The biggest story in the news right now is the ongoing scandals coming out of the Obama administration. Over the short course of a few days, many big details involving three different stories relating to the administration has come about.
One of the news stories was the recent resignation of IRS chief Steven T. Miller. Miller was forced to quit his position after information came out that proved the IRS was knowingly and willingly targeting Conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, purposely making it very ahrd for these groups to do so. Conservatives have reasons to believe that the target put on their back was due to differences in political agendas, and the liberal administration was attempting to hurt the conservative groups.
The second big scandal to come out of Obama’s administration recently is the hearings on the Benghazi attacks. It has now come to the attention of the American public, after emails being made public, that the CIA revised the reports on the incident up to 12 times before officially releasing their statement, showing that the actual attribution to the cause of the attacks was different from the one given by a CIA official. However, despite this scandal, the emails coming forth prove that President Obama was just as informed as the American public, and the White House knew nothing of this change.
The final news story to come out of the Obama administration in recent days is the scandal in which the phone records of Associated Press journalists were seized by the United States government. The records, relating to a matter of journalists reporting on an incident of national security, is just one instance of the American government overreaching its boundaries into the free speech territory to harass the press about releasing details of ongoing government operations and national security.
-Paul Campbell
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-benghazi-20130516,0,4147249.story
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/us/politics/new-controversies-may-undermine-obama.html?hp&_r=0
