Is America at war, or not?

 

 

 

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The following article speaks volumes and should be read by everyone interested in what the Obama administration sees as some sort of justice for the murderers and maggot muslims killing American citizens and soldiers and then wanting to be treated as U.S. Citizens.  I believe Obama and his “genius” Attorney General have bigger fish to fry than worrying about the maggots down in Gitmo.  They are good where they are and hopefully will die there from “Swine” flu.  The irony would be palpable, but I digress.  Listen, it is simple, “Let it go, let them rot, they are the trash we just forgot” and by the way, who cares?

 

Gods Speed,

Emiel Fisher, PI, PPS

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Are we at war – or not?

For if we are at war, why is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed headed for trial in federal court in the Southern District of New York? Why is he entitled to a presumption of innocence and all of the constitutional protections of a U.S. citizen?

Is it possible we have done an injustice to this man by keeping him locked up all these years without trial? For that is what this trial implies – that he may not be guilty.

And if we must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that KSM was complicit in mass murder, by what right do we send Predators and Special Forces to kill his al-Qaida comrades wherever we find them? For none of them has been granted a fair trial.

When the Justice Department sets up a task force to wage war on a crime organization like the Mafia or MS-13, no U.S. official has a right to shoot Mafia or gang members on sight. No one has a right to bomb their homes. No one has a right to regard the possible death of their wives and children in an attack as acceptable collateral damage.

A jaw-dropping expose on the six-month undercover operation that revealed the true terror-supporting nature of CAIR: “Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That’s Conspiring to Islamize America.” It’s also available in electronic form at reduced price through Scribd.

Yet that is what we do to al-Qaida, to which KSM belongs.

We conduct those strikes in good conscience because we believe we are at war. But if we are at war, what is KSM doing in a U.S. court?

Minoru Genda, who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, a naval base on U.S. soil, when America was at peace, and killed nearly as many Americans as the Sept. 11 hijackers, was not brought here for trial. He was an enemy combatant under the Geneva Conventions and treated as such.

When Maj. Andre, the British spy and collaborator of Benedict Arnold, was captured, he got a military tribunal, after which he was hanged. When Gen. Andrew Jackson captured two British subjects in Spanish Florida aiding renegade Indians, Jackson had both tried and hanged on the spot.

Enemy soldiers who commit atrocities are not sent to the United States for trial. Under the Geneva Conventions, soldiers who commit atrocities are shot when caught.

When and where did Khalid Sheikh Mohammed acquire his right to a trial by a jury of his peers in a U.S. court?

When John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln, alleged collaborators like Mary Surratt were tried before a military tribunal and hanged at Fort McNair. When eight German saboteurs were caught in 1942 after being put ashore by U-boat, they were tried in secret before a military commission and executed, with the approval of the Supreme Court. What makes KSM special?

Is the Obama administration aware of what it is risking by not turning KSM over to a military tribunal in Guantanamo?

How does Justice handle a defense demand for a change of venue, far from lower Manhattan, where the jury pool was most deeply traumatized by Sept. 11? Would not KSM and his co-defendants, if a change of venue is denied, have a powerful argument for overturning any conviction on appeal?

Were not KSM’s Miranda rights impinged when he was not only not told he could have a lawyer on capture, but told that his family would be killed and he would be waterboarded if he refused to talk?

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And if all the evidence against the five defendants comes from other than their own testimony under duress, do not their lawyers have a right to know when, where, how and from whom Justice got the evidence to prosecute them? Does KSM have the right to confront all witnesses against him, even if they are al-Qaida turncoats or U.S. spies still transmitting information to U.S. intelligence?

There have been reports that in the trials of those convicted in the first World Trade Center bombing, sources and methods were compromised, weakening our security for the second attack on Sept. 11.

If the trial is held in lower Manhattan, how much security will be needed to protect against a car bomber who wants the world to see a mighty blow struck against the Great Satan? And if, as some suggest, the trial should be held on Governors Island, would that not make the United States look like a nation under siege?

What do we do if the case against KSM is thrown out because the government refuses to reveal sources or methods, or if he gets a hung jury, or is acquitted, or has his conviction overturned?

In America, trials often become games, where the prosecution, though it has truth on its side, loses because it inadvertently breaks one of the rules.

The Obamaites had best pray that does not happen, for they may be betting his presidency on the outcome of the game about to begin.

