Posted on 09/01/2017 5:43:06 AM PDT by Liz
Rep Andre Carson (Dem-Indiana) is a member of (A) the House Intelligence and (B) House Homeland Security Committees. Carson is also ranking member of the (C) House intelligence subcommittee on Emerging Threats, which oversees the (D) Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The subcommittee oversight extends to the (E) National Counterterrorism Center and (F) information-sharing programs.
Rep Andre Carson
(HAT TIP DANIEL GREENFIELD) Carson is the second Muslim in Congress and the first Muslim on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and, more critically, is the ranking member on its Emerging Threats Subcommittee. He is also a member of the Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture Subcommittee.
The Emerging Threats Subcommittee, of which Carson is a ranking member, is responsible for much of counterterrorism oversight. It is the worst possible place for a man with Carson’s credentials.
Carson had inherited his grandmother’s seat and exploited it to promote a radical Islamist agenda. He has interfaced with a laundry list of Islamist groups from CAIR to ISNA to ICNA to MPAC. Islamists have funded Carson’s career to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. The Center for Security Policy has put together a dossier of Carson’s connections to the Muslim Brotherhood. The Brotherhood is the parent organization of many key Islamic terror groups posing a threat to our national security including Al Qaeda and Hamas.
Andre Carson shared the stage at a CAIR banquet with Sirraj Wahaj: an unindicted co-conspirator in the World Trade Center bombing who had once declared,” You don’t get involved in politics because it’s the American thing to do. You get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.” CAIR itself had been named an unindicted co-conspirator in terror finance.
Carson had praised Tariq Ramadan who had been barred from this country for funding Islamic terrorists. And the Muslim politician was a co-sponsor of the Free Syria Act which attempted to aid Islamist Jihadists in Syria linked to the Muslim Brotherhood such as the Free Syrian Army.
The presence of Andre Carson on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Emerging Threats Subcommittee has always been extremely controversial. But this latest breach involving Democrats on this committee and on other key national security committees raises serious questions about the scale and magnitude of the real problem caused by a compromised congress.
While Carson and other HPSCI Democrats had been demanding security clearance for their staffers, three Pakistani Muslims working for them appear to have compromised security to an unknown degree.
Why were the Awan brothers, one of whom had a criminal record, even allowed to work in such a sensitive position? How did the personnel suspected in this case pass background checks? And was any classified information compromised as a result of these alleged breaches?
These questions and more must be asked and answered. But they are only the first of many questions.
When the Democrats are so contemptuous of our national security that they put forward Andre Carson, a politician who has appeared at Islamist events and praised radicals and extremists, to such a sensitive position, it is not surprising that they are equally willing to hire walking security risks.
The most obvious lesson here is that security must be tightened. If Democrats refuse to take their responsibilities seriously, then President Trump must do it for them. Unti the Awan case is resolved, those Democrats who employed them must have their access to classified material restricted.
Under no circumstances may the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence members who employed the Awan brothers be permitted to allow their staffers to gain access to classified material.
And Andre Carson must be forced to choose between his Islamist ties and his membership in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Emerging Threats Subcommittee. No one should be allowed to have a foot in both the pro-terrorist and the counter-terrorist spheres of our society.
Congressional Republicans must take the lead in cleaning house. If they cannot do so, President Trump must step in. At stake are the security of our nation and the safety of our troops. The Democrats may have abandoned their responsibility to our brave men and women, from the battlefield to the VA, but those elected officials who still believe that their sacrifices matter cannot remain silent.
The swamp that allowed Andre Carson and the Awan brothers inappropriate access must be drained.
*slam is incompatible with the US Constitution. No m*slim should be elected to public office. It has already happened. It is unacceptable.
Can Paul Ryan “unappoint” Carson?
Charlie in the wire!!!!
(hat tip niccolo) To get these important Congressional committee appointments, Rep Andre Carson has to be bringing in serious money for Democrats-----monies required by the DNC.
These high-level committee appointments are "positions for sale"-----a Congressional version of pay-to-play.
Every committee appointment has a dollar amount attached to it that Members desiring the positions are required to raise.
