Obama Empire Strikes Back on My PJM ‘Holdergate’ Reporting: ‘We Blame Bush!’
Is the Obama administration now prepared to renew the convictions in the Black Panther case that the Bush administration had already secured (and which my PJM colleague and former DOJ election attorney J. Christian Adams has done the yeoman’s reporting on)? Yeah, doubtful.
But there’s even a greater problem than that. A July 2009 order by the federal judge in the original Holy Land Foundation case, Judge Jorge Solis, on the matter of naming CAIR and other Islamic groups as unindicted co-conspirators in the case, and unsealed by the court in November 2010, goes to great length explaining the evidence presented at trial implicating CAIR and its co-founder:
The Government identifies four portions of the record from the first trail that purportedly established that CAIR was a “joint venturer and co-conspirator”: (1) a Government exhibit showing the objective of the Palestine Committee is to support Hamas; (2) a Government exhibit showing CAIR founder Omar Ahmad is part of the Palestine Committee and Mousa Abu Marzook is its head; (3) a Government exhibit listing CAIR as part of the Palestine Committee; and (4) the testimony of Special Agent Lara Burns and accompanying exhibits placing the CAIR founder at the 1993 Philadelphia conference and describing the CAIR founder’s mediation of a dispute between HLF and Ashqar over Hamas fundraising . (Resp. at 12-13.) The Government does not mention any occasion where it used the 801(d)(2)(E) hearsay exception to introduce a statement of CAIR. The four pieces of evidence the government relies on, as discussed below, do create at least a prima facie case as to CAIR’s involvement in a conspiracy to support Hamas. (p. 6-7)
But Judge Solis goes even further, saying that during the Holy Land Foundation trial, “the government has produced ample evidence to establish the associations of CAIR, ISNA and NAIT with HLF, the Islamic Association for Palestine (‘IAP’), and with Hamas.” (p. 15)
So why would Holder and the DOJ ignore the “ample evidence” and “prima facie case” cited by a federal judge in July 2009 that CAIR had supported Hamas (nearly a year before deciding to shut down the prosecution of Omar Ahmad in March 2010) and reach all the way back to 2004 and the alleged decisions of the Bush administration for their justification to shut down these indictments?
Please raise your hand if you smell something fishy.
And if Holder’s DOJ was merely upholding what the Bush administration had already decided in the case, why did they have to make this decision “over the vehement and stated objections of special agents and supervisors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as well as the prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Dallas,” as Rep. King suggested in his letter on Friday?
Apparently the FBI agents and federal prosecutors who were actually working the case were never informed during the Bush administration (allegedly) or subsequently by Holder’s DOJ that there would be no further prosecutions in the case. That, too, seems an odd position to take.
Understandably, the Obama administration doesn’t appreciate PJ Media and my DOJ source airing their dirty laundry. They rightfully fear the potential political implications of this news. But their spin doesn’t pass a basic smell test. Meanwhile, the establishment media, who are eager to discredit upstarts like PJM, will no doubt be willing to carry their water regardless of the facts. Does anyone think for a moment that the establishment media would have ever reported this matter if we hadn’t brought it up here at PJM first?
Fortunately, however, it doesn’t seem that Congress is going to be so quick to let the matter drop. According to a few sources on the Hill I spoke with late Monday, they believe that this attempt to pin the blame on Bush in this looming “Holdergate” scandal reeks of desperation. So they don’t intend to back down. Let’s hope that’s the case.
Stay tuned.
Sounds to me like Holder wants to bow down to that meteorite in the Arabian desert by sticking his butt in the air like a punk…which would be entirely consistent with his behavior testifying before Congress so far
And like clockwork, the Obama Empire finds its voice:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/0411/Source_Bush_Justice_Department_nixed_CAIR_indictment_in_2004.html?showall
Patrick-and like clockwork PJM must disprove/deconstruct all their attempts to obfuscate the reality of previous case decisions-to prosecute or not to prosecute- as compared to current ones.
TIMING is everything, so let it be PJM’s job to prove why the timing of Bush’s DOJ is irrelevant to the obfuscation of Holder’s DOJ.
Make this a discussion of apples and oranges.Do not allow them to put PJM on the defense.Pre-empt them with offense after offense.
