Re: Benghazi cover-up beyond a doubt - editorial
In response to "Benghazi cover-up beyond a doubt" (Editorial, May 8): It's already obvious that the 9/11 anniversary Benghazi terrorist attack costing the lives of our ambassador and three security personnel was the result of intentional malfeasance by President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton.
Worse, the deceitful cover-up is tantamount to giving aid and comfort to our Islamic jihadist terrorist enemy to further a re-election campaign and to protect Obama and Clinton at any cost.
Even worse, the ongoing Teflon provided by the ideology-driven liberal media to President Obama and presumptive 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton -- and the demonization of all opposition -- is an unconscionable abdication of public responsibility by the press.
A notible exception is the exceptional objectivity and truth in journalism provided by The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Carlsbad
Wall Street Journal
April 26, 2013
Obama administration endangers our security
President Obama and his Attorney General Holder are making it painfully clear that they have no problem risking our national security by cutting off the FBI questioning of Boston bomber, Dzhokhar Trarnaev with a U.S Attorney, a federal magistrate, and an appointed federal defense attorney advising the terrorist of his Miranda rights -- which he immediately exercised.
Worse, it doesn't seem to matter that Dzhokhar is a radical Islamic jihadist traitor waging war against America -- who along with his deceased brother Tamerian -- planned to bomb Time Square in New York, or that what the Obama administration did, increased threats to our national and domestic security.
In other words, President Obama, AG Eric Holder, his U.S. Attorney, and the federal magistrate blatantly abdicated their sworn duty to defend our public safety against all enemies, foreign and domestic, leaving them with the blood of Boston on their hands. That, along with failures against Islamic Fort Hood and Benghazi terrorism amounts to unconscionable aid and comfort to our enemies -- tantamount to impeachable treason.
San Diego Union-Tribune
April 24, 2013
Terror in America
The carnage in Boston brought on by the radicalized Muslim brothers intensifies the clear and present danger of the long record of inhuman savages who would wipe out all but fundamentalist Muslim human life on the planet, particularly in America. They say we are the great Satan, where in reality, the devil-Satan is their fanatical belief in extreme Jihad.
Our news media's saturation coverage of the terrorist attack and the over-analysis that followed is just what the terrorists want. Fear and chaos, spawning more of the same.
There is no question that we must bring about major changes for the enhancement of our national and domestic security. Particularly on our borders and with our visa, immigration and refugee/asylum seekers. We can no longer stand the near unfettered flow of foreign gangsters, criminals and terrorists to our nation.
Surely, being politically correct simply doesn't work when it breeds predators, parasites and terrorism. As a former law enforcement officer, with 41 years of experience in the criminal justice system, I know that the police are without question, our first line of defense. The Boston bombing is a prime example.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Carlsbad
San Diego Union-Tribune
April 10, 2013
Time for bold GOP action
It's time for Republicans to take bold steps to stem the destructive Democrat tide continuing with the re-election of President Obama. Indeed, it's bad enough that the president got much of what he wanted in tax increases with no spending cuts. Though it further damages the economy, it's a drop in the bucket compared to Obama's grand plan to "fundamentally transform America" by edict, executive order and political bullying.
By transforming his Cabinet starting with the ideological appointments of "yes-men" -- Lew to Treasury, Hagel to Defense, Kerry to State, and Brennan to the C.I.A. (not a cabinet position) -- President Obama will make it painfully clear that he will sacrifice economic recovery, the middle class, foreign policy, and our national security to attain his world view that the United States must lose its status of first in military and economic world power, exceptionalism and freedom.
Worse, President Obama's reckless efforts are enhanced by decades of indoctrination by the national liberal media, Hollywood, unions and the education establishment left, which are largely responsible for his election and re-election, as evidenced by relentless attacks against America's work force, free enterprise, wealth, the fight against terrorism, religion, law enforcement, the criminal justice system, the Constitution and family. Not to mention his intention to reduce our national defenses, and disarm the American people.
Surely, Republicans must take decisive actions to hold the line against government growth and abuse of power, and to retain the House and regain the Senate in 2014 by convincing the electorate that the GOP is the only way out of the pain they feel from this Democrat-caused mess. Indeed, the deceitful, insidious Obama-Democrat agenda must be exposed for what it really is. Socialism by sucking the economy dry, and breaking the spirit of liberty.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Carlsbad
Daily Press
February 20, 2013
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Sheriff's Department did their job
As a former sheriff's sergeant and Grand Jury member with 41 years of experience in the criminal justice system -- who carefully followed the Christopher Dorner case -- I can say that San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon and his department did an outstanding and heroic job of ending Dorner's deadly rampage of vengeance against law enforcement without any further loss of officers' lives.
Indeed, ex-LAPD officer Dorner was waging war against the first line of defense for the American people, which was domestic terrorism tantamount to treason. If there is any other blame to be laid in this evil-laden tragedy, it is likely to be found in the failure of LAPD background screening, psychological testing, and training or lack thereof, behind the hiring and 3-year retention of Dorner until he was fired.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley
Los Angeles Times
February 19, 2013
Don't fault the police
As a former sheriff's sergeant with 41 years of experience in the criminal justice system, and who carefully followed the Christopher Dorner case, I can say that San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon and his department did an outstanding and heroic job of ending Dorner's deadly rampage against law enforcement.
