Posted on 04/24/2013 4:13:13 PM PDT by iowamark
Glenn Beck has spent lots of time in recent days alleging that the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out by a conspiracy that revolved around a shadowy Saudi national questioned by police in a Boston hospital in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy.
OK, is he just winging it here, or does the ex-Fox, now-independent radio and Internet video host have any real evidence for this charge?
He says he does, unsurprisingly. On his show Wednesday morning Mr. Beck produced a document that he claimed is an official US event report showing that the Saudi in question is a bad, bad man who was on a no-fly list and already subject to visa revocation.
What he didnt mention is that Fox News reporter Bret Baier has already looked into this whole alleged Saudi conspiracy, including the document Beck deemed so revealing, and concluded that there was no there there, to paraphrase writer Gertrude Steins jibe about Oakland.
Its false and misleading to use the internal document on the Saudis immigration status as evidence of the mans involvement in the bombings, according to US officials quoted by Mr. Baier in a Fox video blog on April 23.
The FBI says the Saudi [in question] was just a victim of the terrorist attack, said Baier...
But Bret Baier had this piece of paper already. On Tuesday, he talked with US officials about it, and got a different story.
First off, Baier said the wording of the paper was indeed somewhat dire.
Anyone looking at this would say this is a bad guy, this means they had a lot of stuff on this guy, he said.
But officials told him it was simply an automatic piece of customs paperwork triggered when police went to question the Saudi in the hours after the bombing...
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
I'm not certain but that's the impression I got too. Beck has emphatically said that it's very hard to be put on 212 3b status. That it takes a sign off by multiple agencies to apply it and a sign off of multiple agencies to amend it. It wouldn't happen either way overnight.
Beck also says he has documentation of who tried to alter Alharbi's file. Baier says he spoke to a number of highly placed officials. But did he speak with the right highly placed officials? We shall see.
I’m so very sorry to tell you this, but to get a real understanding of all the mechanics of this story, you would have to go listen to Beck’s broadcasts or go read it over at the blaze. It is not a simple matter of just saying, oh, he’s not a threat - the point is that there was already a file on him, before the marathon happened. That file was altered.
They already knew who he was before he ever got to the hospital. The records were altered, that is story, in part.
The other patients were just a cover so that she could go see this guy, I am sure. Unfortunately, the media is so in the tank that the American people have not even begun to hear the truth yet.
Yep, to get that 212 3B takes the entire panel of agencies and no way does that happen fast, and not an easy thing to get to begin with.
The little cretin had a file already with a ‘prior event’ noted. I’m sad that Bret is missing the boat and playing follow the leader on this, I had a higher regard for him that this.
Sorry, Peter Grier and Christian Science Monitor, but either you lie or you've made a grave misstatement.
Beck has been VERY clear that he believes the Boston bombing was carried out by the Tsarnaev brothers.
When you lead off an article attempting to discredit someone by misleading (or lying) in your very first paragraph, I'm not interested in what you're selling.
I have no idea if Beck is really on to something that will lead to an irrefutable conclusion, or force people to be accountable.
I do know that he's looking more credible than you are at the moment.
The Christian Science Monitor has always been a liberal propaganda rag.
Yes, that’s what Glenn has. At the very least, this is an order to deport him.
Are you playing devils advocate or being willfully blind? I always knew the government monitored this site and used sock puppet saboteurs to try to throw us off track.
The fact that Moochelle beat a path to the hospital is of paramount importance.
Why in the name of hell would the FLOTUS go see some lowly student in hospital?
That alone speaks volumes.
Thank you for making that clear, I was stunned that it started that way as I understood that Beck never said the kid was involved/behind the marathon bombing.
Just the way they roll right? Muddy up the truth and send people scamping in all different directions and stay off the trail of the truth.
Grier and Baier vs. Beck? I’ll take Beck every day. I’ll take Hannity over Grier and Baier. WHAT HAVE grier and baier GIVEN US? Who the 7734 is grier ANYWAY? SOME nobody who NOBODY ever heard of throwing his support behind line-reader Baier? What a joke. A nobody covering for a line-reader.
HOORAY Glenn Beck! Glenn Beck is OUTSTANDING!
The reason for deportation. The government says that the visa expired when in fact it is valid until 2016. The article and “journalists” are lying and covering for this lie. Just like Bengazi and the YouTube video.
On April 17 there was also an evacuation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where Al Alharbi was hospitalized. It was close to the same time as the Courthouse bomb scare. Reportedly, the evacuation was prompted by the discovery of a locked, unattended van containing barrels.
I wondered at the time if this was how they got Al Alharbi out of the hospital when all the media had been hanging around. It won’t be surprising to learn that he is back in Saudi Arabia. They will say they weren’t lying when they said he wasn’t deported, because he just wanted to go home and left voluntarily.
Absence of evidence is evidence of the proof of the crime itself. They’re that good. Just ask.
If he was performing "terrorist activity", why not arrest him? Why would we deport someone if they have performed terrorist activities? Makes no sense.
I listened to BECK and he was not populating any theory, he was just presenting a set of FACTS and asking the Administration to explain what the FACTS mean.
The conspiracy THEORY is that the Administration is on the up and up. They have been trapped in a series of lies. They are CONSPIRING to deceive the public about something. What exactly are they hiding and why are they lying?
Yeah! After one conversation..lol. I will say, your not the only one here on the payroll.
it seems to me that Brett is unhappy about this as well...
I think his blog- where he keeps repeating “DHS says....”
“DHS says”
“DHS says”
his way of saying “DHS is lying.”
the most he may be able to do openly at the moment...I hope I am right..I hope he is working behind the scenes to make this right.....
if not— won’t be the first time I have been disappointed in someone not having the spine or integrity I thought they did....
The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe
Federal courthouse evacuated; hundreds outside. People are being pushed back from building. Coast Guard and police boats in water.
2:12 PM - 17 Apr 2013
MT @globejenpeter: Federal court house and Brigham & Women’s hospital are being evacuated, sourced to people who were evacuated. #marathon
2:08 PM - 17 Apr 2013
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Important addition to the time line.
How does that fit with MO’s visit?
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