Probe Urged over Chas Freeman, Obama’s Anti-Israel Intel Pick

[Purveyor]

Source: IsraelNN.com

(IsraelNN.com) The two leading Republican Congressmen, backed by at least one Democrat, have demanded an investigation into United States President Barack Obama’s choice of Saudi Arabia-linked and longtime anti-Israeli Chas Freeman as Obama’s top intelligence official.

Minority Leader John Boehner and party whip Eric Cantor, six other Republicans and one Democrat, Congresswomen Shelley Berkeley, wrote a letter questioning Freeman’s financial ties. President Obama has named him as the chairman of the National Intelligence Council (NIC).

Freeman is a former American ambassador to Saudi Arabia and past president of the Middle East Policy Council, and Arab lobby formerly known as the American-Arab Affairs Council. Two years ago, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah donated $1 million to the Council, whose quarterly Middle East Policy journal routinely includes anti-Israel messages.

“Given his close ties to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we request a comprehensive review of Amb. Freeman's past and current commercial, financial and contractual ties to the Kingdom to ensure no conflict of interest exists in his new position," the Congressmen wrote in a letter to the inspector general for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

New York Democrat Steve Israel earlier this week also asked the Inspector General to check into
Freeman: "We wring our hands while sitting on them as the Jewish state continues to seize ever more Arab land for its colonists."


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[Ozymanithrax]

1. I'll bet these guys went nuts when investigating the Bush/Saudi ties.

[Lance_Boyle]

2. omigawds - he opposes the unrestricted illegal expansion of the rogue state

of Israel! BURN THE WITCH!

:eyes:

[cosmicone]

3. AIPAC at work ... n/t

[Idealism]

4. Dear god, he has ties to A-Rabs! Don't let him set foot inside the holy city!

[goforit]

5. The Israelis want it ALL!!!!

[Jefferson23]

6. DO NOT cave Obama. So far the WH has ignored the letter, I hope it stays that way.

[classysassy]

7. Emanuel

the chief of staff,worked for the IDF,I don't hear any one asking him to resign.

[Zhade]

8. He's not anti-Israel, you idiot assholes.

NT!

[Dogmudgeon]

9. C'mon -- this is a small right-wing rag

Look at some of the stories. All stories with Arabs and/or Muslims are derogatory.

Do a Google search on "Israel National News" and/or "Arutz Sheva" and you'll come up with a whole lot of Freeperish trash, including FR itself. (Add "conservative" for better efficiency.)

The fact alone that the "investigation" is being launched by Boehner and Cantor tells you that this is going to be yet another GOP dog-and-pony show.

--d!