Officials: U.S. Army Told of Hasan’s Contacts with al Qaeda

BILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT / FAMILIES OF THE FT. HOOD MASSACRE

The families of the soldiers killed and maimed by the Terrorist known as NIDAL MALIK HASAN would, if possible, have a BILLION DOLLAR lawsuit against the U.S. Government and the U.S. Army.  Their COMPLICITY and NEGLIGENCE in this matter goes beyond any word in the Webster’s Dictionary or Black’s Law Dictionary.  The only thing worse would have been for the U.S Army to hand him the guns he used,… oh yeah, they did supply him the guns he used.  I would like to say that this tragedy for the families, and farce for the U.S Army would be an isolated and rare occurrence, but with the policies the U.S. Army has for cover-up and protecting the Muslims in the name of POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, I would be deluding myself and betraying my readers.  It is sad, pathetically sad, that those in Washington and the Clowns leading our U.S. Army, have taken the most powerful military force in the World and made it no more than babysitters and Politically Correct wannabes.  I want to see if they (The Clowns) try this maggot as a traitor and execute him for crimes against the United States and Treason during War. 

We can only hope,

Gods Speed,

Emiel Fisher, PI, PPS

 

Army Major in Fort Hood Massacre Used ‘Electronic Means’ to Connect with Terrorists

By RICHARD ESPOSITO, MATTHEW COLE and BRIAN ROSS
Nov. 9, 2009

 
U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to make contact with an individual associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said that he requested the CIA and other intelligence agencies brief the committee on what was known, if anything, about Hasan by the U.S. intelligence community, only to be refused.

In response, Hoekstra issued a document preservation request to four intelligence agencies. The letter, dated November 7th, was sent to directors Dennis Blair (DNI), Robert Mueller (FBI), Lt. Gen Keith Alexander (NSA) and Leon Panetta (CIA).

Hoekstra said he is “absolutely furious” that the house intel committee has been refused an intelligence briefing by the DNI or CIA on Hasan’s attempt to reach out to al Qaeda, as first reported by ABC News.

“This is a law enforcement investigation, in which other agencies—not the CIA—have the lead,” CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said in a response to ABC News. ” Any suggestion that the CIA refused to brief Congress is incorrect.”

Investigators want to know if Hasan maintained contact with a radical mosque leader from Virginia, Anwar al Awlaki, who now lives in Yemen and runs a web site that promotes jihad around the world against the U.S.

In a blog posting early Monday titled “Nidal Hassan Did the Right Thing,” Awlaki calls Hasan a “hero” and a “man of conscience who could not bear living the contradiction of being a Muslim and serving in an army that is fighting against his own people.”

According to his site, Awlaki served as an imam in Denver, San Diego and Falls Church, Virginia.

The Associated Press reported Sunday that Major Hasan attended the Falls Church mosque when Awlaki was there.

The Telegraph of London reported that Awlaki had made contact with two of the 9/11 hijackers when he was in San Diego.

He denied any knowledge of the hijacking plot and was never charged with any crime. After an intensive investigation by the FBI , Awlaki moved to Yemen.

People who knew or worked with Hasan say he seemed to have gradually become more radical in his disapproval of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

On Sunday, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) called for an investigation into whether the Army missed signs as to whether Hasan was an Islamic extremist.

“If Hasan was showing signs, saying to people that he had become an Islamist extremist, the U.S. Army has to have a zero tolerance,” Lieberman told Fox News Sunday.

The suspected gunman in the shooting at Fort Hood, Tex., was identified by ABC News as Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan, a psychiatrist trained by the military.

Army Chief of Staff

A fellow Army doctor who studied with Hasan, Val Finell, told ABC News, “He would frequently say he was a Muslim first and an American second. And that came out in just about everything he did at the University.”

Finell said he and other Army doctors complained to superiors about Hasan’s statements.

“And we questioned how somebody could take an oath of office…be an officer in the military and swear allegiance to the constitution and to defend America against all enemies, foreign and domestic and have that type of conflict,” Finell told ABC News.

The Army Chief of Staff, General George Casey, raised concerns over the weekend that innocent Muslim soldiers could suffer as a result of the shooting at Fort Hood.

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“I think the speculation (on Hasan’s Islamic roots) could potentially heighten backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Homeland chief warns against anti-Muslim backlash

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Homeland Security secretary says she is working to prevent a possible wave of anti-Muslim sentiment after the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas.

Janet Napolitano says her agency is working with groups across the United States to try to deflect any backlash against American Muslims following Thursday’s rampage by Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a Muslim who reportedly expressed growing dismay over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The shootings left 13 people dead and 29 wounded.

Napolitano was in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for talks with security officials and a meeting with women university students in Abu Dhabi.

 My thoughts:

Napolitano needs to decide if she wants to walk the fence or be an American who fights for Americans and not Muslim religious fanatics.

 

 

 

 

Army Chief Concerned for Muslim Troops

You can read the full article below, but here’s my take up front:

GEORGE CASEY THE GUTLESS

I believe the below stated article speaks for itself.  The U.S. Army (U.S. Government) is more interested in not hurting the feelings of Muslims than in protecting the soldiers tasked with protecting this country.  George Casey, I won’t call him General, he doesn’t deserve it, is so bent on not offending those whose have sworn to bring down this country that his allegiance to the White House and the lie, borders on Treason.

