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big_dog

(4,144 posts)
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 11:18 PM Apr 2015

Right-Wing Group Judicial Watch Says It Prevented ISIS Terrorist Attack South of El Paso

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by DonViejo (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: Right Wing Watch.org

Judicial Watch, the right-wing legal group founded by Larry Klayman, has been pushing to conservative media its new claim that the terrorist group ISIS has set up camp just south of the U.S. border with Mexico. The Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins spoke with Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, about the allegations, and Perkins announced that “authorities have confirmed” the group’s report about an ISIS base a few miles south of El Paso, Texas.

Actually, authorities have done exactly the opposite: The U.S. Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Northern Command, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and the Mexican government have all denied Judicial Watch’s report. Reporters who have visited the location of the supposed ISIS base have also found no evidence at all of it existing.

Fitton nonetheless told Perkins that Judicial Watch’s research is so reliable that the group actually recently prevented a terrorist attack from occurring in the U.S. “There was going to be an imminent attack around September which we reported, I think it was averted as a result of our report,” Fitton said, before acknowledging that DHS and other agencies have denied his group’s account of an ISIS border camp.

According to Fitton, the government is only disputing Judicial Watch’s work is “because it gets in the way of the open borders agenda, it gets in the way of the amnesty agenda.”


Read more: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/right-wing-group-judicial-watch-says-it-prevented-terrorist-attack

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Right-Wing Group Judicial Watch Says It Prevented ISIS Terrorist Attack South of El Paso (Original Post) big_dog Apr 2015 OP
Tony Perkins !!!! FailureToCommunicate Apr 2015 #1
PERFECT! freshwest Apr 2015 #18
Please, God, give them El Paso reddread Apr 2015 #2
Come on even the dead tinymontgomery Apr 2015 #32
El Paso burrowowl Apr 2015 #3
And it's bilingual duhneece Apr 2015 #29
And it has Chico's tacos! Hi Duhneece! loudsue Apr 2015 #30
Judicial Watch. The "go to" source for knuckledraggers from coast to coast. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #4
Judicial Watch knows that south of ElPaso is Mexico right? big_dog Apr 2015 #5
I believe they do, dog. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #10
Yeah, but they probably believe Syria is part of Mexico. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #14
They've been claiming the super secret terrorist training camp is in Mexico jmowreader Apr 2015 #26
Of course they averted an ISIS attack on the U.S. And an attack by space aliens, too. Shrike47 Apr 2015 #6
Not if the aliens are Greys. AngryDem001 Apr 2015 #9
I believe they are prevent lion attacks in many areas as well... Thor_MN Apr 2015 #35
What a fantastic Right Wing wet dream! Ford_Prefect Apr 2015 #7
I've talked to these types. They hate Mexicans for "stealing our jobs" but they also hate Unions... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #12
It gets in the way of... Archae Apr 2015 #8
FOX "News" kept showing Isis yahoos in pickup trucks in a desert... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #11
pretty soon Rodger Ailes will be saying he stopped the 'attacks' big_dog Apr 2015 #13
Right Wingers live in constant fear. Roger Ailes knows his audience. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #27
Larry the Cable Guy starred in a horrible film titled "Delta Farce" JonLP24 Apr 2015 #16
There was a lot of propaganda back then.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #23
The only game like that I was familiar with JonLP24 Apr 2015 #28
I half expect them to come out with a game based on "American Sniper"..... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #37
The right wing militias in the US all preach the same propaganda BS JonLP24 Apr 2015 #15
According to Fitton, the government is only disputing Judicial Watch’s work . . . Jack Rabbit Apr 2015 #17
WingNuts just get in the way vkkv Apr 2015 #19
but who is going to prevent a terrorist attack from Judical Watch? olddad56 Apr 2015 #20
So the rightwing nut jobs finally have a little competition project_bluebook Apr 2015 #21
I thought that the Oath Keepers (or whatever they call themselves) SoapBox Apr 2015 #22
Sounds logical cosmicone Apr 2015 #24
LOL Trajano Apr 2015 #25
Not to worry...... DeSwiss Apr 2015 #31
And coming up next ... struggle4progress Apr 2015 #33
Delusional turbinetree Apr 2015 #34
So all they did was report it treestar Apr 2015 #36
I know... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #38
Locking... DonViejo Apr 2015 #39

