The Biggest D.C. Spy Scandal You Haven’t Heard About (Part Two)
So within one week the following happened: ProPublica published an exposé examining Fai’s efforts on Capitol Hill on behalf of Pakistani intelligence; another report tied Fai’s charged conspirator in the case with meeting with Osama bin Laden just weeks prior to the 9/11 attacks; and the conspirator dropped dead.
Yet that was not sufficient to stoke the curiosity of the American media.
Why did this story get buried?
The official response to that question will be that Fai’s arrest was part of the diplomatic game between the U.S., India, and Pakistan, which is entirely true. In fact, as the New York Times reported, the FBI’s efforts to arrest Fai in 2011 were repeatedly opposed by the State Department and the CIA.
And considering the tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan after the raid that killed bin Laden in May 2011 and the subsequent closing of U.S. supply routes through Pakistan into Afghanistan, that certainly explains the reason why the U.S. government was so willing to cut a plea deal with Fai (which it did).
But it doesn’t explain the hands-off policy of the story by the U.S. media.
One possible reason: Fai’s operation had seen considerable success under the Clinton and Bush administrations, and documents obtained by the FBI in the raid of KAC showed that Fai anticipated his efforts would flourish in the new Obama administration. Was the media merely protecting Obama?
According to the FBI, a “plan of action” for 2009 submitted to his ISI handlers showed Fai’s plan to expand his operations by building new alliances with the State Department, the National Security Council, and the Pentagon under the incoming Obama administration. In 2010, his list of proposed activities included 61 key events planned for the year, including 10 briefings for members of Congress and their staff. In 2011, Fai was directed by the Pakistan Embassy in D.C. to expand his outreach even further by contacting and building relationships with 11 members of the media and six think-tank personnel.
It’s doubtful anyone in the establishment media was eager to investigate whom at the State Department, White House/National Security Council, and the Pentagon Fai had been meeting with.
Another possible reason for the media’s lack of attention to the Fai scandal can be seen in Fai’s own biography:
His articles appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Plain Dealer, Baltimore Sun, and many other foreign policy journals in the United States and around the world.
Mr. Poole, you have once again hit it out of the park.
I maintain that al Qaeda and the ISI were far more related than most people realize. The final key was bin laden’s comfortable villa in Abbottabad. There was no way the ISI did not know where bin laden was. The dude had a fiber optic cable running right to his house. Someone in government approved this.
The ISI flew 3200 agents and al Qaeda operatives from Afghanistan in late 2001, what they were doing there and who was.on those planes was never fully explained.
Then there is the ISI’s role in the MUmbai attack, again Pakistan had a role here. Which gets us to Kashmir and the ISI’s dirty war for the province. Fai was the face of the effort put lipstick on Pakistan’s endless terrror war to undo 1948 the justification for everything.
Great work, keep digging!
Outstanding work. Would that it could be read, appreciated and acted upon by those most able to do so effectively. There is simply no chance, however, until things are fundamentally changed in area code 202.
Alas, my mantra still pertains:
There are simply not enough bullets.
OUR CORRUPT POLITICIANS SEE JIHAD TERROR GROUPS AS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS. JUST ANOTHER LOBBY AND THEY TAKE THEIR MONEY. I AM SURE THAT IN PALACES AT ABU DHABI AND RIYADH SHEIKHS AND PRINCES BRAG ABOUT THE AMERICANS THEY OWN. ASK SENATOR NELSON, DENNIS KUCINICH AND UDEI PELOSI WHY THEY WENT TO DAMASCUS.
ASH CONGREASE MICE BONIOR, MCDERMOTT AND THOMPSON WHY THEY WENT TO SEE SADAAM HUSSEIN? ALL ARE DEMO COMMOS. ALL ARE FLAG BURNERS AND BABY KILLERS OF RECORD.
http://WWW.SPIRITOFAMERICAPARTYRADIOSHOW.COM.
‘the politically correct death of a thousand cuts…’
Covert influence is pervasive in our open, trusting, naive culture.
For more than one hundred years, our policies have been manipulated by our allies and enemies.
While the Politically Correct Progressives are wide open to these influence operations, they are not unique.
In fact, recent research and investigation revealed that establishment Republicans seem to be open to the benefits that come with hosting foreign influence agents.
In Virginia, in 2011, a shady character, Imad Ramadan, a Lebanese Shia native, rolled into town with a huge bankroll. His largesse was spread from top to bottom of the Virginia Republican party. His dollars bought him loyal support throughout the establishment Republican party. He now sits in the Virginia state legislature. But significant questions remain:
http://intelctweekly.blogspot.com/2012/07/foreign-influence-in-american.html
In fact, the Imad Ramadan case is nearly identically parallel to the Nabi Fai case. The big difference is their public profile. Fai used a non-profit profile. Ramadan appears to be an “international businessman.”
