Mike Rogers

Pessimistic Report Emerges On Obama Move

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Mike Rogers, Obama Afghanistan, Obama Taliban, Video, Afghanistan, Dianne Feinstein, Taliban, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The leaders of the congressional committees said Sunday they believed that the Taliban had grown stronger since President Barack Obama s...

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Michael McAuliff

Republicans Block Second Password Protection Bid

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Mike Rogers, Video, Facebook Passwords Employers, Password Protection, Social Media Passwords, Cybersecurity, Facebook Privacy, Congress Internet, Facebook, Facebook Password, Ed Perlmutter, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Republicans blocked a second bid in the House to pass an amendment barring employers from demanding Facebook and other social media pass...

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Gerry Smith

Cybersecurity Bill's Authors Will Add Amendments To Address Privacy Concerns

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Mike Rogers, Rogers Cybersecurity Bill, Aclu, Cyber Threat, Civil Liberties, Video, Pipa, Cybersecurity, Dutch Ruppersberger, Privacy, Cispa, Technology News

Authors of a cybersecurity bill said Tuesday they will amend their legislation in response to privacy concerns before the House votes on the controver...

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Gerry Smith

Cybersecurity Bill Authors Defend Legislation Against 'Privacy Disaster' Claims

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Mike Rogers, Aclu, Cyber Threat, Video, Cyberattacks, Anonymous, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Bill, Dutch Ruppersberger, Hackers, Cispa, Technology News

Authors of a cybersecurity bill sought to rebut criticisms on Tuesday from civil liberties groups who say the legislation does not protect consumers f...

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SOPA 2.0? New Bill Has Internet Activists Scared -- Again

Los Angeles Times | Morgan Little | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Sopa 2.0, SOPA Bill, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, Cispa Bill, Internet Freedom, Mike Rogers, Cispa Legislation, Internet Piracy, Dutch Ruppersberger, Sopa, Cispa, Politics News

In spite of their hopes, Internet activists are finding that their efforts to keep the digital world free of further regulation did not end with SOPA'...

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Congress Renames SOPA, Hopes No One Will Notice

Chris Michael | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Mike Rogers, Internet, Congress, Pipa, Freedom, Mark Zuckerberg, Spying, Facebook, Comedy News, Comedy, Chris Michael, Cispa, Sopa, Comedy News
Chris Michael

In its latest attempt at controlling the internet, Congress has unveiled a fresh, new SOPA-like bill called CISPA, or the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act.

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House GOP Considers Reviving Controversial Practice

Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Mike Rogers, Video, Louie Gohmert, Gohmert, Earmarks, 2012 Election, Mike Rogers Alabama, House Gop Earmarks, Elections 2012, Transportation Bill, Politics News

By Richard Cowan The huge federal transportation bill was in tatters in early March when Representative Mike Rogers of Alabama posed a heretica...

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Top U.S. Intelligence Officials: Al Qaeda Weaker, But Far From Done

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 11.13.2011

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WASHINGTON — America's top two intelligence officials said Tuesday that al-Qaida is weaker and U.S. intelligence agencies are smarter since the ...

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Sources: Pakistan Arrests Multiple C.I.A. Informants Involved In Bin Laden Raid

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER and KATHY GANNON | Posted 08.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Pakistan's intelligence service has arrested the owner of a safe house rented to the CIA to observe Osama bin Laden's compound before th...

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Amanda Terkel

Mission Accomplished: Is It Finally Time To Leave Afghanistan?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Mike Rogers, Hamid Karzai, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Osama Bin Laden Death, Afghanistan, Jerrold Nadler, Barney Frank, Afghanistan Withdrawal, Jason Chaffetz Afghanistan, Osama Bin Laden, Susan Collins, Dick Lugar, Osama Bin Laden Reaction, Harry Reid, Jason Chaffetz, Joe Lieberman, Rethink Afghanistan, Barbara Lee, Richard Lugar, World News

This story has been updated. WASHINGTON -- Okay, can we finally withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan? That's the question many people are askin...

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Meet Lance Enderle (D-MI)-- He Can Tell You EVERYTHING You Need to Know About Politics, 2010

Howie Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Rogers, Lance Enderle, Michigan, Politics News
Howie Klein

The other day, I called Lance Enderle to talk about a 2006 House race in California but wound up getting into more fertile, though not unrelated, areas of discussion.

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Rep. Rogers: We Should Have Considered Executing Daniel Ellsberg

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur, Mike Rogers, Msnbc, Bradley Manning, Afghanistan, Apache-Helicopter-Video, Daniel Ellsberg, Iraq, Wikileaks, Interview, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Instead of demanding the death penalty, let's take a deep breath and figure out what the real solution is to a whistleblower that reveals important information that the public has a right to know but violates clear military rules to do so.

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GOP Congressman Mike Rogers Suggests Death Penalty For Wikileaks Whistleblower

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) says that execution would be an appropriate punishment for Private Bradley Manning in the wake of charges that he help...

