Hillary Clinton: How much longer can she hide the truth?

In the course of my work at Fox News, I am often asked by colleagues to review and explain documents and statutes. Recently, in conjunction with my colleagues Catherine Herridge, our chief intelligence correspondent, and Pamela Browne, our senior executive producer, I read the transcripts of an interview Browne did with a man named Marc Turi, and Herridge asked me to review emails to and from State Department and congressional officials during the years when Hillary Clinton was the secretary of state.

What I saw has persuaded me beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty that Clinton provided material assistance to terrorists and lied to Congress in a venue where the law required her to be truthful. Here is the backstory.

Turi is a lawfully licensed American arms dealer. In 2011, he applied to the Departments of State and Treasury for approvals to sell arms to the government of Qatar. Qatar is a small Middle Eastern country whose government is so entwined with the U.S. government that it almost always will do what American government officials ask of it.

In its efforts to keep arms from countries and groups that might harm Americans and American interests, Congress has authorized the Departments of State and Treasury to be arms gatekeepers. They can declare a country or group to be a terrorist organization, in which case selling or facilitating the sale of arms to them is a felony. They also can license dealers to sell.

Turi sold hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of arms to the government of Qatar, which then, at the request of American government officials, were sold, bartered or given to rebel groups in Libya and Syria. Some of the groups that received the arms were on the U.S. terror list...

Arms transfers/sales are not as simple as the Judge makes it to be.

The US Department of State (DoS) is the primary agency supervising FMS programs and provides justifications for the international arms trade. This justification statement is broadly policy-oriented and does not address specific US political-military and industry benefits of FMS. Referring to FMS, the DoS states: “The U.S. Government controls exports of sensitive equipment, software and technology as a means to promote our national security interests and foreign policy objectives.”

The Congressional Research Service issued a report that typifies usual justifications for FMS: “U.S. diplomacy benefits from the U.S. military’s capacity to project itself rapidly into extreme situations, such as disasters and other humanitarian emergencies, enhancing the U.S. image as a humanitarian actor. Humanitarian assistance, military training, and other forms of assistance also provide opportunities to cultivate good relations with foreign populations, militaries, and governments.”

The FMS Process (The How):

Broadly speaking, the US Embassy country team defines the Mission Strategic Plan (MSP) for a country. FMS is an element of the MSP.

When a country wishes to acquire FMS products/services from the US, the country officially requests from the US government a Price and Availability/Letter of Request (P&A/LOR). The US Embassy country team is the first US government entity that responds to the request. If the products/services requested support the MSP, then the country team takes steps to validate the request and verifies the country is approved for the product/services they are requesting. This is done, in part, by referring to a published list of approved customer countries. With US country team support, the P&A/LOR is then forwarded to several DoD agencies and the DoS, and from there the request is forwarded to the relevant military department (mil-dep) for staffing and congressional notification. In accordance with Presidential congressional notification requirements, the mil-dep explains to Congress how this potential sale affects the regional balance of power and enhances the national security interest of the US. US government-run bidding and proposal, source-selection and contract signing and execution begin after congressional approval.

The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) outlines specific steps taken by the US country team when evaluating an FMS request received from a customer country. DAU does not contextualize the US national security benefits associated with the sale and makes no mention of access, influence and infrastructure benefits to the US. DAU describes the mechanics of the process:

“When defense articles or services are required, the requesting country's representative in the defense establishment of the country or stationed at the embassy in the U.S. provides a Letter of Request (LOR) to the representative's U.S. counterpart. The U.S. counterpart forwards an information copy of the request to the Department of State (DoS) Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The original is furnished to the DoD Military Department (MILDEP - Army, Navy, or Air Force) or Defense Agency which will prepare the response. The response may be in the form of Price and Availability (P&A) information or a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA). Due to a shorter preparation and staffing cycle, P&A is normally used only for preliminary planning purposes. The LOA is a formal offer which, when accepted, forms the basis for the U.S. to provide the materiel and services offered.”

For FMS programs, the mil-dep issues the RFP, runs the source-selection process, selects the prime contractor and administers the program—from start to finish, too include being the arbiter of cost and accounting.

FMS is managed and operated by Department of Defense on a no-profit/no-loss basis. Countries pay for US defense articles and services prior to delivery at prices which ensure US costs are recovered, and this includes personnel costs, shipping, hardware and administrative fees.

US arms sold abroad are severely restricted in their use by the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA), section 505, and the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), section 3 (22 U.S.C. 2753) and section 4 (22 U.S.C. 2754).

Further controls are mandated in the terms and conditions of the sales contract (Letter of Offer and Assistance—LOA).

When compared to nations such as France, Russian, Ukraine, China, North Korea, etc., the US places onerous restrictions on the use and transfers of US arms. These restrictions are sometime the proximate cause for a potential customer country to threaten (or seek) alternative sources for products and services. If that threat is carried out the US defense industry may be harmed and US political-military power is reduced.

