Ex-FBI agent who accused Obama of treason loses lucrative gig training law enforcement officers

[47of74]

Yeah, maybe having an asshole like this train law enforcement isn't such a good idea after all;

Ex-FBI agent John Guandolo lost a gig training law enforcement officers in Texas this week. Cedar Valley College cancelled the training event that was scheduled for June 3.

The college had been criticized for inviting Guandolo, who has been characterized by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as “a disreputable character, who regularly attacks the US government, claims that the director of the Central Intelligence Agency is a secret Muslim agent for the Saudi government and says that American Muslims ‘do not have a First Amendment right to do anything’.”

The SPLC reported that in 2012, Guandolo accused then-nominee to head the CIA, John Brennan, of having secretly converted to Islam while in Saudi Arabia and that he was seeking to undermine the constitution in order to further radical Islamic ideas.

When it was announced that Guandolo would be speaking at Cedar Valley College, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) objected on the basis that Guandolo sowed hatred between American Muslims and their neighbors. “We would be happy to help provide alternate training relying on accurate and balanced information, and upholding American values of justice and equality,” the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter’s executive director said.

Dear Mr. Guandolo;



And also up yours.

That is all.

[Thinkingabout]

1. Good, it is time the good people stand up against the hate.

[malthaussen]

2. So, it's nice this guy is an "ex" FBI agent...

... but how did he get the job with them in the first place?

-- Mal

[TacoD]

4. Can't answer that, but here's why he's "ex"

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/the-strange-case-of-the-philandering-muslim-threat-hyping-fbi-agent

An FBI agent who worked on the corruption case of former Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson resigned after superiors found a list he wrote of his sexual conquests with agents and a confidential source, according to court documents.

The same agent, John Guandolo, who is married and who unsuccessfully solicited a $75,000 donation for an anti-terrorism group from a wealthy witness in the Jefferson case with whom he was having an affair, resigned from the FBI and appears to have landed on his feet on the speaking circuit playing up the threat of Islamic terrorism.

[emulatorloo]

3. Next stop: "Expert" on Fox News.

[Jesus Malverde]

9. LOL, that guy along with...

That with jeff gannon have to be some of the weirdest moments in political journalism.

[emulatorloo]

10. Ha ha, forgot all about Jeff Gannon!

Thanks for the reminder, needed a good laugh today.

[Jesus Malverde]

11. I Think gannon should be a constant meme.

The quality and integrity of the press core. Remember the best reporters of the press core worked along him and accepted him as their own.

How could you forget this



Remember this was a time when a stud in dog tags, was either a bottom for W or fodder for the war on terror.

[47of74]

14. Also Bernard Kerik...

Convicted felon who was appointed to jobs both by Mayor Noun/Verb/9-11 and Shrub.

These Republicans sure know how to find 'em, don't they.

[Jesus Malverde]

15. Thank YOU!!!!!!

How soon we forget about bit, but important players like him.

[jwirr]

5. This might be the way to deal with all the problems we are

having with the police. Take a good look at who and how they are being trained.

[47of74]

7. There was a story about a change in methods up in the Northwest

Instead of military style training they were being trained quite differently.

[jwirr]

12. Good. Especially when dealing with the stupid little laws that

seem to be the target of so many police today.

Just an idea but maybe a way of ending the targeting of any group so that the city can get rich on fines would be to place all money from fines in a national fund that would go to schools. That would end the fines for not being able to pay the original fine also. When an arrest no longer benefits the city they will not be pushing for so many arrests.

Yesterday I traveled across the state and as we were going through on small community my driver said "need to slow down, the cops here are looking for travelers who are doing some little thing and arrest them. Cops all over the place." We used to call them tourist traps but it it is more now as we see in Ferguson MO.

[47of74]

13. Yeah my dad said there was an $80 fine just for having the wrong kind of cap on semi tire stems

One time I got pulled over for having a license plate frame that obstructed the officer's view of the registration sticker. Any frames that obstruct any text are not legal here in Iowa but that doesn't stop stores from selling them or people from buying and using them. I think he was either bored or wanted a closer look at my Volt. At least I didn't get a fine for it, just a warning ticket. Ugh.

[frogmarch]

6. It's likely just the tip of

the iceberg as to how many conspiracy theories he believes. CTists usually embrace a lot of wacky ideas, not just one or two.

I'm actually kind of surprised he wasn't kept on, regardless of - or even because of - his crazy notions.

[47of74]

16. I used to work with someone like that.

The tinfoil hat was permanently attached to his head.

[Paladin]

8. Glad to hear it. (nt)