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Mark Kirk Denies Gay Rumors Again In Awkward Exchange With Reporter (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Days after a blogger known for outing closeted gay politicians reported that embattled Illinois Congressman Mark Kirk was gay, Kirk awkwardly denied t...

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Mark Kirk Gay Rumor Reignited By Blogger Who Outed Larry Craig

Posted 05.25.2011

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Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk has had a dramatic few days, and now a popular gay blogger known for outing politicians claims to have sources confirming that...

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Drug-Linked Karzai Brother Helps U.S. Intelligence

Jeff Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Corruption, Politics, House Intelligence Committee, Drugs, Heroin, Afghanistan War, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Mike Rogers, World News
Jeff Stein

A key member of the House Intelligence Committee says the controversial brother of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai regularly helps U.S. intelligence, but should not be considered a spy.

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Rep. Mike Rogers: Health Care Reform a "Death Sentence" for 36,000 U.S. Women

Chris Savage | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Rogers, Women's Health, Livingston County, Health Care Reform, Livingston-County, Mammograms, Health Insurance, Health Care, Michigan, Healthcare, Politics News
Chris Savage

Livingston County, Michigan is a hot bed of conservative Republican politics and Rogers appears to have a very sympathetic ear with the newspaper editors there.

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Gay Blogger: Andre Bauer, South Carolina Lt. Governor, A Closeted Homosexual

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Rogers, Andre Bauer Gay, Mike Rogers Andre Bauer, Bauer, Andre Bauer Outed, Andre Bauer, Politics News

UPDATE: A South Carolina state senator says none other than Gov. Mark Sanford (R) is behind rumors that Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is gay. In a letter to...

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Charlie Crist: Bad News for the GOP?

Adele Stan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terri Schiavo, John Cornyn, Charlie Crist, Gay Rights, Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio, Closet, Latino Vote, LGBT Rights, Hispanic Vote, Religious Right, Gay, Larry Craig, Republican Party, Mike Rogers, Kirby Dick, Outrage, Politics News
Adele Stan

Is Charlie Crist the face of a new Republican Party, or a harbinger of the GOP's demise? He's handsome, personable and popular: a dream candidate for...

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Joe the Plumber in Michigan: Pass the Tea, Drink the Kool-Aid

Susan J. Demas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Rogers, Taxes, Tax Day Tea Party, Joe the Plumber, Lorence Wenke, Gop, Michigan Taxpayers Alliance, Lansing Tea Party, Stimulus, Leon Drolet, Republicans, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

Hailing Joe the Plumber as an authority on tax policy is kind of like appointing the puffy-shirted FreeCreditReport.com guys expertise on the Somali pirate situation.

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Gay Rights Activist On Hardball, Repeatedly Frustrates Warren Defender

pamshouseblend.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hardball, Saddleback Church, Msnbc, Rev. Eugene Rivers, Mike Rogers, Rick Warren, Mike Barnicle, Mike Rogers Hardball, Politics News

On Hardball Monday night (hosted tonight by the insufferable Mike Barnicle, who believes all the LGBTs and allies who are mad at Rick Warren live in o...

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Alabama Dems Benefit From GOP Congressman's Toxic Ties To Saddam

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq Study Group, Tull Chemical Company, Mike Rogers, Poison, Alabama, Josh Segall, Saddam Hussein, Campaign Contributions, Sodium Fluoroacetate, Peter DeFazio, Alabama House Races, Compound 1080, Home News
Nathaniel Bach

GOP candidate Mike Rogers took money from a donor whose poison was found in the hands of Hussein's regime. The poison-maker also contributed to Roger's personal PAC shortly after a bill to ban the substance was introduced to a House Committee on which Rogers sits.

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2008 Alabama CD-03 General Election:
Rogers (R-i) vs Segall (D)

Posted 05.25.2011

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AL-03: Rogers vs Segall

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Sam Stein

GOPer: Tire Efficiency Okay For Me, Not A Prez Candidate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rogers Attacks, Obama Tire Efficiency, Obama Energy Policy, Mike Rogers, Education Tax, Obama, Obama Attacks, Rogers Cliche, Barack Obama Rogers, Rogers Tire Efficiency, Obama Cliche, Politics News

On his website, GOP Congressman Mike Rogers encourages visitors to improve their gas mileage and fuel costs by making sure that that the tires on thei...

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The New South and Obama: An Interview with Josh Segall, Alabama Democratic Candidate for Congress

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Rogers, Joshua Segall, Independent Voters, Alabama, Howard Dean, Alabama 3rd District, Red to Blue, Don Cazayoux, Offthebus, Politics, Josh Segall, 50-State Strategy, Emerging Race, Dccc, Cafta, Alabama House Races, New South, Breaking Politics News, Travis Childers, Obama Effect, Al-03, Obama South, Obama Coattails, Barack Obama, Senator Obama, Obama Fifty State Strategy, Home News
Nathaniel Bach

Obama's fifty-state strategy is not about his winning these states in this election. It's about "trickle up" politics and grassroots efforts on a national scale, all of which will help sow the seeds of future Democratic majorities.

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