Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will hold a Concord ,
New Hampshire USA ’s most
experience intelligence and counter-terror analysts. “We cannot afford to
‘stand down’ our intelligence agencies when ISIS is a
real threat.”
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF MANCHESTER , NH
ATTENTION
NATIONAL, POLITICAL, NEW HAMPSHIRE DAYBOOK &
ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says
two opponents (Smith, Rubens) are running “anti-American” campaigns
Andy says it is irresponsible for Smith and
Rubens to criticize the Patriot Act at a time when the terrorist threat is
growing
Andy says large-scale intelligence gathering is
essential to fighting the amorphous threat of Islamic terrorism and other
threats as well (China Russia
(Manchester , NH August 26, 2014 )
Dear Granite Stater:
I am compelled to strongly criticize two of my opponents,
Jim Rubens and Bob Smith, for undermining public confidence in our intelligence
community. I do so reluctantly. Rubens and Smith and I are all fighting against
a Wall Street juggernaut of dirty dollars supporting our opponent Scott Brown.
But I just can’t let Jim and Bob talk down agencies which are essential to our
national security.
Smith has gone around the state “regretting” his vote for
the Patriot Act (see links [1] - [2] below) and making wild accusations having
no basis in reality. Likewise, Jim Rubens has been attacking our foreign policy
and intelligence efforts (see links [3] - [5] below. Rubens’ claim that “ISIS
is not a threat” has been proven spectacularly wrong. Rubens is on the extreme
liberal left when it comes to national security.
On the other hand I have a long paper trail of correct
foreign policy analysis. I warned against the invasion of Iraq
and I warned (while living in Baghdad )
when the mission started faltering.
So why attack Rubens and Smith? Because they are misleading
voters and making false attacks on both the Patriot Act and the patriots who work
in our intelligence community.
The original Patriot Act was not perfect; the law has been
amended. But overall, the Patriot Act has served us well. The number of abuses is
small. Intelligence gathering is a complex process. There is “human
intelligence” (“spies out in the field”) and “electronic intelligence” (spy
satellites, intercepts, etc.). For Rubens and Smith to denigrate our national
security efforts and to falsely claim that our intelligence agencies are
“spying on us” is irresponsible. They should know better, but apparently they
don’t.
There is public confusion and concern because of the
perjurious and ham-handed testimony of Obama’s Director of National
Intelligence, James Clapper. But the fact that Clapper is a jerk doesn't mean
we should tear down our intelligence apparatus.
What do Smith and Rubens want to do? End electronic intelligence
and throw open the doors to Islamic extremists? Any statute that casts a broad
net, as electronic intelligence inevitably must do, obviously carries some risk
of abuse. It is the role of Congress to oversee intelligence agencies, not to
strip them of their functions. I am the only intelligence expert who can
perform that oversight function.
Since I am a strong critic of Scott Brown I would only point
out in fairness that Smith’s and Rubens’ hyperventilated rhetoric was too much
even for Scott Brown (link [6] below).
Because I have a personal fondness for Rubens and Smith I
call on them to promptly repudiate and withdraw their prior attacks on the
Patriot Act, and to admit that broadly-based intelligence gathering activity is
essential in the age of Islamic extremism and renewed threats from China (remember
them?) and Russia (Putinland).
Right now Jim and Bob are campaigning against American
national security and that is sad. I urge them to end their anti-American
campaigning and to join the team fighting to keep our great nation safe from
terrorism and other forms of spying from China ,
Russia and
elsewhere.
If I can be of any help, please do not hesitate to call me.
Loyally,
Andy
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[Andy has over forty years of experience in Asia , Southwest Asia
and the Middle East ; he is regarded overseas as one of America ’s most respected independent foreign policy, military and
intelligence analysts. He was in Iran
and Afghanistan
during the hostage crisis in 1979-80, and has regularly returned to Southwest
Asia since then. He lived in Iraq
in 2003. His analysis of the terrorist threat in Iran during 1979-80, and again in Iraq in 2003, were leading-edge predictions of what Americans
faced in the future. Andy first went to Asia in 1967 and has lived in or
been in Israel, Jordan, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran,
Afghanistan, Viet-Nam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma, Hong Kong and the
United Kingdom.]
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News conference details: Concord ,
NH August
26, 2014
WHO:
New
Hampshire U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHAT:
Andy Martin call on Bob Smith and
Jim Rubens to stop “anti-American” campaigning
WHERE:
WHEN:
Tuesday, August 26, 4:00
P.M.
LINKS TO THIS STORY (cut and paste the entire link below and not
just the underlined portion):
[1] http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/politics/1042752-476/bob-smiths-big-regret-voting-in-favor.html
[2] http://bobsmithforussenate.com/press-release-patriot-act-exploited-by-federal-government/
[3] http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/12504459-95/my-turn-bombing-isil-is-wrong-path-to-take-in-iraq
[4]
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140625/OPINION/406250350/-1/NEWSMAP
[5] http://www.nhinsider.com/press-releases/2014/5/21/rubens-for-us-senate-jim-rubens-condemns-latest-nsa-spying.html
[6] http://www.conwaydailysun.com/newsx/local-news/115820-u-s-senate-candidates-rumble-in-conway
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Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City
University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
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