Thursday, December 8, 2011

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Summary of Briefing: White House Review Threatens Counter-Terrorism Operations

Summary of Dr. Sebastian Gorka's Briefing

[Click here to listen to a recording of the briefing]
  • Issue: The White House-instituted review of federal law enforcement and military counter-terrorism training is directly impacting the capacity of federal agencies, such as the Department of Justice, to protect the United States from real and imminent threats to our security.
    • Members of the FBI have voiced that this kind of action will directly affect the United States's capacity to protect its citizens on U.S. soil.
      • The concept that we are not allowed to talk about Islam, Islamic doctrine, or the concepts of holy war when trying to understand organizations like al-Qaeda will make it needlessly difficult for counter-terrorism agents to adequately penetrate and understand Salafi jihadism and its implications for U.S. national security.
  • Background: Since September 11th, we have witnessed a lawfare campaign aimed at making the tactical approach to securing America against another terrorist attack less specific and more blurred.
    • Move from using the language "the war on terror" and "the war against al-Qaeda" to discussing the need to fight  "violent extremism," a generic concept suggesting that the issue is not about Islamic fundamentalism, Salafi terrorism, individuals like bin Laden, but rather a nebulous response to any type of violent extremism.
  • Now: Approximately 6 months ago, the White House began an across-the-board review of all counter-terrorism trainers and training in the United States (anyone involved with the Departments of Defense or Department of Justice). Documents have come out of the  Department of Defense and the Department of Justice to the effect that:
    • There is a problem with the training;
    • It is potentially "Islamophobic"; and
    • We need a review of the credentialing of all trainers and training - how are these people chosen, and what qualifications must they meet?
  • Problems:
    • The review is anonymous.
    • There is already a blacklist of individuals who will not be permitted to train again on subject on which they have been training. Even seasoned members of FBI's training division have been put on this list.
  • Congresswoman Sue Myrick (R - NC, 9th District) wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta & U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder highlighting 3 issues (signed by 9 members of Congress):
    1.        The White House has not demonstrated any problem with current training.
    • No proof has been given except one article from Wired.com with photographs that supposedly demonstrate "Islamophobia."
    2.        The identity of those doing the review has been kept secret, even within organizations like the Department of Justice.
    • Also, the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point is involved with this review, which is disturbing because CTC at West Point has a multimillion-dollar contract to provide training for the Department of Justice. This is equivalent to an entity with a clear conflict of interest inside the machine being asked to review its competitors.
    3.        No appeal process exists for those who discover they are on the "blacklist" (and no longer permitted to train).
Additional Takeaways
  • We are witnessing a harmful and destructive policy evolution.
  • If the counter-terrorism community is prevented from speaking about and defining real and violent threats to this country, how can we counter and defeat such threats?
  • This is lawfare - targeting the open dissemination of ideas with quasi-legal claims of civil rights abuses via charges of "Islamophobia" - and is akin to censorship.
  • The media must be pressured to raise awareness about politically-driven censorship from within the administration on counter-terrorism training across the national security establishment.
    • A review of the situation indicates, according to Dr. Gorka, that this phenomenon is due to individuals inside the machine who are directly using a lawfare approach to undermine our ability to understand and defeat militant Islam.
  • On December 12-14, 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be meeting with the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss religious tolerance. The OIC is the largest proponent of lawfare in the international arena, its goals are to criminalize the defamation of religion and blasphemy of Islam.
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4 comments:

  1. There is so much that is hidden from the general public. The MSM won't cover this. Thankfully we have the internet. There is always somebody that knows something. We just don't know enough.

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  2. Yes, my friend from Haifa sent this to me. She lives in L.A. now, but I get the best info from her on all the stuff they never tell us. You gals too bring me a lot, and Phooey knows an amazing amount of stuff.

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  3. That picture of him says it all.

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  4. I'm so depressed! Not to mentioned scared.

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