The already alarming connections of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) President Grover Norquist to Islamic terrorism have both come into sharper focus and gotten even more alarming. In an expose’ by Lee Stranahan, it’s revealed that being married to a Palestinian Muslim wife isn’t Norquist’s only connection to Islam through his family. In fact, the […]
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When it comes to John McCain’s Syria Trip, Focus on the Names of People whose Identities we DO KNOW
The controversy over who Senator John McCain (R-AZ) posed with in photos during a visit to Syria last year is beginning to go mainstream. The Drudge Report is linking to an article by Matthew Boyle at Breitbart. At issue are the names and allegiances of the Syrians McCain was posing with. McCain’s office is saying […]
U.S. State Department Official Gives Keynote Speech at Forum Hosted by Terror State
Anne Patterson, the woman who served as U.S. Ambassador to Egypt during the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi last year recently gave the keynote address at an event sponsored by a country that is a chief supporter and financier of Hamas, a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The annual U.S.-Islamic World Forum is co-sponsored […]
ISIS a Common Enemy of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and U.S.
Those who supported the idea of a U.S. air strike on Syria’s Bashar al-Assad – to include Karl Rove, Bill Kristol and everyone else on this list – have major ostrich egg on their faces because they’ve had their heads in the sand for quite some time. Obama’s air strikes in Iraq prove it. The […]
Elizabeth O’Bagy’s Syrian Task Force Defunct?
**UPDATE on October 8, 2013 at 10:46am EST** The Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF) website appears to be back online. While Moustafa is still listed as the “Executive Director”, there appears to have been some additional deck shuffling. The number of “Policy Fellows” has dwindled from three down to one (Evan Barrett is the only […]
John McCain Bags Liz O’Bagy as Legislative Assistant
Senator John McCain (RINO-AZ) was disgraced when he posed with Syrian kidnappers on a trip arranged by Elizabeth O’Bagy. He was further disgraced on September 3rd, when he referred to her as “Dr. O’Bagy” while citing her work at a Senate hearing. In the days that followed, O’Bagy was fired from her post at the […]
Daily Beast’s Rogin and Journalistic Triage on O’Bagy
As we wrote yesterday, when it comes to the Daily Beast’s Josh Rogin, he seems to write on subjects that are damaging to the left but he often does so when the horse is out of the barn. This can do two things. First, like journalistic triage, it provides damage control with nuanced spin on […]
O’Bagy fired Again? Syrian Task Force now Staff of One
On September 3rd, Senator John McCain referenced the work of Elizabeth O’Bagy, citing her column in the Wall Street Journal to help make his case for an attack on Syria. A short time later, her work at the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF) indicated she wasn’t the objective observer she was portrayed to be. Since […]
Did Elizabeth O’Bagy commit Perjury?
It appears that Elizabeth O’Bagy – who works for a pro-Syrian rebel group and got into hot water recently, thanks to Senator John McCain (RINO-AZ) – signed an affidavit on behalf of an American citizen named Eric Harroun, who was indicted for fighting with terrorists. In her affidavit, O’Bagy essentially defends Harroun by saying that […]
Syrian Emergency Task Force staff got smaller again
Ever since Senator John McCain cited Elizabeth O’Bagy at a Senate hearing on September 3rd as an expert on Syria, a group O’Bagy works for (though she claimed she’s not paid by them) has been losing staff. As of September 7th, there were four people on the Washington, D.C. staff. It’s now down to two […]
O’Bagy has been Sacked
When Elizabeth O’Bagy appeared on Your World with Neil Cavuto this past September 5th, she was asked about a potential conflict of interest with respect to her role with the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF). O’Bagy had written an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal in which she expressed support for the Syrian rebels but […]
Did John McCain let the Cat out of the O’Bagy?
By Ben Barrack Elizabeth O’Bagy is listed as a Political Director for the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF) in the group’s Washington, D.C. office. SETF lobbies Congress on behalf of the Syrian rebels. During a Senate hearing this week, Senator John McCain, perhaps the most vocal supporter of the Syrian rebels in Congress, pointed to […]