Obama Administration Paid $5 Million to Buy Freedom for US Activists in Egypt

The Obama Administration paid $5 million to buy freedom for the US rights activists held in Egypt.
FOX News reported:

Seven American rights workers are on a plane out of Egypt after the U.S. paid nearly $5 million in bail costs to secure their freedom.

Egyptian officials said the U.S. paid $300,000 each for 16 Americans, nine of whom were already out of the country.

The State Department said the money was paid by the nongovernmental organizations where the democracy and rights workers work. However, the NGOs receive U.S. funding for their operations.

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said workers from other international organizations were also on the plane. They were Norwegian, Serbian, Palestinian and German.

#1 March 1, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:

Seven American rights workers are on a plane out of Egypt after the U.S. paid nearly $5 million in ~~bail costs~~ ransom to secure their freedom.

Fixed.
#2 March 1, 2012 at 2:39 pm
LAURIE commented:

HOW DOES THIS IDIOT GET AWAY WITH THIS???????????
#3 March 1, 2012 at 2:41 pm
valerie commented:

Dumb$hits.
#4 March 1, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Christopher commented:

Good Lord – doesn’t this guy know that the first rule of international relations is never negotiate with terrorists? Now that people know we’ll pay them if they take our citizens hostage, it will happen far more frequently.

The man is an embarrassment.
#5 March 1, 2012 at 2:47 pm
Dave616 commented:

Whatever happen to the “We don’t negoiate with Terrists or Terrist States? Now that Egypt is in the crapper…. Arab Spring and all…. We financed Terrorism plain and simple

Where is the public outcry…… Pretty soon we will be give free lodging and communial visit for Gitmo Detainees Families and pet Goats to visit….

What next free Unicorn rides on Rainbows… $5 Million Ransome …. Times have changed … Jimmy Carter if he even considered paying for the release of hostage in Iran – would have been up for Treason Charges… Sick Sick Sick!!! Have we all become soccer mon wimps
#6 March 1, 2012 at 2:50 pm
saveus commented:

disgusting
#7 March 1, 2012 at 2:51 pm
retired05 commented:

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#8 March 1, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Dave616 commented:

Sorry for the typos… That is what I get for doing two things at once …lol
#9 March 1, 2012 at 3:04 pm
The Danes commented:

Thanks for the gold.
(Now you’ll never get rid of us…)
#10 March 1, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Sasja commented:

Dave616. I cannot speak to free lodging for family members, but they did get another soccer field.

Now our enemies have discovered another way to raise funds for their cause. Nice going with this “smart diplomacy.” Is the mideast unstable enough for you Zero, or do you need more time to work your awe-inspiring magic?
#11 March 1, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Patty commented:

I was wondering when we would here something like this. Ray Lahood put the pressure on Obama.
#12 March 1, 2012 at 3:13 pm
Patty commented:

Ray LaHood way too calm about son being held in Egypt

http://radioviceonline.com/ray-lahood-son-held-in-egypt/

and what’s our money going to be used for a bailout maybe.
#13 March 1, 2012 at 3:16 pm
MN Jim commented:

Why are Americans in these shi+hole Arab countries to begin with?
Like the Iran hikers, stay the heck out and you won’t get held for ransom.
#14 March 1, 2012 at 3:22 pm
Texas_Treeroach commented:

This is what happens when a President compromises his duty, and relinquishes his principles to appease those who would do us harm.

He must now pay money to get what he should have gotten through strength and principles.

The disgraces he inflicts on Our Nation never stop.
#15 March 1, 2012 at 3:24 pm
L. E. Liesner commented:

What does this administration and this lousy congress not understand about “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute”? They are begging for more attacks upon our country because of their cowardliness. I wonder if we sent this bunch of cowards to Cuba, Castro would give them a backbone or just shoot them. Either way we would come out winners.
#16 March 1, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Patty commented:

OT

One of the few bloggers who President Obama reads goes on an anti-Semitic tirade

Andrew Sullivan Goes Over the Line in a Delusional Blog Post

Posted By Ron Radosh On February 29, 2012 @ 8:18 pm In Uncategorized | 7 Comments

In today’s Daily Beast, Andrew Sullivan has posted a blog post [1] that is so delusional and so over the line that it goes far beyond anything he has yet written in the many tirades he has posted against Israel. In the course of the post, he argues the following:

First, “a Third World War based on religion” is most likely “inevitable.” The cause of that war will most likely not be the mullahs and theocrats of Iran, which might indeed be the case if its leaders succeed in obtaining nuclear weapons, but rather the Jewish state of Israel!

