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8. “Obama Orders Launched Fast and Furious,” YouTube.com, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PNhYk9NuNc.
9. A. W. R. Hawkins, “Eric Holder Feigns Ignorance of Operation ‘Fast and Furious’ Now, But He Bragged of Overseeing Its Implementation in 2009,” Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government, July 8, 2011, http://biggovernment.com/awrhawkins/2011/07/08/eric-holder-feigns-ignorance-of-operation-fast-and-furious-now-but-he-bragged-of-over seeing-its-implementation-in-2009/.
10. A. W. R. Hawkins, “ ‘Fast and Furious’ Goes All the Way to the White House,” Human Events, August 9, 2011, http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=45398.
11. William La Jeunesse, “U.S. Government Used Taxpayer Funds to Buy, Sell Weapons During ‘Fast and Furious,’ Documents Show,” Fox News, September 26, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/26/us-government-bought-and-sold-weapons-during-fast-and-furious-documents-show/.
12. United States Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, Evaluation and Inspections Division, “Review of ATF’s Project Gunrunner,” November 2010, p. v, http://www.justice.gov/oig/reports/ATF/e1101.pdf.
13. Doug Book, “Is Project Gunrunner Gun Control Chicago-Style?” FloydReports.com, June 20, 2011, http://www.exposeobama.com/2011/06/20/is-project-gunrunner-gun-control-chicago-style/.
14. James Walsh, “ ‘Fast and Furious’ Weapons Used by Drug Cartels,” Newsmax.com, June 27, 2011, http://www.newsmax.com/JamesWalsh/mexican-drug-cartels-fastand furious/2011/06/27/id/401528.
15. Michael A. Walsh, “Lethal Fiasco,” New York Post, July 29, 2011, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/lethal_fiasco_rllfHYxZwgAHwNGmMUC aoL.
16. Walsh, “ ‘Fast and Furious’ Weapons Used by Drug Cartels.”
17. Walsh, “Lethal Fiasco.”
18. Sari Horowitz, “A gunrunning sting gone fatally wrong,” Washington Post, July 25, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-anti-gunrunning-effort-turns-fatally-wrong/2011/07/14/gIQAH5d6YI_story.html.
19. “GOA Calls for House Investigation into ‘Project Gunrunner’ As Senator Reid Drags His Feet,” Gun Owners of America, February 23, 2011, http://gunowners.org/project gunrunner.htm.
20. “Phoenix Special Agent John Dodson’s Congressional testimony on Operation Fast & Furious,” What the Folly?, June 22, 2011, http://www.whatthefolly.com/2011/06/22/phoenix-atf-special-agent-john-dodsons-congressional-testimony-on-operation-fast-furious/.
21. Ibid.
22. “Bortac History and Overview,” http://bortac.com/.
23. “Three indicted in killing of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry,” Sea to Shining Sea, May 7, 2011, http://seatoshiningsea.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/blog-post-three-indicted-in-killing-of-border-patrol-agent-brian-terry-1-suspect-in-custody-2-others-unnamed-and-at-large-feds-deny-any-wrongdoing-on-fast-and-furious/.
24. Mike Levine, “Three Men Charged In Murder Of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry; Questions Over U.S. Program Linger,” FoxNews.com, May 6, 2011, http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/05/06/three-men-charged-murder-border-patrol-agent-brian-terry-questions-over-us-program-linger.
25. Ibid.
26. Mark Krikorian, “Bringing a Bean Bag to a Gunfight,” National Review Online, March 3, 2011, http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/261283/bringing-bean-bag-gunfight-mark-krikorian#.
27. Sharyl Attkisson, “Gunrunning scandal uncovered at ATF,” CBS News, February 23, 2011, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/23/eveningnews/main20035609.shtml.
28. Katie Pavlich, “Operation Fast and Furious: Coverup Continues With New Secret Recording,” Townhall.com, September 19, 2011, http://tomdelay.townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2011/09/19/operation_fast_and_furious_coverup_continues_with_new_secret_recording.
29. William La Jeunesse, “America’s Third War: Agent Brian Terry, A Policy of Silence?” FoxNews.com, February 22, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/22/agent-brian-terry-policy-silence/#ixzz1EiWUs74d.
30. “Chairman Issa Subpoenas ATF for ‘Project Gunrunner’ Documents,” Darryl Issa, April 1, 2011, http://issa.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=726:chairman-issa-subpoenas-atf-for-project-gunrunner-documents&catid=63:2011-press-release&Itemid=4.
