Three simple words in regards to “treason” are paramount regarding exchanging five convicted terrorists for an American traitor and an admitted (in Russian court) drug smuggling grade-B athlete both of whom serve absolutely no tangible benefits to our country.
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It's happened before and recently it happened again albeit with different players, as Obama's puppet-on-a-string Joe Biden took it upon himself to release to Russian authorities one of the world's most dangerous “bad guys” in order to have returned to America a grade-B sports figure who actually plead guilty to the very drug charges Russia accused her of. And Biden knew this trade was inherently wrong yet he did it anyway never mind that giving, “Aid and Comfort” to the enemy surely had to come to mind. But with his ability to now check off key “woke” boxes...as in said sports figure being an America defaming, America hating, black gay woman...even those Democrats who criticized said trade do not understand the severity of what Biden allowed to take place.
But first, remember back to May 31, 2014 when Barack HUSSEIN Obama ignored advice from both the Pentagon and top intelligence officers regarding four of the “Taliban Five” commanders he was considering trading for American traitor Bowe Bergdahl. Saying they would likely return to the battlefield, Obama went ahead anyway and ordered the release of all five including convicted terrorist Khairullah Khairkhwa, a man known to have had close personal ties to Osama Bin Laden.And upon his release Khairkwa not only returned to the battlefield...to jihad...but used Qatar...where he was sent to...as a base of operations from which to form a “regime in exile”...a regime where he not only became both the mastermind behind the Taliban's takeover of Kabul, but part of the officially recognized Taliban delegation that negotiated the final terms of Biden's fiasco of a withdrawal from Afghanistan. Giving “aid and comfort” to the enemy truly had come full circle what with Biden now fully involved in what's called “human bartering.”
Now let's fast forward to December 9, 2022 when Biden formally secured the release of Brittney Griner, a WNBA basketball player now more famous for her knee-taking defamation and dishonoring of all things America than for her athletic prowess. Arrested at Russia's Sheremetyevo International Airport outside Moscow last February 17th on drug smuggling charges when trying to board a flight home to the U.S. after having played in Russia during the WNBA off season, the Biden administration negotiated her release in exchange for former Soviet military officer and translator Viktor Bout...now known as the “Merchant of Death”...a top international arms dealer and trafficker who back in 2011 was convicted by the Department of Justice of conspiring to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons to FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia ), a U.S. designated foreign terrorist organization actually based in Colombia.
Yet those in the Biden administration continue to herald this prisoner exchange, with the excuse for said trade being that Bout is not currently listed as a “Specially Designated National”...aka a terrorist. And why is that...because Biden and his ilk considered Victor Bout to be just a run of the mill convicted criminal who was scheduled for release in a few years anyway, what with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken having removed FARC from the U.S. terrorist list back in 2021. No FARC being listed as a terrorist organization, in their minds, equated to Bout himself not being a terrorist no matter his previous conviction...how convenient is that.
And so another convicted terrorist has been set free by a Democrat president...actually to me by the same string pulling ex-president...this time not in exchange for an American traitor who once home at least saw military justice being dolled out...but for a useless America hating so-called athlete whose life Biden deemed more important to America than a former Marine still languishing in a Russian prison cell.
Paul Whelan...whose larceny conviction led to his being dishonorably discharged from the Marines, remained in his heart a Marine nevertheless after his having served two tours of duty in Iraq. However, at the time of his arrest Whelan was a civilian contractor working in Russia as a U.S. corporate security executive. Sentenced in 2018 to 16 years in a Russian prison...he's currently being housed in penal colony IK-17 eight hours away from Moscow...his arrest and conviction on espionage charges was based solely upon drummed up and unsubstantiated information.
