There is no indication that Leland Yee is a true believer. He just wanted to make a buck. And in this age when Islamic jihadists and supremacists are awash with cash, the temptation can be too much for corrupt and short-sighted Infidels. And he knew what kind of entity he was dealing with: “According to Senator Yee, Mindanao was largely population by Muslim rebel groups who were fighting the federal government. Yee continued by saying the Muslim rebels had no problem ‘kidnapping individuals, killing individuals, and extorting them for ransom.'” Nor would the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have spared Yee himself, if this deal had gone through and he had then proved useful to them as a hostage or a dead body — despite his services to them.
“The Indictment Against Leland Yee Puts ‘The Wire’s’ Clay Davis to Shame,” by Scott Lucas for San Francisco Magazine, March 26:
If you thought the charges against Leland Yee would be bad, you had no idea. As in, he offered to set up an arms deal with Islamic rebels for $2 million in cash. As in, he makes corrupt politician Clay Davis from The Wire look like George Washington. You can read the whole affidavit here, but it’s really, really long, so we’ve gone ahead and pulled out the highlights. The allegations (and for now they are only that—allegations) are cinematic, staggering, and remarkable in their scope. Here they are, in descending order of sheeeeeeeeeeeit:
Yee told an FBI agent to give him a shopping list of guns: “Senator Yee asked [the agent] to provide an inventory list of desired weapons […] [The agent] told Yee he would deliver $2,000,000 cash.”
Yee could arrange from some serious firepower: “[The agent] asked about shoulder fired automatic weapons. Senator Yee responded by saying the automatic weapons are the equivalent to the “M16″ Automatic Service Weapon […] [The agent] asked about the availability of shoulder fire missiles or rockets. Senator Yee responded ‘I told him about the rockets and things like that.'”
Yee took personal responsibility for delivering the weapons: “Senator Yee said, ‘We’re interested’ in arranging the weapons deal […] and said of the arms dealer, ‘He’s going to rely on me, because ultimately it’s going to be me. [The agent] stated he would compensate Yee for brokering the relationship and arms deal.”
Yee was in it for the cash: “Senator Yee said, ‘Do I think we can make some money? I think we can make some money. Do I think we can get the good? I think we can get the goods.'”
Yee masterminded a complex scheme to import illegal weapons: “Keith Jackson [a political consultant who worked as Yee’s fundraiser] told [an agent] that Senator Yee had a contact who deals in arms trafficking. This purported arms dealer was later identified. Jackson requested [a campaign donation] on behalf of Senator Yee, for Senator Yee to facilitate a meeting with arms dealer with the intent of [the agent] to purportedly purchase a large number of weapons to be imported through the Port of Newark, New Jersey. During a meeting […] Senator Yee discussed certain details of the specific types of weapons [the agent] was interested in buying and importing.”
Yee had connection with Filipino rebel groups: “Keith Jackson advised that Senator Yee had an unidentified Filipino associate who was supplying ‘heavy’ weapons to rebel groups in the Philippines.”
Including Muslim terrorists: “According to Senator Yee, Mindanao was largely population by Muslim rebel groups who were fighting the federal government. Yee continued by saying the Muslim rebels had no problem ‘kidnapping individuals, killing individuals, and extorting them for ransom.”
In specific the Moro Islamic Liberation Front: “[The agent] asked about the major Muslim organizations in the Mindanao region of the Philippines. Senator Yee responded by saying ‘M.I.L.F.'”
Yee allegedly wasn’t making up the identity of his arms dealer: “This purported arms dealer was later identified.”
And, Russian arms dealers: “According to Senator Yee, the arms dealer source the weapons from Russia.”
Yee knew he was on the wrong side of the law: “Despite complaining about [the agent’s] tendency to speak frankly and tie payment to performance […] Senator Yee and Keith Jackson […] never walked away from quid pro quo requests.”…
Yee yearned for a different life: “Senator Yee stated he was unhappy with his life and said, ‘There is a part of me that wants to be like you […] Just be a free agent out there.” Senator Yee told [the agent] that he wanted to hide out in the Philippines.”
duh_swami says
it’s California, he’s a democrat. Possibly the tip of the iceberg. if it was possible to investigate every politician, it would probably turn up quite a few Yee’s. Not necessarily up to his type shady deals, but some shady kind of deals. The first oath politicians should take is, ‘lead me not into temptation’. Most of them fail that test.
john spielman says
I think most politicians ESPECIALLY DEMOCRATS would pray,”lead me TO temptation!”