Indeed, Dorner, an ex-Los Angeles Police Department officer, was apparently waging war against the first line of defense for the American people, an act of domestic terrorism that is tantamount to treason. If there is any other blame to be laid in this tragedy, it is likely to be found in the failure of LAPD's psychological testing, and training.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley
(original letter)
Sheriff's Department did their job
As a former sheriff's sergeant and Grand Jury member with 41 years of experience in the criminal justice system -- who carefully followed the Christopher Dorner case -- I can say that San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon and his department did an outstanding and heroic job of ending Dorner's deadly rampage of vengeance against law enforcement without any further loss of officers' lives.
Indeed, ex-LAPD officer Dorner was waging war against the first line of defense for the American people, which was domestic terrorism tantamount to treason. If there is any other blame to be laid in this evil-laden tragedy, it is likely to be found in the failure of LAPD background screening, psychological testing, and training or lack thereof, behind the hiring and 3-year retention of Dorner until he was fired.
Riverside Press Enterprise
February 4, 2013
Ready for Hillary in 2016?
The media anointed Barack Obama twice for president. Now, with the fawning interview of Obama with Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton on CBS's "60 Minutes" -- arranged by the president as an obvious endorsement -- I'm sure we'll see the media anoint Hillary and Bill Clinton president for 2016.
The manner in which the dominant media gushed over Clinton's performance -- and feigned emotion -- in the hearings over the mishandling of the Benghazi, Libya terrorist attacks that killed four Americans was an early indicator ("Defiant Clinton take on lawmakers on Libya attack," Jan. 24).
The media are determined to elect the first woman president following the first black president, even if America pays the price.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley
San Diego Union-Tribune
January 23, 2013
Clinton's State Department is an empty vessel
The recent report from the State Department investigation of the attack on our consulate -- needlessly costing the lives of our ambassador and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya -- confirms that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been commanding an empty bureaucratic vessel of "systemic failures," with impunity, replete with implausible denials and unaccountability.
Indeed, Secretary Clinton's lack-luster tour of duty at State -- aimlessly traveling the world -- serving the Obama administration's lack of leadership and do-nothing philosophy in foreign policy, has allowed the Middle East to explode into the Islamic extremist takeover of Egypt, the unfettered expansion of al-Qaeda, massacres in Syria, the growth of Taliban power in Pakistan, and the advance of Iranian nuclear ambitions.
Needless to say, the Obama/Clinton foreign policy is seriously diminishing our national security, which comes as no surprise, considering President Obama's flagship leading congressional Democrat soldiers and a bureaucratic armada of liberal fools in ideological battle babble -- swelled with reckless over-regulating, borrowing, taxing, spending and debt -- irreparably damaging our economy and our freedoms.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Carlsbad
Riverside Press Enterprise
January 2, 2013
Hillary Clinton failed badly
The recent report from the State Department investigation of the attack on our consulate -- needlessly costing the lives of our ambassador and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya -- confirms that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been commanding an empty bureaucratic vessel of systemic failures with impunity, replete with implausible denials and unaccountability ("Four quit after report on Benghazi." Dec. 20).
Indeed, Secretary Clinton's lack-luster tour of duty at State -- aimlessly traveling the world -- serving the Obama administration's lack of leadership and do-nothing philosophy in foreign policy, has allowed the Middle East to explode into the Islamic extremist takeover of Egypt, the unfettered expansion of al-Qaida, massacres in Syria, the growth of Taliban power in Pakistan, and the advance of Iranian nuclear ambitions.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley
The New York Post
January 1, 2013
Clinton's State Department is an empty vessel
The recent report from the State Department investigation of the attack on our consulate, which needlessly cost the lives of our ambassador and three other Americans in Benghazi, confirms that Clinton has been commanding an empty bureaucratic vessel of "systemic failures," with impunity, replete with denials and unaccountability.
Clinton's lack-luster tour of duty at State -- aimlessly traveling the world -- serving the Obama administration's lack of leadership and do-nothing philosophy in foreign policy, has allowed the Middle East to explode.
There has Islamic extremist takeover of Egypt, an unfettered expansion of al-Qaeda, massacres in Syria, the growth of Taliban power in Pakistan, and the advance of Iranian nuclear ambitions.
Needless to say, the Obama/Clinton foreign policy is seriously diminishing our national security.
Daniel Jeffs
Apple Valley, Calif.
North County Times
December 1, 2012
President Obama's other shoes dropping
Since President Obama's re-election, his other shoes are dropping in multiples: CIA Director General Patraeus resigned on a sex scandal and Afghanistan Commander General Allen being caught-up in it, raising even more questions about the deadly Benghazi terrorist attack.
The stock market continues to fall and large companies are closing shops and announcing layoffs because of the fiscal cliff, and pending tax increases -- including implementation of the health careless laws -- which will damage small business and the middle class, not save us.
Federal tyranny shifts into high gear with President Obama rolling out over 6,000 regulations and more at a steady pace -- while military arms, equipment and nuclear missile defense are being reduced including our national security.
