Thread: Libyans OK’d For U.S. Flight Schools, Nuclear Science – Forget Benghazi and Evacuated

Libyans OK’d For U.S. Flight Schools, Nuclear Science – Forget Benghazi and Evacuated Embassy

Posted on 13 August, 2014 by Rick Wells



Islamic terrorists of the world have cause to celebrate, at least those with Libyan passports. The United States, under the enlightened guidance of B. Hussein Obama has decided to lift the restriction on Libyans attending flight schools in the United States. They can also now receive training in nuclear science.
The change in policy does seem a bit odd, considering that the United States was just forced to close our embassy in Tripoli and terrorists closed our diplomatic station in Benghazi for us less than two years ago.
The supposed justification for lifting the ban is that it is no longer necessary or relevant, as the two countries have successfully worked to “normalize their relationship.” Usually open, fully functional embassies are an indicator of normal relationships. We don’t have one. If things are too chaotic and their citizens too unruly for an embassy, how can flight schools or nuclear technology be a good idea?
The naive leadership of the United States, if it can accurately be described as leadership, places much more emphasis on how they label a nation and empty promises than they do on a track record and substance. It is clear to even the most casual observer that Libya is a hotbed of Islamic unrest, with the now customary America-hating factions holding significant influence over large segments of their populations.
America is not obligated in any way to be the Job Corps for Arab states. Let them get their training and their visas in some other nation. The presently banned careers of aviation maintenance, flight operations, or nuclear-related fields should remain banned. If anything, they were less of a risk with Gaddafi in power than they are now under anarchy. We’ve got plenty of other crises to deal with already, thanks to this regime. We don’t need to go exploring for more.
A DHS spokesman, S.Y. Lee, told the Washington Free Beacon that the Obama administration is reviewing its policies towards Libya “to see how they might be updated to better align with U.S. interests” in light of its revolution. Again, the naiveté of the community organizer is exposed. Post- revolution Libya is no bargain and that is not an effective selling point.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R., Va.) accused DHS of stonewalling and “turning a blind eye to real terrorist threats that exist in Libya today.”
He released a statement saying, “The House Judiciary Committee has repeatedly sought information about the Administration’s policy reversal but political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security have stonewalled the Committee’s requests and have not articulated why it is in Americans’ best interests to change policy.”
He added, “Given the ongoing volatility in Libya, it is unconscionable and completely irresponsible that the Administration plans to lift a longstanding policy that protects Americans and our national security from threats in the region.”
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R., S.C.) also slammed the administration’s decision to reverse the ban. He said, “The burden of proof for advocating a change in the status quo lies with the Administration. Is post-revolutionary Libya secure enough to change the rules? Why now?”
He asked, “What evidence does the Administration have to assert the relationship between Libya and the US has indeed normalized?”
Gowdy added, “It is extremely concerning that DHS is moving forward with these plans, but has not provided information on the policy change despite repeated requests from Members.”

Rick Wells is a conservative author who recognizes that our nation, our Constitution and our traditions are under a full scale assault from multiple threats. Please “Like” him on Facebook, “Follow” him on Twitter or visit www.rickwells.us


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Un-freakin-believable. Well, that's just great, isn't it? What else could we expect from the traitor in chief?

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Obama allowing Benghazi Libyans to train in U.S. as pilots, nuclear scientists

Acting without U.S. Congress knowledge or approval, President Barack Obama's administration is now allowing Libyan nationals to come to the United States and signup for flight schools or attend American universities to train as nuclear scientists, according to reports on Wednesday by a watchdog group that's well-respected by many and feared by Inside the Beltway elites, and by a top lawmaker.......

OBAMA ALLOWING LIBYANS FROM BENGHAZI TO TRAIN IN U.S. AS PILOTS, NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS

By NWV Senior Political News Writer, Jim Kouri
Posted 1:00 AM Eastern
August 18, 2014
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Acting without U.S. Congress knowledge or approval, President Barack Obama's administration is now allowing Libyan nationals to come to the United States and signup for flight schools or attend American universities to train as nuclear scientists, according to reports on Wednesday by a watchdog group that's well-respected by many and feared by Inside the Beltway elites, and by a top lawmaker.

According to Judicial Watch's Corruption Chronicles, this latest disregard to a decades-old law comes only two years after the massacre of a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans by terrorists attack the U.S. mission facility in the terrorist-saturated city of Benghazi, Libya.

In 1983, during the Reagan administration, a ban went into effect following a number of incidents of terrorism perpetrated by Libyan nationals.

Even after the ouster and death of that African nation's dictator -- Colonel Moammar Gaddafi -- Libya continues to be a terrorist haven for radical Muslims.

The situation has gotten so dangerous in Libya that the U.S. Embassy in it capital of Tripoli was recently abandoned because of growing violence between rival militias. Great Britain and several other foreign governments also abandoned their embassies and consulates in Libya since terrorism and civil unrest spread to all parts of that chaotic nation, according to Judicial Watch.

At a congressional hearing earlier this year, one member of the Homeland Security Department claimed that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's underlings had first requested the ban against training Libyans be lifted as far back as 2010. The Homeland Security official, Alan Bersin, also informed the committee's lawmakers that former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano claimed she would begin working on a way to amend the Libya ban on training pilots and scientists.

"This illustrates that the administration started working to lift the ban long before the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Special Mission Compound in Benghazi. Clearly, it was not enough to deter the administration from going forth with its dangerous plan," according to Judicial Watch officials.