These two cases are surely just the tip of the iceberg.
No serious investigation has been undertaken of Obama’s foreign support. And Republicans simply close ranks when questions are asked of their big-money sources with foreign ties.
Thank you Mr. Poole, for providing these details once again. Having briefly resided in the area during the mid 80′s, it’s alarming how a casual drive through suburban neighborhoods surrounding the Capital beltway, or walking through the local malls, or thumbing through an old time ‘white pages’ of the local telephone book reveals how thoroughly infiltrated that region has become. Not a chance, coincidental.
It is entirely reasonable to suspect that Muslim groups not friendly to the U.S. are present and active here. Their Holy Koran states that Christians, along with Jews, are enemies to be put down or killed if they won’t convert. The Christians defeated Islam in 732 at Tours, and twice later at the gates of Vienna, The American Navy defeated the Barbary Pirates in the early 1800′s, all of which increased Muslim hatred for Christians, including Americans. The Ottoman Empire ended with the WWI defeat, but not their hatred nor their intent to extend the “Caliphate” to Gibraltar—and to Denver and Houston. They say that Israel is the little Satan and The U.S. is the great Satan. And they mean it. Destroying the WTC was supposed to paralyze U.S. commerce, weakening U.S. and global economies, allowing Islamists to gain control of much of those political entities. The Nazi and Communist groups in the U.S. during the 1930′s were “Fifth Columns” waiting for their leaders to triumph here. It the same now, with the Islamist gangs.
Thank you Mr Poole. There are a few good investigative people out there and I am glad that PJM will publish these true stories rather than the propaganda on almost all other media outlets.
Civics 101 is long forgotten in this age of the dolt, but you do have to ask: Where have all the folks gone who bleated ‘no big deal’ after Part One of this dynamite?
Oh, and now is a good time for someone explain why the steps of Congress are littered with foreigners. It’s supposed to be our legislature, containing our elected representatives, responsive to us, the people of the US.
Foreigners have no place there.
Their turf: UN, diplomatic corps around the world, embassies, consulates, trade missions, special representatives, the International Court at the Vague, I mean Hague, and on and on — hell, there’s even something called the State Department, though it’s not clear what it does.
Surely all good citizens will dismiss the idea that the vulgar subject of money might be involved. You don’t think is could be because of the opportunities for campaign contributions and, later, plush lobbying and speaking and ‘consulting’ fees, do you? Nah, not possible, not with saints with the integrity of Dan Burton on the case. Money has nothing to do with it, just ask the Saudis. It’s merely about the need to stay in touch and ‘better serve my constituents’. And if I do well by doing good, so much the better, just a happy accident, just another day in the sewer. Right.
What an extraordinary piece! I thought I was informed but discover that I am largely ignorant of what appears to be the a festering cancer metastasizing throughout our country. Thanks for opening my eyes, Mr. Poole. What are the chances that we will awaken in time?
Every mosque is a terrorist command center and every muslim is a terrorist, it is their religious duty according to the koran. It can truthfully be said that their operations are an open book. A sophisticated intelligence service only confirms that the koran is the plan. Muslims make much of the lack of a formal structure like the catholic church but that is for idiot non believers consumption. There is no doubt that Mecca is the headquarters directing operations world wide.
meanwhile, the MEK, a listed terrorist group of former Saddam Hussain heavies, has bribed Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, Howard Dean, Bill Richardson, dozens of other high ranking US politicians, and even paid for enough lobbyists to get 100 congress critters to declare them most excellent fellows. Thank you, drive through.
There is a lack of detail on what Fai actually did for ISI and what he pled guilty to.
It looks to me like he was a lobbyist. An illegal, unregistered lobbyist for a foreign interest, and thus in violation of several laws.
But a spy? What secret information did he obtain?
Scott Locklin: MEK are blood enemies of the Iranian ayatollahs. You know, those guys who lead “Death to America” chants. MEK’s association with Saddam was an alliance of convenience. MEK has other dubious associations, and no one should mistake them for friends of the U.S. – but they aren’t our enemies, AFAICT.
Yes, they are the blood enemies of the Ayatollahs. They were also involved in the take over of the Iranian embassy, and the murder of several Americans. That’s one of many reasons why they are on the State Department’s terrorist list. It’s also highly illegal for any foreigner, let alone a designated terrorist group to bribe American politicians. Or do you think it’s OK for people who are enemies of the Ayatollahs to bribe American politicians? This isn’t hyperbole in the least: they’re bribing American politicians!