Indeed, President Obama's re-election makes us the un-United States of fools, endorsing social, political and economic suicide.
Daniel Jeffs
Carlsbad
USA TODAY
November 28, 2012
Shifting control keeps Israel in check
Israel and our national security in the Islamist vice - America facing regulatory balloon payments and economic Armageddon
Egypt's President, Mohamed Morsi brokered the cease-fire between Hamas and Israel. This gave Hamas the claim of victory and Morsi the opening to seize power for himself and the Muslim Brotherhood. indeed, he might have more power than Hosni Mubarak. ("Morsi's sweeping powers throw Egypt into turmoil," News, Monday).
Surely, the deadly insidious plans of Russian-assisted Iran and Syria are to squeeze Israel among the rockets/missiles of Gaza's Hamas, Lebanon's Hezbollah and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to deter action by Israel against Iran's nuclear weapons development. Meanwhile, the Obama administration will undoubtedly continue to sit on the sidelines and be "flexible," as the region implodes.
So much for addressing the clear and present danger threats to Israel, to our national security, and to the world. And don't forget Libya terrorist debacle costing four American lives, and reports of Mexican drug cartels smuggling Hezbollah agents into the United States.
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ON THE HOME FRONT, America faces the 2009-2010 President Obama-Democrat-Congress-engineered 2012-2014 malfeasant balloon payments for the unaffordable Health Care Act -- and the Dodd-Frank Financial Services Act's over-regulators -- coupled with Obama edicts EPA anti-carbon, anti-fossil fuel, anti-energy regulations that will undoubtedly engender economic Armageddon.
Certainly, what we have here, is irrefutable evidence of the ongoing -- now stepped-up downhill -- transformation of America from a limited government, free market Constitutional Republic; to the intentional chaos of a superficial society of social aggression, political terrorism, selfish interests and extremes; to unabated government growth, an overwhelming entitlement society, costly dumbed-down education indoctrination -- and class warfare on the road to socialism and the loss of freedom.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley, Calif.
San Diego Union-Tribune
November 24, 2012
Middle East conflict
Iran/Hamas vs. Israel
Israel did a lot for peace by giving up Gaza to the Palestinians as their state -- even to the point of Israel forcibly removing its own citizens from Gaza -- which of course meant nothing to the Iran-backed and armed terrorist Hamas government that came to power.
Iran needs to buy time to develop their nuclear weapons, so they had their puppet Hamas attack Israel with rockets, keeping Israel busy defending itself to the point of an invasion -- lessening the chance of Israel taking out Iran nuclear weapon facilities for a while.
However, it should come as no surprise if Iran's Hezbollah in Lebanon attacks Israel, doubling the defense battle fronts for Israel to keep them busy for even longer. Indeed, it's all so transparently deadly, the vile arrogance of terrorist states.
Sadly, America's bleeding heart liberals and fools in the media, of course, take the side of Palestinian death and suffering without the least consideration that extreme Islamists have no value for life -- only the afterlife -- while Israel values their life as free, sacred and precious.
Alas, the question is, where to President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton really stand on this explosive issue of national defense and world security? We will soon see where America's leadership, or lack thereof, is coming from and where we are going. Thus far, it doesn't look good.
One thing is certain. Iran's fanatic Islamic state is obsessed with scorching Israel's earth and snuffing it out of existence, by any ruthless means necessary. That kind of mindless tragedy will take peace-loving, freedom-seeking Iranians with it. What's the point? Islamic world domination at any cost.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Carlsbad
San Diego Union-Tribune
November 23, 2012
Benghazi intrigue continues
Obama's Benghazigate
President Obama's plausible denial over the Benghazi attack cover-up is simply implausible. Particularly, when former CIA Director, Gen. Patraeus said in a closed congressional hearing that his report indicated it was a terrorist attack, and that al-Qaeda was involved.
However, when the talking points were returned to Patraeus, the terms terrorist and al-Qaeda had been removed. Then, of course, UN Ambassador Rice personally carried the false video message -- which had to have come from the president -- to the media.
The insidious nature of Benghazigate is surely being developed from President Obama covering his manslaughter malfeasance with administration surrogates, Clinton, Rice, Patraeus and his own diversionary statements at the United Nations. Indeed, feigning outrage at Sen. McCain and being offended by Gov. Romney will not relieve him of direct responsibility and dereliction of duty.
Worse, President Obama's grievous inattention to the Iran nuclear threat, the unraveling of the Middle East, the growth of al-Qaeda, and the opportunistic, escalating Gaza-Hamas attacks on Israel portends serious threats to our national security and our economy.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Carlsbad
The New York Post
November 2, 2012
Hurricane's aftermath
President Obama's mantra of never letting a crisis go to waste is on full display, acting as the commander-in-chief during Hurricane Sandy, on the eve of the presidential election.
Helping our people in a disaster is a good thing.
However, it does not excuse his dereliction of duty in the deadly terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya and the loss of four patriots' lives -- or his abdication of responsibility to our economy and national security.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley, Calif.
Los Angeles Times
Opinion L.A.
