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Obama loyalists replaced “radical Islamic terrorism” with “violent extremism” in Trump’s immigration executive order

Mar 26, 2017 12:45 pm By Robert Spencer

This was caught in time, but who did it? Have the responsible parties been fired? If not, why not?

“Obama Admin Loyalists, Government Insiders Sabotage Trump White House,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, March 22, 2017:

The Obama administration worked in its final weeks in office to undermine the incoming Trump White and continues to do so, according to multiple sources both in and out of the White House….

“We have members of the former administration at the highest levels who through their actions after January 20 have demonstrated their refusal to recognize the results of the general election,” one senior administration official told the Free Beacon. “They have pursued, organized, and managed a comprehensive subversion of the new administration.”

In one instance, Trump administration officials found evidence that the administration’s executive order banning travel from certain Muslim-majority nations had been selectively altered to bring it more in line with Obama-era talking points.

Several hours before the orders were set to be signed by Trump, officials noticed that language concerning “radical Islamic terrorism” had been stripped from the order and replaced with Obama-era language about countering violent extremism.

West Wing staffers quickly scrambled to rewrite the order to bring it back in line with Trump’s rhetoric, sources told the Free Beacon. The alteration of these directives is said to have spooked some senior officials working on the issue….

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  1. Emilie Green says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 12:52 pm

    And no one can find the person/s responsible?

    Given the limited number of people who would access to the document, this shouldn’t be too hard.

    • mortimer says

      Mar 26, 2017 at 1:58 pm

      DRAIN THAT SWAMP!

    • Pastor C says

      Mar 26, 2017 at 4:36 pm

      It shouldn’t be that ‘hard’ to identify the culprit, that is, if they really want to find the weasel. That’s what I’d like to believe.

      But, given the fact that McMasters, Mattis and other loyalists and holdovers, from the previous, duplicitous administration, are desperately trying to obscure the connection between Islam and ‘extremists’ leads me to suspect this was no ‘accident.’

      Instead, I suspect, either no search at all is undertaken to identify the operative; or, somehow, an internal cover-up is likely to ensue.

      Equally or more tragic is the fact that beyond Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller, few media giants will hardly take notice; and many who do are apt to minimize its significance.

      This ‘incident’ is not nearly as innocuous and inconsequential as many, if not most, may surmise.

      The subversive, seditious and traitorous implications behind some Obama saboteur altering the narrative regarding the truth about civilizational jihad, particularly during the dawning days of the next administration, is unprecedented.

      It not only intentionally-distorts the narrative but it, also, leads me to question how the intelligence apparatus as well as our military strategy is being unduly manipulated.

      If this sabotage stands, and no one is held to account (and fired) it may just signal far more ominous implications than we could imagine. i’d be troubled, indeed, should we discover the Trump administration may not be as serious about winning this war as we were repeatedly led to believe.

      • Creole Gumbo says

        Mar 27, 2017 at 5:13 am

        “i’d be troubled, indeed, should we discover the Trump administration may not be as serious about winning this war as we were repeatedly led to believe.”

        The retention of Mathis, now that he has revealed himself to be a Islam forgiver, worries me as well.

        • Rob says

          Mar 27, 2017 at 5:43 am

          I doubt he’s an “Islam Forgiver” – I think he’s giving the Muslims a chance to ‘keep face’, yet stay with the Trump anti-terrorist program. Calling every Muslim out as a closet terrorist is the wrong strategy; and it would alienate them all immediately. This is what Obama / Clinton / Soros is trying to get him to do

          Trump’s got enough on his hands getting his own “illegal immigrants” under control, against huge (that is very vociferous, Lefitist Libtard) opposition. He doesn’t need to be arguing with every Muslim at the same time.

          A positive factor for Trump, is that the ICE and many (not all) local police are very relieved to have him in the driving seat, where he can reverse all the insane Obama policies; and shut down the idea of sanctuary cities…

      • Creole Gumbo says

        Mar 27, 2017 at 5:13 am

        “i’d be troubled, indeed, should we discover the Trump administration may not be as serious about winning this war as we were repeatedly led to believe.”

        The retention of Mathis worries me as well.

      • gavinwca says

        Mar 27, 2017 at 7:45 am

        You do not only want to fret out the weasel, you want their boss, and every one who is connected to this treason. president Trump will drain the swamp if they do not kill him first. He can not spend to much time at the unsecured White House if he wants to survive.

    • B A Potgieter says

      Mar 27, 2017 at 3:51 am

      Pres.Trump has to have a REAL Spring Clean in Government.!! Any and ALL that was in the employ of OBAMA, has to be replaced asap. Pres.Trump should have a Office of LOYAL Proof Readers of ALL Documents to be signed by the Pres and V.P.!!!!

  2. Rev g says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 12:56 pm

    This is Trump’s biggest liability. He should be cleaning house first and foremost. Until you get the rats out of the cellar you are going to be subverted from within.

    • mortimer says

      Mar 26, 2017 at 1:59 pm

      … and positively … HIRE ROBERT SPENCER to teach all government employees the JIHAD DOCTRINE, TAQIYYA DOCTRINE and KAFIR DOCTRINE.

      • Lia Wissing says

        Mar 27, 2017 at 3:26 am

        YES!!!

      • Lia Wissing says

        Mar 27, 2017 at 3:28 am

        YES!!! Allow Pamela Geller to teach courses to women on FGM, forced marriages, marriages to first cousins, honour killings.