Second, he actually says – putting himself in the shadow of dozens of notorious anti-Semites from Father Coughlin to Gerald L.K.Smith in the 1930s, to Pat Buchanan and his supporters in present day America – that the media in the United States is controlled by Jewish interests, and hence is friendly to Israel. He writes that the Israeli government can rally “its media outlets (like Fox, and the Washington Post),” as well as “a key part of the Democratic fundraising machinery to side entirely with Israel against the US president.” I bet you did not realize that Fox, the Washington Post, and the Democratic National Committee were all controlled by Israel and its lobby!

This is just one more example of Obama having no problem with anti-Semites. He called Jeremiah Wright his “moral compass” and “sounding board,” gave him almost all his charitable funding until he became a Presidential candidate, had him marry him and Michelle and had his young daughters listen to him. Then there are all the other anti-Semites that Obama has no problem associating with and relying on as outlined in my column a few days ago. Recall the abuse John McCain experienced when Pastor John Hagee, with whom he had no relationship, spoke favorably towards McCain. Why is Obama shielded by double standards? Why does he give credence to the words and wisdom on an anti-Israel fanatic and anti-Semite?

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/03/one_of_the_few_bloggers_who_president_obama_reads_goes_on_an_anti-semitic_tirade.html#ixzz1nu1NV8GP
#17 March 1, 2012 at 3:29 pm
Patty commented:

OT last one

Obama Proud He Doesn’t Cheat at Golf

Video

http://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2012/03/01/obama-proud-he-doesnt-cheat-golf
#18 March 1, 2012 at 3:29 pm
coolidgerules commented:

He’s just doing what he wants. Nothing new.

Senate=block legislation
Media=block information

The Politburo needs insulating, dontcha know?

Checked out Sheriff Joe’s presser today. Very, very interesting. This could go a hundred different ways. Listened to the lapdaog media screeching and howlin about calling King Putt a fraud. LMFAO
#19 March 1, 2012 at 3:34 pm
wth commented:

Did the $5 mil come with an apology letter?
#20 March 1, 2012 at 3:38 pm
MrGoodWench commented:

After looking at the 3 characters of the recent Iran – hostage episode,
I’m sure these leftists themselves worked out this scheme to enrich the moozies using taxpayer money.
” Hey MooHAMmad, you want a few million dollars ? Hold us hostage for a few weeks , Obama is our friend “
#21 March 1, 2012 at 3:41 pm
MrGoodWench commented:

coolidgerules commented:

Checked out Sheriff Joe’s presser today. Very, very interesting. This could go a hundred different ways. Listened to the lapdaog media screeching and howlin about calling King Putt a fraud. LMFAO
++++
I watched it too. I wonder if BrightBart’s death was due to natural causes now that we know an interview had been recorded and Andrew had hinted about some kind of October surprise ?
#22 March 1, 2012 at 3:47 pm
James commented:

Is this in addition to the millions in aid we give eqypt every year. Since muslim extremists now run egypt thanks to obama the incompetent, we just millions to terrorists.
#23 March 1, 2012 at 3:49 pm
aprilnovember811 commented:

This isn’t bail, they paid ransom.
#24 March 1, 2012 at 3:49 pm
Mark12A commented:

How come Obama didn’t apologize for them?
#25 March 1, 2012 at 3:49 pm
aprilnovember811 commented:

Sheriff Arpaio and his detectives reported today that the document presented on the White House website as Obama’s bc is a fake. His Selective Service registration is a forgery also.
They know what computer the bc was created on. They have an idea who did it, but it’s ongoing. They have several people who are willing to come forward, including a former government official who met Obama at the home of William Ayers in 1980. He was introduced by Ayers mother, as a foreign student who they were trying to get college funding for.
Gee, do you think that’s why he won’t show his fabulous college grades?
Ladies and Gentlemen, our soldiers are dying under a fraudulent president.
#26 March 1, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Jeffery commented:

Actually, the FOX article also states the NGOs, some American, some European paid the bail. The US NGOs are partially funded by the US but also receive funds from at least 20 other nations and additional charities, e.g., Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. To say that the Obama administration paid this is simply incorrect, but for Jim to find that out would have taken 2 min of Googling.
#27 March 1, 2012 at 3:54 pm
John Fembup commented:

“Millions for tribute, not one cent for defense.”

