Make Room for Islamistgate: The Obama Administration’s Newest, (Biggest?) Scandal

by Barry Rubin
June 4th, 2013 - 8:17 am

Currently the Obama administration is facing three big scandals — the IRS targeting, the bugging of AP and Fox, and Benghazi. Now we have scandal Number Four, just as large in scope.

For the last four years, the Obama administration has conducted a major “outreach” program to Islamic groups in the United States and in the Middle East. In a comprehensive article, investigative journalist and PJ Media contributor Patrick Poole now presents the full scoop and scope of what’s been going on. His article — “Blind to Terror: The U.S. Government’s Disastrous Muslim Outreach Efforts and the Impact on U.S. Policy” — appearing in the new Summer issue of the MERIA Journal is a game-changer.

You may think that you know about this subject, but the scandal extends far beyond what you have heard.

The majority of these groups and individuals promoted by the Obama administration have been radical Islamists, particularly Muslim Brotherhood cadre, and more than occasionally were people involved in terrorist activity.

Actual moderate Muslims have been neglected and isolated by this project, which has helped the radicals, Islamists, and pro-terrorists gain hegemony in the Muslim community in America.

Again, you may think that you know this story — but it is far more extensive than has ever before been revealed. Often, the White House and FBI have granted access and worked with those who were simultaneously being investigated on serious charges of terrorism.

The whole “outreach” program has been a farce, and it would be charitable to describe it as incompetence on the part of the Obama administration. Patrick Poole pulls all of the material together for the first time and shows serious flaws that have endangered Americans in scores of cases. Radicals have been given credentials as moderates, been provided with information that should have remained secret, and been allowed to advise and influence U.S. policy. The kind of government mishandling of terrorist threats that characterize the Fort Hood case and the Boston bombing has been business as usual.

On the following page is an excerpt from Patrick Poole’s article:

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Idiots like this are going to muddy the waters too much for the Low Info crowd. The Regime will be able to say that all of this scandal hunting is "overreach" by the GOP and the Low Info will agree. First off, the Regime has been in bed with these Islamist types since day one. No one cares. It wasn't an issue in the '12 election and it isn't going to be one now. At this point we have 2 real scandals that are resonating with everyone. The IRS and the journalist spying. People understand them and are outraged. They both go to prove the argument that big govt' is dangerous and should be avoided.

It is time to stay focused on the ball and not some cloudy concepts that take a half hour to explain to voters.

Quote: Frank Cannon wrote in post #2

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Idiots like this are going to muddy the waters too much for the Low Info crowd. The Regime will be able to say that all of this scandal hunting is "overreach" by the GOP and the Low Info will agree. First off, the Regime has been in bed with these Islamist types since day one. No one cares.

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