Michele Bachmann staffer was arrested for terrorism

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By ALEXANDER BURNS | 8/17/11 3:38 PM EDT

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/61583.html

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The evangelical organizer who helped Michele Bachmann win the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa Saturday was previously charged with terrorism in Uganda after being arrested for possession of assault rifles and ammunition in February 2006, just days before Uganda's first multi-party elections in 20 years.

Peter E. Waldron spent 37 days in the Luriza Prison outside Kampala, where he says he was tortured, after being arrested along with six Congolese and Ugandan nationals for the weapons, which were described variously in news reports as having been found in his bedroom or a closet in his home. The charges, which could have led to life in prison, were dropped in March 2006 after a pressure campaign by Waldron's friends and colleagues and what Waldron says was the intervention of the Bush administration. He was released and deported from the east African nation, along with the Congolese. On Saturday, Waldron told The Atlantic in Ames that he was a staffer for Bachmann and responsible for her faith-based organizing both in Iowa and South Carolina. But he also declined repeatedly to give his name.

Asked about Waldron's role and background, Alice Stewart, the press secretary for the Bachmann for President campaign, replied in an email: "Michele's faith is an important part of her life and Peter did a tremendous job with our faith outreach in Iowa. We are fortunate to have him on our team and look forward to having him expanding his efforts in several states."

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weak

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Perfect word for your "rebuttal."

[ant1999e]

LABF the propaganda machine has some new bull****. I guess this will be the next trash piece on Bachmann from the left. Why does the left hate women?

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LABF the propaganda machine has some new bull****. I guess this will be the next trash piece on Bachmann from the left. Why does the left hate women?

Really?

So you're denying the story is factual?

You're just like EpicGoober: all inconvenient facts are filed under "propaganda."

Ha!

[ant1999e]

Really?

So you're denying the story is factual?

You're just like EpicGoober: all inconvenient facts are filed under "propaganda."

Ha!

No, I'm saying your a propaganda machine who is full of shyt. I am not a Bachmann fan and couldn't give a **** less. What about Obama's shady friends??? Oh, I forgot, you're conveniently claiming to not be an Obama fan:bs:.
:peace: out. Not gonna waste my time playing your game.

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No, I'm saying your a propaganda machine who is full of shyt.

How is the story I posted "propaganda" (which, FYI, implies the story is false, not based on fact, etc?)

Which factual claims in the story do you dispute?



I am not a Bachmann fan and couldn't give a **** less.

If you're not a Bachmann fan, and if you couldn't give a **** less, then why even bother to open this thread, let alone comment?

I'm sure Bachmann appreciates you having her back - even though you're "not a fan" and whatnot. Ha!


What about Obama's shady friends???

What about them? Who's defending Obama? Not me.


Oh, I forgot, you're conveniently claiming to not be an Obama fan:bs:.


You're conveniently suggesting I'm an "Obama fan" with no supporting evidence whatsoever.

By any accepted definition, that makes you the propagandist.

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Monday, August 22, 2011

American held on 'trumped-up' charges
Friends say Uganda retaliating for his reporting on riots
Posted: March 02, 2006
1:00 am Eastern

WND




Family and friends of an American businessman say he has been arrested in Uganda on trumped-up charges in retaliation for his reporting on riots in the African nation.

Peter Waldron was arrested Feb. 21 after police searched the home he rented in Kampala. Police found nothing after the initial search, Waldron said, then returned and claimed to have found illegal weapons and ammunition in his garage.

Waldron insists he did not own or store guns of any kinds.

A police spokesman later alleged Waldron is a terrorist who conspired to create a Christian political party in Uganda.

The charges stem from the publication last year of Waldron's newsletter, The African Digest, which can be viewed here.

In the digest, Waldron gives his view of riots that occurred in Kampala in late 2005.

Dave Racer, who issued a press release on the arrest, says he encouraged Waldron to write the digest and edited it for him.

Racer said he has known Waldron for 20 years and began working with him during the last six months of 2005. Never in their conversations, he maintained, was there any talk of political plans for Uganda, beyond rewriting Waldron's book, "Rebuilding the Walls," to apply to Ugandan life.

"Peter Waldron has been arrested under false pretenses and charged with serious crimes because he exercised the rights of a journalist, to freely and factually describe the Kampala riots," Racer said. "No journalist anywhere in any country that purports to advocate constitutional, democratic government should have to be so treated."

Racer said it's essential that American media become engaged in this story and "that our diplomatic corps immediately bring Peter Waldron safely back home."

Waldron, 59, first went to Africa in 1969 as a consultant to the East African Development Bank and served as a liaison between the newly independent governments of sub-Saharan Africa and multi-national corporations in Europe, North America and Asia.

Since 2002, Waldron has worked fulltime in Uganda in an effort to facilitate the delivery of anti-retroviral drugs to HIV/AIDS infected patients.

He currently supervises a pilot study at three Kampala hospitals representing a software application that developers believe will become the premier patient and pharmaceutical information management system of its kind.

Racer said Waldron has worked closely with the office of President Yoweri Museveni on HIV/AIDS issues and in discussions about the country's political infrastructure.

Waldron conducts his work through a company called Contact America Group, Inc. He has journalism experience, including in-depth research on a variety of issues developed into special reports for the Washington Times. In the 1980s, Waldron hosted a national talk radio show heard in 300 cities and eight foreign countries. His national media appearances include "Nightline," "Charlie Rose," "Crossfire," "Maury Povich," and "Sally Jesse Raphael."

