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Obama has skipped more than HALF of his daily intel briefings – as spies hit back after he blamed them for underestimating ISIS

Sep 30, 2014Peter SchweizerNews From GAI. News About GAIdaily intel briefings, GAI, Government Accountability Institute, Obama, Peter Schweizer

“President Barack Obama has skipped his in-person daily intelligence briefing on four out of every seven days of his presidency, according to a shocking report released Tuesday. The Government Accountability Institute, previously best-known for needling members of Congress over insider-trading deals that lax laws have rendered legal, used the official White House calendar to compile…

REPORT: President Barack Obama Spends More Time Golfing Than In Intelligence Briefings

Sep 30, 2014Peter SchweizerNews From GAI. News About GAIDaily Caller, GAI, golf, Government Accountability Institute, Obama, president

President Barack Obama has spent more time golfing than he has spent listening to daily intelligence briefings. The Daily Caller has calculated that he’s spent almost 700 hours in 875 “Presidential Daily Briefings” since 2009. But he’s also spent roughly 800 hours on almost 200 golf trips since his first inauguration…. The daily briefing calculations…

Good News: Obama Skips the Majority of His Intelligence Briefings

Sep 29, 2014Peter SchweizerNews From GAI. News About GAIGAI, Government Accountability Institute, intelligence briefings, Obama, Peter Schweizer, skips

According to a new report from the Government Accountability Institute, President Obama skips 60 percent of his intelligence briefings… This information comes shortly after Obama blamed the intelligence community for underestimating ISIS during an interview on 60 Minutes. That assertion prompted a visceral reaction from people inside the intelligence community, who have been warning the President about…

Obama Campaigns While Danger in Libya Mounts

Jan 15, 2014Peter SchweizerNews From GAI. News About GAIdanger, GAI, Government Accountability Institute, Libya, Obama, Peter Schweizer

Obama Claims He Met Regularly With Website Team Before Obamacare Launch

Dec 20, 2013Peter SchweizerNews From GAI. News About GAIGAI, Government Accountability Institute, launch, Obama, Obamacare, Peter Schweizer, website

“President Barack Obama told reporters Friday that he met as frequently as biweekly with employees responsible for the Obamacare website, Healthcare.gov, in the time leading up to its October 1st launch… The President did not mention Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius by name in his Friday statement. A recent report by Government Accountability Institute…

Investor’s Business Daily: “Obama Hardly Meeting With Sebelius Explains A Lot”

Dec 5, 2013Peter SchweizerNews From GAI. News About GAIGAI, Government Accountability Institute, Investor's Business Daily, Obama, Peter Schweizer, Sebelius

“Incompetence: Mr. President, you might not remember her, but Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is the one running the disastrous ObamaCare launch. You once met her. You two should get acquainted.” To Read the Full Article, Click Here.

Levin: Schweizer’s ‘Extortion’ Reveals Obama’s DoJ Worse than the Mafia

Nov 12, 2013Peter SchweizerNews From GAI. News About GAIDepartment of Justice, DOJ, extortion, GAI, Government Accountability Institute, Levin, mafia, Obama, Peter Schweizer

“On Wednesday, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and Government Accountability President Peter Schweizer shocked conservative talk radio host Mark Levin with revelations from his New York Times best-selling book, Extortion, prompting Levin to say Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department was reminiscent of the old Soviet Union and worse than the mafia.” To Read the Full Article, Click Here. To…

NRO: GAI Data Reveals Eye-Opening Look at Obama’s Schedule

Oct 15, 2013Peter SchweizerNews From GAI. News About GAIdata, GAI, Government Accountability Institute, Obama, schedule

“As the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) calculated, and Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen first reported, Obama attended only 43.8 percent of his PDBs between January 23, 2009 (three days after his inauguration), and May 31, 2012. Available nearly every day, the PDB allows the commander-in-chief to hear directly from top intelligence professionals about the latest…

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY: Economy Less Important To Obama Than Vacations, Golf

Apr 30, 2013Peter SchweizerNews From GAI. News About GAIeconomy, GAI, Government Accountability Institute, Obama, vacations

“An enterprising private group has determined that the president has spent more time on vacation and golf courses than on trying to turn the economy around. And we’re surprised by 2.5% growth? The Government Accountability Institute, which has mined the records of the White House calendar, says President Obama ‘has spent a total of 474.4…

IRS Audits Of Charities Up 79% Under Obama

Feb 4, 2013Peter SchweizerNews From GAI. News About GAIaudits, charities, GAI, Government Accountability Institute, IRS, Obama

Under President Obama, IRS audits for tax-exempt organizations have jumped 79% over what they were under President George W. Bush. According to Internal Revenue Service data, the IRS audited an average of 6,205 returns of tax-exempt organizations per year from 2001 to 2008. From 2009 to 2011, however, the number of audited returns spiked to…