No Intelligence, Progress At State, Pompeo In Peril, Bashing The Bible
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| Gary Bauer |
During an interview yesterday morning with Maria Bartiromo, Nunes said there was no intelligence in the original report, known as an "electronic communication," that triggered the FBI's counterintelligence investigation against the Trump campaign.
Let's back up for a moment. We were initially told that the Steele dossier, opposition research paid for by the Clinton campaign, was what launched the investigation. Later we were told that it was comments made in London by George Papadopoulos.
According to Nunes, there is an arrangement between the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, known as the "Five Eyes Agreement," where we share intelligence but "we're not supposed to spy on each other's citizens."
Nunes said there was no official "Five Eyes" intelligence in the "electronic communication" that triggered the FBI's investigation of the Trump campaign.
Bartiromo asked Chairman Nunes to explain how the investigation was launched without actual intelligence. "I think that is the point," Nunes replied. "We don't understand, we've never understood. . ."
Bartiromo pressed Nunes again, asking whether Hillary Clinton or her friends at the State Department were "pulling the strings" to launch an investigation of Trump. Here's what Nunes said:
"I can tell you we do know longtime associates of Hillary Clinton, including Sidney Blumenthal and Cody Shearer, were actively giving information to the State Department that was making its way to the FBI. . . We're trying to piece it all together and that's why we are investigating the State Department."
We will keep you posted.
Progress At State - While Rep. Nunes is investigating potential scandals of the Obama-era State Department, I am pleased to report that progress is being made by the Trump/Pence team when it comes to eliminating left-wing extremism from the State Department.
The Trump State Department recently issued its first report on human rights around the world, and there are two big changes. First, when referring to the Palestinian conflict with Israel, the words "occupied territories" have been dropped from references to Gaza and the West Bank.
In addition, the section of the report on abortion as a "human right" is gone. It has been replaced with a section about "coercion in population control."
This is not a "small thing," my friends. When the Obama Administration pushed abortion as a human right in official documents, that influenced America's foreign policy.
Under Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, the United States became a global advocate for the "right" of women to abort their babies. This was done with your tax dollars and in the name of your country.
It seems to me that human rights must begin with the right to life.
Pompeo In Peril? The nomination of CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be secretary of state is facing some difficulty. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is voting this afternoon, and right now it looks like the committee will not approve his nomination.
This is beyond outrageous. When Pompeo was confirmed to lead the CIA, the vote was overwhelming and bipartisan -- 66 to 32. There are no allegations of scandal, moral failings or mismanagement.
The Democrat obstructionism now is purely an effort by the left to cripple the president in the middle of the negotiations to end North Korea's nuclear program and to renegotiate the Iranian nuclear deal.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders blasted Senate Democrats this morning during an appearance on Fox News, saying:
"Look, at some point, Democrats have to decide whether they love this country more than they hate this president. They have to decide that they want to put the safety and the security and the diplomacy of our country ahead of their own political games."
As insane as this left-wing resistance is, it is even more troubling that Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) plans to oppose Pompeo's confirmation. I have a question for Sen. Paul: Do you really want history to record that you voted for John Kerry to be secretary of state when he was nominated by Barack Obama and against Donald Trump's nominee, Mike Pompeo?
The good news is that it appears a couple of Democrats will vote for Pompeo. He should have the votes to be confirmed once his nomination reaches the Senate floor.
Bashing The Bible - GQ has jumped into the culture war again, this time by bashing the Bible. The magazine has published a list of books that it thinks should not be read.
Along with classics like Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and almost anything by Ernest Hemmingway, the Bible makes the list for allegedly being "repetitive, self-contradictory, sententious, foolish, and even at times ill-intentioned."
Give me a break! Does anyone really care what GQ thinks about the Bible? This is like an ant declaring Mount Kilimanjaro "overrated." I can't wait to read GQ's review of the Koran.
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Gary Bauer is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families
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