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Blumenthal Emailed Hillary About ‘Setting Up Secret Channels Between Insurgents And Governments’
Daily Caller ^ | Oct 30 2015 | Chuck Ross

Posted on 10/31/2015 5:58:53 AM PDT by Whenifhow

Emails released by the State Department on Friday show that Hillary Clintons longtime friend Sidney Blumenthal reached out to her on behalf of a former United Kingdom diplomat who was interested in setting up secret channels between insurgents and governments.

Clinton was receptive to the idea which came via Blumenthal from Jonathan Powell, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blairs chief of staff.

(Quote) Hillary, Jonathan Powell has launched a new NGO that has already initiated some very interesting work below the radar, (Unquote) Blumenthal wrote in the March 18, 2012 email.

(Quote)Sid We are trying to replicate what we did in Northern Ireland by setting up secret channels between insurgents and governments and then, where appropriate, developing these into negotiations, (Unquote)Powell wrote to Blumenthal.

(Quote)We have been very successful at getting this off the ground quickly and we have live projects in Nigeria, Colombia, Bahrain, Afghanistan and — bizarrely — North Korea. We are starting work in Syria, in conjunction with Kofi Annan, in Yemen, in Somalia and in Burma.(Unquote)

Powells email signature shows that he is the chief executive of an organization called Inter Mediate.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


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1 posted on 10/31/2015 5:58:54 AM PDT by Whenifhow
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2 posted on 10/31/2015 6:01:11 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

http://inter-mediate.org/staff.html


3 posted on 10/31/2015 6:05:46 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: Whenifhow

Arming al Qaeda is TREASON, except in this alternate
Universe where pro-Islamic terrorists occupy
BOTH the White Mosque and the GOP/DNC/Uniparty.

The American people and Pentagon were attacked
by 911. It was an ATROCITY.
Anyone thinking it was urban renewal should be
removed from power, indicted and convicted.


4 posted on 10/31/2015 6:06:04 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Whenifhow

All of this comes under the heading of, WTF.

IMHO


5 posted on 10/31/2015 6:13:04 AM PDT by ripley
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To: Whenifhow

OK. I get it. Hillary was interested. She encouraged her buddy Sid B to send these emails. She acted on them. But we must never, ever forget that the Blumenthal emails were UNSOLICITED.

At least originally.
Unbelievable.


6 posted on 10/31/2015 6:15:31 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: Whenifhow

Purely treasonous plotting and scheming.


7 posted on 10/31/2015 6:17:52 AM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: Diogenesis

Interesting spin by Herself, on both what constitutes “treason” and “atrocity”.

If done by Herself, this passes for “statesmanship”. Had it been done by either of the Bushes or Henry Kissinger, it would clearly be an impeachable and prosecutable offense.

We have been in this alternate universe for a while now. And we cannot seem to find the wormhole by which to return.

Doctor Who, where are you?


8 posted on 10/31/2015 6:17:54 AM PDT by alloysteel (Do not argue with trolls. That means they win.)
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To: Whenifhow

looks like the former’s can’t quite grasp the concept of former

the Obama disease will never be former so long as the formers are alive


9 posted on 10/31/2015 6:21:23 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump)
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To: maggief

Wow


10 posted on 10/31/2015 6:23:37 AM PDT by Faith65 (Isaiah 40:31)
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To: Whenifhow

SID-SPOOK IN D.C.


11 posted on 10/31/2015 6:23:38 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas
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I swear our government is a big joke. No wonder Putin is running circles around us.


12 posted on 10/31/2015 6:24:46 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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Imagine if Hillary was a Republican. It would be reported 24 hrs a day by our media. The fact that it isn't speaks volumes.
13 posted on 10/31/2015 6:28:13 AM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: Whenifhow
It's the traitors inside the gates that brings ruin.

5.56mm

14 posted on 10/31/2015 6:30:01 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: ripley
All of this comes under the heading of, WTF.

Not really. Faoreign cash is how Leftist NGOs are funded and that is why Leftists are always against America and Western Civilization in general.

15 posted on 10/31/2015 6:36:29 AM PDT by fso301
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To: Whenifhow

Treason used to be a hanging offense. We are no longer a Nation laws. Especially the corrupt politicians!


16 posted on 10/31/2015 6:58:16 AM PDT by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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To: Whenifhow

With the Clintons it’s always ‘the money’... so how would this contribute to the bottom line?


17 posted on 10/31/2015 7:48:46 AM PDT by GOPJ (Imagine if the GOPe fought Dems as hard as they fight Repubs. - freeper bray)
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To: alloysteel

To find the way out of this alternate universe we need to find the way we got into it in the first place and use the same wormhole to exit. In an article by Alex Newman titled “Obama Decree Uneashes “Behavioral Science” Squad to “Nudge” You (Sept. 18, 2015, The New American) there might be a clue:

“Under the guise of better “serving” the American people through government, Obama signed an executive order this week calling for federal agencies and departments to deploy emerging “behavioral science” techniques against the public.

“The order also establishes a Social and Behavioral Sciences Team charged with applying psychological research to manipulate the beliefs and behaviors of Americans under various pretexts, and guide the vast federal bureaucracy as it hones its abilities to manipulate the public. “

It goes on, but the point is that there is a reason facts don’t seem to have any impact on the people we try to convince. There is a reason they can believe anything absurd and that there was a total turn around on public opinion on gay marriage in such a short time, that global warming only needed to be tagged climate change in order to maintain credibility with many people, that even in the face of Hillary looking into the camera and admitting to lying and betrayal she still is supported.

Behavioral Sciences and psychology are dismissed by our side while being USED by the other side. Psychology is not just “counseling” or some frivolous study. It is a weapon when used in certain ways to strategically position image, words, feelings of large groups of people. Trayvon Martin becomes a cause, the Gentle Giant is on everyone’s lips, but the girl killed by an illegal in San Francisco??? Well, “things happen.” Benghazi? “Well, so long ago”, etc.

We had better start paying attention to this stuff and grab the language, stop using their terms, stop giving into their demands, stop apologizing for offending them, stop changing team names and acting as if their complaints are real when they are not. All of it is connected and goes back to manipulation of public opinion. (See Century of Self Documentary). These tools are available to us as well. Reframe arguments, never let anything go just to be popular with someone.


18 posted on 10/31/2015 9:02:47 AM PDT by Anima Mundi (Envy is just passive, lazy greed.)
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To: maggief

Blumenthal is plugged into what TPTB (NWO leaders) want. And Hillary knows it and that is why she wanted so badly to hear what he had to say.

I would love to waterboard Blumenthal to find out who these people really are.


19 posted on 10/31/2015 10:18:06 AM PDT by Vic S
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And isn’t it convenient that the man that wrote these memo’s from Blumenthal (supposedly) is dead.


20 posted on 10/31/2015 10:37:55 AM PDT by Vic S
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