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What does the nationality of the "9/11/ hijackers" have to do with Philip Haney's very specific claims?
The civil war in Syria, whose Alawite regime Saudi Arabia's Sunny monarchy has long plotted against, and the prospect of a war with Shiite Iran over its reported drive to acquire nuclear weapons, preoccupy Riyadh while, Abdallah, Canute-like, strives to keep the democratic wave from breaking on its shores
Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 American comedy-drama film, based on the story of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos, whose efforts led to Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War
“They came into the National Targeting Center, either physically or through emails and correspondence, and said that we could not develop cases based on association with Tablighi Jamaat, and/or any Islamic group,” Haney revealed.
He charged this decision, which runs counter to the very purpose of the Department of Homeland Security and its charter to demolish the wall of separation between law enforcement agencies, was made because “this Administration is more concerned about the civil rights and civil liberties of foreign Islamic groups and foreign nationals than securing the freedom and security of the American public.”
He pointed to documents uncovered by a Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act request tied to his whistleblower case as further support. “NTC was getting ‘pushback’ from CRCL, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and DOS [the State Department] because of our focus on this group called Tablighi Jamaat,” he repeated...
...Haney said his superiors actually erased some of his files pertinent to the case, because they insisted the initiative had “gone in a different direction” and he was no longer authorized to add his data.
He concluded by saying his purpose in coming forward was to fix a broken intelligence system. “This isn’t about hurting anybody. This is about fixing it. We could fix it. We can fix it. That’s my focus.”
originally posted by: Kitana
a reply to: Gryphon66
I found the breitbert article more credible myself, so that is the one I am going by. I know nothing of the hill and it sounds like they blew the facts up for effect, instead of sticking to the truth.
So, I am going with the breitbert article. I would almost suggest you do the same as newspapers are not always credible.
originally posted by: Kitana
a reply to: Gryphon66
Just a quick apology as I did misspoke, I said his words were changed by his superiors and that was incorrect. I must of been thinking of something else. I should have refreshed my memory prior to speaking and I apologize for that error.
originally posted by: Kitana
a reply to: Gryphon66
He wrote those himself? They seemed different than the breitbert article for real, so I didn't accept them since breitbert did an exclusive interview with him.
Well, he doesn't like tablighi jamaat - and I have heard of them and would consider them a danger, but that article seems.. well just different than the breitbert one.
originally posted by: Kitana
a reply to: Indigo5
Christians believe in the new covenant, which means no theocracy - God's Kingdom is in heaven and not of this earth.
Catholic thought justified submission to the monarchy by reference to the following:
1.The Old Testament, in which God chose kings to rule over Israel, beginning with Saul who was then rejected by God in favor of David, whose dynasty continued (at least in the southern kingdom) until the Babylonian captivity.
2.The New Testament, in which the first pope, St. Peter, commands that all Christians shall honour the Roman Emperor (1 Peter 2:13–20), even though, at that time, he was still a pagan emperor. St. Paul agreed with St. Peter that subjects should be obedient to the powers that be because they are appointed by God, as he wrote in his Epistle to the Romans 13:1-7. Likewise, Jesus Christ proclaims in the Gospel of Matthew that one should "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's"; that is at first, literally, the payment of taxes as binding those who use the imperial currency (See Matthew 22:15–22). Jesus told Pontius Pilate that his authority as Roman governor of Judaea came from heaven according to John 19:10–11.
3.The endorsement by the popes and the church of the line of emperors beginning with the Emperors Constantine and Theodosius, later the Eastern Roman emperors, and finally the Western Roman emperor, Charlemagne and his successors, the Catholic Holy Roman Emperors.
originally posted by: Kitana
a reply to: Indigo5
Had you read everything I wrote, you would understand what I said. I never said most Christian followed Christianity, I said Christianity itself is very clear and all fault upon creating a theocracy out of it is upon individual people, and not Jesus and His teachings.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
You imply that Barack Obama, personally, knows and approves of the individual actions of every department, every agent, every day within the entire Executive Branch. Ironic is not the word I would choose to describe such a belief or statement: absurd is far more descriptive.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
You're offering an unsubstantiated claim by an unnamed "Border Agent" ... at least Haney had a name.
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“We might as well abolish our immigration laws altogether,” suggested agent Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council.
Testifying on the two-year border surge of immigrant youths, Judd said the policy shift was prompted by Obama administration “embarrassment” that just over half of illegals ordered to appear in court actually do.
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The National Border Patrol Council is a labor union that represents agents and support staff on the United States Border Patrol. It is an affiliate of the American Federation of Government Employees, and through that larger organization is a member of the AFL-CIO.
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Once again, the testimony of career officials belies the administration's propaganda. In his 2013 testimony to Congress, ICE officer Chris Crane explained that, contrary to the claim that "deferred action" was freeing up resources to focus on detaining criminals, DACA was being used to prevent ICE officers from inspecting and detaining jailed illegal aliens:
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originally posted by: Gryphon66
a reply to: neo96
That's right, you're offering NOTHING on the topic of the thread.
Nothing, ZERO, zilch ... you don't even seem to understand that we are talking about a disgraced DHS agent claiming that he could have stopped DOMESTIC attacks in the UNITED STATES if he hadn't had to follow the directions of his superiors. He has taken the claim all the way (by his own statement) through DHS, the Inspector General and to the US Congress.
There is ZERO credibility in the man's claims.