Taxpayers demand to know if Carson is channeling Islamicist cash directly into the DNC.
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More shockingly, the monies required are not just for their own appointments. Reporter Sharyl Attkisson exposed Congressional Fundraising Corruption: how members buy Top Spots On Powerful Committees.
Former Congressman Zach Wamp relates his experience receiving a call from a sitting lawmaker, asking for "a donation toward the $325,000 dollars he’s obligated to pay the NRCC every year."
I sure would like to know how Dems can have such a stranglehold on this country when they are (seemingly!) out of power. Are the Repubs really this stupid?
Yes.
While Awan’s main email address began rejecting mail after it was shut down, the 123 address in Rep Andre Carson's was still accepting mail as of Tuesday.
Mail sent via Gmail fills in the name of the account-holder of 123 as Nathan Bennett, a Carson aide; Bennet's LinkedIn profile says his individual legislative portfolio covers “national security and foreign affairs” and includes work on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
The member Bennett works for, Andre Carson, is a member of both the House Intelligence and House Homeland Security Committees, and previously employed Awan.
Carson is also ranking member of the House intelligence subcommittee on Emerging Threats, which oversees the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The subcommittee oversight extends to the National Counterterrorism Center and information-sharing programs.
A spokeswoman for Andre Carson, Jessica Gail, did not express concern or surprise when contacted by TheDCNF about Awan’s still-active email address Monday morning. Bennett said Tuesday morning Gail had not even informed him of the details.
Bennett, who is Carson’s deputy chief of staff, told TheDCNF he has no control over the 123 address. “However this happened, it was not with my consent or control,” he said in an email. “For the record, I do not, nor have I ever, had control of the 123@mail.house.gov email account or any other account connected with Imran Awan or his family.” That could not be confirmed by the House’s chief administrative officer (CAO) because spokesman Dan Weiser has said “the CAO will not comment on matters pertaining to this ongoing investigation.”
Bennett’s response raises questions about whether Awan was misusing Carson’s office, access or staffers.
Gail declined to comment on Awan, or state whether the office is concerned he may have misused Bennett’s identity. She also declined to state whether the office has taken any measures to assess its data security since Awan’s problems came to the attention of the office in September 2016.
Carson had employed Awan since 2015, and did not fire him when his office learned Awan was the subject of an investigation in September. He also did not fire Awan immediately after he was banned from the House computer network by Capitol Police in February, payroll records show.
“...I sure would like to know how Dems can have such a stranglehold on this country when they are (seemingly!) out of power. Are the Repubs really this stupid?...”
Nope. GOPe is gutless, but not stupid. They are only one part of the UniParty. Once you realize there is only one party; the UniParty, in the swamp, things will become much clearer and easier to understand for you. BTW, the UniParty is NOT your friend, nor the friend of America.
With a stroke of his pen, the Speaker of the House (and muzzie sympathizer), Paul Ryno could remove him from these committees.
Easy as pie......so I guess the cowardly Ryan cant take the heat he’ll get.
Good comments. Totally agree.
The Dems and GOP are two sides of the same coin. Same thing, just different names.
I wonder what the orange motif is supposed to symbolize on the flowers and the scarf and do-rag on this idiot.
Yes, he might receive "heat" from dems (who don't support him anyway) and his fellow RINOs, but that comes with the job and is part of being a leader, but Ryan has never shown ANY leadership or backbone. He is only in the job for his personal interests, NOT for The Country.
Yes.
And they don’t plan to succeed.
Do you really think the democrats (the evil party, as opposed to the stupid party) wrote all 1,200 pages of obamacare after the 2008 election?
This is the guy who is in deep with the Awan family fraud and probably spy ring that infested the Congress??
V-e-r-y deep.
I guess the cowardly Ryan cant take the heat he’ll get.
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The entire GOP “leadership” is nothing but a bunch of political cowards. Although they have majorities in congress, they still allow the Democrats to run the show. Nothing has really changed.
We need to hold the Repukes accountable for their pathetic weakness and their repeated failures to do what they promised. I think that will soon happen.
No background checks required for this??
Must have something do w/ Allah.
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