And why wasn't Whelan part of the exchange...I believe because he's now but a pawn being kept in check by Putin to be used as a bartering tool in a later trade for someone even more important to Putin and Russia than even Viktor Bout.In fact, Biden told the American people that Vladimir Putin would only agree to release Griner and no one else, most especially Paul Whelan. So instead of walking away Biden allowed himself to be dictated to by Putin who saw no real value in Brittney Griner (who by the way now that she's home will rake in millions of dollars courtesy of her knowingly breaking Russian law) and that she alone would be let go while he secured the release of an arms dealer whose release Russia will benefit from for many years to come. And with Bout returning home to a heroes welcome, he surely will resume his old profession and serve Putin and Russia well as payback for his freedom. And Vladimir Putin garners the last laugh for he gambled on flexing muscle now by dealing with a weak American president instead of a stronger president come 2024...a gamble that for him and Mother Russia seems to have paid off well.
But what remains the final fallout from both of these most abominable of prisoner exchanges is that “giving Aid and Comfort” and a victory to the enemy is the constitutional definition of “treason.” And while Joe Biden probably has no clue what he has done...after all most times he has no clue where he even is...his puppet master Obama knows well that both his and Biden's said actions are in violation of the very Constitution he still considers to be both an “outdated” and “flawed” document. But no matter, for the Constitution clearly states in Article 3, Section 3 that, “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort...” Simply, “Aid and Comfort” refers to any help given by someone to our nation's enemy in such a way that said help amounts to treason.Three simple words in regards to “treason” are paramount regarding exchanging five convicted terrorists for an American traitor and an admitted (in Russian court) drug smuggling grade-B athlete both of whom serve absolutely no tangible benefits to our country.
In Obama's case the actual releasing of the “Taliban Five” against the aforementioned advice of both Pentagon and top intelligence officers, directly and with malice obviously intended, allowed what were enemy combatants to again kill more Americans...Americans whose blood will forever stain Obama's hands...as if the blood of Benghazi wasn't enough. In other words, Obama not only “aided” avowed enemies of our nation in their ability to commit further acts of war (of jihad) against American troops...certainly a great “comfort” to them...but he knowingly did so in violation of federal law as well.
How so...simply by his failing to notify Congress at least 30 days before said trade was to take place. In fact, the Pentagon only told Congress about the trade on the very day the trade was made, therefore Congress did not have time to officially authorize the needed mandatory spending for the trade to take place. And Obama's actions also violated the Antideficiency Act...the law protecting Congress's power of the purse...thus leaving the Department of Defense to foot the $988,400 cost of Obama's, what I have always believed to be, a treasonous prisoner exchange.
And in the case of Victor Bout and Biden's allowing for his return to Russia, war of sorts...even in the broadest of sense...will most probably be levied against our country courtesy of Bout's chosen profession...a profession which has already helped fuel on and help man numerous wars around the world...along with Bout's previous words stated under oath that he has been “fighting (been at war with) the United States…for 10 to 15 years.” Now add in the fact that upon his return to Russia, Bout joined the “Liberal Democratic Party” (LDPR)... an ultranationalist, pro-Kremlin party known for its call to reassemble the former Soviet Union...and will likely aid Putin in restocking his dwindling weapons and ammo supply, leaving the definition of “Aid and Comfort”...comforting our enemy Putin that is...to once again be met.
Simply, Vladimir Putin was able to both outmaneuver and checkmate Joe Biden...a man who was playing checkers instead of playing chess. And the biggest losers in both Obama's and Biden's prisoner exchanges was America herself and “We the People” as well for without strong leadership...leadership who plays by the Constitution's rules and who are called to task when not doing so..America will continue to be led by traitorous despots masquerading as presidents who willingly “Aid and Comfort” the enemy with America and Americans be damned. Case closed.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio
U.S. Code 2381: “Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.”
First some background information. One of the 'supposed' key components of Obama's (very bad) nuclear deal was that it would see a “near-ban” on the Iranian regime having any access whatsoever to our U.S. banking and financial systems. However, as per the committee's findings, on his orders Obama officials “pushed” both the Treasury and State Departments into working behind the scenes to help Iran...the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism...gain access to much needed monies while he and his cronies spewed rhetoric to Congress that Iran would never gain access to any part of said banking or financial systems.
