New information reveals that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was indirectly sending messages to the FARC. The Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is designated as a terrorist group by the US government. Speaker Pelosi was doing this while at the same time she refused to bring a free trade agreement with Colombia up for a vote in the US House. In fact, Pelosi took extraordinary steps to block this trade agreement with America's closest ally in South America.
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Colombian Sen. Piedad Cordoba (left) is currently under investigation by the Colombian attorney general for ties to the FARC. Cordoba claims that Speaker Nancy Pelosi was sending messages to the FARC terrorists. Cordoba also claimed during FARC negotiations that Pelosi had assigned Rep. Jim McGovern, as the point man. Captured FARC documents confirmed in March that Mr. McGovern had been working with an American go-between, who had been offering the rebels help in undermining Colombia's elected and popular government.
The Wall Street Journal reported on the confiscated FARC documents that implicated Rep. McGovern back in March:
The Reyes hard drive reveals an ardent effort to do business directly with the FARC by Congressman James McGovern (D., Mass.), a leading opponent of the free-trade deal. Mr. McGovern has been working with an American go-between, who has been offering the rebels help in undermining Colombia's elected and popular government.Now, today we find out who was directing Rep. McGovern--
Mr. McGovern's press office says the Congressman is merely working at the behest of families whose relatives are held as FARC kidnap hostages. However, his go-between's letters reveal more than routine intervention.
Speaker Pelosi!
Mary Anastasia O'Grady at The Wall Street Journal reported:
Last fall, Mr. Chávez and the FARC hatched an audacious plan whereby the Venezuelan would take "proof of life" of Ms. Betancourt to French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, where the plight of Ms. Betancourt was a cause célèbre. The rebels wrote that Mr. Chávez was sure French pressure for negotiations would cause President Bush to "order Uribe to allow the meeting" between Mr. Chávez and the rebels on Colombian soil, something Mr. Uribe had refused to do. The rebels reported that Mr. Chávez was "super-motivated," because he viewed the rendezvous as a public-relations coup that would give him and the FARC "continental and world renown."
That plan flopped, but Mr. Chavez had other cards up his sleeve. One involved Colombian Sen. Piedad Cordoba, who is currently under investigation by the Colombian attorney general for ties to the FARC. She figures prominently in the captured rebel documents, and is notoriously close to Mr. Chávez.
She met at the Venezuelan presidential palace with FARC leaders last fall. From that meeting the rebels reported that "Piedad says that Chávez has Uribe going crazy. He doesn't know what to do. That Nancy Pelosi helps and is ready to help in the swap [hostages in exchange for captured guerrillas]. That she has designated [U.S. Congressman Jim] McGovern for this."
If the speaker of the House was working with Ms. Cordoba in this scheme, her judgment was more than a little misguided. The rebels write that on a trip to Argentina Ms. Cordoba told them, "It doesn't matter to me the proposal that Sarkozy has made to free Ingrid. Above all, do not liberate Ingrid." In short, why give up such a useful pawn?
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (C), senior FARC rebel commander Ivan Marquez (L) of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba walk at Miraflores Palace in Caracas November 8, 2007. (Reuters)
Don Surber believes it is time someone reined the Queen Bee in.
Karl at Protein Wisdom notes that this is far from the first time that democrats have cozied up to the communists.
Previously:
Captured FARC Documents Link Democrats to Terror Group
Busted!... Democratic Point Man on Colombia Caught Dealing With FARC
Interpol Confirms Authenticity Of Raul Reyes's Computer Files
Interpol Confirms: US Democrat Was Secretly Working With FARC
MEDIA IGNORES Rep. McGovern Was Secretly Communicating With FARC
FARC Connections to German Leftists & US Democrats Exposed
Will the Colombian Hostage Rescue Expose the Democrat's Links to FARC?
UPDATE: Just to be clear in case there are any questions...
The FARC is a "terrorist organization" and not a "revolutionary" force.
WFTV reported: Marc Gonsalves, one of three US hostages rescued from Colombia's FARC rebels last week, said Monday the guerillas were not revolutionaries but "terrorists" using a crusade for the poor as a front for crime.
Hat Tip BG
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ReplyDeleteI agree winston and this is not the first time for the seditious Dems either...
