Saboteurs of Sanders Campaign Lead to Clinton National Security Think Tank

[Scuba]

https://wcmcoop.com/2016/04/01/saboteurs-of-sanders-campaign-lead-to-clinton-national-security-think-tank/

There is mounting evidence that Hillary Clinton supporters have been sabotaging the Bernie Sanders campaign, and the trail leads to the Democratic National Committee and a “national security” think tank made up of current and former Clinton supporters, staff, and contributors.

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The presence of Caiazzo and Dew in the Sanders organization raises deeper questions about the Clinton campaign. Both are also employed by the Truman National Security Project, a quasi-liberal think tank populated by a gaggle of neo-conservatives who believe foreign policy should be “grounded in a strong military.”

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The organization’s mission is to “unite next-generation veteran, political, and policy leaders to develop and advance strong, smart, and principled solutions to the global challenges Americans now face.” Their members include “military, policy and political leaders at the national, state, and local level, many of whom have served their country in conflict zones around the world.”

In a 2012 article on antiwar.com, Kelley B. Vlahos called this group little more than a “re-election campaign that promises to keep the war machine humming no matter who is elected to office.” On closer inspection, Truman’s Board and Advisory Board are a who’s who of representatives from the billionaire class Sanders is consistently referencing: defense contractors, private security, venture capitalists, tech investors, multinational realtors, Big Pharma, and the lobbyists who connect them:

The article goes on to show the deep ties between the Clinton campaign and military contractors. Kudos to Barbara With for her research on this.

[Agschmid]

1. ...

Kick.

[PeoViejo]

2. Can't rec this enough.

It just goes to show how slimy the Clinton campaign really is.

[blm]

34. Except these are false charges. Aisha Dew is a pledged delegate for Sanders and worked hard

in NC to improve turnout for Sanders in a very solid Clinton state which she DID. Niko House also smeared the director who won Michigan for Sanders when everyone was expecting it to be a solid Hillary state.

Niko House has a distorted view of reality and many here in NC viewed him as a con artist who is now using these tales to secure financing for his 'research' into these matters….research that was so important he dropped out of college to do, while also scoring himself a new car.


I'm shaking my head for my fellow Sanders supporters who fell for his tales.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511531540

[KoKo]

49. blm...I think there might be something here, though.

Remember our conversations about this back when Nico was doing the videos? I didn't find him credible, and still don't, but Dew's affiliation with the Truman National Security Project does make her suspect given what my area of NC experienced

There were reports from angry, frustrated volunteers from UNC Chapel Hill who showed up at our local NC Progressive Meeting about them not having access to Bernie signs for Early Voting Sites and being given wrong instructions about Precinct Locations the volunteers were signed up for Poll Monitoring in Wake County. I personally know that I wasn't able get signs from the Bernie Campaign Durham office because there was no phone number or way to contact them and a "Meetup" they had listed on website had no one there when a friend of mine went to the coffee house where it was listed as being held.

So while Nico may be in it for himself....I do have questions about Dew since there were so many problems with student volunteers trying to get campaign supplies, and given either wrong instructions or not able to readily access information. And so angry they came to the Progressive Meeting to voice their concerns.

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From the article:

The presence of Caiazzo and Dew in the Sanders organization raises deeper questions about the Clinton campaign. Both are also employed by the Truman National Security Project, a quasi-liberal think tank populated by a gaggle of neo-conservatives who believe foreign policy should be “grounded in a strong military.”

Joe Caiazzo lists the Truman National Security Project as an employer on his LinkedIn page. According to House, Aisha Dew is also listed as a “membership partner” on the Project’s website, although access to her page is password protected.

The Truman National Security Project was founded by Rachel Kleinfeld, who served as CEO and President from its inception through 2013. Concurrently, she was personally appointed by Secretary of State Clinton in 2011 to the Foreign Affairs Policy Board, the advisory body to the U.S. Department of State, on which she served until 2014.

According to Sourcewatch:

The Truman National Security Project describes itself as being “dedicated to forging a Democratic foreign policy founded on strength and security, grounded in a strong military and active diplomacy, and committed to furthering the American ideals of freedom, dignity, and opportunity worldwide.”

At its 2005 conference one of the panel discussions was on “what Democrats did wrong, Republicans did right, and neo-cons did better” and “the need to increase the size of the deployable military.”

The organization’s mission is to “unite next-generation veteran, political, and policy leaders to develop and advance strong, smart, and principled solutions to the global challenges Americans now face.” Their members include “military, policy and political leaders at the national, state, and local level, many of whom have served their country in conflict zones around the world.”

In a 2012 article on antiwar.com, Kelley B. Vlahos called this group little more than a “re-election campaign that promises to keep the war machine humming no matter who is elected to office.” On closer inspection, Truman’s Board and Advisory Board are a who’s who of representatives from the billionaire class Sanders is consistently referencing: defense contractors, private security, venture capitalists, tech investors, multinational realtors, Big Pharma, and the lobbyists who connect them:

[blm]

56. It's still utter horseshit. Dew's affiliation has always been with Mel Watt.

She was not hired by HRC campaign and by late last year she signed on with Sanders campaign. Fer chrissakes, KoKo, I've been accused of being an HRC plant here at DU even though I supported Sanders. Because I won't follow the same script as the majority of Sanders group here, I am suspect to them. The foolishness and paranoia directed at longtime Dems has been/is absurd.