Looking forward to developments which (hopefully) will bring them closer to the brink.The more shrill they become, the closer they are to falling.Many in Israel are watching too…..
I just left a comment–a long one. What a crock of crap that guy wrote–2nd paragraph ne starts with the lies. Shameful
Most Americans have a short memory, especially the younger ones that don’t pay that much attention. Many of us remember the Bush admin’s position at the time because we were paying attention. We are not the audience for this BS coming out of Politico.
you are a bit optimistic.
I think it is a bust. the obama administration has done what ever it wants and I don’t see that they are going to change now. they are the most dishonest bunch ever ..EVER.
holder is doing what obama wants (and what holder wants ..holder has never met a terrorist he doesn’t like)
if these lying scum aren’t stopped then the USA is toast. and I don’t see anyone stopping them.
regards
Pete King has the right attitude (a true New Yorker), don’t know if he wields enough power though. It needs to be thrown way out into the light of day anyway.
Every last corrupt act of this administration is being exposed systematically…the dominoes are falling. Have we noticed the recent “off-mic” comments by Obama? Geitner telling us that Congress “WILL raise the debt ceiling” or else? Thuggery by the left at Tea party events?
The silence of CAIR right now is telling…the Islamic thugs understand all too well that their days are numbered. The change of guard has already begun and even the MSM is purging its own inexplicably.
“And like clockwork, the Obama Empire finds its voice” – Hell yes; that’s what the “billion dollar campaign” monies are for isn’t it?
It is ABUNDANTLY clear that Holder’s DOJ has been the dumping ground for hiding all things radical, particularly Islamic.
IF there ever were a story which needs to be broken BEFORE 2012 this is it.Why?Because a majority of the voters are sick and tired (and scared to boot)of the leftward lurch of the Obama regime.Imagine, just imagine their reaction if a MAJOR ad campaign revolved around this issue, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt the complicity of Holder’s protection of designated Islamic terrorists!
Moreover, when one couples the palpable angst over a looming economic disaster with the coddling of Islamic terrorists, well, Holdergate will be a mega tsunami, dwarfing Watergate by an order of magnitude unseen in US politics.
By the way, there are MANY issues that the Republicans/Tea Party can sink their teeth into to destroy Obama’s chances, however, my gut is telling me that this one will resonate the most.
PJM-work this one like a dog with a bone.Do NOT let go, the entire west rests on the defeat of the Obama regime.
Absolutely.
yes …but I still don’t see who will do it.
Here’s a thought-in the same manner in which Watergate was broken, how about one of the intrepid internet bloggers/citizen journalist-types (a fearless sort, like the one who exposed ACORN)sinking their teeth into it?
It seems to me that removing Obama is the main goal for 2011-2012.By thoroughly studying the methods which brought forward Watergate, adapting them to the circumstances at hand,not only would said intrepid reporter derail Obama, but would be heralded as the hero who saved America from disaster.
Perhaps a ‘contest’ of sorts could be posted at major Conservative sites to gather names of those duly qualified for the job.
The preamble to the Obama Regime’s game plan: “Blame Bush” and “White Racism”. Well, they’ve played the Bush card; can the second be far away?
It seems only a matter of time before Eric Holder’s mismanagement of DOJ catches up with him and leads to his dismissal. He will likely leave office in disgrace — and will be prosecuted for his misdeeds, too, if there is any “justice.”
“Secondly, it seems a little odd that the Obama administration, which, mind you, was elected after campaigning vigorously that the Bush administration had been guilty of politicizing the Department of Justice, would fall back on the alleged decisions of that same administration.”
Why is it odd? Obama wanted to close Guantanamo Bay, end military tribunals, end rendition, and end the Patriot Act, all of which were started under the Bush administration, yet he fully EMBRACES all of them now. Seems like Obama just can’t get enough of Bush and his decisions, but you’ll never, ever, get him to admit that Bush, Cheney, and Ashcroft were right.
Would that be the same “politicized Bush Justice Department” whose campaign contributions favored Obama by 2-1?
Related, and perhaps the subject of a separate study, is the awkwardness of the daily working conditions of each and all of the dedicated career FBI/DOJ personnel, which has to be lurking in the background, right this minute.