Wakingwest says
Just anther liberal from SF exhibiting his disdain for the US and betraying the people. From the FBI : ” Yee discussed the opportunity for an agent to get weapons worth up to $2.5 million from a Musilm separatist group in the Philippines to bring them to the US. He told the agent, “There’s a part of me that wants to be like you. You know how I’m going to be like you? Just be a free agent there.” Wow, wow, wow!
revg says
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy (sarc). One of the biggest anti-gun politicians in Cali politics, except when it was making him money, it seems.
WVinMN says
Yup, and he’s the same s__t bird that lobbied to pull Rush from the air because of…wait for it….RACISM!
Comfy says
In California, Democrats control everything. The Democratic Party’s veto-proof majority gives them absolute power.
Read more at http://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/senator-leland-yee-arrested-california-dems-three-strikes-and-out-13115/#lUMkr2s4SWMXQqiy.99
duh_swami says
‘California or bust’. ‘Westward ho the wagons’, ‘Thars gold in them thar hills’.
That worked just fine for a while. Come to California now, and get busted, the only wagons coming in here are old Pontiac station wagons full of poor people seeking welfare, and the state does it’s best to prevent miners from mining gold.
Still, it’s a beautiful place, so feel free to visit. Just remember to stop in and buy your permit from the local police dept.
Jay Boo says
Another damn fool seeking a one-way ticket to BeeBop Boop riches.
Rocky Lore says
Not only is Yee a Democrat (which the media fails to mention), but he is also a “gun control” activist hypocrite (again, the media won’t tell you that.
Kepha says
What an amoral crumb!
Mazo says
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) signed a peace deal with the Philippine government to form Bangsamoro autonomous region, turning their militia into the local gendarmerie and police force.
Its other groups like some MNLF factions, BIFF, and Abu Sayyaf which are still fighting the Philippines.
The kidnapping industry is actually a signature marker of all actors in the Philippines, whether they be the Christian dominated army and police, or the various seperatist groups like MILF and Abu Sayyaf. All of them behave like thugs and gangsters. The Philippine state itself is riddled with extreme corruption and thuggery in its armed forces and police, if you thought China was bad, what would you say about the Philippines?
One of the reasons why the Philippines is still fighting a Communist insurgency (by the New People’s Army) for decades already, and various Moro seperatists like BIFF and MNLF is because the Philippine military is so corrupt, that the officers in charge prefer to see the war continue so they could embezzle state funding for the war to spend on themselves and buy themselves new cars and fancy houses. (It is the same reason why Thailand’s army officers honestly don’t care about either crushing or making peace with the Malay insurgents in Pattani, they continue to receive funds to “fight” the war). A Catholic Filipino told me this himself, and he is no self hater (he still supports the Philippine government)
In the Philippines, Chinese were repeatedly subjected to constant kidnapping, ransom, and murder, by Catholic Filipino criminal gangs who were supported by the Filipino police and military. These kidnappings and murders took place in Manila and the Northern Philippine islands, not by Muslims.
