Why am I not surprised. Obama labeled former Gitmo prisoner and U.S. Consulate terrorist Sufyan Ben Qumu an ‘ally of sorts’ back in April of 2011. This despite the fact that Sufyan Ben Qumu Gitmo file showed that he had ties to the financiers behind the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks. Yes, this is what qualifies as an ally for Obama, who later goes on to have a hand in killing four Americans on 9/11/2012. Does anyone else smell a rat here (and I’m not just talking about Hillary Clinton.)
The Obama administration promptly labeled Qumu an “ally of sorts,” according to the New York Times – that despite the fact that as of 2005, he was known as a “medium to high risk … likely to pose a threat to the US, its interests and allies.” What made him an ally? According to the Times, that status change was due to the Obama administration’s “remarkable turnabout resulting from shifting American policies rather than any obvious change in Mr. Qumu.” As a leader of the Libyan rebels, head of the Darnah Brigade, Qumu received support from NATO. And unnamed Western observers, according to the Times, felt that Qumu wasn’t a real threat: “We’re more worried about Al Qaeda infiltration from outside than the indigenous ones … Most of them have a local agenda so they don’t present as much as a threat to the West.”