Larry C. Johnson — Hillary Knew the Saudis Were Funding ISIS

I have written for quite some time that Saudi Arabia and Qatar are funding ISIS. Glad to see that John Podesta informed Hillary of this fact back in 2014. Here’s a portion of that email:

While this military/para-military operation is moving forward, we need to use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence assets to bring pressure on the governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are providing clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIL and other radical Sunni groups in the region. This effort will be enhanced by the stepped up commitment in the KRG. The Qataris and Saudis will be put in a position of balancing policy between their ongoing competition to dominate the Sunni world and the consequences of serious U.S. pressure. By the same token, the threat of similar, realistic U.S. operations will serve to assist moderate forces in Libya, Lebanon, and even Jordan, where insurgents are increasingly fascinated by the ISIL success in Iraq.

If you read the entire email you will discern that there is a recommendation to “put pressure” on Saudi Arabia and Qatar using diplomatic and intelligence channels. But nothing concrete is proposed. The solution to Saudi Arabia and Qatar is very simple–work with Russia and China and pass a UN Security Council resolution that imposes sanctions on any country that provides any kind of support to ISIS. Very simple.

Why does Hillary not want to do that? Also very simple. The Saudis and the Qataris have pumped millions of dollars into the Clinton Foundation. This is the ultimate pay for play.…

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Hillary Knew the Saudis Were Funding ISIS

Larry C. Johnson, counterterrorism expert formerly with the CIA and US State Department

CNN — ISIS fighter was trained by State Department

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ISIS fighter was trained by State Department
Dugald McConnell and Brian Todd

Xinhuanet — Commentary: Obama's criticism of upcoming Chinese counterterrorism law groundless

China smacks US down for hypocrisy over internal security over US global total information awareness and the national surveillance state.

And with transparent procedures, China's anti-terrorism campaign will be different from what the United States has done: letting the surveillance authorities run amok and turn counterterrorism into paranoid espionage and peeping on its civilians and allies.

Pretty harsh article.

Xinhuanet
Commentary: Obama's criticism of upcoming Chinese counterterrorism law groundless

Jonathan Turley — Perpetual War And America’s Military-Industrial Complex 50 Years After Eisenhower’s Farewell Address

Below is my article this weekend in Al Jazaerra on the powerful lobby and industry supporting our various conflicts abroad as well as counterterrorism efforts. I previously testified before Congress on this industry and the government’s inflation of counterterrorism numbers to justify huge domestic budgets at the Justice Department FBI, and other agencies. I wrote the article for the anniversary this month of Eisenhower’s famous Military-Industrial Complex speech.

Jonathan Turley
Perpetual War And America’s Military-Industrial Complex 50 Years After Eisenhower’s Farewell Address
Jonathan Turley | Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University

One thing that Turley does not mention is that the shift to counterterrorism has shifted the priority of  domestic security away from crime to counterterrorism. Moreover, it has publicly admitted this, altering criminals that the barn door is now open for them.