And with those assurances not withstanding, on February 24, 2016, Obama's Department of State “instructed” the Department of the Treasury to issue the required license**...a permit if you will...to let Iran “sidestep” in-place sanctions for as long as it took them to convert funds through an American bank. And after issuing said license...a license which including giving Iran unlimited future access to their deposits as long as the license was in place... these Obama folks denied to Congress...lied to Congress...that it had done so.
However, Obama's plan failed when officials from the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) “encouraged” (threatened is more like it) two U.S. banks to act as the intermediaries and carry out the converting of funds. But thankfully both banks refused to take part in what they claimed could cause a potential serious regulatory backlash “due to compliance, reputational, and legal risks associated with doing business with Iran.” Translation...the bank's hierarchy were smart enough to know that what was actually being asked of them amounted to treason.
Nothing like the thrill of covertly helping Obama's brethren screw the U.S. it seems.
So let's summarize the main infractions of this first investigation of note...and know that said actions described herein do, I believe, reach the definition of treason as per U.S. Code 2381, in that they give “aid and comfort” to the enemy. First, Obama and crew told Congress it would not allow Iran access to U.S. financial institutions under any conditions...which we now know was a lie. Second, the Department of the Treasury on orders from the Department of State issued a special license that would allow Iran to do exactly that no matter that they unsuccessfully tried to “pressure” two U.S. banks into helping the regime get their much wanted monies. And third, all parties involved lied to both Congress and 'We the People'...parties from Obama on down...about their actions and 'supposed' inactions, and continue to do so even though they have been caught.
The Trump administration has now traced back some... but not all...of the $1.7 billion ($400 million from originally frozen Iranian assets plus $1.3 billion in interest) Obama actually did release to Iran...monies that were indeed in affect ransom...a bribe...monies paid for the release of four American hostages...hostages who not so surprisingly just "happened" to be released on the very same day the monies arrived via an unmarked cargo plane in the dead of night back on January 17, 2016.
Now remember how the Obama controlled Department of Justice tried to get us to believe that it is not a federal crime to “pay” a ransom, that it's just a crime to “receive” ransom. Well that's simply not true as it surely is a crime when the payer...as in an American president...knew well that government-paid ransom is barred under U.S. law, and that those monies would in turn be monies Iran transferred over to some of the many terrorist groups they finance...groups like Hezbollah and the Iraqi Shia terrorist group Kata'ib Hizballah (KH) to name just two.
But as for the legalities of why this deal is treason...while the White House contended that the payment did nothing but settle the above mentioned decades-long what they called a “financial dispute,” and that the settlement was fully disclosed in January, neither Obama nor White House officials made mention that the $400 million arrived in Iran at the same time as the hostages were freed. Nor did they mention that normally a bank transfer would be used for that type of deal...if said deal was indeed legitimate that is...instead these miscreants used the excuse that since Congress banned dollar transfers to Iran our government was "forced" to buy foreign currency...as in Swiss francs, euros and other foreign currencies...with those currencies then being transferred to Iran in cash.
So while the cargo plane was unmarked, and while the monies were in foreign currencies they were still paid and substituted for American cash...and all this was kept secret from 'We the People' and would have remained so if not for the fact that The Wall Street Journal broke the story almost eight months later on August 2, 2016. But why keep this payment secret from the American public if indeed this deal was on the up-and-up...as in monies paid for a purchase not yet delivered. And why do Obama's minions continue to insist that the U.S. did the right thing by his settling this almost 40-year old "issue"...especially since the Iranians claimed then and continue to claim now that the monies were indeed a ransom payment made.
And so it all boils down to the fact that this deal was but one of Obama's many traitorous actions...the Taliban 5 trade for American deserter Beau Bergdahl quickly comes to mind as yet another...and dare we not forget the nightmare that was Benghazi. Yet even to this day islamic-condoners and those of the uber bleeding heart liberal persuasion continue to say that, “It was their money. It belonged to the Iranian government.”...the fact remains that when Barack HUSSEIN Obama keeps something major from the American public and then lies about it even when caught, you just know that “there's something rotten in the state of Denmark” as the old saying goes.
