#epicfail: Congress Fails to Act Against Gore’s Al Jazeera’s Terror TV Deal

Despite this looming threat and questions about the legality of the
[Al Jazzera] purchase, conservative members of Congress are silent. In the House,
supposedly under Republican control, an aide to Rep. Michael McCaul,
newly appointed chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, says
he does not want the “agenda” of the committee driven by the hundreds of
Americans calling his office at 202-226-8417 and requesting an
investigation of Al Jazeera’s terrorist ties.

Wall Street Journal: AFDI: Pamela Geller to Address "Investigate Al Jazeera Now" Press Conference. Al Jazeera should be designated a terror organization. This is not a free speech issue, it's a national security issue.

We are bereft of leadership and representation on the right. You have to make this happen. You have to hold the feet of the weak and the cowed to the fire. For starters, call Rep. Michael McCaul.

Congress Fails to Act Against Gore’s Terror TV Deal Cliff Kincaid, Accuracy in Media, January 31, 2013

It is fun to watch Big Oil critic Al Gore squirm as he is questioned
about selling out to the oil-rich dictatorship in Qatar. But his sale of
Current TV to Al Jazeera is not a laughing matter. This transaction is a
homeland security threat that violates numerous U.S. laws.

To his credit, funnyman David Letterman got close to the truth when
he asked the former Democratic vice-president, “Now why do we think of
Al Jazeera as something not right going on there in terms of, in terms
of the good for Americans? Why do we think that they may be propaganda
for Muslim violence and terrorism?”

“Well, it’s certainly not,” Gore replied. “And many years ago it put
some videos on in the Arabic version that I think were misinterpreted,
but the Al Jazeera English and now Al Jazeera America [are] really high
quality stuff. They’re very widely respected, and people see for
themselves. And, by the way, their climate coverage is higher quality
and more extensive than any network on TV now in the U.S.”

Gore’s answer to Letterman shows that he is not being honest with
those concerned about the deal. If Gore will lie to protect his $100
million payoff from the Arab dictatorship in Qatar, a major oil and gas
producer, what else will he lie about? Global warming?

First, the “misinterpreted” videos were from Osama bin Laden—and al
Qaeda, which is still trying to kill us. There is nothing to
misinterpret. Paul L. Williams, author of the new book, Crescent Moon Rising
points out that, during Operation Enduring Freedom, the official name
for the war in Afghanistan, “All the tapes from al Qaeda were aired on
Al Jazeera to inflame the Arab world. They added all that fuel so that
our troops would be killed.” Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Afghanistan,
who interviewed bin Laden, was sent to prison for being an agent of al
Qaeda.

In Iraq, after the American invasion, the same thing occurred. Al
Jazeera’s first managing director was exposed as an agent of the Saddam
Hussein regime and the channel promoted the anti-American insurgency.
The coverage inspired foreign Jihadists to come to Iraq to kill American
soldiers, as captured terrorists acknowledged in interviews.

The new film, “Zero Dark Thirty,” mentions that the courier who
eventually led the CIA to bin Laden was located in Pakistan near an Al
Jazeera office in order to get the terrorist leader’s videotapes to the
channel for worldwide distribution. This was no accident. The
collaboration between Al Jazeera and al Qaeda continues to the present
day. The channel has interviewed almost every major al Qaeda leader,
including Anwar Al-Awlaki, who inspired the Ft. Hood massacre through
his contacts with Muslim Army soldier Nidal Hasan. Al-Awlaki was also
linked to the attempted bombing in the U.S. on Christmas Day by radical
Muslim Umar Farouk.

Second, despite what Al Gore implies, the Arabic and English versions
of Al Jazeera are paid for by the same dictatorship. Even Hillary
Clinton’s State Department admits that, adding that Qatar controls the
news policies and personnel of the channel.

Gore was on Letterman promoting his new book, The Future,
which was obviously written before his deal with Al Jazeera was
finalized. This is why his mentions of Al Jazeera in the book are so
important. He refers to Al Jazeera in the book as the “relatively
independent” network that played a role in the so-called “Arab spring.”

It is interesting that this “relatively independent” network has now become “very highly-respected,” as he claimed on Letterman.

It’s apparent that Gore is talking about the channel in glowing terms
in order to justify his receipt of $100 million from the $500 million
deal. Gore doesn’t want to admit the truth because then he would be
exposed for selling Current TV to Al Jazeera not only for “dirty” oil
money, but also for blood money. The American blood on the hands of Al
Jazeera is real.