      • underbed cat says

        Mar 27, 2017 at 3:59 am

        I think that is a great idea, I have been concerned with just how much now President Trump, knew even during the campaign, I just assumed he had a source of factual knowledge about Islam, but at times I was not quite sure. I agree he needs to know these terms, and especially the stated goals and organizations of the MB. and their political power. His election I believe was not so much about jobs, adjusting Obama care, but national security, immigration control, borders and acknowledging islamic terrorism, at least those were the issues that immediately caught my attention. I have been waiting to hear if he had consultants such as Robert Spencer, or had listened to the briefs of analyst Stephen Coughlin, MB expert J Guandolo just to name some of the best in my opinion. Because this is a very well executed deceptive enemy we face and it needs full understanding since the information is consistently silenced. It seems that he is being undermined and he need to build a strong intelligence base. Very disappointed with information about Matthis and Mcmasters…from their inability to see the uniqueness of this problem.

        • Rev g says

          Mar 27, 2017 at 4:18 am

          What is really scary about those two is that they are supposedly the good guys. Is this false information really that entrenched in our military command structure? Are none of our flag officers given to a spirit of individual research and education, especially regarding the history and beliefs of potential adversaries? I always thought such ideas to be de rigeur, especially of combat arms officers and even the better ncos.
          It shouldn’t take much inquiry to find the truth regarding islam.

      • maghan says

        Mar 27, 2017 at 6:32 am

        Plus,
        Trump and his staff should be sent bound copies of all the contributions to Wikislam for their perusal.

  3. somehistory says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 3:12 pm

    this was in Frontpage a couple of days ago. No surprise that moles are in the grain and doing dirty work.

  4. tedh754 says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 3:54 pm

    “violent extremism” is like when Homer Simpson won the award for “Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence.” It doesn’t mean anything. Extreme what? Skateboarding? Fishing? Who do they think they are fooling?

  5. Wellington says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 4:25 pm

    Deep State on display again.

    It’s gotten to the point where there is a government within the government. And said inner government is wrapped up with two things above all——-1) Leftism; and 2) self-interest (this second element would include a hell of a lot of Republicans).

    Put another way, the DC Swamp is very deep and very treacherous. Even more than Trump realized. I believe he’s in the processing of realizing this and, understandably, doesn’t exactly know how to proceed many times, so intractable is the muck and mire of that swamp of swamps——–Washington DC.

  6. gravenimage says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    Obama loyalists replaced “radical Islamic terrorism” with “violent extremism” in Trump’s immigration executive order
    …………………….

    This undermining disgusts but does not surprise.

    • Wellington says

      Mar 26, 2017 at 5:30 pm

      Yes, far better (though still bitter), gravenimage, to experience disgust rather than surprise. The former does not impugn proper awareness, indeed so many times it confirms it, but the latter often times is dispositive of some defect, even in the best of people.

      • gravenimage says

        Mar 26, 2017 at 6:43 pm

        I just have seen to much to be surprised any longer, Wellington.

        • Wellington says

          Mar 26, 2017 at 7:00 pm

          Me too, gravenimmage. Even in “the best” of people who really aren’t that “best” at all.

          Reminds me of what that literary genius, Emily Bronte, wrote, to wit:

          “Twas grief enough to think mankind
          All hollow, servile, insincere;
          But worse to trust to my own mind
          And find the same corruption there.”

  7. Kiel says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 4:46 pm

    Some heads deep down the deep state have to be rolling. An administration with utter disloyal civil servants cannot function. It’s time to dig deep, some have not only to be fired but to be indicted too.
    The democratically elected government cannot live with this mess. Do the Dems realize, that this “order” of things is the prescription of the obliteration of a great nation?

  8. Oliver says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 5:05 pm

    A few weeks ago, the Dem (I think junior) Sen from Delaware stated, the Dem party has NO AGENDA. NO PLANS. NO IDEAS.

    ONLY TO BE CRITICAL AND OPPOSE EVERYTHING. THAT IS NOT A WAY TO GOVERN.

    So, Kiel, in answer to your question- I doubt that the Dems realize anything. Using the words of their own Senator.

  9. Steve Klein says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 5:33 pm

    President Trump seems to have surrounded himself with a cadre of relatively Islam-friendly cabinet members. The president’s Secretary of Defense is decidedly anti-Israel, pro-Islam. Where is Steven Bannon? I thought he was an expert on all things Islam and a friend to Israel?

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 26, 2017 at 6:45 pm

      Well, at least someone in the Trump White House caught this–more importantly, they realized that it was a bad thing. The Obama White House probably would have considered saying “violent extremism” to close to the truth…

      • Steve Klein says

        Mar 26, 2017 at 7:18 pm

        True.

  10. Eric Jones says

    Mar 26, 2017 at 7:51 pm

    Trump may feel that if he gets the economy going that all will be well and people will stop opposing him. Unfortunately this will not be the case. The holdovers from prior admins. are operating for the same political objectives as the prior president that appoined them. The swamp must be drained. Trump is the victim but the American people are the target. Trump cannot succed by being surrounded by troops of enemies. Start by firing the 100 who signed the dissent memoin the State Dept.. If they committed crimes refer them to the Justice Dept for prosecution. There is no time to try to entrap wrong doers. Drain the Swamp.

    Eric

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