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Emails show Clinton's interest in arming Libyan rebels despite prohibitions
FoxNews ^ | 2015 May 28 | Catherine Herridge, Pamela Browne

Posted on 05/28/2015 1:05:09 PM PDT by CutePuppy

Recently released emails detail then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's interest in arming Libyan opposition groups using private security contractors before the fall of Muammar Qaddafi in 2011 – though at the time, the opposition was not formally recognized by the U.S. or United Nations, which prohibited arming without following strict guidelines and oversight.

The issue remains so sensitive that the emails recently released by the State Department redacted a key line on the matter. But the unredacted version of the same email, released to the congressional Benghazi Select Committee and first posted by The New York Times last Thursday, showed Clinton appearing to endorse the idea of using private contractors to her then-deputy chief of staff, Jake Sullivan.

"FYI. The idea of using private security experts to arm the opposition should be considered," Clinton wrote to Sullivan on April 8, 2011, attaching an intelligence report from Hillary's adviser Sidney Blumenthal. The opposition was known as the Transitional National Council, or TNC.

Another email released by the State Department shows that three days earlier, on April 5, 2011, Bill Clinton said he would not rule out arming the Libyan opposition. The story was circulated by Cheryl Mills, Hillary Clinton's principal personal adviser at the State Department, to "H." While it's not clear who "H" is, based on the message traffic it is likely Hillary Clinton or possibly adviser Huma Abedin.

Later that same year, a Sept. 10, 2011 email with a subject line "Rogers" said, "Apparently wants to see you to talk Libya/weapons."

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On the movement of weapons, in an interview broadcast May 11, former acting CIA director Mike Morell said the CIA and U.S. government "played no role. Now whether we were watching other people do it, I can't talk about it."

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Several individuals connected to Benghazi and Hillary Clinton's term at the State Department now work at the D.C. consulting firm Beacon Global Strategies. Among them are Clinton's principal gatekeeper Philippe Reines; Morell, who's listed as a senior counselor; and Andrew Shapiro, who was a Clinton policy adviser at the State Department whose portfolio included ridding Libya of shoulder-launched missiles called MANPADs...

Can we say "Libya-Contra"?

Muammar Qaddafi gave up his nuclear program and promised cooperation against al-Qaeda and other Islamist terrorist organisations (on which he mostly delivered), at the end of 2003, shortly after Saddam Hussein was captured. Thousands of Iraqi workers participated in that program. That alone could have been hailed by Bush administration as a big part of "Mission accomplished" by helping get rid the region of military nuclear development threat.

The elimination of Qaddafi by Obama / Hillary administration using "Arab Spring" as a cover, led to chaos and takeover of Libya by the same Islamic terrorists we used the "strongman" Qaddafi to guard against, while we had our "boots on the ground" stabilizing strategically important areas, Iraq and Afghanistan, surrounding and checkmating Iran on the east and west flanks.

The killer-drone campaign of Obama is purely tactical, and without taking over military and political/civilian control of territory cannot succeed. Unfortunately, he thinks that these strikes are actually a "strategy" - the only strategy it's designed to solve is pretend to do something in the region and kick this poison gas can to next president. Keeping the "No boots on the ground" campaign promise became his sole definition of "success" - for which we'll be paying with blood and treasure for years to come.

1 posted on 05/28/2015 1:05:09 PM PDT by CutePuppy
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To: CutePuppy

Bkmrk.


2 posted on 05/28/2015 1:08:09 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: CutePuppy

She’s been selling America to the highest bidder for decades.

Just imagine what she’ll do as _Resident! *SPIT*


3 posted on 05/28/2015 1:09:33 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: CutePuppy

Confirmation of what we already thought happened.


4 posted on 05/28/2015 1:11:23 PM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: CutePuppy

Operation Arab Spring was run by the Department of State and the CIA.


5 posted on 05/28/2015 1:14:46 PM PDT by Ray76 (Obama says, "Unlike my mum, Ruth has all the documents needed to prove who Mark's father was.")
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To: SuzyQue

It’s fantastic. It was hours after the attak that I read comments here on FR on weapons trade from Libya to Syria via Turkey.

MSM - quiet, quiet, quiet.