http://books.google.com/books?id=eoq6AAAAIAAJ&q=Between+1+99+1+and+1994,+there+was+a+dramatic+increase+in+the+number+of+ethnic+Chinese+kidnapped+for+ransom+in+the+Philippines+by+criminal+syndicates+allegedly+linked+to+corrupt+army+and+police+officials.+Unlike+the+Federation,+which+kept+a+…&dq=Between+1+99+1+and+1994,+there+was+a+dramatic+increase+in+the+number+of+ethnic+Chinese+kidnapped+for+ransom+in+the+Philippines+by+criminal+syndicates+allegedly+linked+to+corrupt+army+and+police+officials.+Unlike+the+Federation,+which+kept+a+…&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iYsOU_ilE8Xp0AHItICoBQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA
http://books.google.com/books?id=lISGiGDW2Z0C&pg=PA128#v=onepage&q&f=false
L. Canmore says
The MILF is nothing more than a terrorist and criminal organization. They have done many crimes and terrorist acts in the past, and dont be surprised if they will continue to do so. Just like the MNLF which have also made a deal with the govt before, creating the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao, but broke their side of the agreement many times. There will never be peace as long as there are terrorists like the Abu Sayyaf, MNLF, BIFF, or the MILF. the government is supposed to protect its citizens from the same scoundrels. Phil gov’t is only concerned about politics. they are not concerned about bringing the culprits to justice. petty criminals go to jail, but this terrorists and mass murderers are being treated by the govt and media like they’re heroes and peacemakers. that’s all just propaganda. Aquino has just sold Mindanao to terrorists and criminals, and can most definitely be considered an act of high treason.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/view/309
gravenimage says
More tedious obfuscation and attempts at moral equivalence from Mazo. Here’s one bit:
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) signed a peace deal with the Philippine government to form Bangsamoro autonomous region, turning their militia into the local gendarmerie and police force.
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Ah…right.
Firstly, we’ve seen this sort of thing before, where Infidels cave and give in to Muslim demands. This *does not mean* that MILF has “gone legit”.
One more specific sign that MILF is not just a “local gendarmerie and police force”? How about the fact that they are named in an indictment as plotting to buy weaponry from international arms smugglers?
Not exactly the sort of behavior indulged in by legitimate police forces…
Mazo says
How about the fact that the Philippine policy and military have engaged in thuggery, gangsterism and were directly complicit in kidnapping and murdering ethnic Chinese citizens of the Philippines after holding them for ransom?
Not the behavior one would expect from a legitimate police force. If you only complain about the MILF’s behavior, you are being a hypocrite.
Mazo says
You don’t seem to grasp the fact that EVERYONE, including both pro-government Philippine militia forces, the Philippine police, and seperatists engage in kidnapping and other illegal activities.
The Filipino Christian Ilaga militia slaughtered Moro civilians and one of the Ilaga, Norberto Manero even killed an Italian Catholic Priest named Tullio Favali and ate his brains.
Nonbeliever says
Is this the same guy who was featured months ago (BNI?) as cozy with CAIR? If so, I blasted him via email and asked him how much CAIR was paying him. Little did I know…
Would be nice if CAIR was involved, so they could finally be taken down.
I also told this guy and some of the other pandering Californian politicos that they would be exposed. Great to see my hunches were correct.
I wish there were a website that specialized in putting up the names and contact information of pandering politicians.
Each politician who deals with CAIR should be listed, along with their political office and public address. Any kind of shady financial dealings should be exposed as well. All international entanglements also should be examined and exposed on the site.
In this manner, we can make these pandering politicians feel very uncomfortable when dealing with CAIR, ICNA, MSA or other terror-front, sharia-pushing organization.
Expose them! Any volunteers? It’s not something I personally can do. Where is the anonymous devoted to exposing corrupt politicians doing business with terrorist organizations?
dumbledoresarmy says
Radix malorum cupiditas est.
varmappp; says
I love This Post great info thank u
perfect hackz
Mazo says
Non-Muslim Chinese have fought side by side with Muslim Moros in the 18th century against the Spanish, and in the 19th century many Chinese became gunrunners and supplied the Moro fighters directly with firearms through a Spanish blockade, Chinese served as advisors to the Moro Sultans and the Sulu Sultanate itself was a protectorate and ally of China. Spain forced Chinese to live n a ghetto, made them pay higher taxes and massacred them, while Chinese could live in peace in Sulu and even build their own temple.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/02/philippines-frees-jihad-leader-to-make-peace-with-milf
Leland Yee might be sympathetic to the Moros because of this history. Its possible he was sympathizing with their cause and not just in it for the money.