You can post all the BS in that article you want, KoKo, but it doesn't make it true. Niko House is a liar seeking aggrandizement at the expense of the Sanders campaign and he failed and is now blaming others. Those willing to buy his bullshit are now funding his quest to make a name for himself any which way he can.

Peace to you old buddy.

[grossproffit]

3. Wow. There's even a "sane" Progressive video to go w/ the article. What a treat!

[workinclasszero]

53. Uh oh is crazy Debbie on the case?

Tighen up your tinfoil hats Bern fans!

[MineralMan]

57. Say! You're right. Debbie is the Debbiest!

Maravilloso!

[sufrommich]

4. Double agents in the Sanders campaign?

This is what happens when you wallow in conspiracy and paranoia,you eventually turn on each other and attack your own. Not surprised to see this in the Sanders campaign.

[CorkySt.Clair]

21. We're a long way from Birdie Sanders

Increasingly the candidate, his staff and his most ardent supporters look and sound like paranoid cranks.

[workinclasszero]

55. Yep. This is proof positive that the Sanders campaign is in the final meltdown stage

They are turning the knifes towards each other now.

Here comes the bloodbath!

[Tarc]

5. Some still just can't accept that more...many more...voters prefer Clinton

I think the Entitlement Generation is learning a harsh life lesson this election year.

[hobbit709]

8. How Republican of you to use "Entitlement Generation" just like they do.

[Tarc]

9. Criticizing millennials for being more lax than even us Original Slackers, Gen X

Is not a Republican or Democratic-based commentary. It is quite neutral.

Feel free to try again, though. I'll wait.

[hobbit709]

10. Original Slackers-Gen X? You're way behind the news.

[Tarc]

11. You appear to be simply talking over everything I've said, so,

Welcome to one of my rare ignores; time-wasting is my biggest pet peeve.

[hobbit709]

14. A Gen X Slacker criticizing "time-wasting"?

[notadmblnd]

33. And yet they're posting here

If this place isn't a time waster, especially GDP- I don't know what is.

[CorkySt.Clair]

23. Sometimes the truth offends

[Doremus]

32. Take your rightwing 'entitlement' bullshit back under the rock you came from. nt

[Tarc]

36. It isn't a right-wing criticism, it is a general one

3,023,373 votes, 270 pledged delegates.

#math

[loyalsister]

60. Ahh the RW talking points I hear from my Gen X peers

Gen X is destroying this country and loving economic inequality. They mostly picked up their values during the Reagan years when the culture was immersed wealth worship. So many Gen Xers who have done well still hold those values so dear.

It is noteable that the country shifted so far right as the children of prosperity religion and the search for obscene wealth came of age. The majority of people in their 40s in my state legislature are cut from the same cloth as Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Paul Ryan, etc.

Meanwhile there are millenial candidates in my who have devoted themselves to working for non profits and are now running in Red state MO as unapologetic liberals. I hope they will save us from my greed is good generation.

[progressoid]

71. Oh for fuck's sake. Entitlement Generation?

I'm sure you have data to back up that platitude.

[oberliner]

6. This article is two months old

And was written by a crackpot.

[Scuba]

12. Barbara With is no crackpot.

[oberliner]

16. She gives psychic readings over Skype

In 1978, I picked up a deck of tarot cards and learned how to interpret their messages. I’ve used that deck to give literally 1,000s of readings through the years. In 1987, I began automatic writing, which eventually led to speaking like Junice taught me. The only difference is, I don’t go into a trance and I remember everything being said.

My life has been an amazing journey of twists and turns, which eventually revealed that my “higher power” also included the presence of angels, as well as this Party of Twelve, led by the brilliant Albert Einstein.

https://partyof12.com/private-readings-with-the-party/

[sufrommich]

17. She also channels Albert Einstein,so there's that.nt

[oberliner]

18. She is offering two Skype psychic readings for $150

She is either a crackpot or a scam artist.

[sufrommich]

20. Why not both?

That's usually the way it works.

[reddread]

22. what can Saudi Arabia get for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to the Clinton Foundation?

Those damned Skype psychics are so very dangerous.

[oberliner]

24. Skype psychics aren't dangerous

They are just crackpots (or scam artists) which was all I was claiming about this person.

[reddread]

26. the Saudi Royals, on the other hand?

[CorkySt.Clair]

25. But according to one poster she's "no crackpot"

[oberliner]

38. Now the poster is pretending there are two different Barbara With's

Both residing in Madeline Island, Wisconsin.

[Scuba]

35. Ad hominem fail: Wrong Barbara!

BTW, Ad hominem attacks are a fail by definition.

[oberliner]

37. It's the same Barbara With

You obviously don't know much about her.

[Scuba]

44. No, it's not.

[oberliner]

48. Yes, it is

Here is Barbara With's Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/barbara.with

It contains the article that you posted here, along with other supportive comments and messages about Bernie, and criticisms of Hillary.

