Is Boko Haram the Story Hillary Doesn’t Want the Press to Cover?

[mota bhai 2,675]

If American blood and treasure are to be expended in Nigeria, the American public is due a full examination of how we got to this point. It’s an examination that Clinton probably hopes the media does not perform all that thoroughly.

In an eye-opening Daily Beast report, Josh Rogin reveals that Clinton’s State Department repeatedly refused to designate Boko Haram a foreign terrorist organization. According to Rogin’s sources, that refusal may have limited America’s ability to degrade the operational capabilities of this militant group.

“The refusal came despite the urging of the Justice Department, the FBI, the CIA, and over a dozen senators and congressmen,” Rogin reported. And, apparently, Clinton is not insulated from direct criticism for State’s dithering:

“The one thing she could have done, the one tool she had at her disposal, she didn’t use. And nobody can say she wasn’t urged to do it. It’s gross hypocrisy,” said a former senior U.S. official who was involved in the debate. “The FBI, the CIA, and the Justice Department really wanted Boko Haram designated, they wanted the authorities that would provide to go after them, and they voiced that repeatedly to elected officials.”

Being listed as a terrorist association allows the United States to use a variety of military, intelligence, and financial tools to isolate that organization. State’s refusal to apply this designation to Boko Haram, a group that had and maintains ties to al Qaeda, may have allowed them the space to grow into a greater threat to regional security.

Clinton defenders say that not designating this organization as a terrorist group was a strategic decision. “There was a concern that putting Boko Haram on the foreign terrorist list would in fact raise its profile, give it greater publicity, give it greater credibility, help in its recruitment, and also probably drive more assistance in its direction,” Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson said Wednesday in a press call.

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State’s refusal to designate this group a terrorist organization has been a subject of consternation for several years. The implication that State refused to act when it could have made a difference will necessarily have political implications for Clinton should she decide to run for president in 2016.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/is-boko-haram-the-story-hillary-doesnt-want-the-press-to-cover/

[luckytxn 2,264]

You used abbreviations. Reported.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

At least Hillary had balls. John Kerry has nice hair. See the difference?

[JohnR! 5,495]

It is all part of the vast, huge, incommensurable and Brobdingnagian left wing conspiracy!

[mota bhai 2,675]

At least Hillary had balls. John Kerry has nice hair. See the difference?

Not really. Hillary's despicable record as SecState does not need covering up, thank you very much for trying though.