Like I said...a bullet or a rope will be more than enough to suffice for his crimes committed, after all if it was good enough for Benedict Arnold it's good enough for the traitor that is Barack HUSSEIN Obama...case closed.
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* See Rob Portman's Press Release outlining the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations here: https://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2018/6/new-permanent-subcommittee-on-investigations-report-obama-administration-secretly-authorized-iranian-access-to-the-u-s-financial-system
** See the actual Sub-Committee Report on the License to Convert of Iranian Assets here:
https://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=files.serve&File_id=32D41C7F-5D2F-43F3-BDE4-F532AC942BCB
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Op-ed:TREASON...thy name is Obama
By: Diane Sori
Scandals…scandals everywhere…DC is awash in them and I’m sure more will be coming, but even with all these scandals charges of impeachment will NOT be brought against this most miserable excuse of a president, for this is a man with the gift of gab who seems to be able to talk his way out of anything as he easily plays the scandal cast of characters like a fiddle. Or so he thinks for even with all his bloviations, and while TREASON is NOT a word usually associated with a President of the United States…TREASON is indeed a word befitting this president for Barack HUSSEIN Obama is guilty of TREASON making all the scandals pale in comparison.
Defined in our Constitution in Article III, Section 3, “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. The Congress shall have power to declare the Punishment of Treason,but no Attainder of Treason, shall work Corruption of Blood or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attained.”
Giving ‘aid and comfort’ to our enemies in a time of war is called
treachery or perpetration…and as America has been at war with islam
since 9/11…and YES we are indeed at war with islam when all the political
correctness nonsense is thrown aside…if you attempt to aid and/or are
caught aiding an enemy in wartime in any way, you are subject to either
being sentenced to jail for over 100-250 years, shot on sight, or hung…and
Barack HUSSEIN Obama is in-your-face guilty of treachery and so should
be charged, tried, convicted, and sentence carried out. After all, if
any of ‘We the People’ gave ‘aid and comfort’ to the enemy we would be
brought up on charges of TREASON…or would we be as the enemies of
America are Obama’s allies and friends…just something to think about.And as in the case with all those who have previously been charged with TREASON against America, TREASON requires traitorous intent meaning the acts done were done on purpose, and in the case of Barack HUSSEIN Obama this falls under numerous headings including ‘aiding and abetting the enemy’ (while a bit different than giving ‘aid and comfort’ it is still legally recognized grounds for TREASON charges as the two go hand-in-hand) for while Obama might NOT have personally carried out the traitorous acts himself, our legal system states acts by which the person committing treachery include having another person carry out the illegal act as they are an agent of the charged party or they are working together with or under the direction of the charged party…meaning Barack HUSSEIN Obama.
Meaning Benghazi…meaning secretly shipping weapons to al-Qaeda backed
rebels in Syria from Libya through Turkey…meaning the MURDER of four
Americans…meaning watching those same four Americans die in real time
and doing nothing to help them…meaning giving orders to ‘stand
down’…meaning trying to cover up the truth…meaning trying to slander,
defame, and dishonor the whistleblowers…need I go on.And there are other cases for charges of TREASON being brought against this president for by ‘adhering’ to our enemies by NOT only giving them ‘aid and comfort’ but also by ‘aiding and abetting’ them by giving them the very arms this president has…knowing full well that they will be used against Americans (and our ally and friend Israel) in the NOT so distant future…this president willingly and knowingly armed an enemy of America…as in the Muslim Brotherhood controlled Egyptian government…armed them with F-16 fighter jets and Abrams tanks that ‘We the People’ unbeknownst to us paid for with our taxpayer dollars…and this is TREASON.