ReplyDeleteIt's not the first time for Nancy Pelosi either. It's fortunate that the Speaker of the House is immune from prosecution under the Logan Act (as currently applied and
ReplyDeleteenforced by the executive branch), as she's routinely violated it in directing the alternative foreign policy of the US Federal Government.
http://opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110009908
discusses Nancy's Syria visit and unilateralist approach to foreign policy. If there was any remainder of ethics in either party, Nancy would be required to step down from her Speaker position while an external criminal investigation is carried out. Corrupt libs and sitzpinkler republicans, on the other hand, won't do a damn thing.
We should start flooding the Senate,House,and everywhere possible for her to step down. Sorry don't have a google I.D so I'M anonymous
ReplyDeletePelosi switched her position on the FTA from being about human rights and work issues to admitting it was about using it as a bargaining chip for her proposed second sub prime 300 billion bail out.
ReplyDeleteWell children can you say, traitor? That's right, traitor.
ReplyDeleteNow repeat it so you can hear every syllable.
Now let's see if Mr. Train will lend us a rail for the rest of today's lesson.
The whole Democrat leadership is chock full of traitors and seditionists.
ReplyDeleteAnd there is not a damned thing we can do about it.
Flooding the senators and congresscritters with letters and emails will not do a bit of good because the Democrats control the House and the Senate and they are going to make damned sure that there is nothing done about this.
Protesting might help but it would have to be done on such a scale that there is no way it can be ignored.
What needs to be done is to get the Democrats out of a position of power, period. The only way to do that is to put in a Republican majority in both the House and the Senate and that ain't gonna happen unless the GOP gets off it's ass.
A huge scandal the media will ignore. It cares much more about closeted gay Senators tapping their feet in the john, what Obama is eating for breakfast today, and Christie Brinkley's porn-obsessed hubby. If I was a family member of any of those released hostages, I would be raising he-double hockey sticks.
ReplyDeleteImagine a similar situation involving Republican Congressmen.
ReplyDeleteActually, I think it behooves Conservatives to have someone like Nancy Pelosi out front and center. She is the equivalent of a "Scarlet Letter." You want the most partisan, disingenuous, beclowned troglodytes in the public eye so that they can draw a line right to the opinions and party that they represent. The worst thing that could happen would be the replacement of Pelosi, or Harry Reid (for that matter) with an innocuous, seemingly realistic, representative who comes across as somewhat trustworthy...because the media will certainly take that misperception and add fluff.
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JR
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ReplyDeletehas anyone done a study re: the
affects of Botox on the brain??
worst Congress in history..
gee, i wonder why.. NOT!!
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I'm sure the MSM will ignore yet another demonstration of treason from the party of "rum, Romanism, & rebellion."
ReplyDeleteNone dare call it treason among the political elites.
Watch McCain waffle & walk away from the evidence.
Another loo-zer, just like GWB, who played rope-a-dope for half a decade.
People are pointing out that the Rebels were not only duped with Che T-Shirts, but were told that the Helicopters were on loan from an NGO. So don't miss this in the WSJ article too:
ReplyDelete"Since the late 1990s, the NGO practice of dragging the military into court on allegations of human rights violations has destroyed the careers of some of the country's finest officers, even though most of these men were found innocent after years of proceedings. "Judicial warfare" turned out to be especially effective because under legislation pushed by Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, "credible" charges against officers put at risk U.S. military aid unless the accused was removed. The NGOs knew that they only had to point fingers to get rid of an effective leader and demoralize the ranks. Given this history, it's not surprising that the FARC thought a helicopter from an NGO was perfectly natural."
Who needs a CIA when you have Democrats in congress trying to overthrow democratically elected foreign governments?
ReplyDeleteDemocrats need oversight.
Let's rush the extradition papers and ship her OUT!
ReplyDeleteI knew Pelosi was a moonbat, but until now I did not realize she was a traitor & terrorist sympathizer. Where the hell is the Justice Dept. on this?
ReplyDeleteoh yeah, right, they're the ones who go after border guards and imprison them for doing their jobs!
Wouldn't this be grounds for real impeachment?
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ReplyDeleteFreed US hostage condemns FARC rebels as 'terrorists'
excerpt:
[Marc Gonsalves, one of three US hostages rescued from Colombia's FARC rebels last week, said Monday the guerillas were not revolutionaries but "terrorists" using a crusade for the poor as a front for crime.
"They are not a revolutionary group. They are terrorists," Gonsalves told a televised press conference from Texas, in his first public comments since being rescued by the Colombian army Wednesday along with 14 other hostages.