Every time that you see a wounded member of the American military, or
attend a service for those who died defending America, there is the
distinct possibility that the death and destruction was carried out by
Jihadists egged on by Al Jazeera.

In terms of Al Jazeera’s news coverage, praised by Al Gore on
Letterman and the NBC Today Show, my associate and friend Jerry Kenney,
an independent television producer, tells me, “He talked about how many
awards Al Jazeera has been given. That is no surprise to me. The
arsonist is always the first to see the fire. Al Jazeera lights it and
then reports it.”

This is a very serious matter. If Al Jazeera reaches English-speaking
Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. with its incendiary messages, we could
see suicide bombings on the streets of America and the development of
more al Qaeda cells plotting 9/11-type terrorist attacks. The purpose of
“Al Jazeera America” is to reach English-speaking Muslims who don’t
speak Arabic with inflammatory words and images making America out to be
the enemy and villain in the Middle East.

Nidal Hasan is an example of what could happen. He did not speak
Arabic well but communicated with Anwar Al-Awlaki, the English-speaking
al-Qaeda leader who was born in the U.S. but operated out of Yemen,
ordering and directing mass murder in America. He used the Internet but
also praised Al Jazeera journalists by name in a “Message to the Media.”

Recognizing the danger, President Barack Obama was urged by U.S.
intelligence agencies to order the murder of Al-Awlaki through a drone
strike. Al-Awlaki was killed, but Al Jazeera, his favorite television
channel, is very much alive and now, thanks to Al Gore, establishing a
permanent base on U.S. soil, possibly reaching 40-50 million homes.

Despite this looming threat and questions about the legality of the
purchase, conservative members of Congress are silent. In the House,
supposedly under Republican control, an aide to Rep. Michael McCaul,
newly appointed chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, says
he does not want the “agenda” of the committee driven by the hundreds of
Americans calling his office at 202-226-8417 and requesting an
investigation of Al Jazeera’s terrorist ties.

Instead, McCaul recently posed for pictures with various Democrats at the Port of Houston after a bipartisan briefing on security measures at the facility. He issued a statement
saying, “It wasn’t too long ago in Abbottabad they found documents from
bin Laden indicating he wanted to target oil tankers, and that puts
this port at risk.”

This is true and port security is a legitimate area of inquiry. But we also know that those bin Laden documents,
according to CNN’s Peter Bergen, included a plan to “craft the perfect
media message” on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks by
urging  contacts between al Qaeda and Al Jazeera.

The terrorist leader said al Qaeda should contact the correspondents
of Al Jazeera Arabic and English “and tell them that we are willing to
cooperate with them in the area of covering the tenth anniversary by
answering any questions that you think the public is interested in.”

So it was apparent, from the leader of this terrorist group, that
both Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera English were considered outlets
for al-Qaeda propaganda messages.

There is no reason to believe the new Al Jazeera America will be any
different. And the inevitable result will be more cases of terrorist
violence and murder on American soil.

A hearing into this deal would make things difficult for McCaul and
other Republicans who want to pursue a bipartisan agenda and do not want
to irritate Obama and the Democrats. The co-owners of Current TV, Al
Gore and Joel Hyatt, are prominent Democrats, and another investor in
the company, Richard Blum, is the husband of Democratic Senator Dianne
Feinstein. Selling their Current TV to Al Jazeera is somewhat comparable
to turning over American broadcast facilities during World War II to
Tokyo Rose and Axis Sally, the propagandists for the German and Japanese
enemies. They were prosecuted and convicted for treason for
broadcasting their propaganda against America from overseas.

Plus, hearings will surely annoy Republican Senator John McCain, who joined Hillary Clinton in praising Al Jazeera in 2011.

But investigating Al Jazeera is the right thing to do and a necessary
component of homeland security. After all, members of Congress do swear
an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States
against all enemies, foreign and domestic…”

Why don’t they do their jobs?

