What and who else might have Qatar bought in the United States? It is likely that if the answer to that question were fully revealed, it would explain a great deal.
“Qatar Hired Former CIA Agents to Hack Prominent GOP Official, Lawsuit Alleges,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, June 30, 2020:
Qatar hired a team of former CIA and U.S. military intelligence officials to conduct a hack attack on a prominent American political activist after he raised questions about the country’s support for terrorism, according to allegations in a new lawsuit.
Republican financier Elliott Broidy alleges that Qatar enlisted former U.S. intelligence officials to carry out a 2018 cyber espionage operation on his personal and business email servers. That information, Broidy alleges, was later leaked to the media in order to discredit the longtime GOP activist and advance Doha’s interests in America.
The suit reveals allegations that U.S.-based hackers affiliated with the Global Risk Advisors (GRA) consulting group were paid by Qatar to carry out the illicit scheme and similar attacks on prominent critics of Qatar. GRA, an American cyber security consulting group, is composed of former CIA and other military intelligence officials with extensive experience in the cyber espionage realm.
GRA “conspired with [American] public-relations strategists to steal Mr. Broidy’s confidential materials and plant carefully curated excerpts and manipulated materials with the press to cause Plaintiffs maximum damage,” the lawsuit alleges. “GRA was perfectly suited for this work because it employs former National Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, and U.S. Armed Forces personnel with extensive offensive hacking expertise.”
The filing marks another salvo in a long-running legal dispute between Broidy and Qatar, which is accused of orchestrating multiple hack attacks on its most prominent U.S. and European critics. In addition to the quarrel with Broidy, Qatar is believed to be behind a series of similar cyber attacks on prominent GOP and Jewish community activists who have pressured the Trump administration to cut ties with Doha. Broidy previously sued several U.S. public-relations companies he accuses of helping Qatar distribute his stolen information.
Qatar has long been suspected of financing the hack on Broidy and other leading critics of Doha’s terror financing network, which includes support for Hamas and other Iranian-backed militia groups. In addition to targeting perceived critics, Qatar allegedly spied on prominent Jewish community members in Washington, D.C., to collect information about their anti-Doha lobbying efforts. Congress is investigating the country over these claims….
Roland says
Broidy’s got balls. I hope other people are willing to fight back. Qatar backs Turkey and the Muslim Brotherhood. Its influence in Washington is insidious.
Sun says
Not only in the US. Good luck to Mr. Broidy.
Since decades, Qatar influences Europe by financing countless projects across the continent, most are linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.
https://eeradicalization.com/french-documentary-raises-eyebrows-about-qatars-influence-in-europe-and-beyond/
https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/qatar/how-qatar-funds-muslim-brotherhood-expansion-in-europe-1.63386835
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/24544
mortimer says
BRIBERY IS NORMATIVE ISLAM, rather than an aberration. It is the SUNNA of the prophet (sacred example). Mohammed’s last orders involved giving bribes.
Mohammed commonly bribed foreign delegations so he could get intelligence from them and to buy their betrayal of their countries, so he could take over.
Bukhari #005.059.716 Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)
Bukhari :: Book 5 :: Volume 59 :: Hadith 716
Narrated Ibn Abbas: Thursday! And how great that Thursday was! The ailment of Allah’s Apostle became worse (on Thursday) and he said, fetch me something so that I may write to you something after which you will never go astray.” The people (present there) differed in this matter, and it was not right to differ before a prophet. Some said, “What is wrong with him ? (Do you think ) he is delirious (seriously ill)? Ask him ( to understand his state ).” So they went to the Prophet and asked him again. The Prophet said, “Leave me, for my present state is better than what you call me for.” Then he ordered them to do three things. He said, “Turn the pagans out of the ‘Arabian Peninsula; respect and give gifts to the foreign delegations as you have seen me dealing with them.” (Said bin Jubair, the sub-narrator said that Ibn Abbas kept quiet as regards the third order, or he said, “I forgot it.”)
gravenimage says
Lawsuit says Qatar recruited former CIA agents to hack prominent Republican activist
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Horrifying if accurate.
curious george says
Just another day at the office. Nothing new here.
Qatar’s problem, they got caught.
OLD GUY says
As always follow the money. Turkey and the Saudis seem to be able to spread a lot of money around the world to politicians and buy influence as well as violence against democracy. The muslim leadership wants to rule the earth with their islamic ideology through which they will enslave and murder millions of people.
The United States did away with slavery 170 yrs. ago, if Black Lives Matter are really concerned with slavery and violence against black people they should be aiming their efforts at the muslin countries that still support slavery and discrimination against both black and white christians.
curious george says
OLD GUY says
As always follow the money.
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+1
Someone once said, if you want to get to the root of any issue, there are 3 primary rules;
1. Follow the money
2. Follow the Money
3. Follow the money.