FailureToCommunicate

(14,012 posts)
1. Tony Perkins !!!!
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 11:24 PM
Apr 2015

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
18. PERFECT!
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 01:15 AM
Apr 2015
 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
2. Please, God, give them El Paso
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 11:25 PM
Apr 2015

especially the Greyhound station.
thank you.

tinymontgomery

(2,584 posts)
32. Come on even the dead
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 06:25 AM
Apr 2015

even the Dead like El Paso

&spfreload=10

burrowowl

(17,638 posts)
3. El Paso
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 11:33 PM
Apr 2015

is Democratic!

duhneece

(4,112 posts)
29. And it's bilingual
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 05:33 AM
Apr 2015

We got those two things going for us (said a former EP resident, but now long time in New Mexico)...

loudsue

(14,087 posts)
30. And it has Chico's tacos! Hi Duhneece!
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 06:05 AM
Apr 2015

What fun is this?

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
4. Judicial Watch. The "go to" source for knuckledraggers from coast to coast.
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 11:34 PM
Apr 2015
 

big_dog

(4,144 posts)
5. Judicial Watch knows that south of ElPaso is Mexico right?
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 11:41 PM
Apr 2015
 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
10. I believe they do, dog.
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 11:57 PM
Apr 2015
 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
14. Yeah, but they probably believe Syria is part of Mexico.
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:15 AM
Apr 2015

jmowreader

(50,552 posts)
26. They've been claiming the super secret terrorist training camp is in Mexico
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 04:01 AM
Apr 2015

Naturally, none of our justice people nor any of the Mexicans' justice people think this camp is there, and the people who run ISIS are sitting there scratching their heads going, "we have a camp in Mexico? When was someone going to tell US?" But Judicial Watch says it's there, so it must be.

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
6. Of course they averted an ISIS attack on the U.S. And an attack by space aliens, too.
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 11:46 PM
Apr 2015

They're hiding on the backside of the moon, you know.

AngryDem001

(684 posts)
9. Not if the aliens are Greys.
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 11:56 PM
Apr 2015

They come from Zeta Reticuli.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
35. I believe they are prevent lion attacks in many areas as well...
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 08:25 AM
Apr 2015

Ford_Prefect

(7,878 posts)
7. What a fantastic Right Wing wet dream!
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 11:47 PM
Apr 2015

The more they encounter reality the further they wander from it.

Fitton nonetheless told Perkins that Judicial Watch’s research is so reliable that the group actually recently prevented a terrorist attack from occurring in the U.S.

“There was going to be an imminent attack around September which we reported, I think it was averted as a result of our report,” Fitton said, before acknowledging that DHS and other agencies have denied his group’s account of an ISIS border camp.

According to Fitton, the government is only disputing Judicial Watch’s work is “because it gets in the way of the open borders agenda, it gets in the way of the amnesty agenda.”

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
12. I've talked to these types. They hate Mexicans for "stealing our jobs" but they also hate Unions...
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:13 AM
Apr 2015

They claim Unions force employers to hire Mexicans.

It'll be something to see all this hate focused on women.

Archae

(46,314 posts)
8. It gets in the way of...
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 11:50 PM
Apr 2015

Them being like my Mom calls people like that...

Full of themselves.

Instead of the truth, which is they are full of it.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
11. FOX "News" kept showing Isis yahoos in pickup trucks in a desert...
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:08 AM
Apr 2015

Then showed cars going through the Mexican border.

Has anyone done a poll to determine if FOX "News" viewers think the Middle East is in Mexico?

