Obama Admin Gets Sick Revenge on Green Beret Who Worked With GOP to Free American Hostages
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As the American people have watched the horrific rise and expansion of the radical Islamic State group over the past year or two, they have also witnessed helplessly as several Americans have been taken hostage and executed by the radical Islamic jihadists.
Such atrocities spurred a member of the Army’s Green Berets to contact Congress and blow the whistle on the Obama administration’s policies dealing with rescuing American hostages.
But while American hostages held by terrorists barely garner a nod from the administration, whistleblowing about it certainly gets their attention, as Lt. Col. Jason Amerine has found out.
Amerine, who was due to have already retired from the Army, has instead had his retirement delayed and pay cut off by the Pentagon while he remains the focus of an investigation into his leaking information to Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter.
“I need to know ASAP what you will be doing to rectify this situation as LTC Amerine should not be expected to survive without pay as he is being involuntarily forced to remain on active duty,” wrote Army Reserve Lt. Col. Billy Ruhling, Amerine’s lawyer, in an email to the Army’s legal counsel. “I will look for your plan of action first thing in the morning.”
According to The Washington Times, Amerine had worked with the California Republican behind the scenes to craft a bill that would streamline and coordinate government efforts at rescuing American hostages held by terrorists around the globe.
Amerine was scheduled to testify soon before a Senate Committee panel looking into government retaliation against whistleblowers, something that is alleged to have dramatically increased under the Obama administration.
“This hearing will highlight the stories of whistleblowers from different agencies who allege they faced retaliation because they brought attention to government wrongdoing,” read a letter from Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the committee holding the hearing.
In the meantime, Amerine is under criminal investigation by the Army, something his supporters claim is simple harassment.
Congress should require the administration back off from its blatant harassment of a man who was simply trying to help Americans held hostage around the world, something at which the Obama administration has utterly failed.
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