Posted on 06/07/2013 3:38:43 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
Secretary of State John Kerry last month secretly sent $1.3 billion in U.S. military aid to Muslim Brotherhood-controlled Egypt, waiving the restrictions put in place by Congress to withhold such aid unless the country could meet certain democracy standards.
“Under U.S. law, for the $1.3 billion to flow the secretary of state must certify that the Egyptian government ‘is supporting the transition to civilian government, including holding free and fair elections, implementing policies to protect freedom of expression, association and religion, and due process of law’,” Reuters reports.
Kerry’s quiet decision came before an Egyptian court this week sentenced 43 democracy workers, including 16 Americans, to up to five years in jail for working in NGOs not registered with the government. Critics of the restrictive government see the action as a crackdown on pro-democracy, non-governmental organizations.
In a May 9 memo, Kerry said that “we are not satisfied with the extent of Egypt’s progress and are pressing for a more inclusive democratic process and strengthening of key democratic institutions.” Yet the new secretary of state still decided to push the aid through.
Reuters was able to obtain a copy of the State Department’s notification of Kerry’s sneaky move, which was never released to the public.
“A strong U.S. security partnership with Egypt, underpinned by FMF (Foreign Military Financing), maintains a channel to Egyptian military leadership, who are key opinion makers in the country,” Kerry wrote in the memo.
“A decision to waive restrictions on FMF to Egypt is necessary to uphold these interests as we encourage Egypt to continue its transition to democracy,” he continued.
The unpopular memo was reportedly sent to congressional appropriations committees while some aides didn’t even know about its existence. . .
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Flagrant corruption.
Criminal charges need to be filed. They broke the law.
He probably also put a strongly worded suggestion with it stating that they should buy his ketchup....
At least it wasn’t wasted paying unemployment for Americans.
Thanks to the NSA/DOJ police state, Congress will do nothing (unless of course they want incriminating information about them released by team 0bama to the willing media).
Secretly? WHY SECRETLY?
Treason? RICO?
There are no other reasons, are there.
But.....but.....how can we afford this with the sequester in effect?
1.3 Billion and our troops in Afgan can’t even get a hot meal!
Well Mr. J Effin Kerry your a traitorous bastard!
[But.....but.....how can we afford this with the sequester in effect?]
They’ll simply have the Marines in Afghanistan skip another hot meal.
I’d like to see an accurate accounting of how much aid has been sent to Egypt since Mubarek was ousted. Obama has already made Egypt priority number 1 for aid in the last few years. It is absolutely crazy. Bernanke or Paulson said the more we spend the richer we are?
Next we’ll be sending them nuclear technology and plans. Well, probably just give ‘em our dismantled stuff.
FUBO - I hope all you gov lib types get that.
He hurriedly, corrupty sends this terrorist organization a crapload of money.
Do the unions know that 1.3 billion could have saved a lot of their jobs?
For a few bottles of Heinz Ketchup... meanwhile the IrS attacks ketchup faithfuls.
I hate to say it, but that congressional “law” has a hole so big in it that you can drive a truck through it.
Hell, even Stalin had free elections. And he always got at least 98% of the vote!
If congress doesn’t want to send weapons to our enemies, then they need to do a bit more about it, instead of caving in every time we help the Muzzie terrorsts gain more power, from Kosovo to Libya to Egypt.
Traitors do as traitors do.
Where are the patriots in our federal government? CIA? Are there anyone who will defend our country and your fellow agents that where abandoned, and died in Benghazi?
Gee, this is such a shock.
So, does anyone know what's on TV tonight?
How did Kerry get placed in charge of 1.3 Billion dollars of military funds in the first place?
I always read of the House controlling the purse strings, it is evident they don’t.
We should never have placed this traitor into the office of Secretary of State. I blame the Republican Senators for his approval as much as the Democrats. It seems that if you eat and drink in the Senate and play hail fellow, they will let you do anything.
By all rights this should be another scandal, another investigation. Kerry should be removed from office.
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