I think someone should remind him that we are at War with Muslims.  I hear from the Washington Spin Doctors that Islam is a peaceful religion, tell that to the hundreds of thousands who have died across the planet at the hands of Muslims parading as peaceful, but wearing a explosive vest and targeting women and children and anyone else they can kill easily. 

Hasan was a terrorist at the time he killed the soldiers at Ft. Hood. He did not want to go to Iraq or any of the other God forsaken, fifth world countries that the U.S. feels deserves our protection.  He said so in his writings and his speeches to anyone who would listen. A true Muslim is not going to take up arms against another believer.  He had to make a decision and he chose. 

The U.S. Army chose not to listen to him, his commander is negligent, and every other officer above him who chose not to listen or chose to believe in the Army’s diversity for Muslims program.  I doubt in the Hatfield and McCoy feud years ago that the Hatfield’s recruited their relatives from the McCoy’s. The Army is recruiting the enemy to fight for it and it is never going to work.  The outcome is what occurred in Texas. 

It is a disgrace to the soldiers and others who died for the Army to paint this as anything other than what it was and that is a MUSLIM TERRORIST ACT! The Army claims it was PTSD, this is a lie and demeans the soldiers and and all U.S. citizens as it “paints” us all as stupid and incapable of seeing this horrendous act for what it was. 

I say to the U.S. Army and the U.S. Government “STOP!” you only degrade yourself and the American people and disgrace the name and spirit of the greatest soldiers the world has to offer.

By JOSEPH BERGER

Published: November 8, 2009

General George Casey Jr., the Army chief of staff, said on Sunday that he was concerned that speculation about the religious beliefs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of killing 12 fellow soldiers and one civilian and wounding dozens of others in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, could “cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers.”

“I’ve asked our Army leaders to be on the lookout for that,” General Casey said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union. “It would be a shame — as great a tragedy as this was — it would be a shame if our diversity became a casualty as well.”

General Casey, who was appeared on three Sunday news programs, used almost the same language during an interview on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos,” an indication of the Army’s effort to ward off bias against the more than 3,000 Muslims in its ranks.

“A diverse Army gives us strength,” General Casey, who visited Fort Hood Friday, said on “This Week.”

At a news conference in Fort Hood, near Killeen, Tex., the Army announced that 16 of the wounded remained hospitalized, with seven in intensive care. Major Hasan, who was shot by a base police officer, was listed in stable but critical condition.

The major, a 39-year-old psychiatrist, is the American-born son of Palestinian immigrants. He vocally opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and seems to have moved toward more extreme religious beliefs in recent years, according to the investigators. Investigators have tentatively concluded that he acted alone and was not part of a terrorist plot.

Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” labeled the shooting spree “the most destructive terrorist act to be committed on American soil since 9/11” and said that as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee he intended to investigate Major Hasan’s suspected motives and whether the Army “missed warning signs that should have led them to essentially discharge him.”

“If Hasan was showing signs, saying to people that he had become an Islamist extremist, the U.S. Army has to have zero tolerance,” Senator Lieberman said. “He should have been gone.”

Asked whether he thought the Army “dropped the ball” in not responding to warning signs that the major was increasingly radical, General Casey replied that he was encouraging soldiers to provide information to criminal investigators. But he added that the Army needs to be careful not to jump to conclusions based on early tidbits of information.

“The speculation could heighten the backlash,” he said on “This Week.” “What happened at Fort Hood is a tragedy and I believe it would be a greater tragedy if diversity became a casualty here.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican of South Carolina, and Sen. Jack Reed, a Democrat of Rhode Island, took also pains on Sunday to say that Muslims have served honorably in the military and at risk to their lives.

“At the end of the day this is not about his religion — the fact that this man was a Muslim,” Senator Graham said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

Senator Graham and Ike Shelton, a Missouri Democrat who chairs the House Armed Services Committee, were asked why the Army would have assigned a psychiatrist who had a poor performance record at Walter Reed Hospital and ranted about America’s war on terrorism to Fort Hood. Mr. Skelton said he was briefed by the Army and was told it is investigating such assertions.

“Let’s give them a few days to find out just where the ball was dropped, if that’s the case” he said.

Senator Graham’s echoed his restraint.

“I mean does every soldier who shows discontent with the war and every soldier that has had a bad performance report — what are we going to do with those folks?” Sen. Graham said. “At the end of the day, maybe this is just about him. It’s certainly not about his religion, Islam.”

He added: “To those members of the United States military who are Muslims, thank you for protecting our nation, thank you for standing up against the people who are trying to hijack your religion.”

The San Antonio Express-News has reported that classmates in a graduate military medical program heard Major Hasan justify suicide bombings and make radical and anti-American statements. But investigators have said that Major Hasan might have suffered from emotional problems that were aggravated by the strain of working with veterans of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan and by the knowledge that he might soon be deployed to those theaters as well.