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Denise Bowen

11 years ago

Pamela, I agree with you completely! If Tokyo Rose was a Propagandist, Al Gore is that and more! I am sorry for all the exclamation points, but I am beyond frustrated by the very environment we are in. It’s almost as though there is a malaise, an invisible net or something preventing any kind of concrete and organized action being taken on several fronts. Meanwhile people die suspiciously, Christians are being persecuted and it’s scrubbed from the records, our rights are being eroded in secret and illegal backroom deals, the DHS and TSA are slowly becoming our own SS, an Army Ranger sits 5 years in Leavenworth for defending his life from a terrorist, etc. Al Gore is a subversive, traitor who has sold his country for $100,000,000 and who has opened the door and invited our ENEMY WITH WHOM WE ARE CURRENTLY AT WAR! But, wait Pamela. As my daughter pointed out to me (we have corresponded with you before) “technically” we are NOT at war. Gore waited until the war was “over’ to sell. His ample posterior is covered.
This morning I heard a radio interview with a woman in Washington State who checked Obama’s current SS# through E-Verify and he Failed! Fact: Obama could not be hired in this country to pick tomatoes, but he currently holds the codes to our atomic arsenal and he is the head of the most powerful country in the world!? Long story short, no judicial body even looked at her, I think, 67 pieces of evidence; the WA State Supreme Court ruled her suit as “frivolous”, again without even looking at the evidence, and she’s fined $16,000! What is going on in this country?
My daughter and I have had our communications disrupted constantly and at crucial moments in our conversations. We have been targeted by the TSA. The reason I’m so angry just now is because I was blocked, again, this morning when on Twitter except, this time, it was ALL my communication avenues. I kept trying to say I didn’t care but between feeling impotent and furious I realized this is just getting to be ridiculous. I didn’t really write for public consumption, Pamela, but have no issues if you do put this out there. I just want to check in and encourage you to keep up the good fight and don’t be bullied by these corrupt bullies!

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Sarah

11 years ago

Pam, maybe put a link and contact info for Congresman McCaul up top with a short sentence about why he should be contacted. For those short on time to read the entire article, it would be helpful to have a soundbite about why he’s important and how to contact him.
Home Page
http://mccaul.house.gov/
Contact Page
http://mccaul.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=133
DC Office Phone
(202) 225-2401
God bless you!

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Guy Macher

11 years ago

We must carry out law-fare attacks on all Muslim organizations.

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NoGroundZeroMosque

11 years ago

@Denise Bowen – well said
You know when I think about it unfortunately may take another catastrophic terrorist attack in the United States to wake up the American people who have been lulled to sleep about the clear and present danger to us by the “enemedia” and those in power.

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Charles Patrick Adkins

11 years ago

I hate to post this OT comment. But I could use a little support from the readers here:
http://thoughtsandrantings.com/2013/02/04/ed-brayton-is-still-an-america-hating-bigot/
Thanks Pam,
-Patrick

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Mackie

11 years ago

One of the looming questions might be,will Al Jazeera be able to have reporters at the Capital and the Whitehouse among other government institutions since Al Gore and our complicit government is allowing this Islamic propaganda machine access and players to Americas airwaves?
Will they get access to the State department, the defense department, and even some of our secret installations? These are serious questions that should be fully asked and vetted— I have yet to hear these kind of questions put to that hypocrite,money hungry traitor Al Gore(I’m being kind).

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Pam K.

11 years ago

I hope you’ll make much of the Diane Feinstein relationship as well. She is so corrupt.

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carpefraise

11 years ago

“Why don’t they do their jobs?’
And lose all that hush money?? As if!!
Besides, Reopublicans and Democrats have not been working for Amercia for a very long time.
All their energy goes to Big UN.
Also full of terrorists.
If Obamam and co ever get impeached, I hope the Republicans supporting them also get impeached. they no more have the USA’s interests at heart than any of the Marxists in charge.

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David, Thailand

11 years ago

…After all, members of Congress do swear an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic…”
The Constitution is a piece of paper which they may well be sincere in swearing to defend, whilst throwing America under the bus.

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Thomas Pellow

11 years ago

France exposes role of Emirate of Qatar (owners of Islamic al Jazeera tv) in supporting jihad in Mali.
“France launches unprecedented campaign against Qatar role in Mali.”
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=56782

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Drew the Infidel

11 years ago

Q: What do the Piltdown Man, Cardiff Giant, and global warming have in common?
A: All are elaborate hoaxes.

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Betty

11 years ago

of course they don’t have the guts and are to busy trying to band our guns. just think if we the people aren’t armed only government and thieves will have guns just think about it and really let it sink in.

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Filsop Moldchenbachert

11 years ago

We already have a Muslim occupying the highest office in the land. His name is Barry Soetoro.

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UbinBUSHwhacked

11 years ago

Until we have conservatives who can see clearly what is happening to America, we will continue to be under the boot of the Elitist Libtard Left of the ObamaNation. Join the Tea Party. Show Facebook you hate those who censor free speach! Join the Tea Party Community @ http://www.teapartycommunity.com.

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ed

11 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJUb6DK3NJ8

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