October 31, 2012
Commander in chief just in time (and what about Benghazi?)
President Obama's mantra of never letting a crisis go to waste is in full swing as he takes control as the commander in chief during Hurricane Sandy on the eve of the presidential election.
Helping our people in a disaster is a good thing. However, it does not excuse his behavior in the deadly terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya and the loss of four patriot lives, or his abdication of responsibility to our economy and national security.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley
The Riverside Press Enterprise
September 25, 2012
Attacks linked to 9/11
So al-Qaeda is putting out the call for all Muslims to expel American embassies from Muslim lands ("Al-Qaida calls for more attacks," Sept. 16).
This has little if anything to do with the anti-Muslim film made by a California Egyptian immigrant, and everything to do with the anniversary of 9/11. Surely, the spread of radical Islam throughout the Middle East is intent on wiping out Israel, Jews, America and Americans everywhere in the world.
And If not prevented from doing so, Iran will use nuclear weapons to start the all out war.
President Barack Obama's action or inaction, and Governor Mitt Romney's intentions are vital to deciding our future and whom to elect.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley
The Washington Examiner
September 20, 2012
Obama's foreign policy should prevent re-election
Al Qaeda's call for expelling Americans from the lands of Islam was not over the anti-Islamic film. Considering the history of al Qaeda's focus on "death to Israel and America" and the deadly events of the last few days, militant Islamists have made it painfully clear that the 9/11 anniversary, plus retribution for drone deaths of their leaders, were behind the premeditated terrorist attacks on our embassies in Libya, Egypt, throughout the Middle East and other countries. All of which is exacerbated by President Obama's ambivalence to threats from Iran against Israel and America.
Surely, it's too late for President Obama to back Israel's "red line" against a nuclear weapons Iran, to increase our military resolve, or to back off his costly liberal policies and executive actions damaging our economy. It's clearly time to crank-up our domestic oil and fuel production immediately -- plus our vast coal energy resources -- to ensure our oil and energy independence, which is absolutely necessary for our national security, our defense and our economic recovery.
President Obama's history of actions and inactions are clear and convincing evidence that he is unfit for a second term. Hopefully, if Mr. Obama is not re-elected, his reaction to a deeply bitter campaign -- as a lame-duck president from November 7th to January 20th -- won't be a spiteful slash and burn departure.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley, Calif.
San Diego Union-Tribune
September 13, 2012
Bungled Libyan embassy security
As usual, President Obama equivocated about the obviously planned 9/11 terror attacks on our embassies in the Middle East. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is still visibly stunned, in a trance, talking very slowly about the embassy attack in Libya and assassination of our ambassador, simply because she dropped the ball on protecting her people.
Indeed, President Obama's reluctance in backing Israel against Iran's nuclear threat is tantamount to President Clinton's failure to follow-up the first World Trade Center attack in 1993, his refusal to take Osama bin Laden when offered up by Sudan, the attacks on the our military housing in Saudi Arabia, the Cole, and our embassies in Africa.
Clinton's only response were the misguided missile attempt to kill bin Laden in Afghanistan and the aspirin factory, all of which lead to the 9/11 attack on America. Clearly, Clinton/Obama style of national security misleadership reduces the security of the United States.
Governor Romney's criticism of President Obama was clearly needed.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley
The New York Post
May 30, 2012
Thanks for being a friend: U.S. abandons terror tipster
The Issue: Whether the U.S. should help Shakil Afridi, jailed by Pakistan for helping find Osama bin Laden
There are those who say Pakistan is spitting in the eye of America with the imprisonment of Afridi.
Obama has using counter-terrorism for political gain with calculated grandstanding. But when he pierces our national security veil of secrecy by releasing bin Laden records -- outing the Pakistani doctor, the double agent in Yemen, and giving Hollywood access to the "Vault" and a Navy SEAL -- who's spitting in the eye of America?
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley, Calif
The Riverside Press Enterprise
May 15, 2012
Obama's ego out of control
Approving the killing of Osama bin Laden notwithstanding, President Obama has leaped over the campaign line by politicizing the first anniversary of that heroic event against terrorism -- conducted by Navy SEAL Team 6 -- by questioning the patriotism of Republican candidate, Mitt Romney in a campaign ad narrated by former president Clinton ("Obama plays up foreign record," May 2).
Indeed, Bill Clinton's repeated failure to get bin Laden -- possibly preventing 9/11 -- when he had the opportunity, should make him the last person to chime in on the credit.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley
The Wall Street Journal
Marcy 19, 2012
Re: U.S. Soldier faces charges as killings shock friends
Soldier not to blame
Considering the circumstances surrounding the decorated Army Sergeant Bales' history of unreasonable, repeated deployments and injuries in Iraq -- coupled with personal problems, then sent from the frying pan into the fire of Afghanistan -- his violent acts are understandable as not being in his right mind.
Particularly, with Afghanistan's long history of radical Islamists and their repressive, uncivilized savagery.
Afghan President Karsai made no apology for his soldiers executing our soldiers. Indeed, it was highly improper for President Obama, Commander-in-Chief, to apologize and all but condemn Sergeant Bales based upon little more than political expediency. It's clearly time to leave that hapless, hopeless place.