Despite those facts, Obama has ignored the opposition of lawmakers who oppose allowing Libyans into the United States to undergo training as pilots or aeronautical engineers and flight mechanics, as well as nuclear scientists in the United States.

"Perhaps the commander-in-chief has somehow forgotten that many of the 9/11 hijackers—mostly Saudi nationals—received their training in American flights schools because our government allowed it. Have we not learned that it’s a really bad idea to help our enemies obtain skills that could later be used to attack us?" ask officials at Judicial Watch, which recently created a firestorm regarding emails it obtained regarding the IRS targeting scandal and Lois Lerner.

“The Obama Administration is turning a blind eye to real terrorist threats that exist in Libya today by carelessly forging ahead with its plan to allow Libyan pilots and nuclear scientists to study in the United States,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte.

Goodlatte also accused the Obama White House of stonewalling the committee's information requests.

“The House Judiciary Committee has repeatedly sought information about the Administration’s policy reversal but political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security have stonewalled the Committee’s requests and have not articulated why it is in Americans’ best interests to change policy. Given the ongoing volatility in Libya, it is unconscionable and completely irresponsible that the Administration plans to lift a longstanding policy that protects Americans and our national security from threats in the region.”

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Obama Lifts Ban on Libyans Attending U.S. Flight Schools, Training In Nuke Science

Ban has been in place since 1983



Libyan militias parade through Tripoli / AP

BY: Adam Kredo
August 12, 2014 7:45 am

The Obama administration has lifted longtime restrictions on Libyans attending flight schools in the United States and training here in nuclear science, according to a final amendment of the ban recently approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Less than two years after the deadly terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is poised to sign off on an amendment reversing the ban, which was enacted following a wave or terrorist attacks in 1980s and prevents Libyans from studying these sensitive trades in the United States.
The original law effectively disqualified all Libyan nationals and those “acting on behalf of Libyan entities” from training in “aviation maintenance, flight operations, or nuclear-related fields,” according to the ban.
DHS said the prohibition is irrelevant now since the United States and Libya have worked to “normalize their relationship,” according to the directive approved by the OMB.
“The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations by rescinding the regulatory provisions promulgated in 1983 that terminated the nonimmigrant status and barred the granting of certain immigration benefits to Libyan nationals and foreign nationals acting on behalf of Libyan entities who are engaging in or seeking to obtain studies or training in,” the amendment states.
“The United States Government and the Government of Libya have normalized their relationship and most of the restrictions and sanctions imposed by the United States and the United Nations toward Libya have been lifted,” it says. “Therefore, DHS, after consultation with the Department of State and the Department of Defense, is considering rescinding the restrictions that deny nonimmigrant status and benefits to a specific group of Libyan nationals.”
DHS spokesman S.Y. Lee told the Free Beacon that the Obama administration is reviewing its policies towards Libya “to see how they might be updated to better align with U.S. interests” in light of its revolution.”
“As part of this effort, the Departments of State and Defense requested the Department of Homeland Security consider revising regulations dating from 1983 to permit Libyan nationals, and other foreign nationals acting on behalf of Libyan entities, to engage in studies or training in aviation maintenance, flight operations and/or nuclear-related fields,” Lee said.
Efforts to reverse the ban would help Libyans sustain and operate their war fleets, Lee explained.
“This would permit the educational exchange of information with Libyan nationals so they can reconstitute, operate and sustain their fleet to address threats posed by extremist groups seeking to derail the democratic transition,” Lee said. “As is the case with students from all countries, Libyan students interested in pursuing these studies would be subject to robust and thorough security threat assessments and vetting procedures, separate from this proposed regulatory change and consistent with our mission to protect national security and public safety.”
Members of the House Judiciary Committee expressed outrage on Monday about the rollback in the law, maintaining that Libyans continue to pose a security risk to the United States, particularly if they are given access to train in the aviation and nuclear fields.
The terror threat continues and numerous news reports document recent terror-related activities coming from Libya,” the Judiciary Committee said in a statement. “Recently, the employees at the U.S. embassy in Tripoli were evacuated due to violence between rival militias near the facility.”
“Since then, many foreign governments have closed their embassies in Libya and evacuated staff as the violence has spread throughout the country,” the statement said.
DHS officials had promised lawmakers in April that it would provide key documents necessary for Congress to perform its legal oversight on the proposal to overturn the ban. However, DHS never turned these documents over, according to the Judiciary Committee.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R., Va.), the committee’s chairman, accused DHS of stonewalling and lashed out at the administration for “turning a blind eye to real terrorist threats that exist in Libya today.”
“The House Judiciary Committee has repeatedly sought information about the Administration’s policy reversal but political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security have stonewalled the Committee’s requests and have not articulated why it is in Americans’ best interests to change policy,” Goodlatte said in a statement.
“Given the ongoing volatility in Libya, it is unconscionable and completely irresponsible that the Administration plans to lift a longstanding policy that protects Americans and our national security from threats in the region,” he said.
Goodlatte further criticized the White House for “carelessly forging ahead with its plan to allow Libyan pilots and nuclear scientists to study in the United States,” particularly in light of the ongoing unrest and terrorist threat in Libya.
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R., S.C.), chair of the House subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman, also slammed the administration’s decision to reverse the ban.
“The burden of proof for advocating a change in the status quo lies with the Administration. Is post-revolutionary Libya secure enough to change the rules? Why now?” Gowdy said in a statement. “What evidence does the Administration have to assert the relationship between Libya and the US has indeed normalized?”
“It is extremely concerning that DHS is moving forward with these plans, but has not provided information on the policy change despite repeated requests from Members,” Gowdy said.

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