Allen West Calls for Obama Impeachment, Slams 'Delusional Liar' Susan Rice

Allen West calls for Obama impeachment, cites prisoner swap

June 4, 2014|By Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel

Former Congressman Allen West wants his former colleagues in the U.S. House to file articles of impeachment against President Barack Obama.
Citing the swap of five Taliban prisoners of war held by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the American prisoner of war, West said the action warrants impeachment of the president.
He detailed his case in a radio interview on Tuesday, further explained his reasoning in a blog post on his website, and summed up his feelings on Twitter, writing “The time has come. I call on House leadership to draw up articles of impeachment #Bergdahl.”
From West:
"Obama’s breaking of the law in this case presents serious national security concerns — for all Americans. This is aiding and abetting the enemy, which goes along with the collusion of this administration with Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated organizations and supplying weapons and arms to Islamists.
Obama just released the leadership of a terrorist organization, and what did we get in return? A deserter, who by his own self-proclamation harbors anti-American sentiments — which it seems that Susan Rice, our esteemed National Security Advisor, didn’t even realize his heinous actions — or maybe as usual she just lied about it again. Bergdahl served the United States with honor and distinction? Let’s not send Susan Rice out ever again.
To hear Obama state that “no American should be left behind” — has he forgotten about Benghazi and Marine SGT Tahmooressi? How about leaving behind American veterans to die?
Ladies and gentlemen, I submit that Barack Hussein Obama’s unilateral negotiations with terrorists and the ensuing release of their key leadership without consult — mandated by law — with the U.S. Congress represents high crimes and misdemeanors, an impeachable offense.
So I call upon the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives; Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to draft articles of impeachment as no one is above the law in America. The failure to do so speaks volumes."

Clinton aides tell New York Times to back off in secret summit

(Bailey)  "Sure they want the Times to back off. Maybe they don't want to be asked about our Americans that were murdered in Benghazi. That's right Miss President want a be, we are not going to forget that it was on your watch. And what did you do about it, nothing. Guess you'll try to blame that on Bush too."

Some of Hillary Clinton's closest aides blasted the New York Times for what they said was unfair coverage of the former first lady during a recent secret meeting with the paper's Washington bureau, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. 
Sources said the meeting included Clinton advisers Philippe Reines and Huma Abedin, as well as Times Washington bureau chief Carolyn Ryan and national political reporter Amy Chozick, who has been on the Clinton beat for the paper. 
During the closed-door gathering, Clinton aides reportedly griped about the paper's coverage of the potential 2016 candidate, arguing that Clinton has left public office and not be subjected to harsh scrutiny, according to a source familiar with the discussions. 
Neither the Times nor the Clinton camp would discuss on the record specifics. However, sources familiar with the meeting describe it as an attempt to brush back and even intimidate the staff of the Times. The sometimes fraught relationship between Clinton and the press has been well documented. 
"We are not going to comment," said a Times spokesperson when contacted by the Free Beacon. 
Reines and another spokesperson for Clinton did not respond to requests for comment. 
Chozick's recent reporting includes a story last month that suggested a family feud was brewing between the Clintons and Marjorie Margolies, Chelsea Clinton's mother-in-law. 
Margolies lost her Democratic primary bid for U.S. Congress in late May, and the Times reported that Hillary Clinton's conspicuous absence from the campaign had rankled some Margolies allies. 
In April, the Times also reported on Clinton's difficulty defining her accomplishments at the State Department.

Government considers freeing another Guantanamo inmate, on heels of Bergdahl swap