Riverside Press Enterprise
March 2, 1012
Don't be fooled by Iran
The United States must not be lulled into thinking that sanctions on Iran, or any negotiations with the regime, will deter it from developing nuclear weapons and deploying them against Israel ("Iran revs up nuclear activity," Feb. 19).
Foremost among Iran's obsessions are the destruction of Israel and domination of the region. And the time for action by Iran is very soon, while President Obama is still in office.
This is particularly true because Iran perceives the President as weak and naïve, as evidenced by the President's proposed reductions in our military and the drastic reduction of America's nuclear capabilities.
Indeed, a nuclear attack by Iran on U.S. soil is a clear and present danger.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley
The New York Post
February 25, 2012
Iran's thunder & reign: storm threatens Israel
The United States must not be lulled into thinking that negotiations or sanctions would deter Iran. Radical Islamic states waging holy wars have a long track record of making threats, then negotiating with distractions deceit and delay to accomplish their fanatic goals.
Foremost among Iran's obsessions are the destruction of Israel and domination of the region.
And the time for action by Iran is very soon, particularly when they perceive the President as weak and naïve, evidenced by his military wind-down and the unilateral disarming and the reduction of America's nuclear capabilities.
Daniel Jeffs
Apple Valley, Calif.
Riverside Press Enterprise
May 3, 2011
Give Bush credit
President George W. Bush should be given the fundamental credit for the elimination of Al Qaida's leader, Osama bin Laden. ("Bin Laden killed; justice done," May 2).
Indeed, is was Bush, the intelligence system he put in place, and the operation of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay that facilitated our actions against al-Qaida's leadership.
President Barack Obama deserves credit for not closing Guantanamo Bay and allowing the war against al-Qaida to continue.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley, Calif.
The Terrorist Next Door:
How the Government is Deceiving You About the Islamist Threat
by Erick Stakelbeck
(Foreword by Michelle Malkin)
Pub. Date: May 2011
Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc., An Eagle Publishing Company
Synopsis
Al-Qaeda doesn’t care about “Hope” and “Change”
The threat of terrorism in America, the Obama administration assures us, is contained and controlled. Recent attempted attacks like the Times Square bombing, the “underwear bombing” on a flight over Detroit, and the attack on a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Oregon were all isolated plots that failed anyway. In the words of Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano, “The system worked.”
Don’t believe it. In The Terrorist Next Door, investigative reporter Erick Stakelbeck exposes the staggering truth about our national security: the Obama administration is concealing and whitewashing the enormous terrorist threat growing right here within America’s borders.
If you believe terrorism is only a problem for other countries, Stakelbeck’s on-the-ground reporting will open your eyes. He has been inside America’s radical mosques, visited U.S.-based Islamic enclaves, and learned about our enemies by going straight to the source—interviewing al-Qaeda-linked terrorists themselves. In this shocking book, Stakelbeck reveals:
How Islamic radicals have established separatist compounds and even jihadist training camps throughout rural America That an overt disciple of Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini now leads one of the largest mosques in America How mega-mosques aren't just planned for Ground Zero—they're being built in the heart of the Bible Belt as part of a plan for Islamic domination What a former U.S. covert agent inside the Iranian regime says about Iran’s program to recruit Americans into terror groups How the Obama administration’s beguiling counter-terrorism policies are increasing the threat of another 9/11
The Terrorist Next Door sounds the alarm on a growing threat to every American—one that the U.S. government refuses to face honestly or even to name. As we struggle against a relentless and adaptable Islamist enemy that is committed to destroying our nation, we can’t say we weren’t warned.
Biography
Erick Stakelbeck is an investigative reporter on terrorism and national security issues and host of the Stakelbeck on Terror program on CBN News. Frequently appearing as a terrorism analyst on FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, al-Hurra, the BBC, and the Savage Nation, Stakelbeck has written articles on Islamic extremism, global terrorism, and national security for the Wall Street Journal Europe, Weekly Standard, Washington Times, New York Post, New York Sun, Jerusalem Post, and National Review Online, among other publications. He lives near Washington, D.C., with his wife and two daughters.
Review
“You are holding in your hands the unvarnished, invaluable reporting that the rest of the “mainstream media” can’t or won’t do. My friend Erick has traveled the world to interview terrorists who are plotting the establishment of a global Islamic caliphate—and who have succeeded in Islamicizing large swaths of Europe. He has investigated fifth column organizations on our soil that pledge allegiance not to our Republic, but to sharia law. In The Terrorist Next Door, he also blows the whistle on how the same reckless, open-borders policies I exposed in Invasion nine years ago continue to aid and abet jihadi-sympathizers from Somalia and elsewhere.” —Michelle Malkin, author of the New York Times bestseller, Culture of Corruption
OSAMA BIN LADEN
By Michael Scheuer
Published: February 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Synopsis
9/11 almost instantaneously remade American politics and foreign policy. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Patriot Act, water boarding and Guantanamo are examples of its profound and far-reaching effects. But despite its monumental impact—and a deluge of books about al-Qaeda and Islamist terrorism—no one has written a serious assessment of the man who planned it, Osama bin Laden. Available biographies depict bin Laden as an historical figure, the mastermind behind 9/11, but no longer relevant to the world it created. These accounts, Michael Scheuer strongly believes, have contributed to a widespread and dangerous denial of his continuing significance and power.