“Yee yearned for a different life: “Senator Yee stated he was unhappy with his life and said, ‘There is a part of me that wants to be like you […] Just be a free agent out there.” Senator Yee told [the agent] that he wanted to hide out in the Philippines.”“
gravenimage says
More crap from Mazo:
Leland Yee might be sympathetic to the Moros because of this history. Its possible he was sympathizing with their cause and not just in it for the money.
“Yee yearned for a different life: “Senator Yee stated he was unhappy with his life and said, ‘There is a part of me that wants to be like you […] Just be a free agent out there.” Senator Yee told [the agent] that he wanted to hide out in the Philippines.”“
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Here the increasingly ludicrous Mazo is suggesting the the venal Leland Yee—who appears to have been caught up with the money and “glamor” of organized crime in Chinatown—was actually some sort of “revolutionary” who ideologically stood with Muslim terrorists and longed to join them in their Jihad in the jungle.
This is even more absurd than his usual bs. Try again…
Bezelel says
The face of moral bankrupcy
Wakingwest says
Lee is also closely associated with another public union supported Senator from Socal, Ted Lieu, who 2 years ago, led a campaign to boycott Loews, for retracting their sponsorship of the “All American Muslim” series. They are both blinded by political ambition and the characteristically liberal inability to competently charter the moral landscape.. darlings of the unions, democrats and cair
gravenimage says
California State Senator Leland Yee offered to set up arms deal with Islamic jihadists for $2 million in cash
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This whole thing with Yee has come as a terrible shock here in the Bay Area. I was no particular fan of Yee—he’s involved in “identity politics” and is generally pretty mediocre—but I *never* expected anything like this.
This is no run-of-the-mill political scandal involving iffy use of political contributions, questionable hiring of friends and relatives, or tax fraud—instead, Yee appears to have been deeply involved in organized crime, gun running, and murder-for-hire.
Yes, he is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law—but it is hard to believe that the FBI would bring such sweeping charges—especially involving a generally popular politician—if there was no basis for them.
And then to find out that he may well have been involved with a scheme to arm Jihadists? Stunning, but not as much as it might have been a few days ago.
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There is no indication that Leland Yee is a true believer.
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Probably not. He appears to have gotten deeply involved with the Chinatown Tongs—probably innocently at first (there is an aspect of them that function as “benevolent societies” dating back decades)—but then got drawn into the violent organized crime aspect, including close ties to the truly frightening Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow.
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He just wanted to make a buck. And in this age when Islamic jihadists and supremacists are awash with cash, the temptation can be too much for corrupt and short-sighted Infidels.
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I think there might have been another aspect besides just the money—Yee seems to have considered organized crime “glamorous” and exciting.
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And he knew what kind of entity he was dealing with: “According to Senator Yee, Mindanao was largely population by Muslim rebel groups who were fighting the federal government. Yee continued by saying the Muslim rebels had no problem ‘kidnapping individuals, killing individuals, and extorting them for ransom.’”
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This is especially disgusting, since a fair number of Leland Yee’s constituents over the years in California have been Filipino.
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Nor would the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have spared Yee himself, if this deal had gone through and he had then proved useful to them as a hostage or a dead body — despite his services to them.
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*Very* true. Violent Jihadists have *no* compunction about turning on Infidel useful idiots and enablers.
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Yee could arrange from some serious firepower…
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The sickening irony here, as already noted by some posters—is that Yee was a heavy-handed and sanctimonious proponent of gun control in California.
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In specific the Moro Islamic Liberation Front: “[The agent] asked about the major Muslim organizations in the Mindanao region of the Philippines. Senator Yee responded by saying ‘M.I.L.F.’”
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I think this pretty much gives the lie to the ludicrous assertion that MILF has “gone legit”…
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Yee yearned for a different life: “Senator Yee stated he was unhappy with his life and said, ‘There is a part of me that wants to be like you […] Just be a free agent out there.” Senator Yee told [the agent] that he wanted to hide out in the Philippines.”
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Two things here: as I noted, I believe Yee considered the outlaw life “glamorous”; and secondly, I believe that Yee *knew* that he was running out of time, and that his crimes were catching up to him.