LR SPECIAL REPORT!

by Mike Renzulli

I happened upon a thread made by Angela Keaton on Facebook about how Antiwar.com was the subject of an federal investigation as revealed by recently declassified F.B.I. documents. What was disturbing about the commentary by Justin Raimondo was not only the opinion piece being used to raise money for the website but it also made Antiwar.com out to be victims of a government conspiracy against them claiming such actions were geared to silence dissent on the part of antiwar/peace groups and activists. Then I got to thinking. Back in March some antiwar groups were the subject of an F.B.I. investigation in which one Minnesota activist named Mick Kelly had his house raided as a result of the F.B.I. having evidence that he was willing to help train members of Columbia's communist rebel group (FARC) as well as had a relationship with another left-wing activist with ties to Islamist groups who is also under investigation for allegedly laundering half a million dollars in government grants.

In the case of Antiwar.com, the group posted a publicly available terrorist watch list on their website and commentaries by Antiwar.com authors were passed out at anti war protests. This, in turn, prompted the FBI to initiate an investigation to determine if the employees or owners of the website were spies or terrorist sympathizers. I think the fact that the F.B.I. has investigated Antiwar.com is a good indication that they may have had evidence that somehow the group might be getting funding from questionable sources. The investigation (if any) is not being done to silence dissidents on the war on terrorism. Though I do not have any evidence to prove it, I personally believe and would not be surprised if websites such as Antiwar.com and groups that further conspiracy theories about 9/11 are having money funneled to them via indirect means from political Islamist groups as part of an effort to undermine US military and clandestine efforts in the middle east to stop terrorism in order to create doubt in people's minds about U.S. foreign policy in the court of public opinion.

In many ways I am not surprised that Justin Raimondo and other Antiwar.com staff members would make themselves out to be victims of a conspiracy against them since if the example of the antiwar group raids occured last year are any indication, the F.B.I. will not conduct an investigation unless they have some concrete evidence to go on. Because of the possibility that the F.B.I. has evidence that the group behind Antiwar.com might be the recipient of funds from sources with ties to terrorist organizations that's why they were (and possibly still are) under investigation. That's why the F.B.I. raided (so called) antiwar organization headquarters a short time ago since there was evidence of contact with terrorists and now Antiwar.com could end up in the same boat as them.

Time will tell if Antiwar.com and other like-minded groups and individuals (like Alex Jones, Iraq Vets Against the War, and even some candidates who have run for office in Republican primaries) are supported by jihadist money.

To her credit and in fairness, after I raised this issue Angela Keaton stated my point(s) were "baseless". But we have yet to hear from Justin Raimondo or Eric Garris if they also deny their operation could be supported by Islamists and it would be interesting to see if Garris or Raimondo are open evidence that contradict their conclusion and if proven wrong about their assertions regarding U.S. foreign policy if they are willing to change their minds. If Antiwar.com is the direct or indirect recipient of funds from groups with ties to terrorists, in the end, all they will be remembered for is how they helped Political Islamists in their efforts to undermine (if not outright destroy) Western Civilization. If the United States collapses from within as a result of the Stealth Jihad on the part of Islamist groups the people to thank for helping to make it a reality will be Antiwar.com and their like-minded friends.

From the Editor - Please note, Mike's views do not necessarily represent the views of all co-editors, and writers of Libertarian Republican. Mike is an Ayn Randist, self-described Pro-Defense Libertarian from Phoenix. We're announcing that Mike is joining our team as an associate editor of this website.

Photos - Justin Raimondo, editor-in-chief, AntiWar.com, Angela Keaton, Marketing Dir. AntiWar.com, Adam Kokesh, Iraq Vets Against the War and 2010 GOP primary candidate for Congress, NM. Photo credit - Peace.tumblr.com