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WorldNetDaily?

Hilarious!

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WorldNetDaily?

Hilarious!

politico???

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Bachmann Staffer Arrested for Terrorism in Uganda in 2006

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/08/bachmann-staffer-arrested-for-terrorism-in-uganda-in-2006/243711/

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politico???

Is a very unbiased source.

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Bachmann Staffer Arrested for Terrorism in Uganda in 2006

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/08/bachmann-staffer-arrested-for-terrorism-in-uganda-in-2006/243711/

LOLSo much more reliable.

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LOLSo much more reliable.

Much more so than WorldNutDaily.

Rush Limbaugh would be less biased.

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:peace out. Not gonna waste my time playing your game.

You lied!

[ant1999e]

You lied!

Can't help it. Arguing is addictive. But I must go to bed now.

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LABF the propaganda machine has some new bull****. I guess this will be the next trash piece on Bachmann from the left. Why does the left hate women?


The left pities yhe women who are the apple of the GOPs eye. ****ing dumb ass women with IQ's in the single digits.

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The left pities yhe women who are the apple of the GOPs eye. ****ing dumb ass women with IQ's in the single digits.

:laugh:

I think that's giving women like Bachmann and Palin too much credit - their Stanford-Binet scores would probably have to be represented with fractions or decimal points. ;)

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By ALEXANDER BURNS | 8/17/11 3:38 PM EDT

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/61583.html

Insert "palling around with" joke here:

The evangelical organizer who helped Michele Bachmann win the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa Saturday was previously charged with terrorism in Uganda after being arrested for possession of assault rifles and ammunition in February 2006, just days before Uganda's first multi-party elections in 20 years.

Peter E. Waldron spent 37 days in the Luriza Prison outside Kampala, where he says he was tortured, after being arrested along with six Congolese and Ugandan nationals for the weapons, which were described variously in news reports as having been found in his bedroom or a closet in his home. The charges, which could have led to life in prison, were dropped in March 2006 after a pressure campaign by Waldron's friends and colleagues and what Waldron says was the intervention of the Bush administration. He was released and deported from the east African nation, along with the Congolese. On Saturday, Waldron told The Atlantic in Ames that he was a staffer for Bachmann and responsible for her faith-based organizing both in Iowa and South Carolina. But he also declined repeatedly to give his name.

Asked about Waldron's role and background, Alice Stewart, the press secretary for the Bachmann for President campaign, replied in an email: "Michele's faith is an important part of her life and Peter did a tremendous job with our faith outreach in Iowa. We are fortunate to have him on our team and look forward to having him expanding his efforts in several states."

Religion -- like war and politics -- is a racket.

The CIA has been meddling in the Congo since the end of colonial rule. As I showed in a separate thread -- the CIA helped murder the democratically elected leader Patrice Lamumba -- and replaced him with the despot Mobutu -- who bathed the country in blood.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201008010004.html

Not only did the CIA kill democracy -- they and/or British Intelligence also murdered the UN Secretary General who was using his office to support Lamumba.

http://islamist.com/p363710-false-flag-british-shot-and.cfm

The US is a nation of murderers and thieves. Our leaders are terrorists.

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By ALEXANDER BURNS | 8/17/11 3:38 PM EDT

The charges, which could have led to life in prison, were dropped in March 2006

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weak


Wow, in Liberal-land, I guess being 'arrested'--especially in a looney nation like Uganda--is the same as 'convicted.


But in most free nations, arrested and convicted are two separate things. Next.


p.s. If Bill Ayers was ok with America, then this dude probably ought to be as well. Hmmm, somebody's spooked in the OP.

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The charges, which could have led to life in prison, were dropped in March 2006

End of thread

So you think just because he used his political connections to get the charges dropped that he wasn't really guilty?

They caught him red-handed with the weapons.

Either you're naive re: how "justice" works, or (most likely) you're making a feeble effort to cover your guy's flank.

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p.s. If Bill Ayers was ok with America, then this dude probably ought to be as well. Hmmm, somebody's spooked in the OP.

Didn't know Ayers was caught smuggling weapons into another country.

BTW, do you really want to go down the Ayers road again when it's common knowledge that your boy McCain was feeding from the same trough?

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WorldNetDaily?

Hilarious!

WND is the biggest propanda site out there. a site that made it's name pushing the propaganda that Obama wasn't born in the USA.

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WND is the biggest propanda site out there. a site that made it's name pushing the propaganda that Obama wasn't born in the USA.

That's correct.

WND makes Rush Limbaugh sound rational and moderate by comparison.

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So you think just because he used his political connections to get the charges dropped that he wasn't really guilty?

They caught him red-handed with the weapons.

Either you're naive re: how "justice" works, or (most likely) you're making a feeble effort to cover your guy's flank.

"Peter Waldron was arrested Feb. 21 after police searched the home he rented in Kampala. Police found nothing after the initial search, Waldron said, then returned and claimed to have found illegal weapons and ammunition in his garage."

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The charges, which could have led to life in prison, were dropped in March 2006

End of thread

We don't yet know the specifics -- but if this guy was working for the US intelligence community -- the fact that charges were dropped is no surprise -- and is in fact standard procedure for courts/federal judges.

It might not necessarily work in a foreign court -- but here in the US CIA agents routinely walk.

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Much more so than WorldNutDaily.

Rush Limbaugh would be less biased.

You must have went to Harvard.

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You must have went(sic) to Harvard.

ROFL!