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Freeman's Bin Laden connection
Israel Matzav —
... to head the National Intelligence Council, was doing business with the Bin Laden family even after 9/11 according to this report by Ashley Rindsberg in the Daily Beast. Charles “Chas” Freeman, a former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, had business connections with the bin Laden family and their Saudi Binladin Group, a multi-billion dollar construction conglomerate founded by the father of Osama bin Laden. As chairman of Projects International, Inc., a company that develops international business deals, Mr. Freeman asserted in an interview with the Associated Press less than ...
Likely Obama Appointee's Bin Laden Ties
The Jawa Report —
February 24, 2009 Likely Obama Appointee's Bin Laden Ties I'm not sure what Ashley's point is here about the bin Laden connection , but it makes a good headline so I'll run with it. The problem with Charles Chas Freeman as chairman of the National Intelligence Council has nothing to do with his company doing business with the bin Laden's -- every one with major construction contracts in the region did business with them -- it's with his political orientation. If the Bush hawks bent intelligence to fit their own preconceived notions, I do not see why the same thing would not ...
I Wouldn't Want To Be Israel Right Now
Riehl World View —
... and The Daily Beast to make this worth pointing out. I'm less confident about condeming the business links to the Obama family as it's a murky subject and I'm not sure who knows the correct story. ...
Obama's Loony Intelligence Pick Praised Saudi Arabia's Failed Jihadist Program
Gateway Pundit —
... apply its program of religious rectification in British prisons. There is much, much more in the essay including attacks on Israel and Israeli influence on American culture. President Obama's pick to head the National Intelligence Council Charles Freeman also has ties with the Bin Laden family and was doing business with the Bin Laden family even after 9/11. Ashley Rindsberg at The Daily Beast reported on this today.
Obama's Anti-Semitic, Anti-Israel, Pro China "Intelligence" Man
Debbie Schlussel —
... Ashley Rindsberg writes about how Freeman was still doing biz with the Bin Ladens AFTER 9/11. This guy is gonna be writing Intelligence Reports for the Prez???!!! ...
It's Official: Saudi Puppet to Head NIC
Weekly Standard Blog —
... on democracy activists who dare protest in the streets of the capital, and Saudi Arabia, which as far as Freeman is concerned is something like Berkeley in the desert. The left spent years bemoaning the close ties between the Bush family and the Saudi royals -- and it was a relationship that few on the right were eager to defend. Now the left can have their turn defending a man who is so closely tied to the Saudi Kingdom that in the weeks after 9/11 he wouldn't even consider halting his business with the bin Laden family. ...
Obama notifies Congress: Freeman's in
Israel Matzav —
... democracy activists who dare protest in the streets of the capital, and Saudi Arabia, which as far as Freeman is concerned is something like Berkeley in the desert . The left spent years bemoaning the close ties between the Bush family and the Saudi royals -- and it was a relationship that few on the right were eager to defend. Now the left can have their turn defending a man who is so closely tied to the Saudi Kingdom that in the weeks after 9/11 he wouldn't even consider halting his business with the bin Laden family . The man who will be "providing substantive counsel to ...