In this book, Scheuer provides a much-needed corrective—a hard-headed, closely reasoned portrait of bin Laden, showing him to be a figure of remarkable leadership skills, strategic genius, and considerable rhetorical abilities. The first head of the CIA's bin Laden Unit, where he led the effort to track down bin Laden, Scheuer draws from a wealth of information about bin Laden and his evolution from peaceful Saudi dissident to America's Most Wanted. Shedding light on his development as a theologian, media manipulator, and paramilitary commander, Scheuer makes use of all the speeches and interviews bin Laden has given as well as lengthy interviews, testimony, and previously untranslated documents written by those who grew up with bin Laden in Saudi Arabia, served as his bodyguards and drivers, and fought alongside him against the Soviets. The bin Laden who emerges from these accounts is devout, talented, patient, and ruthless; in other words, a truly formidable and implacable enemy of the West.
Biography
Michael Scheuer is a twenty-plus-year CIA veteran. From 1996 to 1999, he served as the Chief of the bin Laden unit (aka Alec Station).
Riverside Press Enterprise
December 6, 2010
Leaks are treason
President Barack Obama and his attorney general, Eric Holder, should have indicted WikiLeaks' founder, Julian Assange, for espionage immediately after the first release of classified documents ("U.S. tries to contain damage from leaks," Nov. 30). Also, our historical ally Australia should take action against its treacherous citizen.
In addition, Pfc. Bradley Manning should be considered a traitor. Sneaking those documents to Assange was treason against the United States.
Instilling fear in potential violators of our national security and world security is an appropriate deterrent, as long as there are consequences. Denouncing the leaks is not enough when lives are at stake.
No one can opt out of a world steeped in terrorism and insecurity as if it were merely a computer game.
Fierce faith and loyalty to country -- defending America and patriotism -- means everything to our freedom, liberty and survival.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley
(Original letter sent)
Denouncing leaks is not enough
President Obama and his attorney general, Holder should have indicted WikiLeaks founder, Assange for espionage immediately after the first release of classified documents -- and our historical ally, Australia should take action against its treacherous citizen. PFC Manning is definitely a traitor. Sneaking those documents to Assange was treason against the United States for "….adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."
Instilling fear in potential violators of our national security and world security is an appropriate deterrent, as long as there are consequences -- including Sweden for allowing WikiLeaks to get away with it. Denouncing any of it is not enough when lives are at stake, if not lost already. No one can opt-out of a world steeped in terrorism and insecurity as if it were merely a computer game.
Traitors such as Major Hasan, the Time Square and Portland bombers should be indicted for treason. Indeed, ungrateful and treasonous Americans such as Jane Fonda, Harry Belafonte, Sean Penn and Danny Glover should suffer the consequences of their blatant betrayals -- loss of citizenship and banishment at least. Fierce faith and loyalty to country -- defending America and patriotism -- means everything to our freedom, liberty and survival.
New York Post
December 2, 2010
Clash of the Koreas: Weakness won't win
North Korea's saber-rattling against South Korea signals the looming collapse of the Communist regime, similar to what happened to the Soviet Union.
Both consumed their country's wealth with overreaching communism, arms and armies. Hopefully, North Korea won't go down by launching nuclear attacks.
We must have the best intelligence, deterrents and strong wisdom in leadership to prevent the worst from happening.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley, Calif.
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Original letter sent:
North Korea and al-Qaeda
North Korea's saber-rattling against South Korea signals the looming collapse of the Communist regime, similar to what happened to the Soviet Union. Both consumed their country's wealth with over-reaching communism, arms and armies -- starving their people.
Hopefully, North Korea won't go down by launching nuclear attacks. Hopefully, China will prevent that from happening. But hope is not enough.
Meanwhile, al-Qaeda and a nuclear Iran pose a greater threat to us, Israel, the Middle-East and the world. Al-Qaeda's obsession with crashing aircraft in America has been an over-reaction distraction for the United States. However, the terrorists are bound to attack us in other ways, by other means, with greater damage, soon and often.
We must have the best intelligence, deterrents and strong wisdom in leadership to prevent the worst from happening. Indeed, we have serious problems.
Los Angeles Times
Opinion L.A.
November 30, 2010
Re: Was the latest Wikileaks really necessary?
Denouncing leaks is not enough
President Obama and his attorney general, Holder should have indicted WikiLeaks founder, Assange for espionage immediately after the first release of classified documents -- and our historical ally, Australia should take action against its treacherous citizen. PFC Manning is definitely a traitor. Sneaking those documents to Assange was treason against the United States for "….adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."
Instilling fear in potential violators of our national security and world security is an appropriate deterrent, as long as there are consequences -- including Sweden for allowing WikiLeaks to get away with it. Denouncing any of it is not enough when lives are at stake, if not lost already. No one can opt-out of a world steeped in terrorism and insecurity as if it were merely a computer game.