6 posted on 05/28/2015 1:18:49 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Obama’s Arab Spring has a common thread...help the Muslim Brotherhood gain power.

‘Libya Accuses US of Trying to Put Muslim Brotherhood in Power’

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/191701#.VWd4i89Viko


7 posted on 05/28/2015 1:20:10 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (‘You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.’)
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To: SuzyQue
(title):" Emails show Clinton's interest in arming Libyan rebels despite prohibitions "
SuzyQue :" Confirmation of what we already thought happened."

And this is after emails were purged by Hitlery
AND .. AFTER being redacted by the State Dept.
and we find this as now being "unclassified" information, since Hitlery claimed that no classified informtion came from this unsecured computer !
This is information that has already been filtered , or information deleted at least on at least two prior occassions.

8 posted on 05/28/2015 1:23:33 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: CutePuppy

I believe that at the center of the Libya mess sits Al Qaida.

Hillary was arming Al Qaida to try to make them “like” us.

In a nut shell, Hillary conspired to aid the enemy. She gave them Libya.

They will now use it as a safe zone to plot and blow up American cities.

What was in it for Hillary? Humas sweet cheeks and some cash.


9 posted on 05/28/2015 1:28:46 PM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: CutePuppy
"How'd you like that testimony? ..told 'em to talk to the CIA."


10 posted on 05/28/2015 1:30:35 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: CutePuppy
Shapiro is also a big supporter of the TPP.

State Department Officials Pass Through Revolving Door, Lobby for Passage of TPP

Andrew Shapiro, former United States assistant secretary of state, who is now managing director of Beacon Global Strategies. The firm markets Shapiro as having “made key contributions to the U.S. pivot to Asia by leading an increase in military sales and transfers to U.S. partners including Taiwan, Japan, and Indonesia.”

11 posted on 05/28/2015 1:35:57 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: CutePuppy
"The issue remains so sensitive that the emails recently released by the State Department redacted a key line on the matter..."

But... But... I thought there were NO sensitive issues discussed using her email server...
12 posted on 05/28/2015 1:36:11 PM PDT by Rebel_Ace (HITLER! There, Zero to Godwin in 5.2 seconds.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; SuzyQue; Ray76
The relationship between the CIA and the real Madam Secretary is much more interesting than the imaginary and sycophantically "flattering" one in the TV series.
13 posted on 05/28/2015 1:39:33 PM PDT by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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To: CutePuppy

“He kept us out of war” - Woodrow Wilson 1916 Campaign
“I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again; your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.” FDR 1940 campaign
“No boots on the ground” Barack Obama 2012 campaign

RATs have a theme - kill as many American youths as possible.


14 posted on 05/28/2015 1:41:50 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: SuzyQue
Confirmation of what we already thought happened.

Can you imagine what must be in the UNscrubbed emails that were flushed from the server? (No, not just recipes.)

15 posted on 05/28/2015 1:57:47 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: CutePuppy
on April 5, 2011, Bill Clinton said he would not rule out arming the Libyan opposition.

And he was acting in what capacity?

16 posted on 05/28/2015 2:26:21 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (Christians are as Christians do. By their fruits...)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
...Clinton's interest in arming Libyan opposition groups using private security contractors before the fall of Muammar Qaddafi in 2011...
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"Which means, obviously,
that she was doing
just as I told her
-- the difference is
I'm untouchable.
oh, and Death to America!"


17 posted on 05/28/2015 2:36:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“She’s been selling America to the highest bidder for decades.

Just imagine what she’ll do as _Resident! *SPIT*”

EXACTLY......


18 posted on 05/28/2015 2:45:54 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: blueyon

“She’s been selling America to the highest bidder for decades.

She’s not the only one either. Too many high level appointed officials, and many with Harvard backgrounds that look at the USA as a door mat and stepping stone instead of their country. I’m becoming more than weary of wasting our nation on the drama in the Middle East. It does not serve us, but it harms us.


19 posted on 05/28/2015 3:03:01 PM PDT by apoliticalone (Free speech and the 1st A is dead when it becomes illegal to criticize illegals or any others.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

You mean the yoga moves?

:)


20 posted on 05/28/2015 3:22:04 PM PDT by SuzyQue
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