31. “Letter From Attorney General Eric Holder to Charles Grassley,” February 4, 2011, http://grassley.senate.gov/about/upload/Judiciary-ATF-02-04-11-letter-from-DOJ-deny-allegations.pdf.
32. Zach Lindsey, “Fast guns, furious Mexicans,” Mexico Weekly, March 11, 2011, http://newsessentials.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/fast-guns-furious-mexicans/.
33. “Three indicted in killing of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry,” Sea to Shining Sea, May 7, 2011, http://seatoshiningsea.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/blog-post-three-indicted-in-killing-of-border-patrol-agent-brian-terry-1-suspect-in-custody-2-others-unnamed-and-at-large-feds-deny-any-wrongdoing-on-fast-and-furious/.
34. Sharyl Attkisson, “Agent: I was ordered to let U.S. guns into Mexico,” CBS News, March 3, 2011, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/03/eveningnews/main20039031.shtml.
35. “The Department of Justice’s Operation Fast and Furious: Accounts of ATF Agents,” Joint Staff Report Prepared for Rep. Darrell E. Issa and Senator Charles E. Grassley, June 14, 2011, http://grassley.senate.gov/judiciary/upload/ATF-06-14-11-Joint-Issa-Grassley-report-on-agent-findings.pdf.
36. Jerry Seper, “ ‘Fast & Furious’: How botched operation spawned fatal results,” Washington Times, October 17, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/17/fast-furious-how-a-botched-operation-spawned-fatal/?page=all.
37. “Report: Four ATF Agents Working on Controversial Operation ‘Fast and Furious’ Tell Their Story,” June 14, 2011, http://grassley.senate.gov/news/Article.cfm?custom el_dataPageID_1502=35390.
38. M. Catharine Evans, “DOJ Letter Links ‘Fast and Furious’ To U.S. Crime Spree,” Potter Williams Report, August 19, 2011, http://potterwilliamsreport.com/2011/08/18/doj-letter-links-fast-and-furious-to-us-crime-spree.aspx.
39. William La Jeunesse, “Evidence Suggests Cover-Up in ATF Scandal, as More Guns Appear at Crime Scenes,” Fox News, September 2, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/02/demand-for-more-answers-in-fast-and-furious-scandal/.
40. “Letter From Senator Charles Grassley and Congressman Darryl Issa to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder,” July 5, 2011, http://oversight.house.gov/images/stories/Letters/2011-07-05%20ceg-dei%20to%20ag.pdf.
41. “The Department of Justice’s Operation Fast and Furious: Fueling Cartel Violence,” Joint Staff Report, July 26. 2011, http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/FINAL%20FINA.pdf.
42. Whitney Ksiazek, “Issa to DOJ: We’ve been Gamed,” FoxNews.com, August 31, 2011, http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/08/31/issa-doj-we-ve-been-gamed.
43. Michael Levine, “ ‘Fast & Furious’—An Insane Idea That Should Have Died At Birth,” Michael Levine Consulting and Investigations, July 27, 2011.
44. Ibid.
45. Katie Pavlich, “Obama Administration Targeting Border State Gun Shops . . . Again,” Townhall.com, July 11, 2011, http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2011/07/11/obama_administration_targeting_border_state_gun_shopsagain.
46. Katie Pavlich, “Unbelievable: Operation Fast and Furious Agents . . . Promoted,” Townhall.com, August 16, 2011, http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2011/08/16/unbelievable_operation_fast_and_furious_agentspromoted.
47. Michelle Malkin, “ ‘Furious’ coverup?” New York Post, August 30, 2011, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/furious_coverup_WkYocS6w6PStD71TNxZRRM.
48. Edwin Mora, “Obama: Idea of Changing Immigration Laws on My Own ‘Is Very Tempting,’ ” CNSNews.com, July 26, 2011, http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-idea-changing-immigration-laws-my.
49. Jim Hoft, “Figures. Obama Praises Illegal Aliens In Campaign Speech,” Gateway Pundit, April 21, 2011, http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2011/04/figures-obama-praises-illegal-aliens-during-campaign-speech/.
50. Edwin Mora, “Labor Dept. Signs ‘Partnerships�
�� with Foreign Gov’s to Protect Illegal Workers in U.S.,” CNSNews.com, August 31, 2011, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/administration-partners-foreign-gov-s-pr.
51. Christopher Santarelli, “Former La Raza VP Cecilia Munoz Named White House Domestic Policy Director,” The Blaze, January 10, 2012, http://www.theblaze.com/stories/former-la-raza-vp-cecilia-munoz-named-white-house-domestic-policy-director/.