What this aricle points out, and has remained implied but unmentioned, is how to do your job right when faced with changes in the politics behind these scenes?… when your bosses change with a new Administration?…when the bureaucratic mirrors shift a bit?
The career Civil Service personnel must accrete shells as the years go by. A different style of stamina seems to be required.
Truth and Honesty shouldn’t change shades like a chameleon when an administration changes. That seems to me to be well beyond self-evident.
One probably needs to be a chameleon to survive
Again, this blaming of Bush has to end…. Obama and his goons need to take responsibility for what they have been doing for 4 years…. Where is the “maturity level” of this administration?? They are worse than children…..hellooooooo
Council on American-Islamic Relations: “Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faiths, but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth.” – Omar Ahmad (CAIR co-founder).
Addressing a youth session at the 1999 Islamic Association for Palestine’s annual convention in Chicago, CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) founder Omar Ahmad praised suicide bombers who “kill themselves for Islam,”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52184
Global Jihad advances greatly, not because of cruel Islamo Fascists, but because of weak, rabidly pro-Islam, Western enabler leaders. U.S. Airport Security is Deliberately and Shockingly Destroyed for Islam. Mr. Poole mentioned this shocking incident in his last article. This treasonous act of enabling the mass slaughter of innocents must be investigated!
http://www.worldnetdaily.com
Controversial Muslim group
gets VIP airport security tour
Feds show CAIR latest screening steps,
sensitive counterterrorism procedures
August 18, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security
took a Muslim group with known past ties to terror organizations on a VIP tour of security operations at the nation’s busiest airport at the same time British authorities were working to break up a plot to blow up U.S. airlines.
On June 21, a senior DHS official from Washington personally guided Muslim officials from the Council on American-Islamic Relations on a behind-the-scenes tour of Customs screening operations at O’Hare International Airport in response to CAIR complaints that Muslim travelers were being unfairly delayed as they entered the U.S. from abroad.
CAIR is a spin-off of the Islamic Association for Palestine, identified by two former FBI counterterrorism chiefs as a “front group” for the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
Several CAIR leaders have been convicted on terror-related charges.
During the airport tour, CAIR was taken on a walk through the point-of-entry, Customs stations, secondary screening and interview rooms. In addition, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents were asked to describe for CAIR representatives various features of the high-risk passenger lookout system.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51573
Darth Vader: (breathing) “Barak Obama” (breathing) “Idiot!” (breathing)
The End.
It is all about the massive empowering of Muslim radicals in America and in other countries. There must be a major investigation why very strong U.S. backing was given to French military and UN troops for the Islamic conquest of Christian Ivory Coast in Africa. There was massive voter fraud. President Gbagbo was the true winner. 1,000 Christian innocents in recent days were recently hacked to death or burnt alive by Quattara’s Islamic forces. The barbaric savages the U.S. France and the UN have put into power. The French handed over Christian President Gbagbo and his family to the Muslims.
frontpagemag: Ouattara’s troops were using machetes. “They were slitting people’s throats, anyone — men, women, children,”
Ouattara’s men circle Simone Gbagbo. Inhofe said that the thugs had pulled out her hair by the roots and then went to the streets, displaying her hair to mobs of cheering Ouattara supporters.
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/04/15/a-cri-de-coeur-for-the-cote-d%E2%80%99ivoire/#idc-container
In one of the pictures on the internet, the faces of the terrified captured Christians are etched with fear. The Christians are deeply aware of savage, cruel Islamic barbarism. Who will help them? Who will rescue them? There is no one to rescue them and President Gbagbo and his family. No one. A Christian couple in an Ivory Coast protest hold up the same signs, a desperate appeal to the world for help:
UN-USA-FRANCE = ASSASSINS
This is how America is now looked upon by victims of Islam.
UN Peacekeepers? Give them their proper name: UN Soldiers for Global Islamic Conquest.
Both sides did some pretty despicable things.
I don’t condone any of the violence but I will point out that Gbagbo lost the election and refused to step down.
President Gbagbo did win. There was massive voter fraud! The US/EU/France/UN have a a moral responsibility to protect and rescue the Christians!
The vicious war on Ivory Coast Christians is part of global jihad, as it is on Israel, and all other countries attacked by jihadists. Western leaders constantly take the side of Islam against non-Muslim innocents.