 

big_dog

(4,144 posts)
13. pretty soon Rodger Ailes will be saying he stopped the 'attacks'
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:15 AM
Apr 2015

just like the faux 'prayer rugs' they found on the border

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
27. Right Wingers live in constant fear. Roger Ailes knows his audience.
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 04:03 AM
Apr 2015

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
16. Larry the Cable Guy starred in a horrible film titled "Delta Farce"
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:32 AM
Apr 2015

He plays a lazy National Guard soldier that I can't remember is unexpectedly ordered to deploy to Iraq, never mind it is only 2 on a C130 but it crash lands in Mexico or is in Mexico for some reason. When they are in Mexico they think they are in Iraq so he is out there reacting as if they're insurgents in Iraq. The comedy was not just horribly unfunny, it was also offensive. The joke is he is in a desert-like country with brown people, he asks one of them "Are you a Turd or a Shit?" get it? The movie was terrible that I completely forgot I watched it but your post reminded me of the premise of that movie

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
23. There was a lot of propaganda back then....
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 03:02 AM
Apr 2015

There was a first person shooter video game where you were part of a strike force attacking al Qaeda's underground bunker system in Afghanistan (which didn't exist in reality) The Boss Level of course was bin Laden.

In another video game you were taking on Saddam's elite forces,...and all of the Iraqi soldiers had his mustache. (As if it was part of the uniform). The Boss Level finds Saddam and bin Laden together.

Then there was that stupid movie they did which depicted Dubya demanding his detail take him to DC and them telling him it's not safe yet. (In reality, he ran and hid like a rabbit until members of his own party started criticizing him for his cowardice.)

Remember that late afternoon when he finally came back? You could see him looking nervously at the shrubbery as if there might be a sniper. Then he notices the camera filming his walking and he gives it a dirty look as if it's only there to document his assassination.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
28. The only game like that I was familiar with
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 04:25 AM
Apr 2015

was the Operation Desert Storm. I didn't play it personally but occasionally watched a group a friends play it which was one of the Xbox games they had, the biggest thing is the locations looked completely different than reality like Kuwait City looks nothing like Kuwait City.

It was completely fictional well there was the scientist which is one of the main characters or one of the only characters in games like that who disarmed nukes & so much of the plot was about trying to blow up a bridge on the Iraq-Kuwait border, I don't know if bridges actually exist but it isn't the only way to get into Kuwait I've been through the Navistar which the "highway of death" leads to & on the other side is the main Iraq highway that goes to Baghdad & near Al-Hilla but no place major in between.

The war ends when the Delta Force kill the top military guy which the producers probably weren't aware of the irony with that because not too long before Iraq-Kuwait war in 1989 Saddam blew up his brother-in-law (he was on his second wife at the time) who was the top military guy but this came in the aftermath when Uday killed one of his servants at a party (Mubarak's anniversary) because he would pick up or arrange the woman who became his second wife could be because he was worried about his heir status as the first son.

His first wife was very jealous angry of Samira & her brother was critical of Uday not just for that but he was very reckless with the incident where he fired a gun inside a night club after the Iran -- Iraq stalemate was a serious rapist & brutally tortured people. During the aftermath of the party there which caused a rift & Saddam highly paranoid of "traitors" blew him up in a helicopter "accident". Saddam nearly killed Uday but banished him to Switzerland. Eventually Uday gains more power & responsibility which enables his brutality which he showed off on "traitors".

During Iraq -- US occupation, the home the brothers were staying the home owner sold them out because of Uday's disrespectful behavior & taking his hospitality for granted not to mention the risks associated at the time. The other 2 I don't have issues with considering the circumstances, especially of the 14 year old.

Anyways, at-the-end of the game the Emir personally thanks you for "liberating Kuwait" which was a conflict with over oil production & possibly slant drilling. Not sure if Kuwait really was but it is very possible because Iraq has super giant oil a rig can be set up but Iraq wanted Kuwait to slow down the oil production because of debt from the Iran-Iraq war. It is interesting for another reason is because Kuwait for the longest time didn't want US military or strategic allied with them until 1987 & the Iraq-Kuwait issue was convienent because the US-Kuwait relations improved dramatically now we have Camp Arif Jan, which CENTCOM & many top military & defense officials meet & plan in Zone 1 buildings down the street from an Olympic Sized Pool, top shelf gymnasium facilities (Obama "played basket ball with the troops" there during his '08 campaign.

