Cocaine Cop

California Highway Patrolman Joshua Blackburn apparently had three duties: protect, serve, and steal cocaine. The 32-year-old officer has allegedly stolen more than $1 million worth of seized cocaine which was stored in an evidence locker room.

Joshua Blackburn, 32, stole more than 40 kilograms of cocaine from an evidence locker room at the California Highway Patrol office at about 4 a.m. last Friday, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s office. He was scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday but his attorney, John Barnett, requested the hearing postponed because he said he had not received all police reports on the case.

Orange County Superior Court Commissioner Cheryl Leininger scheduled the arraignment for Jan. 9.

Blackburn, a six-year highway patrol veteran, was charged with burglary, possession for sale of cocaine and transportation of cocaine. He has been held on a $4 million bail at an Orange County prison since his arrest last week.

Source: All Headline News – Highway Patrol Officer Charged…

Benazir Bhutto’s Final Moments On Video

Video footage of the gun and bomb attack in which former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was killed has surfaced. Watch the shocking video which shows Bhutto’s final moments:

The film shows the former Pakistani Prime Minister addressing huge crowds in Rawalpindi.

But panic ensues when bullets are fired at Mrs Bhutto’s convoy which was then followed by a suicide bomb blast.

The Pakistani government has released a transcript of a conversation between two al Qaeda leaders, Baitullah Mehsud and Maluvi Sahib, proving that the terrorist group is responsible for the Bhutto assassination. Here is an excerpt from the the full transcript:

Maulvi Sahib: They were our men there.

Mehsud: Who were they?

Maulvi Sahib : There were Saeed, the second was Badarwala Bilal and Ikramullah was also there.

Mehsud: The three did it?

Maulvi Sahib: Ikramullah and Bilal did it.

Mehsud: Then congratulations to you again.

Hillary: The Movie

David Bossie and Citizens United have finished production on their new documentary, “Hillary: The Movie.”  Watch the trailer to find out more about the “real” Hillary Clinton.

In other news, the cracks in the Clinton campaign are really beginning to show. According to this L.A. Times article, Hillary refuses to take audience questions following campaign speeches:

As she races through Iowa in the days before next week’s caucuses, Hillary Clinton is taking few chances. She tells crowds that it’s their turn to “pick a president,” but over the last two days she has not invited them to ask her any questions.

Before the brief Christmas break, the New York senator had been setting aside time after campaign speeches to hear from the audience. Now when she’s done speaking, her theme songs blare from loudspeakers, preventing any kind of public Q&A.

Campaign officials are blaming this campaign nuance on time constraints. I believe it is something a little more sinister: the writer’s strike is affecting the Clinton campaign. No writers? No pre-written questions to plant. Hmmm.

Martyr, My Ass…

An Iraqi group tha tis linked to al Qaeda confirms that their top figure has been killed. Here is an excerpt from this Reuters article:

An al Qaeda-linked group in Iraq has confirmed the death of Abu Maysara, a top operative who the U.S. military said was killed in a clash last month, according to a recording posted on the Web on Saturday.

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State in Iraq, hailed Maysara as “a martyr who was a scholar and a mujahid (holy war fighter)”, on the audio tape posted on Islamist Web sites.

The U.S. military said earlier in December that Maysara, a Syrian, was among nine senior al Qaeda members killed in November. It described him as an adviser to Baghdadi, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and his slain predecessor Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Baghdadi called on insurgents to keep fighting during the current Eid al-Adha feast, when Muslims sacrifice animals.