Egypt - Moving forward

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Click here for Jackson Diehl's column[Washington Post]

Jackson Diehl bemoans the change in government in Egypt whereby the Military escorted President Morsi to the gate, and booted him down the stairs - with the full approval of millions of Egyptians!  Mr Diehl is terribly upset, as are the Post's senior editors, that the Democratically elected President has been "illegally" removed.

Morsi                    [ahram.org]

Mr Morsi came to power in an election almost as questionable as the US election of 2012, which was fraught with illegal voters, voting machines that converted GOP votes to Democrat, and which awarded 100% of votes cast to Mr Obama in a number of key districts.  In one region of Florida, 140% of the registered voters cast their ballots [several times over] for Mr Obama.



In Egypt, the process was similar, but the Egyptians were not as gullible as Americans and would not accept the Chicago-style election results as we did in the US.  Oddly, for an underdeveloped country, the voting public was more astute than the US voters -- recognizing manipulation and fraud for what it was. 

David Axelrod              [Breitbart.com]

The Egyptian voters were particularly incensed as it appeared that Mr Obama and his Chicago operatives had financed and assisted Mr Morsi's campaign, along with the Muslim Brotherhood, to co-opt the election and win control of the Egyptian government.

Egyptians protest Hillary and US [ThinkProgress.org]

When Hillary Clinton arrived in Cairo on her whirlwind global vacation tour, she was shocked to find her diplomatic motorcade the target of thousands of protesters who threw everything from tomatoes to shoes at her limousine.  She was stunned to see placards condemning the US, and in particular, signs condemning both both her and her hubby Bill.  Most notable was that they even protested about Bill's fling with Monica Lewinski.

Muslim Sisterhood's Huma Abedin  [Diacra.com]

Al Jazeera provided us some insight into the basis for the Egyptians' anti-US outrage which related to both the US interference in their election and the representation of the Muslim Brotherhood and Sisterhood in the US Administration.

Hillary was a specific target since her Deputy Chief of Staff, Huma Abedin, has family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood via her mother, Salhea Abedin, who is part of the "Muslim Sisterhood" which consists of wives and daughters of the senior Muslim Brotherhood leadership.

Egyptians took note also of these Obama appointees who are allegedly tied to the Muslim Brotherhood:
Arif Alikhan: Senior DHS Executive
Mohammed Elibiary: Homeland Sec Advisory Council
Rashad Hussain: US Envoy to Islamic Council
Salam al-Maryati: Dir, Islamic Public Affairs Council
Mohamed Magid:  Imam; advisor


Oddly enough, not an iota of this incident appeared on any US network news broadcasts, nor did it appear in any US newspapers.  The Associated Press omitted mention, and all news media ignored widespread foreign reporting of the event.

It was almost as if it had never occurred. 

We are grateful to Al Jazeera for providing both tweets and live coverage, and we are now on a daily feed from Al Jazeera and a number of other foreign news sources -- since there is no news of merit within the US of foreign events, and what news there is is so skewed as to be laughable.

But, we digress.

What lies ahead for Egypt?
According to the Washington Post [aka:  the Obama Press Service], the Muslim Brotherhood has been targeted by the Egyptian Military; meanwhile, the Muslim Brotherhood is "gaining strength" in resisting the Military.

Muslim Brotherhood     [Daily Mail]

Hmm.
We commented quite a while back about the organization and strength of the Muslim Brotherhood, particularly as it was attempting to gain control of politics in Muslim nations in the Middle East and throughout the world.  Interestingly, it has gained considerable influence in the United States, and a number of Muslim Brotherhood members were appointed to key positions in the US Government.




The Washington Post bemoans the loss of a Democratically elected President and is demanding the US cut off foreign aid to Egypt until "Democracy is restored" -- by damn! 
Put that dictator back in office so he can abuse the office some more!

Why, you'd think they were talking about our own beloved Leader from Behind who has pretty much shredded our Constitution and bankrupted the country while forming  a police state.  Our Military seems to be too cowed to even voice a complaint.

Our prognosis is that the Egyptian Military won't be as weak as the US military and will take the measures necessary to prevent the Muslim Brotherhood for securing a firm foothold in Egypt.  Reports indicate they are seeking out the Muslim Brotherhood leadership and arresting them.

Military:  Egypt First!  Politicians Second      [The Guardian]

Egypt won't return to a pure democracy for a while, although the Military will ensure that Morsi's henchmen are removed before Egypt is destroyed from within.  They will not allow Egypt to become a clone of Iran which has become a police state and has been driven into bankruptcy by religious zealots. 



