The
breach of security that occurred at the White House�s State Dinner
last week is a troubling engagement. Largely because it is seen
as a reality show prank, at least at the start, but the fulfillment
of a stark reality of how conspiracies are born - if history is
our teacher.
The
fact that it happened on President Obama�s watch doesn�t help the
already hyper-sensitive thought in the black community about Obama
living out his presidency. The conspiracy theorists could easily
spin this as a dry run of an assassination by happy culture.
It
is not a happy premonition nor something to be taken lightly. This
is a bad joke of the worst kind and, trust me, it wouldn�t have
happened if Pooky and Nem had come up, or even some African American
of notoriety. Few even would be bold enough to try that, if they
didn�t know that they had some prior knowledge that there was a
good chance that they�d get in. We should demand Tareq and Michaele
Salahi be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Not because
it�s Barack, but because it exposed a vulnerability of our national
security in the midst of a terrorist environment. There is no plausible
reason for such a breach to occur, unless it was part of something
larger. That�s where the questions begin, and like most conspiracies
- never end. 40 years later, we�re still trying to figure out who
killed JFK and King, and how it happened.
Catastrophies
like assassinations, and 9/11, and other security breaches do not
happen in vacuum. It starts with a simple breach, usually from the
inside. It�s too easy to try to lay this at the feet of the White
House Social Seretary, Dessiree Rogers, because she didn�t have
a rep with a guest list on a clipboard at
the gate (that�s what there saying). The secret service has already
admitted to being duped. The Salahis said their name was put on
the list by someone at the Defense Department. It�s not like they�re
diplomats or high level dignitaries, so why would that occur. That�s
where the suspicion should start.
The
United States of America has a long history of convert behavior
that has created a culture of suspicion and espionage that has destabilized
government, compromised treaties and removed heads of state. The
United States own �assassination� culture promotes retention of
power, by hook or by crook, and by means the situation necessitates.
The conspiratorial nature of �secret societies� within the government
and institutional power structures to control the masses at all
costs were often validated by timely disruptions of populous movements.
Most of the 20th Century was dominated by �assassination periods,
abroad and at home.
The
1950s and 1960s produced dozens of assassinations, and attempted
assassinations, by rogue agencies funded and staffed either by the
United States or with the complicit knowledge of persons within
the United States government. The United States behavior was so
rogue in the world community was that a United States President
(Gerald Ford) had to issue an Executive Order to put a limit on
intelligence activities. Executive Order 11905, specifically
section 5(g) entitled �Prohibition on Assassination� states �No
employee of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire
to engage in, political assassination.� Presidents Carter and Reagan
upheld the policy on assassinations with Executive Orders of their
own and since no legislation has repealed the orders, they remain
in effect. Problem is most of that activity, though committed outside
of the government, somehow gain classified or top secret �government�
about the whereabouts of targets, access to secure spaces and other
forms of proprietary information, with the complicity of someone
in the government and �plausible deniability� is always the first
line of defense from the aligning the government�s hand with such
a dastardly deed.
Plausible
deniability is in full effect now, as nobody knows how it happened,
but if had occurred with evil intent, we�d be in a national state
of mourning now. Sometimes, convert operations like to like people
know that they can �touch you� at will. They also believe no one
is untouchable.
I�m
sure this is something President Obama will be mindful of from here
on out. Was it truly a �mistake� or the beginning of another conspiracy?
God pray for President Barack Obama, his family and the United States
of America when such a serious event is taken so lightly. It begs
the question, who(m) was the �national joke� of crashing the White
House party really on? Exactly.
BlackCommentator.com
Columnist,
Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, is a national columnist, managing director
of the Urban Issues Forum
and author of Saving The Race: Empowerment Through Wisdom. His Website
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