

FREDERICKSBURG – Some Virginia tea partiers are steamed at the state Tea Party Patriots Federation, which ranked lieutenant governor candidate Corey Stewart No. 1 in the seven-way contest for the GOP nomination.

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Inside, execs knew McAuliffe plan had ‘substantial risk’

By   /  May 6, 2013  /  National, News, Virginia  /  No Comments

GreenTech

Part 18 of 20 in the series Terry McAuliffe, gubernatorial candidate and carmogul

By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
RICHMOND — Terry McAuliffe’s electric-car company had big plans: Hire 25,000 workers, build up to 1 million vehicles a year and post annual revenue of up to $33 billion.
Those were the numbers that GreenTech Automotive laid out in [...]

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Bolling: McAuliffe’s Mississippi package ‘attractive’

By   /  May 3, 2013  /  National, News, Virginia  /  No Comments

Bill Bolling

RICHMOND – Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, Virginia’s designated “chief jobs creation officer,” doesn’t blame Terry McAuliffe for locating GreenTech Automotive in Mississippi.

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Lawmaker gives feds one more week for EB-5 answers

By   /  May 1, 2013  /  Virginia Watchblog, WatchBlog  /  No Comments

WAITING: State Sen. Tom Garrett is waiting to hear from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service.

Part 15 of 20 in the series Terry McAuliffe, gubernatorial candidate and carmogul

By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
RICHMOND — A state lawmaker who requested a federal review of a visa-investor program used by Terry McAuliffe’s electric-car company said he’s giving the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service one more week to respond.
State Sen. Tom Garrett, R-Louisa, [...]

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