Obviously the game was propaganda but I don't expect much creativity with the exception of a handful of games. A lot use historical settings & historical conflicts for a basic setting. The first person shooters especially. Call of Duty has "Afghanistan" & Latin American countries as settings for the MMOP. I remember buildings with the Communist logo on them. I never was a fan, not even Halo. I liked "Operation Just Cause" it was a sandbox style in a Grand Theft Auto way but different, you can slingshot your way across territory using the grappling hooks on trees & parachute but the country, people, & factions were entirely fictional but wasn't the kind of wave the flag simplistic US propaganda storyl, I think eventually the plot leads you to kill your CIA boss (there was no direct references like that but it was obvious who the inspirations were for)

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
37. I half expect them to come out with a game based on "American Sniper".....
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 11:40 AM
Apr 2015

For sale in a dollar store near you.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
15. The right wing militias in the US all preach the same propaganda BS
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:27 AM
Apr 2015

A long with their conspiracy theories that Obama is letting illegal immigration to enter the country (A 3% went as far to claim they were "put into red states&quot as part of the Marxist coup so they have unregulated border patrol "doing the job the federal government refuses to do" & claim in addition to their immigration conspiracy, they often claim ISIS could enter the US easily & will. So the unregulated border patrol is looking out for ISIS (I fear for their victims unfortunate to come across their paths) that ISIS base was probably the Jaurez Cartel.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
17. According to Fitton, the government is only disputing Judicial Watch’s work . . .
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 01:11 AM
Apr 2015

According to Fitton, the government is only disputing Judicial Watch’s work is “because it gets in the way of the open borders agenda, it gets in the way of the amnesty agenda.”

Translation: Fitton and his pals made this up out of moonshine. Tomorrow morning, Ducey will be pimping this story on Fox and Friends. By afternoon, Hannity will be doing live interviews with witnesses at the scene.

 

vkkv

(3,384 posts)
19. WingNuts just get in the way
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 01:52 AM
Apr 2015

of PROGRESS.

Friends don't let friends vote Republican - or drive drunk!

olddad56

(5,732 posts)
20. but who is going to prevent a terrorist attack from Judical Watch?
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 01:59 AM
Apr 2015
 

project_bluebook

(411 posts)
21. So the rightwing nut jobs finally have a little competition
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 02:03 AM
Apr 2015

Who has done more damage, rightwing nutjobs or ISIS, I think we all know that answer.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
22. I thought that the Oath Keepers (or whatever they call themselves)
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 02:10 AM
Apr 2015

would have taken care of such things.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
24. Sounds logical
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 03:31 AM
Apr 2015

I just killed some ISIS bugs in my back yard.

 

Trajano

(53 posts)
25. LOL
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 03:55 AM
Apr 2015

Liars.

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
31. Not to worry......
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 06:13 AM
Apr 2015

...it was just another James (Osama) O'Keefe sighting.

- He likes to practice his ''ISIS invasions'' in the spring before the summer tourist season gets underway.....

K&R




If ISIS conquers Texas would we really want to take it back???

struggle4progress

(118,274 posts)
33. And coming up next ...
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 06:38 AM
Apr 2015

Judicial Watch saves Planet Earth by exposing the Vogon Moonbase!

Stay tuned!

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
34. Delusional
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 08:07 AM
Apr 2015

that is what the right wing are, they really are , there platform is nothing more than delusional, same spew of delusion just a different year of more hate a fear for there right wing masses.
They keep forgetting there Bush /Cheney delusions are what brought this delusion into there home right along with Saddam Hussein.
We the public are now being given the pleasure and disgust of hearing this on the media news shows of the same rhetoric going around and spreading of hate and fear on there judicial watch propaganda of hypocrisy.
These hypocrites must get up every morning and eat a bowl of delusions, when it was and is there rhetoric that has brought this stuff unto everyone else---so in reality you are the problem judicial watch and that is not a delusion


treestar

(82,383 posts)
36. So all they did was report it
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 08:30 AM
Apr 2015

to the big bad gubmint.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
38. I know...
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 11:44 AM
Apr 2015

It's like hearing libertarians talking about going to court.

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
39. Locking...
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:57 PM
Apr 2015

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