In the nineties, US/NATO took the side of the KLA Muslim terrorist organization. US/NATO waged merciless war on Kosovo’s Christian Serbs on the basis of a PHONY massacre US/NATO knew never took place.
Savage, global Muslim terrorist, Egyptian Arafat, had more Jewish blood on his hands than anyone since Hitler. He was adored by international ruling elites and the most invited foreign guest to the Clinton White House.
Evil Arafat was introduced to Israel as their ‘peace’ partner. Arafat and his PLO Islamo Nazis were given mega money, weapons and Jewish land. They did EXACTLY as was expected of them: they waged bloody jihad against Israel’s Jews and severely persecuted Arab Christians in Judea and Samaria. US/EU/UK/UN leaders demand that these blood thirsty Jew haters/Christian haters are given their own Muslim terror state in vulnerable, little Israel.
NEVER forget, that when ruling elites go after the Jews, they have a list. When G-D hater Hitler and his vile Nazis murdered six million Jews, they also murdered millions of non-Jews.
A sleeping world have no comprehension of the terrible danger they are in.
Which is the next country targeted by the US/EU/UN for Muslim conquest, and how long is the list?
Gee, Eric – is it a felony to lie to Congress now?
Holder is probably the worste attorney general I have ever seen. His dept is now totally politcized and totally incompetent. The only one who might come close to him is George Michell, convicted during Watergate, but that is only because Holder has not been indighted, YET!
It seems Mr. Holder, like Obama, has no fear of violating the law and comitting treason against our country. That is because it is up to the neutered stupid party to bring them down for what they are doing.
America is in a world of hurt.
Holder will be thrown under the bus eventually when the DOJ can’t make any more excuses for their BS and he’ll resign.
The word impeachment comes to mind!
Islamists have a good friend in the White House…. and in the DOJ. And there’s a dupe of a buffoon heading up Homeland Security. Peter King needs to keep pushing hard. And all of us who care about this country need to find a way to support his effort. If they’re able to paint him as another Eugene McCarthy, they can, and will, destroy him. Something tells me they are going to give it their best shot.
The decison not to do something is never as bad politically as the decsion to do something. Watergate was the result of doing something wrong then covering it up. This, while it is reprehensible, is still a decison not to do something and that can be very difficult to get any kind of traction. The very worst thing we could actually prove is that they just are not good at thier jobs.
can you spell ‘sedition’? The covert campaign donations, particularly those that exceeded the maximal limit, came from groups that would like to think they are associated with “the religion of peace.” CAIR and other groups tied to the Muslim Brotherhood have definitely donated to Obama’s campaign–it’s documented by the FEC–so maybe this administration has a lot more to hide than Bush’s. I say go forward and let the guilty be discovered and be damned.
“So why would Holder and the DOJ ignore the “ample evidence” and “prima facie case” cited by a federal judge in July 2009 that CAIR had supported Hamas (nearly a year before deciding to shut down the prosecution of Omar Ahmad in March 2010) and reach all the way back to 2004 and the alleged decisions of the Bush administration for their justification to shut down these indictments?”
Simple, the perpetrators are non-white and their victims are mostly white. It’s Unritten Rule #1 at this JD that these cases are not to be prosecuted, even if you’ve already won the case. In addition to making Janet Reno look like AG of the Century, Eric Holder is an angry, bigoted political hack whose justifications and rationalizations sound more like those of a failing law student than USAG, and that’s being generous. This guy would have been gone long ago if the media would do their job and if Holder and Obama weren’t ideological soulmates. Holder oversees an extremely important part of the Obama agenda – that of collecting reparations to atone for the sins of our forefathers. Holder does it domestically while Obama pushes it internationally through global redistibutionist schemes (Brazil is praised for developing oilfields and we are irresponsible for doing so?) and giving away our sovereignty one chunk at a time for nothing in return (Libya anyone?). The captain and the first mate will be taking this sinking ship all the way to the bottom – together.
Obviously, Bush was more of a Muslim, than Obama(Since by the uneducated right’s thinking, respecting Muslims makes Obama one). Note the WTC terrorist were all from S.Arabia, not Iraq, then there is Bush, holding hands, walking through his garden, with the King of Arabia. Does the teabagger’s memory go back that far?