52. Anna Schechter, “Born in the U.S.A.: Birth tourists get instant U.S. citizenship for their newborns,” Rock Center, October 28, 2011, http://rockcenter.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/28/8511587-born-in-the-usa-birth-tourists-get-instant-us-citizenship-for-their-newborns.
53. Alicia A. Caldwell, “Obama Administration Grants De Facto Amnesty to Many Illegal Immigrants,” CNSNews.com, August 19, 2011, http://conservativeoutpost.com/obama_administration_grants_de_facto_amnesty_many_illegal_immigrants.
54. Matt Cover, “HHS: Obamacare-Funded Health Centers for ‘Migrants’ Won’t Check Immigration Status,” CNSNews.com, August 10, 2011, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/hhs-obamacare-funded-health-centers-migrants-wont-check-immigration-status.
55. Katie Pavlich, “Obama Justice Department’s Latest Target: Utah,” Townhall.com, November 23, 2011, http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2011/11/23/obama_justice_departments_latest_target_utah.
56. “Immunity from Justice,” Washington Times, November 21, 2011, http://www.wash ingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/21/immunity-from-justice/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS.
57. Dave Gibson, “Illegal aliens received billions in tax credits last year,” Examiner.com, September 2, 2011, http://www.examiner.com/immigration-reform-in-national/illegal-aliens-received-billions-federal-tax-credits-last-year.
58. Penny Starr, “Arizona Sheriff: ‘Our Own Government Has Become Our Enemy,’ ” CNSNews.com, August 1, 2010, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/arizona-sheriff-our-own-government-has-become-our-enemy.
59. “Attacks on Border Patrol Agents ‘Relatively Stable’—at More Than 1,000 Per Year, Says DOJ,” CNSNews.com, September 28, 2011, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/attacks-border-patrol-agents-relatively-stable-more-1000-year-says-doj.
60. Jerry Seper, “U.S. border agent jailed for improper arrest of suspected drug smuggler,” Washington Times, October 25, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/25/border-agent-jaile-arrest-teen-drug-smuggler/?page=1.
61. Edwin Mora, “Union President Gives Congress Emails Backing Testimony: ICE Ordered Agents Not to Arrest Illegals,” CNSNews.com, November 8, 2011, http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnsnews.com%2Fnews%2Farticle%2Funion-president-gives-congress-emails-backing-testimony-ice-ordered-agents-not-arrest&ei=wCTFTs PhLYfg0QGtpvzsDg&usg=AFQjCNExXCAS3GuUM Ey4E5dD6nfBevL87Q.
62. Edwin Mora, “DOJ: ‘Mexican-Based Trafficking Organizations Control Access to the U.S.-Mexico Border,’ ” CNSNews.com, September 28, 2011, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/doj-mexican-based-trafficking-organizations-control-access-us-mexico-border.
63. Jerry Seper, “Brutal Mexican drug gang crosses into U.S.,” Washington Times, April 19, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/19/violent-mexican-drug-gang-expands-into-us/.
64. Bob Unruh, “Government calls buying ‘night flashlights,’ making ‘extreme religious statements’ indicators of terrorism,” WorldNetDaily, August 12, 2011, http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=332925.
65. “Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” Department of Homeland Security, http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf.
Chapter 11. Crushing Obama’s Cadre Before They Crush Us
1. Milton Mayer, They Thought They Were Free, Democratic Underground, January 11, 2005, http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x97093.
2. Nicholas Ballasy, “Obama says he’ll be taking ‘executive actions’ without Congress on ‘regular basis’ to ‘heal the economy,’ ” The Daily Caller, October 24, 2011, http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/24/obama-says-hell-be-taking-executive-actions-without-congress-on-regular-basis-to-heal-the-economy/.
