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DOJ Moves to Drop Case Against Arms Dealer to Prevent Disclosure that America Armed ISIS in Libya

For those tuned in to the fuckery that is the Obama administration, this doesn’t come as news in the traditional sense. There have been numerous reports over the years that have demonstrated a willingness of the Obama administration to arm terrorists in the middle east, sometimes using criminal gangs to disperse said weapons, in order to ‘nation build’ through head cutting proxies.

It is now being revealed, via Politico, that Obama’s DOJ is moving to drop charges against a defense contractor because it would be ’embarrassing’ to both Obama and Clinton — ahead of the election.

A Turi associate asserted that the government dropped the case because the proceedings could have embarrassed Clinton and President Barack Obama by calling attention to the reported role of their administration in supplying weapons that fell into the hands of Islamic extremist militants.

“They don’t want this stuff to come out because it will look really bad for Obama and Clinton just before the election,” said the associate.

In the dismissal motion, prosecutors say “discovery rulings” from U.S. District Court Judge David Campbell contributed to the decision to drop the case. The joint motion asks the judge to accept a confidential agreement to resolve the case through a civil settlement between the State Department and the arms broker.

“Our position from the outset has been that this case never should have been brought and we’re glad it’s over,” said Jean-Jacques Cabou, a Perkins Coie partner serving as court-appointed defense counsel in the case. “Mr Turi didn’t break the law….We’re very glad the charges are being dismissed.”

Under the deal, Turi admits no guilt in the transactions he participated in, but he agreed to refrain from U.S.-regulated arms dealing for four years. A $200,000 civil penalty will be waived if Turi abides by the agreement.

The narrative out of Washington has always relied upon the coincidental and unfortunate seizure of U.S. weapons by terrorists, effectively laying the blame for ISIS driving convoys of brand new American vehicles or Toyota SUVs, without interference from our sophisticated missile systems in the region, on the ineptitude of our Iraqi allies.

The State Department confirmed a deal has been struck with Turi.

“Mr. Turi cooperated with the Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls in its review and proposed administrative settlement of the alleged violations,” said the official, who asked not be named. “Based on a compliance review, DDTC alleged that Mr. Turi…engaged in brokering activities for the proposed transfer of defense articles to Libya, a proscribed destination under [arms trade regulations,] despite the Department’s denial of…requests for the required prior approval of such activities.”

Turi adviser Robert Stryk of the government relations and consulting firm SPG accused the government of trying to scapegoat Turi to cover up Clinton’s mishandling of Libya.

“The U.S. government spent millions of dollars, went all over the world to bankrupt him, and destroyed his life — all to protect Hillary Clinton’s crimes,” he said, alluding to the deadly Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Essentially, the US accused Turi of arming rebels. He wanted to expose the government hypocrisy by exposing their intent to do exactly the same thing. Being that it’s a contentious political season, the DOJ decided it’d be best to simply dismiss the case and forget it ever happened.

Turi was indicted in 2014 on four felony counts: two of arms dealing in violation of the Arms Export Control Act and two of lying to the State Department in official applications. The charges accused Turi of claiming that the weapons involved were destined for Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, when the arms were actually intended to reach Libya.

Turi’s lawyers argued that the shipments were part of a U.S. government-authorized effort to arm Libyan rebels.
But questions about U.S. efforts to arm Libyan rebels have been mounting, since weapons have reportedly made their way from Libya to Syria, where a civil war is raging between the Syrian Government and ISIL-aligned fighters.

During 2013 Senate hearings on the 2012 Benghazi attack, Clinton, under questioning from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), said she had no knowledge of weapons moving from Libya into Turkey.

Wikileaks head Julian Assange in July suggested that he had emails proving that Clinton “pushed” the “flows” of weapons “going over to Syria.”
Additionally, Turi’s case had delved into emails sent to and from the controversial private account that Clinton used as Secretary of State, which the defense planned to harness at any trial.

At a court hearing in 2015, Cabou said emails between Clinton and her top aides indicated that efforts to arm the rebels were — at a minimum — under discussion at the highest levels of the government.

“We’re entitled to tell the jury, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the Secretary of State and her highest staff members were actively contemplating providing exactly the type of military assistance that Mr. Turi is here to answer for,” the defense attorney said, according to a transcript.
Turi’s defense was pressing for more documents about the alleged rebel-arming effort and for testimony from officials who worked on the issue the State Department and the CIA. The defense said it planned to argue that Turi believed he had official permission to work on arms transfers to Libya.

In summary, Clinton and Obama ousted and killed Gaddafi, flooded the streets of Libya with American weapons, which were explicitly placed into the hands of terrorists, who then used said weapons to start a civil war in Iraq and Syria. But let’s talk about Trump’s fat fuck of a beauty pageant winner and his tax write offs from 21 years ago instead.

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5 comments

  1. michael

    Do you we need anymore proof Hillary is completely unqualified to be president? Her audition as Sec of State was a disaster.

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  2. peaches

    1949 Syrian coup d’état
    1949-1953 Albania
    1951-56 Tibet
    1953 Iranian coup d’état
    1954 Guatemalan coup d’état
    1956-57 Syria crisis
    1960 Congo coup d’état
    1961 Cuba, Bay of Pigs Invasion
    1963 South Vietnamese coup d’état
    1964 Bolivian coup d’état
    1964 Brazilian coup d’état
    1966 Ghana coup d’état
    1971 Bolivian coup d’état
    1973 Chilean coup d’état
    1980 Turkish coup d’état
    1979–89 Afghanistan, Operation Cyclone
    1981–87 Nicaragua, Contras
    2011 Libyan civil war
    2011-present Syria

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  3. peaches

    September 11th 1973 was a great one. Funny recordings of Kissinger and Nixon you can google it.

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    • the_swatter

      Hillery makes Nixon look like schoolboy, while Kissinger scheming across so many administrations, but mark this post, if Hillary wins this will be the last admin prior to WW3…

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  4. dchanko

    nice list peaches , all those delightful coup d’état , courtesy of Milton Friedman and the Chicago School of economics

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