General Casey also sought to answer one of the mysteries lingering from the massacre — why did initial reports say there was more than one gunman. He said that soldiers were seen running and some witnesses assumed they were running from the police.

In his appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” General Casey revealed that investigations for the Army and FBI had conducted 170 interviews so far.

“They’ll look at all this and they’ll help us form a judgment,” he said. “But right now it’s way too soon to be drawing any conclusions about what happened or what his motivations were.”

General Casey acknowledged that fighting two wars at the same time have put strains on the Army and its soldiers. But he said the Army had taken steps to ensure that soldiers are prepared for the mental stress of combat and treated well if they suffer psychologically.

“We’ve also worked very, very hard to enhance what we’re doing to — for the mental fitness of the force,” he said on “Meet the Press. “ He cited a “stigma reduction program” started in 2007 that “resulted in about a 40 percent increase in soldiers willing to come forward saying they have some symptoms of post-traumatic stress.”

He said that last year the suicide rate exceeded the civilian rate for the first time and as a result the Army is spending $5 million to have the National Institute of Health study the problem. More recently, he said, the Army has started a program called Comprehensive Soldier Fitness designed to give soldiers skills “to build the resilience to deal with some of the challenges that they’re facing.”

On the base Sunday morning, mourners were asked to pray for Major Hasan and his family, The Associated Press reported.

“Lord, all those around us search for motive, search for meaning, search for something, someone to blame,” Col. Frank Jackson told about 120 people inside the post’s chapel. “That is so frustrating. Today, we pause to hear from you. So Lord, as we pray together, we focus on things we know.”

NBC12 Hidden Camera Investigation: Hotel Keys

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – The window between Thanksgiving and Christmas is one of the most heavily traveled times of the year…but if your travel plans this year include a stay at a hotel — beware! Tonight – our hidden camera investigation reveals what you need to know before ever leaving the house.

3:47 Video: Hotel key investigation

Mid-afternoon on Wednesday. Our volunteer is checking in to an upscale, Chesterfield hotel. Now walking into the lobby is NBC-12 producer, Matt Boyce, posing as a guest. His job is to figure out our volunteer’s full name, her room number, and later, the ultimate prize, get a key to her room.

Matt engages one of the desk clerks, asking directions, all the while eaves-dropping as our volunteer gets checked in. He now knows her name is Liz Dueweke. He rides up in the elevator with her and quickly figures out she’s in room 626. 

Fast forward about three hours. Matt, this time posing as our volunteer’s boyfriend, tries to trick the clerk into re-programming his key to open Liz’s room:

Matt – “Hi, how you doing?  Can I get this re-programmed; it must have gotten de-magged or something.”

Clerk – “What room?”

Matt – “626.”

Clerk – “You have any ID on you, by chance?”

Matt – “Uh, I don’t. It was my girlfriend that registered the room though, Dueweke, D-U-E-W-E-K-E.”

She asked for Matt’s ID, but didn’t get it. Still, she walks out of frame, and re-programs his card-key anyway:

Clerk – “There you go.”

Matt – “Thanks.”

Local private investigator Emiel Fisher watched the hidden camera video. Emiel is a security expert and in the past, has traveled to hot-spots all over the world working as a personal body guard for NBC News correspondents.

“A criminal is good at what he does, because he is at what he does….and he’s gonna take in everything,” said Emiel.

Let’s go back to when Liz first checked in. The clerk asked for her name and Liz announced it.

“Never announce personal information,” Emiel said.

Emiel also suggests booking the room on-line and hand the clerk a print-out of the confirmation number instead.

“If you print out the confirmation, have your driver’s license ready, the credit card with which you’re gonna pay for it, or which you reserved the room, that is what you hand over to the person, and they’ll have it all right there,” he said.

And when checking in…

“Be wary of the people around you,” said Emiel. 

It’s okay in some instances to be rude.

“Do not be afraid to step in front of somebody or between them, between you and what you’re writing down or what you’re handing to the clerk, or whatever,” Emiel said.

Of course, not all hotels will be so willing to turn over a key to your room to a stranger. We tried the exact same thing at another Richmond area hotel and didn’t get the same result.

Clerk – “I unfortunately can’t give you a key to her room ‘cause your name is not on the reservation.”

Crooks will scan the crowd in a hotel lobby, looking for the easiest mark – make sure that person is not you. 

“The weakest link would be the person who is pulling their stuff out, it’s falling all over the place, they’re flustered obviously, they’re talking to people – they’re making new friends before taking care of business – and that’s a problem,” Emiel said.

Our security expert also suggests that once in your room, use all of the locks – the deal-bolt, and the door chain. Also, if your room has a sliding glass door and there’s no door jam to insert in the tracks – call down to the front desk and ask for one.