As stated above, a country must be approved by congress to receive certain military products and services. If they are on the approved list for defense articles and services then arms transfers may happen. . .provided congress received notification and approves.

If the country is not on the approved list for requested defense articles and services, the customer country must officially request a briefing on the FMS product they wish to obtain. In turn, the US country team in the requesting country, along with the DoS and associated mil-dep that would potentially contract and run the FMS program, must agree the potential sale falls within FMS guidelines for receiving the product. If the FMS product carries some level of classification, as most military products manufactured for export do, an “exception to national disclosure policy” (ENDP) is required.

Documentation of the process and transfers are many and everywhere, so there is no way they can be hidden (for long). Hundreds (maybe thousands) of people are involved and someone always talks.

Hitlery may have abetted arms transfers but it appears she did not do it in accordance with the law. . .and there are many others that KNOW this, people in the DoD and arms manufacturing world for example, and they will talk to avoid jail.

Come again? Congress never got wind of Hillary's finagling?

The IRS looks the other way. Obama perpetually smiles.
Congress looks on w/ approval. In their world, "Tolerance
and compassion" gets a big payday.

It's next to impossible to believe:

<><>Obama was oblivious to the Clintons jerking around US foreign policy.

<><> Obama knew nothing of Sid Blumenthal's emails (a man he banned from US govt employment).

<><> Obama knew nothing about the Clintons' Foundation/slush fund buck-raking activities.

<><> Hillary never told her Democrat pals?

WONDER OF WONDERS Obama never noticed Bill Clinton trotting around the globe .... un-appointed and unasked. Clinton using "charity" to worm his way into the confidences of foreign leaders....but only those leaders who happened to have untapped reserves of gold, uranium, oil, and other valuable commodities.

WE, THE PEOPLE, NOTICED Hand-picked by Obama to run State, Hillary ran it like a shadow govt....w/ her husband taking notes WRT buck-raking opportunities available from Hillary's actions OR inaction.

Obama never noticed that Secy Hillary never e-v-e-r uttered a discouraging word e-v-e-r......as the Clinton Foundation sucked up hundred of millions of foreign dollars from shady characters.

The avaricious Clintons devised hundreds of obscure programs to collect billions.....bragging about do-goodism, how the money was supposedly dispersed to "assist" endless charitable projects.

No question----Obama's protecting the Clintons---b/c they're his meal ticket. The Clintons deposit Obama's cut into his two (cough) "foundations." All of them are living happily ever after--getting rich on "tolerance and compassion."

There's talk on the Hill about taking down the Ex-Im Bank.

DID YOU KNOW? The biggest Ex-Im Bank assistance goes to Hillary's pal----defense contractor Boeing----which enjoys a whopping 40 percent of the entire Ex-Im’s assistance! Does Boeing really need corporate welfare? Massive corruption and fraud usually accompany such humongous federal outlays.

SURPRISE---GUESS WHO ELSE WAS POCKETING BIG-TIME FROM BOEING DEALS?

Clinton Foundation Donors Got Lucrative Weapons Deals From Hillary's State Dept
International Business Times ^ | May 26, 2015 | By David Sirota / FR Posted by Oldeconomybuyer

Even by the standards of arms deals between the United States and Saudi Arabia, this one was enormous. A consortium of American defense contractors led by Boeing would deliver $29 BILLION worth of advanced fighter jets to the United States' oil-rich ally in the Middle East.

Under then Sec-of State Clinton, the State Department approved $165 billion worth of commercial arms sales to 20 nations whose governments have given money to the Clinton Foundation, according to an IBTimes analysis of State Department and foundation data.

That figure -- derived from the three full fiscal years of Clinton’s term as Secretary of State (from October 2010 to September 2012) -- represented nearly double the value of American arms sales made to the those countries and approved by the State Department during the same period of President George W. Bush’s second term.

American defense contractors also donated to the Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state and in some cases made personal payments to Bill Clinton for speaking engagements.

Such firms and their subsidiaries were listed as contractors in $163 billion worth of Pentagon-negotiated deals that were authorized by the Clinton State Department between 2009 and 2012. (Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.com ...

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WASHINGTON EXAMINER--Boeing reportedly wrote a check for $900,000 to the Clinton Foundation just after the State Department intervened in a multi-billion dollar deal between the Russian government and the aerospace company.

While Boeing lobbied the agency during that time, it had given a total of between $1 million and $5 million to the foundation.

"Boeing's contributions to the Clinton Foundation were primarily for school rebuilding programs in Haiti following the devastating earthquake in that country," said Boeing spokesman Tim Neale. Neale noted some of the company's contributions went through the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, a charitable effort that he said "transcended politics and recognized the work that needed to be done."

