Corker blocks Afghan war funds over CIA 'ghost money' program

[rug]

06/17/13 03:14 PM ET
By Carlo Muñoz

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) is blocking millions in State Department funds for Afghanistan, until President Obama discloses details abut the CIA's decade-long effort to funnel cash to Afghan leaders, including President Hamid Karzai.

The ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations panel has put a hold on $75 million in government aid to Kabul “until such time as I receive sufficient information" on the CIA program, Corker said Monday.

"The administration’s lack of any response to these requests, its apparent decision to flout the Foreign Relations Committee’s oversight, and its inability or unwillingness to explain such a policy is unacceptable," the Tennessee Republican wrote.

The State Department funds being fenced off by Corker are to help finance the upcoming presidential election in Afghanistan, set for April 2014.

http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/305991-corker-blocks-afghan-war-funds-over-cia-ghost-money-to-karzai-government-

I doubt he's doing this out of principle.

[okaawhatever]

1. K & R I hope more informed readers can point out a motive or explanation as to the gops real motive/

[SoCalDem]

2. To prolong the fighting past the 2014 deadline

I hope the admin dumps every detail about the money sent ..starting with 2001

[okaawhatever]

6. Oh, thanks. Yes, I hope he does release it, including all the money that Blackwater and such "lost".

[KoKo]

3. Millions are to "help" finance the upcoming Afghan Presidential Election in 2014?

WTF? Why do we need to finance the Afghan Presidential Election? Never mind....I don't want to know.... :facepalm


The State Department funds being fenced off by Corker are to help finance the upcoming presidential election in Afghanistan, set for April 2014.

[Comrade Grumpy]

4. Good for Corker. Too bad no Democrat got around to doing this.

The CIA is playing bag man with our tax dollars.

What a sleazeball operation.

[Avalux]

5. You do realize WHY Corker is doing this?

I hope you're not naive enough to think he's suddenly developed a conscience. All he wants to do is destroy Obama and Dems when it's his party that's orchestrated the most sweeping incursions on our rights.

[Comrade Grumpy]

7. Partisan politics is not the be-all and end-all.

The CIA has been running a sleazy pay-off program with our tax dollars. It needs to stop. Where are the Democrats?

[Avalux]

8. Unfortunately partisan politics and the status quo are running the show.

The CIA has been doing this crap for a very long time, but now, suddenly, Corker wants to pin it all on Obama. He's taken something for which both parties are complicit and made it partisan. Classic GOP bullshit.