‘Aiding and comforting’ the enemy takes on heightened meaning when
right after the Boston Marathon Bombing, a Saudi national, who was here
on a student visa, was detained on suspicion after being superficially
hurt has a hospital visit by Michele Obama (which in and of itself raises major
red flags) as this young man had, since 2009, been a guest at the While
House on numerous occasions, attended the same mosque as the Tsarnaev
brothers, and who after Obama has a non-scheduled meeting with Saudi
officials, is ‘suddenly’ released from the hospital and deported with NO charges filed
against him even though his family has terrorist connections, and
is connected to wealthy important Saudi officials.
Hmmm….’aiding and comforting’…more like aiding and giving with
malicious intent a ‘get out of jail free
card’ to the enemy…TREASON.And this president’s decision to tell our enemies our timetable for withdrawing American troops from the Afghan and Iraqi theaters, has taken the very people our brave troops gave their lives and limbs to free right and delivered them right into the hands of the enemy…the Taliban…for now all they have to do is sit and wait until we’re gone to take away the freedoms we gave to those people. And if that’s isn’t TREASON through treachery against those people and against those Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice I don’t know what is.
Now add in that BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA willfully and knowingly violated Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8, of the Constitution which states that “No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, or Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State”…when he accepted the position of Chairman of the U(seless) N(ations) Security Council, for by accepting leadership in an organization that is most assuredly at odds with the Constitution is grounds for TREASON charges being levied against him.
And there are so many other TREASON charges that can be placed upon Barack HUSSEIN Obama…charges too numerous for a standard editorial piece but briefly…charges like violating ‘The Wars Power Clause’ of our Constitution (Article I, Section 8, gives Congress the power to declare war by stating, “Congress shall have Power…] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water…”) when he got us involved in Libya, a country we NEVER declared war with, a country who posed NO threat to America, and by doing so started the entire Arab Spring turned horrible Arab Winter process in motion...TREASON...
Charges like willfully and knowingly placing six Muslim Brotherhood operatives, who did NOT need Senate approval, into positions of power within our government (Arif Alikhan, assistant secretary of Homeland Security for policy development; Mohammed Elibiary, a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council; Rashad Hussain, the U.S. special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference; Salam al-Marayati, co-founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC); Imam Mohamed Magid, president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA); and Eboo Patel, a member of Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships)…TREASON…
Charges like having Linda Sarsour, the director of the Arab American
Association of New York, who has on-the-record defended, condoned, and
applauded terror suspects and their actions…a woman who claims and
lectures about the underwear bomber being a CIA operative…a women
vehemently anti-American who has been a guest at the Obama White House
seven times within the past year…and for what purpose would a president
meet with someone, entertain someone, someone so opposed to this country…for NO
other reason than to fraternize with the enemy during a time of
war…TREASON.There are just so many charges of TREASON that could be brought against this president…but I leave you with this one, an extremely serious one happening right now but going unreported by the media…for Barack HUSSEIN Obama is NOT only once again lying to the American people about NO boots on the ground in Syria, he is again trying to circumnavigate the ‘War Powers Clause’ by getting us involved with a county that is NO threat to America yet he has fully committed our country to the side of armed rebel groups with ties to al-Qaeda…and al-Qaeda is most assuredly our enemy…for now almost 3,000 American so-called ‘advisers’ are in Jordan, ready to go up against, if need be, the 4000 Revolutionary Guards Iran just pledged to send to aid Assad’s forces…TREASON…
TREASON for getting us involved in yet another war as we wind down
from the current wars…an independent country’s civil war that we have NO
business being involved in…a war in a country that poses NO threat and is NO friend to
America…and this president doesn’t care for by siding with the ‘badder
guys’ (see my previous op-ed) who are his brethren, Barack HUSSEIN Obama proves his loyalties lie with America’s enemies as he dishonors and thumbs his nose at the laws laid down in the Constitution, and that is indeed
TREASON.Now if only someone in Congress had the guts and courage to NOT fear the race card being used against them, and would do what they know needs to be done…sigh…………..