NOTE--At last report, Boeing was refusing to handover its email exchanges w/ Hillary.

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CLINTON CASH AFFIRMS---Boeing Gave to Clinton
Causes After Hillary Steered Its Russian Contract
The Washngton Examiner ^ | MAY 5, 2015 | 7:04 AM | BY SARAH WESTWOOD / FR Posted by drewh

Boeing gave heavily to the Clinton Foundation after Hillary Clinton helped it secure a major deal with a Russian airline in 2009, author Pete Schweizer noted in his book, Clinton Cash.

The company was also involved in funding one of Clinton's pet projects at the State Department after the agency reportedly brushed aside ethical guidelines to secure a $2 million contribution.

Boeing remains a major partner of the Clinton Foundation, supporting Clinton Global Initiative projects and donating between $1 million and $5 million to the charity. The company also gave $2 million to support the State Department's efforts to host a pavilion at the 2010 World's Fair in China, an event that became highly politicized given the "pivot to Asia" policy Obama's State Department was to pursue. Schweizer notes a $900,000 donation from Boeing to the Clinton Foundation came on the heels of a multibillion dollar contract between the Russian government and the aerospace behemoth.

Clinton pushed for the $3.7 billion deal in Russia as part of a policy she had dubbed "economic statecraft" in which she "would use her diplomatic leverage to help American companies be more competitive overseas," Schweizer wrote. (Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...

Hillary the Arms Dealer
Canada Free Press ^ | 05/27/15 | Matthew Vadum / FR Posted by Sean_Anthony

Clinton Foundation donations funded State Dept approval of arms shipments to repressive governments. During the time Hillary Clinton was America’s Secy of State, she oversaw approved $165 billion worth of commercial arms sales to 20 nations.....governments that forked over millions of dollars to the now-embattled Clinton Foundation.

According to an International Business Times report by David Sirota and Andrew Perez, “at least seven foreign governments that received State Department clearance for American arms did donate to the Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton was serving as secretary.” The article identified the seven nations as Algeria, Australia, Kuwait, Norway, Oman, Qatar, and Thailand.

Mainstream media’s surprisingly probing coverage of the unfolding Clinton Foundation donations-for-favors scandal suggests that reporters have turned on the Clintons in the age of Obama.

And the fact that the IBT piece was co-authored by Marxist author and radio talk show host David Sirota adds to the growing pile of evidence that some of the more ideologically pure progressives in the Democratic Party are ganging up on Mrs. Clinton in order to help as yet undeclared presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...

(More below--Hillary sucks up to Qatar--arms buyer, and a major Foundation donor.)

According to an IBT report, “at least seven foreign governments received State Dept clearance for American arms AND are on-record as donors to the Clinton Foundation while Hillary was Secy of State.” Oman and Qatar were named as countries favored for arms sales by Hillary's State Dept.

CIRCA 2002--THE OMAN-QATAR-CLINTON CONNECTION---
The Clinton Foundation took $1,250,000 (that we know of)
from Mideast kingdom--Qatar---(recently exposed as embroiled in FIFA bribery).

The Clinton presidential library in Arkansas lists Brunei, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar as donors that gave between $1 million and $5 million (at the time of research).

The Clinton foundation itself confirmed the 2002 Brunei donation: "The Clinton Foundation's impact would not be possible without the generous support of our donors," the foundation's website reads. "Their contributions have made a difference in the lives of tens of millions across the world." Read more at foxnews.com ...

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Qatar became the new home of the Gitmo Five via the infamous Bergdahl swap.

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Hillary later told Fox's Greta Van Susteren that Qatar was "not a threat to the US." Hillary never mentioned Qatar subsidizing the Clinton Library/Foundation.

Hillary's remarks lead some to believe the donation was a payoff....Hillary bribed to defend Qatar....blatantly ignoring America's ntl security interests.

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The Clinton Library bills itself as "linking the significance of
a 20th century American presidency with the ongoing
and far-reaching work of The Clinton Global Foundation."

(waiting for hysterical laughter to die down)

No mention of Clinton being impeached and disbarred for lying.

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REALITY CHECK Despite its grandiose self-promotion, The William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park---- is just another "Clinton Cash" snake pit.....subsidized by taxpayers,....and some shady foreign characters.

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REMEMBER THIS? As Hollywood hotshots protested the Beverly Hills Hotel over its ownership by Brunei's sultan and his embrace of Sharia law, it turns out the Brunei government has financial connections to the Clintons.

AND THIS Bill Clinton and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein flew on Epstein’s private jet in 2002 to meet with the Sultan of Brunei.....one of the richest men in the world. The National Enquirer reported flight logs reveal Epstein — before he was arrested and jailed for soliciting teenage masseuses — picked up Clinton at a Japanese naval airport. The mega-rich Sultan later donated between $1-5 million to the Clinton Presidential Library in Arkansas.

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