A quick look through that FB page will confirm that it belongs to the Barbara With who wrote the article you posted.

Here is the website for the Barbara With who gives psychic readings:

http://www.barbarawith.com

You can see the the banner for her psychic readings about halfway down the page.

If you scroll further down, there is a link that says "Join Me on Facebook"

Click on that link and it takes you to the Barbara With Facebook page referenced above.

[msanthrope]

41. Oh no.....it is her. nt

[Scuba]

45. No, it's not.

[msanthrope]

47. Two women with the same picture and same name live in the same place? Um, no. nt

[oberliner]

51. Here's her Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/barbara.with

She links to it on the page where she sells psychic readings.

http://www.barbarawith.com

I hope the other poster will apologize for the repeated lying.

[BlueStateLib]

19. Mina Crandon?

[bvar22]

67. "Crackpot" seems to be the latest attack word on the Brock distribution list today.

I've already seen it used several times.

[oberliner]

72. As the person who introduced the word crackpot to this thread

I can assure you it is the word I thought of when I saw this person's website where she offers psychic readings via Skype.

[TexasBushwhacker]

7. Well fuck n/t

[riversedge]

13. Still pushing this old conspiracy theory I see.

Still4Hill Retweeted
Pat Fuller ?@bannerite 17h17 hours ago

Ask yourself why they are so admired by so many? They R the real deal. Not some phony con man [Trump] selling u snake oil!

[me b zola]

15. K&R

[gollygee]

27. Nobody sabotaged his campaign

He simply didn't get as many votes.

[Demsrule86]

28. Oh I think his supporters and advisors sabataged his compaign...and Bernie himself too. nt

[gollygee]

29. They had some missteps

But if you think about how well Sanders did even with those missteps, and how well he would have done had they chosen better and more diverse advisors, you can see that he does actually speak to something in the party.

[oberliner]

42. This article was written by a person who gives psychic readings over Skype

Bear that in mind.

[smiley]

50. yeah that must be it.

Gollygee what else could it be?

[rhett o rick]

68. Not surprising seeing who counted the votes. The system is rigged not that Clinton

fans care. Anything to win. But the People's Movement is growing every day and it has the Corp-Oligarchy and their follower minions scared to death.

[hrmjustin]

30. ..

[msanthrope]

39. Damn You!!!!! Seltzer through my nose!!! nt

[hrmjustin]

43. .

[workinclasszero]

58. LOLZ

[DookDook]

31. Thanks for the article.

If she was such a strong contender and was so right for the job, why does her team need to cheat, I mean bend the all the rules, to make sure that she wins. Shouldn't she be winning by putting forth a better platform? By outlining what she plans to do with the job when the American electorate gives it to her?



This is why I'm #StillSanders.

[Octafish]

40. Gee. The money trumps peace crowd.

Who would think they'd have cheat to win an election? Aren't wars without end and all the attendant austerity and oppression what the People want?

[blm]

59. Niko House is an unstable con artist, Octa - Sanders' team here in NC disavowed him.

He's making money off the Sanders supporters buying into his charges. He claims to need the $$$ for further 'research' of sabotage.

[Octafish]

62. Thanks, blm!

You, better than anybody, know the Who's Who and how they operate.

My concern is We the People seem to be getting the What's For via the Money Trumps Peace crowd.

That's been going on since Jimmy Carter got The Treatment.

If it is allowed to continue, We the People may get a Special Version of The Treatment.

[blm]

66. Yep - My conartist detector has been working overtime, and in all directions

lately, since some of the cons have been working on my fellow Bernie voters.

[Waiting For Everyman]

46. Damn! This is who Team Hillary really is.

So they actually tracked down what's at the bottom of the bucket of nasty worms. I really though this would take a much longer time, that we'd only find out long after the election, if ever.

Wow! It's like PNAC metastasized. And it's all through the Dem Party.

Excellent work by the researchers! I highly recommend all Sanders supporters read the whole article. (HRC camp too, but I doubt that they will.)

This needs to be widely known. I do hope some sort of legal challenge comes of it.

[oberliner]

52. The article was written by a woman who offers Skype psychic readings

$150 for two sessions.

Unhinged crackpot, to be charitable. Scam artist, to be less charitable.

[upaloopa]

54. I guess you will take it to your grave that Bernie won the nomination

but it was stolen by Hillary.

[WhiteTara]

61. If this is all true, then it doesn't reflect well on BSs

judgement in choosing employees. If he left it to his surrogates, then that reflects poorly on him and them.

[Beacool]

63. Yeah, those "saboteurs" are called voters.

Hillary got more of those than Sanders.

[seabeyond]

64. Is anything not a conspiracy?

[amborin]

65. K&R

[felix_numinous]

69. Of course the juiciest stuff comes out during holiday weekend

naturally, still amazing.

[cui bono]

70. "Clinton National Security" is an oxymoron.

Add "think tank" and it's a dizzying oxymoron.

.

[baldguy]

73. Tell me, is this part of the "bargaining" stage? Or is this still "denial"?