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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Mideast Expert: Obama Switched Sides In War On Terror

President Obama appears to bow to Saudi King Abdullah,
on April 1, 2009, in London. / WND
By Garth Kant, Aug. 29, 2014, Wnd.com

WASHINGTON – It’s an explosive charge, one that puts the president’s motives into question.

A former CIA agent bluntly told WND, America has switched sides in the war on terror under President Obama.

Clare Lopez was willing to say what a few members of Congress have confided to WND in private, but declined to say on-the-record.

She said the global war on terror had been an effort to “stay free of Shariah,” or repressive Islamic law, until the Obama administration began siding with such jihadist groups as the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliates.

Why the switch?

Lopez explained, when the so-called Arab Spring appeared in late 2010, “It was time to bring down the secular Muslim rulers who did not enforce Islamic law. And America helped.”

And why would Obama want to do that?

As she told WND earlier this month, Lopez believed the Muslim Brotherhood has thoroughly infiltrated the Obama administration and other branches of the federal government.

She also came to the conclusion Obama had essentially the same goals in the Mideast as the late Osama bin Laden: “to remove American power and influence, including military forces, from Islamic lands.”

Why would Obama order the killing of bin Laden?

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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Carey's car after she was shot to death 

near the Capitol on Oct. 3, 2013
via www.wnd.com
By Garth Kant, Jun. 1, 2014, Wnd.com

WASHINGTON — As a former New York Police Department officer, Eric Sanders knows exactly how investigations work.

That’s why the attorney for the family of Miriam Carey is so puzzled.

On June 3, it will be eight months since the 34-year-old mother from Stamford, Connecticut, apparently made a wrong turn into a White House checkpoint, tried to make a U-turn, then was chased, shot in the back and killed by uniformed Secret Service officers and U.S. Capitol Police in the shadow of the Capitol.

But, after all this time, the official investigation still has not been released.

In fact, since the initial news conference on Oct. 3, no one in authority has even attempted to explain why Carey was killed or what happened that day to cause the Capitol to go into lockdown.

“It’s just bizarre. What’s so complex about this incident? It’s a police shooting. You know who the parties are. You know who discharged their weapons. I mean, c’mon, it’s not complex. We should have known within in a week or two. I don’t understand what’s taking so long,” Sanders told WND.

No one has given a reason for the immense delay, not the Capitol Police, not the Secret Service, not the D.C. Metropolitan Police and not Attorney General Eric Holder. The 87 members of Congress WND contacted do not appear interested in launching an inquiry.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, which is reviewing the investigation concluded months ago by the D.C. Metro Police, told WND, “The matter remains under review, and we have no further comment at this time.”

It is the same response WND has regularly received from that office since it began reviewing the report, months ago.

Are authorities just hoping people will forget about the story and it will go away from lack of publicity?

Sanders vowed it won’t go away “until there is some kind of resolution. You just can’t leave it open.”

The attorney confirmed authorities are not actually obligated to release the report, although he did say it is standard practice.

“They do have to have a finding, after all, this is very political. It doesn’t make any sense not to have a finding that’s public.”

He expressed disappointment his clients still had not heard from Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice, noting, “We made an inquiry. We should get something.”

Sanders confirmed he is convinced authorities are not releasing the report because it will show the officers acted inappropriately.

The attorney said, in this case, the precedent of Tennessee vs. Garner will not apply. In that 1985 case, the Supreme Court ruled, under the Fourth Amendment, law-enforcement officers may use deadly force to prevent the escape of a fleeing suspect, if officers believe there is probable cause to believe the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others.

“They can quote the Supreme Court precedents all they want, but those precedents don’t absolve police in all cases. It’s just a standard,” explained Sanders.

Earlier in May, a new clue to understanding the puzzling death of Carey appeared.

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