Er, I think I quoted that right. Anyone? Anyone?
#28 March 1, 2012 at 3:59 pm
Tocoloro5 commented:

Obama won the 2008 election 53% to 47.
I have to believe that more than 6 percentage points of the US population will vote against him.
#29 March 1, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Sasja commented:

Texas_Treeroach @#14.

I can’t recall anyone accusing Zero of having principles, so I really think there were none to relinguish.

(Happy face goes here). bg told me how to do that, but have forgotten.
#30 March 1, 2012 at 4:01 pm
John Fembup commented:

#26 “To say that the Obama administration paid this is simply incorrect, but for Jim to find that out would have taken 2 min of Googling.”

Jeffery you could have taken another 30 seconds to read and comprehend what you googled.

The money was funneled thru the NGOs. The US put up the money. If believing that the Obama administration did not make the payments helps you to feel better, so be it.
#31 March 1, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Sasja commented:

relinguish=relinquish. Oops.
#32 March 1, 2012 at 4:02 pm
MrGoodWench commented:

aprilnovember811 commented:

…. including a former government official who met Obama at the home of William Ayers in 1980. He was introduced by Ayers mother, as a foreign student who they were trying to get college funding for.
+++
William Ayers is the dude who lived in Obama’s neighborhood and whose 30+ yr old son went to school with Obama’s pre-teen girls, right ?
#33 March 1, 2012 at 4:02 pm
Robert commented:

“He was introduced by Ayers mother, as a foreign student who they were trying to get college funding for.
Gee, do you think that’s why he won’t show his fabulous college grades?”

I have been thinking that for a while now, that

Obama will not release his college records because on them he is listed as a foreign student.

The question is, why won’t the Republican party investigate this, using its Congressional powers, and following its Congressional duty to uphold the Constitution?
#34 March 1, 2012 at 4:12 pm
FACE-IT commented:

this is just a subset of human trafficking

money for people

it’s happening in areas like Phoenix almost every day

here, they say it’s drug money on both sides of the border

the United States, our United States, is a mirror image of Mexico,
when it comes to the drug business.
#35 March 1, 2012 at 4:16 pm
squeaky commented:

so i assume this is off the table?
http://bigpeace.com/abostom/2012/02/29/egypt-demands-prisoner-swap-terrorist-detainees-for-ngo-civilians/
#37 March 1, 2012 at 4:22 pm
Robert commented:

“Arab Spring” – taking ransom for Westerners.

“Smart Diplomacy”- US apologizing.
#38 March 1, 2012 at 4:53 pm
adagioforstrings commented:

Is this extortion money in addition to the baseline extortion money we already pay to Egypt in order to bribe them not to attack Israel?
#39 March 1, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Paddy commented:

When smart diplomacy fails there is always bribery. This is one of the new axioms from the Obama presidency.
#41 March 1, 2012 at 6:59 pm
RS commented:

Hostages, the word which can not be spoken.
#43 March 1, 2012 at 9:51 pm
FactMan commented:

The International Republican Institute was one of the non-government agencies that paid this money to Egypt. Senator John McCain, chairman of the International Republican Institute, praised the Muslim Brotherhood as “important in helping to resolve the crisis.” Look it up.
#44 March 2, 2012 at 6:04 am
befuddled commented:

So Obama paid astroturf, international occupiers to agitate on his behalf. And when they get in hot water, he uses our tax money for their release, thereby encouraging other radicals, like Somalia pirates, to seek out all types of foreigners, in hopes of another kidnap to ransom scenario.(Don’t we have a no negotiation policy with hostage takers for this very exact reason. Oh that’s right, Obama,the smartest guy in the room, as always, thinks he knows best.) Seems more like Obama is using our money to bail out the Code pinkos ,who by their actions alone got themselves into this nasty predicament.Perhaps when the MSM starts showing these idiots heads on pikes, it would discourage these liberals from going into a combat zone. Even small kids have been taught to play in the street. Apparently, you can’t teach this to the tin foil hat crowds.Then again, I would not also be surprised that this was a concocted ploy by both sides to raise funds for their cause. Obama is a sap with billions of dollars at his disposal on his credit card. Thanks America for shooting yourselves in the head and giving us a history lesson into the fall of the Roman Empire.