Former CIA officer charges that: "The Obama administration effectively switched sides in what used to be called the Global War on Terror [GWOT] when it decided to overthrow the sovereign government of our Libyan ally, [which had] been helping in the fight against al-Qaeda, by actually teaming up with and facilitating gun-running to Libyan al-Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood [MB] elements there in 2011"
By 2012 the CIA was put in charge of collecting up and shipping out [surface-to-air missiles] SAMs from Libya on Libyan ships to Turkey for overland delivery to a variety of jihadists, many of whose members later coalesced into the Islamic State, aka ISIS
Edwin Mora, writing in Breitbart News says that "The Obama administration pursued a policy in Libya back in 2011 that ultimately allowed guns to walk into the hands of jihadists linked to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and al-Qaeda (AQ) in Syria, according to a former CIA officer who co-authored [the] report .... (See "Benghazi Commission: Obama Admin Gun-Running Scheme Armed Islamic State" by Edwin Mora, 11/30/15, Breitbart News [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/30/benghazi-commission-obama-admin-gun-running-scheme-armed-islamic-state/]). "So says Clare Lopez, a former CIA officer and the primary author of CCB’s interim report, titled How America Switched Sides in the War on Terror, speaking with Breitbart News...."
“.... 'The Obama administration effectively switched sides in what used to be called the Global War on Terror [GWOT] when it decided to overthrow the sovereign government of our Libyan ally, Muammar Qaddafi, who’d been helping in the fight against al-Qaeda, by actually teaming up with and facilitating gun-running to Libyan al-Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood [MB] elements there in 2011,' explained Lopez. 'This U.S. gun-running policy in 2011 during the Libyan revolution was directed by [then] Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and [the late Libya Ambassador] Christopher Stevens, who was her official envoy to the Libyan AQ rebels.'...”
To avoid having the funds tracked back to the Obama administration, the arms flow to Libya was financed thru the United Arab Emirates, while Qatar served as the logistical and shipping hub, Ms. Lopez noted.
STARTING IN 2012 U.S. SUPPLIED -WEAPONS STARTED MOVING FROM LIBYA THROUGH TURKEY TO ISIS IN SYRIA
“In 2012, the gun-running into Libya turned around and began to flow outward, from Benghazi to the AQ-and-MB-dominated rebels in Syria,” Lopez added. “This time, it was the CIA Base of Operations that was in charge of collecting up and shipping out [surface-to-air missiles] SAMs from Libya on Libyan ships to Turkey for overland delivery to a variety of jihadist militias, some of whose members later coalesced into groups like Jabhat al-Nusra and ISIS [also known as IS]...” [Jabhat al-Nusra is al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate].
PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED ORDERS ALLOWING CIA AND OTHER AGENCIES TO DEAL WITH AMERICA'S ENEMIES IN TIME OF WAR
“It’s been reported that President Obama signed an Executive Order on Syria in early 2012 [just as he had done for Libya in early 2011], that legally covered the CIA and other U.S. agencies that otherwise would have been in violation of aiding and abetting the enemy in time of war and providing material support to terrorism,” notes Lopez. “Still, such blatant disregard for U.S. national security can only be described as deeply corrosive of core American principles.”
LOPEZ EXPLAINS WHY THERE HAS BEEN SUCH A WET BLANKET THROWN OVER BENGHAZI
“... 'There can be no greater treason than aiding and abetting the jihadist enemy in time of war – or providing material – weapons, funding, intel, NATO bombing – support to terrorism,' she continued. 'The reason Benghazi is not the burning issue it ought to be is because so many at top levels of U.S. government were implicated in wrong-doing: White House, Pentagon, Intel Community-CIA, Gang of Eight, at a minimum, in Congress, the Department of State, etc. ...'. ” The "members" of the so-called “Gang of Eight” in 2011 included: the House Speaker Rep. John Boehner, , the House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Mike Rogers, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, the Sen. Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, the Sen. Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, , Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Sen. Saxby Chambliss.
HILLARY'S RECENT TESTIMONY ABOUT "GUN RUNNING" IN LIBYA
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had been asked about gun running operations when testifying before the House Select Committee on Benghazi in October. At that time, the Democratic presidential frontrunner claimed she had not been aware of any U.S. government efforts to arm jihadists in Libya and Syria. However, Clinton admitted that she had been open to the idea of using private security experts to arm the Qaddafi opposition, which included al-Qaeda elements, but she added that it was “...not considered seriously...”
