Aid to Egypt Can Keep Flowing, Despite Overthrow, White House Decides

New York Times ^ | July 25, 2013 | MARK LANDLER

[don-o]

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has concluded it is not legally required to determine whether the Egyptian military engineered a coup d’état in ousting President Mohamed Morsi, a senior administration official said Thursday, a finding that will allow it to continue to funnel $1.5 billion in American aid to Egypt each year.

The legal opinion, submitted to the White House by lawyers from the State Department and other agencies, amounts to an escape hatch for President Obama and his advisers, who had concluded that cutting off financial assistance could destabilize Egypt at an already fragile moment and would pose a threat to neighbors like Israel.

The senior official did not describe the legal reasoning behind the finding, saying only, “The law does not require us to make a formal determination as to whether a coup took place, and it is not in our national interest to make such a determination.”

“We will not say it was a coup, we will not say it was not a coup, we will just not say,” the official said.

[don-o]

Just making it up as they go.

[Venturer]

The legal opinion, submitted to the White House by lawyers from the State Department and other agencies, amounts to an escape hatch for President Obama and his advisers
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That’s what they are there for Baby.

Every Agency in Obama’s administration is there to make escape hatch’s for the boy idiot in charge.

The Budget Office the EPA the IRS, the FBI, CIA, Congressional Black caucus, NAACP, wait that last one isn’t a Government agency it is just a pack of racists who volunteer to watch out for the boy.

[Iron Munro]

[WesternPacific]

We have a king ruling by decree.

[BenLurkin]

The rule of law has become the law of the rulers.

[KarlInOhio]

“We will not say it was a coup, we will not say it was not a coup, we will just not say,” the official said.

Can I do that on April 15? "I will not say that I owe taxes, I will not say that I don't owe taxes, I will just not say."

The military took over Egypt and threw out the government. That is a coup. Congress and the president said that they don't get the cash if there was a coup. If he wants to change this, then Obama must go to Congress to have the law changed. And if the @(@#$(* in Congress won't stand up for their power then I have no use for them whatsoever.

[hal ogen]

Laws...we don’t need no steenkin’ laws!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[don-o]

When the WH rolled out the “phony scandals” meme, I detected the first whiff of actual worry that their house of cards is in peril.

This “finding” is another whiff.

[AJFavish]

Obama is required by the Constitution to “Take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” He is not doing that here.

[originalbuckeye]

Egypt is Obama’s mess. He sent taxpayer dollars to fund the ‘Arab Spring’ uprising in Egypt. He should go there and be THEIR King. He will completely destroy this country too if he isn't ‘reigned’ in. And SOON!

[melancholy]

They had to!

“- Egypt is putting pressure on 0b0z0 and helping the American brass’s objections to 0b0z0’s foreign policy by playing hardball. The government sent a delegation to MOSCOW the day before yesterday.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3039526/posts?page=1310#1310

[SunkenCiv]

Amateur hour continues.

Thanks don-o.

[grania]

(this is a recording). The HOR is control of funding. They can vote to not provide that money.