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To: FJB who wrote (839549)	2/26/2015 7:06:29 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1578892

Twin Cities teen pleads guilty to terrorism conspiracy charges .............................................................................. StarTribune.com ^ \| 2/26/15 \| STAFF REPORT Admits he hoped to join ISIS in the Middle East A Somali-American teenager from Inver Grove Heights pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to conspiring to join terrorists fighting in the Middle East. Adullahi Yusuf, 18, is the first defendant to plead guilty in the FBI’s long-running investigation of Minnesotans who have tried to enlist or fight with forces aligned with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Last May Yusuf was stopped by FBI agents as he tried to board a flight bound for Turkey at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. On Thursday, Yusuf admitted to Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis that before his arrest he had made plans to join up with a friend, Abdi Nur, in Turkey. From there, he said, the pair planned to make their way to fight with ISIL. He also acknowledged that in spring of 2014 he attended Islamist meetings in Minneapolis and started making plans to flee country. Yusuf’s case took an unusual twist early this month when federal officials said they wanted to send him to a residential facility, rather than prison, and enroll him in a court-backed counseling program designed to turn him away from radicalization. He is currently being held in a halfway house and a sentencing date has not been set. The day after Yusef was stopped from boarding his flight, Nur was able to elude authorities and fly out of the Twin Cities. He is believed to be fighting in the Middle East. He is under federal charges alleging that he conspired to work with terrorists.

To: FJB who wrote (839549)	2/26/2015 7:26:47 PM
From: joseffy	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB longnshort Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578892

Obama sends 2 most anti-Israel members of his administration, Susan Rice and Samantha Power to AIPAC ........................................................................................................................... breitbart.com by Joel B. Pollak26 Feb 2015 152 President Barack Obama is sending National Security Advisor Susan Rice and UN Ambassador Samantha Power–widely seen as among the most anti-Israel members of his administration–to address a prominent pro-Israel gathering next week. The move is described by the Associated Press as an effort to mend fences after the administration had withheld speakers from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference. In reality, it is a further slap in the face. Earlier this week Rice told Charlie Rose the forthcoming speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a special joint session of Congress was “destructive” to the U.S.-Israel relationship and to bipartisan support for Israel. Power is controversial because of her earlier view that the U.S. should send troops to impose peace between Israelis and Palestinians–a view she recanted as she campaigned for the United Nations position. President Obama addressed the gathering in 2012, but no major administration officials addressed the 2013 gathering, as tensions rose with the Netanyahu government over the terms of a potential nuclear agreement with Iran. In 2010, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed the AIPAC conference in the midst of a public dispute with Netanyahu over housing in Jerusalem. Some conference attendees chose to skip her speech rather than raise a protest inside the forum. AIPAC has spent the past 20 years warning Congress of Iran’s ambitions to become a nuclear power and to export terrorism throughout the region. It supports bipartisan legislation sponsored by Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to restore and expand sanctions on Iran in the event that nuclear talks fail. President Obama has promised to veto the bill–but it may have a veto-proof majority. Netanyahu will also be speaking to the AIPAC conference.

To: FJB who wrote (839549)	2/26/2015 7:28:51 PM
From: joseffy	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Schnullie Respond to of 1578892

Susan Rice was wrong about Rwanda, where approximately 800,000 died. Wrong about Benghazi, where four brave Americans were murdered and is wrong about Bibi's visit. With a deadly track record like that it begs the question what qualifications are needed to be a National Security Advisor in this administration?.