The Egyptian Military is not interested in managing the country, and will turn it over to responsible civilians to manage.  They'll remain in the background, however, to ensure that the Muslim Brotherhood doesn't try another take-over -- much to the chagrin of our fearless Leader from Behind, and the Washington Post publisher.

Snowden - Evildoer or Champion!

Evildoer or Champion of Freedom -- or Charlatan                  [The Guardian]

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This Blog Post was published in 2013, early in 0bama's second term. 

We are republishing it since Snowden's name is back in the news and 

arm-chair patriots are calling for his trial, imprisonment, and even his

execution for his perceived Treason.

We challenge that in that we, as a long-term Intelligence Community 

operator/manager understand what he did, and why he did it, and commend

Mr Snowden for exposing illegal and criminal actions by NSA senior officers, 

whose operations targeting American citizens, and later, President Trump, were

exposed, leading to a major reformation of the Intelligence Community -

a work in progress.

Click here for related story.  [Huffington Post]

It appears the Washington Post's Editorial Board and its Newsroom are duking it out!
The Editors are condemning Snowden as a Traitor, an Evildoer, the son of Satan!
The Newsroom is covering Snowden as Champion of Freedom; a clone of Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers.

The Post [with the New York Times] was first in line to publish the Top Secret Pentagon Papers in 1971 because:
"The Public Has the Right to Know" -- about the Vietnam War and Intelligence and, all that stuff.

In the end, it seemed all the Media were in agreement that publishing Daniel Ellsberg's Pentagon Papers served a positive purpose -- not that it got us out of Vietnam any faster [far too much money to be made by Lady Bird Johnson's shipping company]; but, it did give Congress and the literate portion of the US public an insight into what the war was all about
[after nearly 50 years,we're still not sure, but it made great press at the time].

Today's Post Editorial section is chock full of anti-Snowden commentary, and, they challenge Snowden's departure from the US to avoid prosecution. 
Why, How Dare He!
He should have taken his case to Congress, and they would have taken care of him, right? 

Have you tried to contact a Congressperson lately? 

Have you tried to enter the Capitol Building lately?

Good luck with that idea!

The difference between leakers Ellsberg and Snowden is that Snowden did not have a Republican in office concerned about negative press coverage.  Instead, the had the Uber-Leaker himself, Barack Obama, whose office leaked more Top Secret information on Methods and Sources than all other Presidents combined.

Evildoer Manning
[US Army photo]

But, Snowden likely also watched PFC Manning's legal process, where he was stripped naked and kept in solitary confinement for months on end -- with little interest from Congress or the Media.  He is now on trial for a string of charges that would make former terrorist Bill Ayers [and former Obama business partner] shake in his boots. 

[Interestingly, not one of the NCOs or Officers in Manning's Chain of Command was court-martialed, or even reprimanded for failing to monitor a young PFC, or wonder why this kid was granted a Top Secret clearance with unlimited access!]


After all, Snowden had committed his leaks in the Obama Administration!
How dare he! 
Only Obama has been allowed to openly leak highly sensitive Top Secret intelligence without penalty -- or even slight criticism, or even comment by the Media.

So, Mr Snowden likely concluded he would receive the same, if not harsher treatment that PFC Manning had suffered. 

 

Or, following the incident in Florida in which Boston Bomber friend [Ibragim Todashev] was being interviewed, and suddenly, gunfire broke out, and the police and FBI agents surrounding the individual "feared for their lives" from this unarmed individual, and riddled his body with bullets.

You really have to be careful around groups of heavily-armed law enforcement guys; when they "fear for their lives", the shooting may not stop for half an hour, and heaven only knows where they'll be shooting -- after they kill you.

So now, Mr Snowden is in exile in the Moscow airport, waiting for some country to offer him safe harbor.

He figured he'd be on safe ground traversing Moscow to Ecuador, Venezuela, or even Cuba.  

But, he hadn't counted on Messrs Obama and Putin being best buds. 

You didn't know?

Seems they cut a deal a while back to send Russian troops to the US to serve as FEMA/DHS enforcers.  So now, when Mr Obama announces his next Executive Order declaring a National Emergency, don't be surprised when that uniformed DHS soldier speaks to you with a Russian accent.

Oops! 
Did we go to war with Russia and didn't realize it, and now they're in charge.  

Well, with the Sequester and all, who can afford bullets.  Besides, DHS bought them all last year, and a war fought without conflict is far less messy.  

Welcome Comrade Obama.

