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Obama lifts ban on Libyans in U.S. flight schools, training in nuke science

Aug 12, 2014 1:33 pm By Robert Spencer

Libya-Ambassador-Chris-Stevens-540x337One ambassador and other Americans murdered by jihadis. A rogue state where jihad terrorists operate freely. What could possibly go wrong?

“Obama Lifts Ban on Libyans Attending U.S. Flight Schools, Training In Nuke Science,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, August 12, 2014 (thanks to Pamela Geller):

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….

What a surprise.

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  1. rev g says

    Aug 12, 2014 at 1:41 pm

    More evidence of his complicity in the rise of islam against the world.

    • Jay Boo says

      Aug 13, 2014 at 7:03 am

      Obama is still looking for appeasement excuses to apologize to Islam itself.

  2. Reality Check says

    Aug 12, 2014 at 1:49 pm

    Obama lacks one all-important quality, which every human being should possess: COMMON SENSE.

    In an average citizen, its absence may create minor problems for the person in question.

    In a head of state, it can create huge long-term problems for millions of people worldwide.

    Whoever elected this idiot to lead the strongest nation on earth? So far he has created such a mess that his successors will probably spend most of their time cleaning it up rather than doing anything new!

    • Richard W. says

      Aug 13, 2014 at 7:53 pm

      No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the average American voter. Not once, but twice the damn fools in this country elected him as muslim-in-chief. Now the rest of us have to deal with the results of their stupidity. God help us!

  3. Yaakov Holansky says

    Aug 12, 2014 at 2:07 pm

    Obama is doing his very best to some how hurt this country. Never thought I would see something like this

  4. Jaladhi says

    Aug 12, 2014 at 3:28 pm

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

    Precursor of next 9/11!! Is our government so stupid?? Nobody can believe it!! What is that – those who forget history are condemned to repeat it!!

  5. Angemon says

    Aug 12, 2014 at 5:22 pm

    “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.

    Someone should tell sheik Hussein Doc Brown survived…

  6. Thomas Wells says

    Aug 12, 2014 at 6:38 pm

    Now, dump the hundreds of thousands jihadist candidates who are studying chemistry,toxicology, microbiology,virology, etc in American schools.

  7. Pagael says

    Aug 13, 2014 at 6:08 am

    Absolute Madness – Appeasement gone to far

  8. lindy2 says

    Aug 13, 2014 at 11:43 am

    It’s not appeasement the evidence is stacking that the administration actively supports the Muslim agenda. Remember ob had presidential meetings with Muslim Brotherhood in office in our house. Lord these people are enemies of the state, looks as tho’ Revelations Horseman are coming over the horizon!

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