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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (69891)	4/11/2012 8:11:21 AM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Valerie Jarrett planted by communist sympathizer? Family worked closely with Obama mentor Frank Marshall Davis by Aaron Klein wnd.com Editor’s note: In 2008, WND thoroughly vetted President Obama’s radical background. Many of those original exclusive reports, almost entirely ignored by the mainstream news media, currently are being utilized four years later by some media outlets in the lead up to this year’s presidential election. From now until election day, WND will be presenting our original investigations into Obama and his radical ties with bonus updates. These reports are as important today as they were in 2008. Following is the first in a series of articles aimed at re-vetting Obama. Was Valerie Jarrett, one of President Obama’s closest advisers, introduced to the president’s political circles by her father-in-law, a communist sympathizer who worked with the radical Obama mentor Frank Marshall Davis? Jarrett’s family background and her initial introduction to Obama may tie her to onetime Obama environmental adviser Van Jones’ radical ideology. Jarrett’s father-in-law, Vernon Jarrett, was an associate of Frank Marshall Davis, the controversial labor movement activist who has been identified as an early influence on Obama. Vernon Jarrett and Davis worked together in 1940 in a Communist Party-dominated organization, the Citizen’s Committee to Aid Packing House Workers. The group’s own correspondence, previously uncovered by the New Zeal blog, describes its communist influence. Many of its leaders were tied to the Communist Party. The pair also frequented the SouthSideCommunityArtCenter, which was dominated by communists. In addition, Davis and Vernon Jarrett worked in the late 1940s on the communist-influenced, black-run Chicago Defender newspaper. In 1948, Jarrett started a radio show, “Negro Newsfront,” and went on to become the Chicago Tribune’s first black syndicated columnist. A Washington Post obituary of Jarrett notes he “stoked the political embers in Chicago that led to the 1983 election of the city’s first African-American mayor, Harold Washington.” “Vernon Jarrett was a key influence in Washington’s decision to run for the Chicago mayoralty and remained a key supporter through his four-year tenure,” the newspaper reported. Obama has hailed Washington’s victory as a motivation for him to move to Chicago from New York. Washington was involved in communist-dominated circles in Chicago. Vernon Jarrett clearly watched the rise of Obama as an activist. When Obama worked for Project Vote to register black voters with the intent of aiding the senatorial campaign of Carol Moseley Braun, Jones took note. Obama later took over Braun’s Senate seat. Writing in the Chicago Sun-Times in 1992, Jarrett noted: “Good news! Good news! Project Vote, a collectivity of 10 church-based community organizations dedicated to black voter registration, is off and running. … If Project Vote is to reach its goal of registering 150,000 out of an estimated 400,000 unregistered blacks statewide, ‘it must average 10,000 rather than 7,000 every week,’ says Barack Obama, the program’s executive director.” Valerie Jarrett married Vernon’s son, William Robert Jarrett, in 1983. In 1987, she got her start in politics, working for Washington as deputy corporation counsel for finance and development. She was deputy chief of staff for Mayor Richard Daley, during which time she hired Michelle Robinson, then engaged to Obama. Valerie Jarrett went on to run the finances for Obama’s Senate bid in 2004, the year Vernon Jarrett died. Currently, Jarrett is touted as one of Obama’s closest advisers.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (69891)	4/11/2012 8:21:32 AM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

GZ...hussein obama looking to create jobs for moslums with American tax dollars? How about trying to promote jobs in America? Obama eyes rebuilding business – in AFRICA! Sending contractors to evaluate plans by National Transitional Council By Steve Peacock Wednesday, April 11, 2012 wnd.com The Obama administration is considering future funding of industry modernization ventures in Libya, and has proposed sending contractors to assess U.S. investment prospects. Four separate “definitional missions,” or DMs, soon will be carried out by private vendors on behalf of the U.S. Trade & Development Agency, an independent White House entity. According to planning documents that WND located via routine database research, USTDA has issued Requests for Proposals from contractors capable of identifying and evaluating industry projects that Libya’s National Transitional Council is proposing. The USTDA-funded missions come at a time when the council is struggling to contain divisive conflicts between tribal and regional militias. As WND reported last month, the NTC is threatening to use force to keep those opposing forces in check, a move seen by some as necessary to avoid fracturing the nation. The Libyan sectors targeted for review under the new USTDA initiatives are: (1) Oil and Gas; (2) Power Generation; (3) Transportation, and: (4) Information and Communications Technology. USTDA’s stated purpose behind the sector evaluations is to increase “strategic opportunities for the utilization of U.S. goods, services, and technologies as the country rebuilds its economy…” The agency also says the initiatives fall within the purview of its mission to facilitate U.S. involvement in “priority development projects in emerging economies.” Libya currently relies on oil to generate most of its electricity nationwide, “an inefficient and expensive method of power production,” the Scope of Work governing the Oil and Gas Sector DM points out. The General Electric Company of Libya, however, recently doubled its natural gas-based power generation capacity – and estimates that the nation’s industrial and civilian gas requirements will nearly quadruple by 2020. “A significant number of energy-focused U.S. firms have indicated their interest in working in Libya,” the SOW says, “many of whom have provided capability statements to the Commercial Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Libya and are looking for business opportunities to engage in the Libya market.” A separate document for a Power Generation Sector DM offered a nearly verbatim justification for that mission – it merely replaced the project title “Libya: Oil and Gas Sector [DM]” with “Libya: Power Generation Sector [DM].” The only difference is a reference to utilizing U.S. companies to rebuild the country’s “traditional power generation infrastructure” and to develop “new renewable power generation capacity.” Equally critical to Libya’s economic growth will be the “rebuilding of its vital transportation sector,” USTDA says. The agency therefore will fund a DM to assess that industry segment. Particular emphasis will be placed on the Libyan air transport sector, “as it facilitates both its urban and petroleum industries,” the applicable documentation explains. Obstacles remain for U.S. industry participation in rebuilding this sector, but those hurdles appear to be diminishing, it said. USTDA acknowledged in the document that “Due to the history of [U.S. and international] sanctions, the two national airlines have only purchased Airbus aircraft” made in France. Plus, last year’s Libyan conflict “resulted in a drop of more than one million international passengers that same year compared to 2010.” On a positive note, however, “Since the end of the conflict, all three domestic airlines and 15 international airlines have resumed service” across Libya. Additionally, Libya’s NTC has indicated that a merger and privatization of the two state-owned airlines could take place by 2013, according to USTDA. The DM for this sector will examine opportunities for U.S. businesses in Libya’s “rapid modernization of its airports and airlines” as well in its commercial seaports, which include “many oil and natural gas terminals.” NTC has expressed interest in crafting an “e-Libya” program – a national policy to accelerate e-commerce, e-learning, online government services, and the expansion of wireless and Internet connectivity. USTDA therefore is embarking upon an Information and Communications Technology sector DM to evaluate these and other proposed programs and projects already under way. “The e-Libya program has wide political support and is seen as a method to combat government corruption,” the SOW says. Two U.S. companies – left unidentified by USTDA – already have expressed interest in Libyan projects, the document says. USTDA typically awards contracts for post-DM endeavors – such as the development of feasibility studies – prior to providing or arranging project-specific financing. Depending upon the findings in those reports, the U.S. government directly may offer additional funds or indirectly through organizations such as the World Bank. The due date for proposals for all four of the USTDA missions is April 20.