The raid was planned under the Obama administration, but the decision to execute the raid was “punted” to Trump, using the pretext of waiting for a “low loom” (moonless) night to execute the raid with maximum secrecy:...
the Aman brothers were hired by the Obama administration, and access to top secret information regarding military operations. The committees they allegedly worked for had access to “the most sensitive and secretive government intelligence, including covert anti-terrorism activity… including the Yemen operation”:
Almost immediately, the raiding force on the ground took intense fire, according to the briefing paper and a senior military official. Occupants of the targeted house and its compound, along with their guard force, moved to a separate cluster of houses nearby where families, including women and children, were staying. Armed women fired on the U.S. and Emirati forces.
If there is any probability that the Obama regime organized a procedural military ambush for the incoming Trump team with the possibility of battlefield deaths, that would certainly define treason, directly aiding the enemy.
Clearly, naively, on Trump's military team's part not dumping Obama military plans in their entirety was a huge mistake. Not having the Aman (Awan?) brothers under arrest for suspicion of espionage and being enemy foreign agents may be the second monumental Trump mistake.
Treason certainly qualifies as high crimes and misdemeanors, under which Barack Obama may be impeached. I would consider it humorous that treason might be protected by statutes of limitation.
This thread is a lot of interesting speculation. There is certainly a lot of smoke; we don’t have hard evidence of the fire just yet.
Last year, eight members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence issued a demand by letter that their staffers be granted access to top secret classified information.
The signatories to the letter were all Democrats:
<><> Andre Carson,
<><>Luis Guiterez,
<><>Jim Himes,
<><>Terri Sewell,
<><>Jackie Speier,
<><>Mike Quigley,
<><> Eric Swalwell
<><> Patrick Murphy.
Some signatories had a history of attempting to undermine national security. Two of them have been linked to another emerging security breach.
Brothers Imran, Abid, and Jamal Awan and Hina Alvi, Imran’s wife, each made $160,000 a year as information technology workers for the House.
Their salaries and time were shared among dozens of Democratic members, including former Democratic National Committee Chairman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida to whom the demand for accesss as addressed.
The brothers are suspected of serious violations, including accessing members’ computer networks without their knowledge and stealing equipment from Congress.
Jamal handled IT for Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat who serves on both the intelligence and foreign affairs panels. “As of 2/2, his employment with our office has been terminated,” Castro spokeswoman Erin Hatch told TheDCNF Friday.
Jamal also worked for Louisiana Democrat Rep. Cedric Richmond, who is on the Committee on Homeland Security.
Imran worked for Reps. Andre Carson, an Indiana Democrat, and Jackie Speier, a California Democrat. Both are members of the intelligence committee, and their spokesmen did not respond to requests for comment. Imran also worked for the House office of Wasserman Schultz.
Then-Rep. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, employed Abid for IT work in 2016. She was a member of House committees dealing with the armed services, oversight, and Benghazi. Duckworth was elected to the Senate in November, 2016.
Abid has a prior criminal record and a bankruptcy. Abid also worked for Rep. Lois Frankel, a Florida Democrat who is member of the foreign affairs committee. The three men are “shared employees,” meaning they are hired by multiple offices, which split their salaries and use them as needed for IT services.
It is up to each member to fire them.
(hat tip Daniel Greenfield)