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Mobsters ran a fake U.S. Embassy in Ghana for 10 years, flying the flag and issuing visas for $6,
msn.com ^ | 12/5/16 | WaPo

Posted on 12/05/2016 4:09:57 PM PST by ColdOne

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For a decade, an American flag flew outside a battered pink building in Ghana’s capital city, welcoming out-of-town visitors who, once inside, found a photo of President Obama hanging on the wall. Signs confirmed to travelers — who had been bused in from the most remote parts of West Africa — that they had arrived at the U.S. Embassy in Accra.

The “consular officers” working there were not Americans, but they spoke English and Dutch and issued official-looking visas and identification papers. They charged their customers $6,000.

Billboards and fliers advertised the official services.

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To: ColdOne

No doubt had better security than Benghazi.


21 posted on 12/05/2016 5:38:55 PM PST by proudpapa (Trump Pence earned it.)
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To: Fungi

Could be some of the hundreds of “immigrants” who became citizens lacking the proper vetting recently admitted to by the O$hithead administration.


22 posted on 12/05/2016 5:41:32 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: ColdOne

And no one at our Immigration Service caught on for 10 years. We really ought to start firing some of these incompetents.


23 posted on 12/05/2016 6:57:54 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: ColdOne

I wanna see the movie version


24 posted on 12/05/2016 9:57:55 PM PST by RonnG
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To: Hieronymus

The 3 zeros made it over the 100 character limit. so posted the full title in another post. Usually i post in first paragraph....didn’t do that this time...brain fart.


25 posted on 12/06/2016 10:01:03 AM PST by ColdOne ((poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~WE DID IT DEPLORABLES!EraseThe0bagambiLegacy!)
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