"They say that they want equality. They say that they just want to make Colombia a better place. But that's all a lie. It's a cover story, and they hide behind it," Gonsalves said.
"And they use it to justify their criminal activity.... Their interests lie in drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping. They refuse to acknowledge all human rights. And they reject democracy."]
i'm sure Nanzi Pelosi disagrees..
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Of course FARC is a terrorist organization. That's what makes them heroes to the Democrats, especially the moonbats in Hollywood, like Oliver Stone, who traveled to Venezuela last Christmas to produce a pro-FARC propaganda documentary for his buddy Hugo Chavez. Asked about FARC's terrorism, Stone had this to say:
ReplyDelete"Grabbing hostages is the fashion in which they can finance themselves and try to achieve their goals, which are difficult. I think they are heroic to fight for what they believe in and die for it, as was Castro in the hills of Cuba."
Link to WSJ article
That Ninny Nanny Numbskull Pelosi should be tried for treason! She is more than one sick animal: She definitely has proven herself to be a rabid moonbat! Wait until this dumbaxx moonbat gets the toss from a tough conservative opponent...then she could be tried and hopefully convicted of treason.
ReplyDeleteFreaking scary that this woman is 3rd in line for the presidency.
ReplyDeleteShe should be arrested and tried as a traitor.
ReplyDeleteTrackback to American Infidel
ReplyDeletehttp://twana.vox.com/library/post/speaker-pelosi-was-sending-messages-to-farc-terrorists-while-undermining-colombian-government.html
Perhaps the best route would be for the three American hostages to sue Speaker Pelosi in civil court.
ReplyDeleteSomeone said "Perhaps the best route would be for the three American hostages to sue Speaker Pelosi in civil court."
ReplyDeleteThat's great...maybe the ACLU will help the three Amercians against Pelosi! Oh, how silly of me. If this was three hostages against Cheney, then story this would be all over the news.
Tass,
ReplyDelete"Freaking scary that this woman is 3rd in line for the presidency.
4:33 PM"
You just made the understatement of the day! Lets imagine her tripping off to Syria in official capacity? Acck!
Could someone please write a screenplay and film the FAT alcoholic drug addict Oliver Stone lap dancing Castro or Hugo please? That would be great. And feel free to add in all kinds on conjecture fantasies, like Oliver in Castro bed with Oliver taking it in the unmentionable just like Stone does to his own movies. Stone can't deal with reality so he invents all kinds of his fantasy's on film.
ReplyDeleteWell, I don´t think that Pelosi commited any crimes but the democrats have made a mistake, they have allied themselves with the colombian opposition and in the process they have adopted many of the FARC views. This is natural because the FARC have to oppose the gov't that is destroying them anyway they can.
ReplyDeleteWhere is the GOP on this? Why is there no investigation of Pelosi and the Rep?
ReplyDeleteWhere is the press on this? Why are they - the "watchdogs" not demanding an investigation of Pelosi?
Where is McCain on this?
If the GOP lets Pelosi get by without answering for this, they deserve their fate.
I'll bet the FBI and the DEA are looking into Pelosi and "Jim".
ReplyDelete"Well children can you say, traitor? That's right, traitor."8:49 AM
ReplyDeleteAgreed: any child could tell you that using go-betweens to negotiate with a revolutionary group for the release of american hostages is treason. Period.
Can you imagine if a republican got caught doing this, and maybe even breaking other laws in the process and violating the consitution? Seems like grounds for impeachment - and no last minute pardons!
p.s. Iran-Contra
No wonder Nancy Pelosi wouldn't let us prosecute for war crimes.
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Fox's second controlled news media Wall Street Journal, I believe they really tell the truth and as far as Columbia a country which Bush now controls to fight and attack Venezuela's president what can I say.
ReplyDeleteLooks as if the republicans are really lining up to attack democrats on any front which they think the BS will stick.
They are now attacking the democratic Mayor of Baltimore with so called investigations with no reason for them.
They are data mining the governors every more hoping to find something , if not they do not give a d... because they are doing damage with the data mining in order to uncover something they can use.
You have the baltimore channels filling their air time showing the agencies carrying boxes and talking about the governor which has never been charge , but is being dumped on , hoping to destroy their credibility...
It is time for the speaker to come clean right away. The longer the wait the more it would seem to that there is something going on.
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