Index
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Abbas, Mahmoud, 194
ABC, 150
ABC News, 32
Abdo, Naser, 170
ACLU. See American Civil Liberties Union
ACORN, 110
Adbusters, 109
Adecoagro, 229
Adler, Solomon, 131
Afghanistan, 9, 64, 146, 183
British troops in, 196, 197
death of SEALs in, 164–66, 239
AFL-CIO, 35, 110, 113, 134, 199
African-Americans, 106, 113
Agricultural Research Service, 123
Agriculture Department, U.S., 92
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, 151, 160, 161, 176, 193, 199, 237, 262
Ahuja, Sanjiv, 167–68
Airline screening measures, 38, 56, 120, 132, 261
Akerson, Dan, 134
Alabama, 17, 255
Alaska coast, oil exploration on, 218, 221–22
Albright, Madeleine, 150, 195
Alexander, S. Craig, 124
Alinsky, Saul, 35, 115–20, 121, 150
Alliance to End Repression, 116
Allison, Herb, 36
Alter, Jonathan, 27
Alter, Karen, 207
Amanpour, Christiane, 46
Amerasia spy case, 131
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 22, 24, 118, 256
American Embassy (Paris), 239
American Federation of Government Employees, 132
American Jewish University, 103
American Petroleum Institute, 192
Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, 41
Amos, John, 75
Anti-Semitism, 8, 36–37
of Obama, 39, 103, 104, 161, 162, 178, 186
in OWS movement, 103–5, 109, 195
Apollo Alliance, 72
Arab Spring, 5, 36, 109, 110, 146, 169, 175, 177, 193
Arab Winter, 5, 13, 36, 175, 199
Arbabsiar, Manssor, 237
Argentina, 158, 199
Argonaut Private Equity, 206
Arizona, 17, 31, 223, 238, 243, 255, 256
Armstrong, Louis, 130
Al-Assad, Bashar, 160, 161, 176, 201
Associated Press, 72
ATF. See Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives
Atlantic magazine, 24
AT&T, 169
Australian National University, 151
Austria, 50
Automobile industry, 36
bailout of, 35, 209
energy policy and, 11
labor unions and, 27, 108, 188
Avila, Jaime, 246
Al-Awlaki, Anwar, 24–25, 111
Axelrod, David, 19, 98, 115, 116–17, 267
Axelrod, Myril, 116
Ayers, Bill, 102, 105
Babeu, Paul, 256
Baer, Greg, 109, 111
Bahrain, 199
Bailouts, 35, 82, 209. See also Stimulus plan; Troubled Assets Relief Program
Baker & McKenzie, 140
Al-Baluchi, Amar, 182
Bank of America, 67, 80, 82, 109, 111
Banks, 68
amount loaned to, 82
Dodd-Frank bill and, 88–90
economic crisis and, 14, 81–84
Feinberg’s desire for salary standards, 125–26
Glass-Steagall repeal and, 87–88, 92
OWS movement vs., 99, 100, 109, 111
Banon, Tristane, 139
BarackObama.com, 113
Barclays, 168
Bard College, 103
Barofsky, Neil, 89–90
Bastian, Walter, 189
Bauer, Jack, 58
Beacon Power C
orporation, 211
Beck, Glenn, 48–49
Belgium, 50
Ben Ali, Zine El Abedine, 176
Ben-Eliezer, Binyamin, 200
Berger, Sandy, 156
Bernanke, Ben, 15, 90, 101, 235
Bhutan, 196
Biden, Joe, 27, 34, 211
Bierman, Ben, 207
Bilderberg Group, 85, 87, 89
Bill of Rights, 24
Bin al-Shib, Ramzi, 182
Bin Laden, Osama, 58, 62, 146, 162, 181–83, 239
Birth tourism, 254–55
Black, Conrad, 51
Black Panthers, 38. See also New Black Panther Party
Blagojevich, Rod, 141–42
Blair, Dennis, 127
Blair, Tony, 180
Blankfein, Lloyd, 73
Blankley, Tony, 47
The Blaze (website), 187
Bloomberg, Michael, 107
Bloom Energy, 212
Boehner, John, 57, 128
Bolton, Todd, 124
Bonds
European, 14–15, 85, 93–94
special-interest, 83
Treasury, 86, 88, 91, 94, 96
Border Patrol, U.S., 255–57. See also Terry, Brian
Border security, 17–18
BORTAC, 245, 246
Boston Herald, 33
Botswana, 29
BP, 133, 180, 181
Brazil, 147, 192–93, 199, 217, 228–30, 264
Breivik, Anders, 60–64
BrightSource Energy, 210
British Embassy (Tehran), 6
Brock, David, 50
Brooks, Rebekah, 52
Brown, Tina, 54
Browner, Carol, 36, 124–25, 133, 233
Brownstein, Norman, 169
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 151, 161
Buddhists, 62, 64
Buffett, Warren, 80–81, 99–100
Buffett Tax, 80–81
“A Bullet in the Back from Uncle Sam,” 200
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), 237, 242–50, 252. See also Project Fast and Furious
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, 234
Burke, Dennis, 253
Bush, George H. W., 146
Bush, George W., 34, 47, 57, 58, 117, 146, 160, 240, 241
campaign donors of, 142