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| Obama DOJ drops charges against alleged broker of Libyan weapons |
| 2016-10-05 |
| [Politico] Arms dealer had threatened to expose Hillary Clinton's talks about arming anti-Qadhafi rebels. The Obama administration is moving to dismiss charges against an arms dealer it had accused of selling weapons that were destined for Libyan rebels. Lawyers for the Justice Department on Monday filed a motion in federal court in Phoenix to drop the case against the arms dealer, an American named Marc Turi, whose lawyers also signed the motion. The deal averts a trial that threatened to cast additional scrutiny on Hillary Clinton’s private emails as Secretary of State, and to expose reported Central Intelligence Agency attempts to arm rebels fighting Libyan leader Moammar Qadhafi. Government lawyers were facing a Wednesday deadline to produce documents to Turi’s legal team, and the trial was officially set to begin on Election Day, although it likely would have been delayed by protracted disputes about classified information in the case. 'How America Switched Sides in the War on Terror' - Summary at pages 3-5. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Bought the arms dealer off in this Libyan version of Fast-and-Furious? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-05 09:37 |
| #3 From the Link: Mr. Turi’s application for a license was rejected in late March 2011. Undeterred, he applied again, this time stating only that he planned to ship arms worth more than $200 million to Qatar. In May 2011, his application was approved. Mr. Turi, in an interview, said that his intent was to get weapons to Qatar and that what “the U.S. government and Qatar allowed from there was between them.” Perhaps a follow-up call to Stevens provided the... 'way ahead ?' As some have suggested, did the Turi and DoS gun running effort run counter to the ongoing Klingon mission in Benghazi ? I love stories about horses, mules, guns, and dogs. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-05 08:15 |
| #2 What do you mean "switched sides"? Who trained Palestinian Force 17? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-10-05 02:23 |
| #1 NYT 5 Dec 2012: U.S.-Approved Arms for Libya Rebels Fell Into Jihadis’ Hands |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-05 02:18 |