ARLINGTON, Va. –  As controversy grows over the release of five hardened Taliban detainees in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the Obama administration is considering springing yet another prisoner from Guantanamo Bay.
Fouzi Khalid Abdullah al-Awda appeared via a video feed before a review board Wednesday morning in northern Virginia, often smiling as his private counsel Eric Lewis made the case for his release.
Al-Awda has been held prisoner for 12 years. According to Defense Department officials and his official Guantanamo detainee profile, he traveled from his home in Kuwait to Afghanistan just before the 9/11 attacks to train in terrorist camps, and "possibly" fight alongside the Taliban and Al Qaeda. 
Al-Awda maintains he only went to Afghanistan for "humanitarian reasons to provide alms for the poor and to teach the Koran."
The deliberations follow the administration's controversial decision to free five Taliban leaders from Guantanamo in exchange for Bergdahl over the weekend. Lawmakers say the former prisoners are high-risk and were among the most sought-after detainees by Taliban leadership. There are now 149 detainees left at Guantanamo, which President Obama has struggled to close since taking office in 2009.
Al-Awda's attorney, though, argued his client poses "no continuing significant security threat to the United States." He said his client, if released, would be sent back to Kuwait and immediately put into a rehab facility for at least one year -- though he could be allowed to leave during daytime hours in as early as six months. 
If he is released from that facility, al-Awda would still be subject to extensive security monitoring. His Internet activity would be monitored, he'd have to check in with police at least once a week and he'd be banned from traveling outside Kuwait.
During his decade-plus in captivity, al-Awda has not been a passive prisoner. His personal representatives concede he's been hostile, throwing "food and other items," and participating in hunger strikes. But they also say he has become much calmer in recent years, adding the initial adjustment to prison life "has not been easy."
Al-Awda's immediate goals were described as getting married, starting a family and working for his father, who was a colonel in the Kuwaiti Air Force and fought alongside U.S. forces during the Persian Gulf War. He now owns a plumbing supply business.
While the Kuwaiti foreign minister, interior minister and director of counter terrorism all provided statements supporting al-Awda's release, it is not a done deal.
Pentagon officials argue if he were to engage in extremism, it would likely be through other detainees who already have been released.
The periodic review board overseeing the case now has 30 days to make a decision. If it decides al-Awda should not be transferred, he'll appear before another review board in December.  

Fox News Poll: Voters think Gitmo prisoners receive better health care than vets

More Americans than not think the U.S. government gives better health care to militants captured in the war on terrorism than to U.S. troops who may have fought them on the battlefield. 
A Fox News poll released Wednesday finds that by a 50-31 percent margin, voters think enemy combatants held at Guantanamo Bay get better health care than veterans. Nearly one in five is unsure (18 percent).
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Majorities of Republicans (57 percent) and independents (58 percent) think the health care for prisoners is better. 
Democrats split: 38 percent think detainees have it better, while 36 percent say veterans do. Another one in four Democrats is unable to say (24 percent).
The poll was conducted in the wake of a Department of Veterans Affairs scandal that found records were falsified to cover up delays in veterans receiving medical attention and several veterans died while waiting for care.
Eric Shinseki, the head of the VA and a decorated Army general who was wounded in combat, resigned Friday. 
More than half of voters agree Shinseki should have been pressured to resign (52 percent), while just over a third thinks he should have been encouraged to stay in his job (35 percent).
By a wide 59-29 percent margin, voters disapprove of how the Obama administration is dealing with the problems at the VA. 
Views among Democrats are split: 44 percent approve, while 43 percent disapprove. 
The issue is clear cut for Republicans: 77 percent disapprove of how Obama is handling the VA. 
Overall, seven voters in 10 rates the care veterans receive negatively: 30 percent say “only fair” and 39 percent rate it as “poor.” Only four percent say the care is “excellent” and 19 percent call it “good.”
The scandal may be reinforcing doubts some voters have about the quality of care Americans will receive under Obamacare: 55 percent don’t think the government will do better with the new health care system than it has with the veterans’ health-care system. Less than a third thinks Obamacare will be run better (31 percent). 
Among veterans, 58 percent think prisoners at Gitmo receive better care and 67 percent rate the quality of care soldiers receive negatively (29 percent “only fair” and 38 percent “poor”).
Among the array of Washington scandals in the news, the VA scandal (33 percent) is the most troubling to voters, followed by the NSA spying scandal (27 percent), the White House handling of Benghazi (15 percent) and the IRS targeting of conservative groups (13 percent).
The Fox News poll is based on landline and cell phone interviews with 1,006 randomly chosen registered voters nationwide and was conducted under the joint direction of Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R) from June 1-3, 2014. The full poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.