Traitors such as Major Hasan, the Time Square and Portland bombers should be indicted for treason. Indeed, ungrateful and treasonous Americans such as Jane Fonda, Harry Belafonte, Sean Penn and Danny Glover should suffer the consequences of their blatant betrayals -- loss of citizenship and banishment at least. Fierce faith and loyalty to country -- defending America and patriotism -- means everything to our freedom, liberty and survival.
Dan Jeffs
Apple Valley
USA TODAY
November 30, 2010
Re: Clinton blast leaks as 'an attack'
Blasting leaks is not enough
President Obama and his attorney general, Holder should have indicted WikiLeaks founder, Assange for espionage immediately after the first release of classified documents -- and our historical ally, Australia should take action against its treacherous citizen. PFC Manning is definitely a traitor. Sneaking those documents to Assange was treason against the United States for "….adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."
Instilling fear in potential violators of our national security and world security is an appropriate deterrent, as long as there are consequences -- including Sweden for allowing WikiLeaks to get away with it. Denouncing any of it is not enough when lives are at stake, if not lost already. No one can opt-out of a world steeped in terrorism and insecurity as if it were merely a computer game.
Indeed, ungrateful and treasonous Americans such as Jane Fonda, Harry Belafonte, Sean Penn and Danny Glover should suffer the consequences of their blatant betrayals -- loss of citizenship and banishment at least. Fierce faith and loyalty to country -- defending America and patriotism -- means everything to our freedom, and our liberty.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/22/EDHQ1E1KJU.DTL#ixzz0raikGSG3
San Francisco Chronicle
June 22, 2010
Out of Afghanistan
Re: "A war we're not winning" (Editorial, June 19) Afghanistan is unique in that it will always go back to its ancient tribal ways regardless of what any foreign power does.
Remaining at war in a hopelessly barbarian country is a monumental waste of American lives and defense funds. We should spray all their opium poppy fields with herbicides, get out of the country, use predator drones to police terrorist training camps with missiles and use smart herbicide bombs above the poppy fields each time they plant again.
That's cutting the heads off the terrorist snakes and the poppies off the drugs that fund them -- from a safe distance. Case closed.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley, Calif.
Re: Time Magazine cover story on Major Hasan - November 13, 2009 By Daniel B. Jeffs, founder DDC
November 13, 2009 It is encouraging to see that at least one of the so-called main(lame)stream media has stepped up to the plate and called the unconscionable, murderous acts of U.S. Army Major Hasan at Fort Hood what all evidence points to. An act of "Terrorism." While all the other icons of journalism cower to political correctness with casual over-analysis, Time Magazine's cover story depicting Major Hasan wearing a "Terrorist?" mask takes on this question of terrorism head-on. Indeed, Nancy Gibbs' article, "The Fort Hood Killer: Terrified … or Terrorist?" comes clearly to that terrifying conclusion without question, as it should. It was a blatant act of terrorism and much more… Major Hasan has rightly been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder, however, why have none dared to call it what it is. In Major Hasan's case it was certainly a blatant act of Treason. Any American citizen who commits an act to overthrow our government is a traitor. The urgent need to replace the current socialist grip on our government with a traditional constitutional government notwithstanding, there is simply no place for moral relativism in governing this country. Indeed, we the vast majority of the people of the United States want to limit government and restore our freedoms from the tyranny of taxation, regulation and big government. Many of our soldiers and defenders of our freedom were unnecessarily killed or wounded by a treasonous, militant, radical Muslim monster who could have and should have been stopped long before it was too late. Political correctness and a lack of diligence in national security was directly responsible for that. Fortunately, many more would have fallen it were not for our first line of defense, particularly, police Sgt. Kimberly Munley, the SWAT-team markswoman nicknamed Mighty Mouse, who bravely put her life on the line in taking down the terrorist traitor. Indeed, we should all gives thanks to those in law enforcement throughout the country on Thanksgiving Day. Cops, our first line of defense.
USA TODAY November 18, 2009 Terror trial in N.Y. will put U.S. at risk Bringing 9/11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, to trial in a New York federal court will highlight the perversions of the Islamic religion and our criminal justice system (“Plans to try 9/11 suspect in NYC draw fire,” News, Monday). This trial will be made possible by by anti-American lawyers and the moral relativism of President Obama. The case will also incite more terrorism and unnecessarily put our national security at extreme risk.
Riverside Press Enterprise November 15, 2009 Correctness costs lives Nidal Malik Hasan let his religion go fanatic on him ("Blame game starts in Fort Hood probe," Nov. 11). He chose Islamic fascist terrorism and jihad against his own country in its highest form, murdered his enemies and committed the highest treason against America. The Defense Department and the Army bear much of the responsibility. They did not heed the obvious red flags and immediately discharge him. Rather, they were politically correct and deployed him to Afghanistan, which set him off. Our soldiers paid the unconscionable price for nothing. There is no place for moral relativism here.