But, to clarify, lest we be accused of sympathizing with Snowden or Manning, or even Ellsbert.
We are very much against the leaking of actual classified information, and believe that better security measures should have been in place to protect these documents.

Now, go watch Red Dawn [the original version] again and get ready for a very challenging future..

IRS Gives Illegals $100 Million

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Click here for related story [CNSNews]

Here's a follow-on story to the recent IRS scandals.
And, it came out in spite of harassment of two whistle-blowers.

Turns out, the IRS was so intent on investigating Tea Party organizations it missed a massive scam in which refunds were issued to tens of thousands of illegals listed at single addresses in different parts of the country. 

Free Welfare, Health Care, and $100 Million in Tax Refunds

The IRS also issued ITINs [Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers] to tens of thousands of illegals [in lieu of Social Security Numbers] in spite of an IRS internal audit that highlighted abuse and questionable applications.




Worse, the audit stated that the IRS work environment was such that it
"... discourages (IRS) employees from detecting fraudulent applications."

Here's a breakout of a few of the scams in which tens of thousands refunds were issued to single addresses:

1) Atlanta: [$52,467,407 to four (4) addresses]
    a) 23,994 tax refunds totaling $46,378,040 to "unauthorized" alien workers at one address
    b) 11,284 tax refunds totaling $  2,164,976 to "unauthorized" alien workers at a second address
    c)   3,608 tax refunds totaling $  2,691,448 to "unauthorized" alien workers at a third address
    d)   2,386 tax refunds totaling $  1,232,943 to "unauthorized" alien workers at a fourth address
  
2) Oxnard, California:  ................2,507 tax refunds totaling $10,395,874 to illegals at one address

3) Raleigh, NC:  ..........................2,408 tax refunds totaling $7,284,212 to illegals at one address

4) Phoenix, AZ:  ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,047 tax refunds totaling $5,558,608 to illegals at one address

5) Palm Beach Gardens, FL:  .........1,972 tax refunds totaling $2,256,302 to illegals at one address

6) San Jose, CA:  .........................1,942 tax refunds totaling $5,091,027 to illegals at one address

7) Arvin, CA: ...............................1,846 tax refunds totaling $3,298,877

So, for these ten (10) locations alone, the IRS dispensed a total of $86,352,307 to illegals in the US.

The scam was originally authorized under the Clinton Administration in spite of a warning from the Inspector General at the Department of the Treasury:

"The IRS issues ITINs to undocumented aliens to 'improve non-resident alien compliance with tax laws. [However] This IRS practice seems counter-productive the INS [Immigration and Naturalization Service (now ICE)] mission to identify undocumented aliens and prevent unlawful entry."

In August 2012, the Treasury IG Audit [TIGTA] noted
"...IRS management has not established adequate internal controls to detect and prevent the assignment of an ITIN to individuals submitting questionable applications.  Even more troubling, TIGTA found an environment which discourages employees from detecting fraudulent applications."

Oddly, only 154 addresses were used to obtain more than 1,000 ITIN applications to the IRS. 
How long would it take to have IRS send investigators to these addresses to determine why thousands of refunds were going to a single address.  Perhaps the IRS could use some of the hundreds of agents hired to enforce ObamaCare.

So, aside from the fact that the IRS apparently has no internal controls to monitor illegals or bogus applications for refunds -- to the tune of nearly $100 Million [that we know of], we have to wonder what's going on here.

I'll arrest those whistle-blowers!                  [Fox News]

On the surface, we are to believe that roughly 50,000 illegals got together to create a scam to defraud the US Government of $100 million. 

Pretty sharp, these illegals, most of whom operate with a grade school education.



This operation seems to sophisticated for a small group of illegals.  So, let's take a look at who could have pulled this off.

1)  IRS supervisors, recognizing weaknesses in the system, could have set up these scams, and, being in senior positions, could [and apparently did] squash any reports by employees alerting the system of this scam.  [A strong maybe, but, there are an awful lot of dedicated, honest IRS employees.]

2)  Contractors who identified systemic weakness, created the scams, and would likely have been in positions to misdirect or quash reports by alert IRS employees. [Most likely]

3)  DNC Party hacks [appointees], with the skill sets obtained in developing programs designed to scam the government in Chicago.  [A possible]

4)  A combination of 1 - 3: Most probable.

Fired? [Actually, he retired!]      [NPR]

Was Steven Miller involved in this scam? 

Let's call him back for more testimony before Congressional committees; don't let this conniving bureaucrat loose until he's answered ALL the questions.

And, let's track the recipients of these "tax refunds."