San Bernardino Sun November 13, 2009 Soldiers paid the price Major Hasan let his religion go fanatic on him. He chose Islamic fascist terrorism and jihad against his own country in its highest form, and is accused of murdering his enemies and committing the highest treason against America. The Defense Department and the Army bear much of the responsibility by not heeding the obvious red flags and immediately discharging him, rather than politically correct hesitation and an Iraq/Afghanistan deployment transfer that apparently set him off. Stupid is as stupid does. And our soldiers paid the unconscionable price for nothing. There is no place for moral relativism here.
Clarify military mission in Afghanistan
By Daniel B. Jeffs, founder DDC
October 13, 2009
President Obama needs to clarify his military mission, leave Afghanistan and
concentrate on neutralizing Al-Qaeda here and throughout the world.
Considering the long and ridged tribal and fundamentalist Islamic history of
Afghanistan and their hostile ability to defeat foreign invaders of every
description, it would be wise to leave the country to the Taliban. As brutal
as their hard-line religion can be, they did maintain order, and they did
away with the opium poppy fields, which supply most of the world's heroin.
We and our allies can neutralize Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda with increased
and intensified intelligence, infiltration, very special forces operations,
Predators and smart bomb technology.
Meanwhile, we must increase our assistance to Pakistan in running the
Taliban out of their country. Allowing Pakistan and its nuclear capabilities
to fall into the hands of terrorists is simply not an option.
Give Afghanistan back to the Taliban By Daniel B. Jeffs, founder DDC October 8, 2009 Considering the long and ridged tribal and fundamentalist Islamic history of Afghanistan and their hostile ability to defeat foreign invaders of every description, it would be wise to leave the country to the Taliban. As brutal as their hard-line religion can be, they did maintain order, and they did away with the opium poppy fields, which supply most of the world's heroin. We can neutralize Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda with smart bomb technology. Meanwhile, we can send Bill Maher to Afghanistan as our anti-American, anti-religion ambassador. He thinks he's smart and clever enough to convert everyone to atheism. Let's see how well he does with the one-eyed Omar.
Attacking Cheney and America's security By Daniel B. Jeffs, founder DDC September 4, 2009 Obama-operatives, the ACLU and left-leaning journalists are wrongly demonizing former vice president Cheney, a patriot who took his oath of office seriously and was instrumental in keeping us safe from terrorist attacks since September 11, 2001. It is highly disturbing to know that so many ignorant people -- unduly influenced by careless media and anti-American zealots -- are suckered into believing that crippling the CIA and other intelligence services is something noble rather than making us woefully less safe. Lest we forget, is was 8 years of the Clinton administration's cowardice and incompetence in handling the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, coupled with a limp retreat from Somalia, which emboldened Bin Laden and led to the attacks on our embassies in Africa, and the USS Cole, which led to the vicious 9/11 attacks. The CIA and our national security were compromised then, and they are being blatantly compromised again by the Obama administration.
This is the antithesis of Thomas Paine's Common Sense, and a clear and present danger to our freedom. It must be stopped. DDC The Coming Insurrection Authors: The Invisible Committee Publisher MIT Press August 2009 Thirty years of "crisis," mass unemployment, and flagging growth, and they still want us to believe in the economy. . . . We have to see that the economy is itself the crisis. It's not that there's not enough work, it's that there is too much of it.
-from The Coming InsurrectionThe Coming Insurrection is an eloquent call to arms arising from the recent waves of social contestation in France and Europe. Written by the anonymous Invisible Committee in the vein of Guy Debord-and with comparable elegance-it has been proclaimed a manual for terrorism by the French government (who recently arrested its alleged authors). One of its members more adequately described the group as "the name given to a collective voice bent on denouncing contemporary cynicism and reality." The Coming Insurrection is a strategic prescription for an emergent war-machine to "spread anarchy and live communism."
Written in the wake of the riots that erupted throughout the Paris suburbs in the fall of 2005 and presaging more recent riots and general strikes in France and Greece, The Coming Insurrection articulates a rejection of the official Left and its reformist agenda, aligning itself instead with the younger, wilder forms of resistance that have emerged in Europe around recent struggles against immigration control and the "war on terror."
Hot-wired to the movement of '77 in Italy, its preferred historical reference point, The Coming Insurrection formulates an ethics that takes as its starting point theft, sabotage, the refusal to work, and the elaboration of collective, self-organized forms-of-life. It is a philosophical statement that addresses the growing number of those-in France, in the United States, and elsewhere-who refuse the idea that theory, politics, and life are separate realms.
About the Author
The Invisible Committee is a collective and anonymous penname.
San Bernardino Sun July 4, 2009 Forgotten soldier? As the media continues its obsession with celebrity deaths, there has been no follow-up to the brief coverage of the revenge murder of Pvt. William Long by an American Islamic terrorist convert. It seems as though Pvt. Long's death while defending his country is almost meaningless, as is the act of treason by his killer.
The murder of Pvt. William Long Little Rock, Arkansas June 1, 2009 (ignored or buried by the major liberal news media) Published in the Daily Press
June 10, 2009 A different report The attack by a U.S. citizen -- convert to a radical Islamic terrorist faction at war with America -- on a U.S. Army recruiting station killing one U.S. soldier and wounding another was treason. It's time to prosecute traitors for who and what they are, and to take away their citizenship. Dan Jeffs
Apple Valley, CA
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20090603_lone_wolf_lessons