Dear Fellow Patriots:
What follows is a letter that I forwarded to Florida U.S. Congressman Allen West today regarding alleged illegal credit card solicitations and donations going to President Obama and Capitol Hill from un-secure overseas accounts, which I am taking the liberty of sharing with you for informational purposes.
Please note that I have included excerpts from the letter that I sent to our NM U.S. Senator Tom Udall earlier today.
Letter to Congressman West:
October 8, 2012
The Honorable Allen West
U.S. House of Representatives
1708 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-3026
Fax: 202-225-8398
Dear Congressman West:
I am writing to you again for the purpose of sharing the following excerpts from a letter that I forwarded to our NM U.S. Senator Tom Udall today:
Excerpts From Senator Udall’s Letter:
“…What follows are excerpts from a letter that I received from your office, on September 29, 2012, informing me that outside special interest groups are using the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizen’s United to their full advantage by spending millions of undisclosed dollars in Senate races and requested that I join together with small expressions of support:
Excerpts From Your Letter:
“…Looking around at this election year, I can’t help but think that this is a preview of what we’ll be facing next cycle.
Outside special interest groups, unleashed by Citizens United, are spending millions and millions of undisclosed dollars in Senate races every week.
But Democrats everywhere are fighting back. They’re holding their own against the flood of special interest dollars.
And they’re doing it because of strong grassroots support.
We need to build a foundation strong enough to withstand millions of dollars in outside, undisclosed spending. That work needs to start now and relies on everyday Americans like you joining together with small expressions of support for the progressive values we share.
We’re only one day from the FEC deadline. Can you contribute $10 or...
Building a grassroots organization isn’t an easy—or speedy—process. And if the preview is any true indicator of what we can expect, it is more important than ever that we get a head start.
So before the third FEC fundraising quarter ends tomorrow, help us ...
Thank you for your early support.
Tom Udall”
End Of Excerpts.
Senator Udall I totally agree that every American should be concerned about outside special interest groups spending millions of undisclosed dollars in Senate races across the country, but to be honest with you I am more concerned about the alleged thousands of credit card solicitations and donations going to President Obama and Capitol Hill from un-secure overseas accounts.
On October 4, 2012, a Washington Examiner article and/or blog post revealed that a taxpayer watch group had conducted a nine-month investigation into presidential and congressional fundraising and uncovered thousands of cases of credit card solicitations and donations going to President Obama and Capitol Hill that allegedly came from un-secure accounts overseas, which is a violation of federal election laws. What follows is the Washington Examiner article and/or blog post in its entirety:
“President Obama’s reelection campaign, rattled by his Wednesday night debate performance, could be in for even worse news. According to knowledgeable sources, a national magazine and a national web site are preparing a blockbuster donor scandal story.
Sources told Secrets that the Obama campaign has been trying to block the story. But a key source said it plans to publish the story Friday or, more likely, Monday.
According to the sources, a taxpayer watchdog group conducted a nine-month investigation into presidential and congressional fundraising and has uncovered thousands of cases of credit card solicitations and donations to Obama and Capitol Hill, allegedly from unsecure accounts, and many from overseas. That might be a violation of federal election laws.
The Obama campaign has received hundreds of millions in small dollar donations, many via credit card donations through their website. On Thursday, the campaign announced a record September donor haul of $150 million.
At the end of the 2008 presidential campaign, the Obama-Biden effort was hit with a similar scandal. At the time, the Washington Post reported that the Obama campaign let donors use “largely untraceable prepaid credit cards that could potentially be used to evade limits on how much an individual is legally allowed to give or to mask a contributor’s identity.”
Source:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2509895#.UG7ON2C3AxZ
For your information, what follows is the Washington Post article and/or blog post that was mentioned in the above article and/or blog post in its entirety, which revealed that the then Senator Obama’s 2008 presidential election campaign was allowing donors to use untraceable prepaid credit cards that could potentially be used to evade limits on how much an individual is legally allowed to give or to mask a contributor’s identity:
“Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is allowing donors to use largely untraceable prepaid credit cards that could potentially be used to evade limits on how much an individual is legally allowed to give or to mask a contributor’s identity, campaign officials confirmed.
Faced with a huge influx of donations over the Internet, the campaign has also chosen not to use basic security measures to prevent potentially illegal or anonymous contributions from flowing into its accounts, aides acknowledged. Instead, the campaign is scrutinizing its books for improper donations after the money has been deposited.
The Obama organization said its extensive review has ensured that the campaign has refunded any improper contributions, and noted that Federal Election Commission rules do not require front-end screening of donations.
In recent weeks, questionable contributions have created headaches for Obama’s accounting team as it has tried to explain why campaign finance filings have included itemized donations from individuals using fake names, such as Es Esh or Doodad Pro. Those revelations prompted conservative bloggers to further test Obama’s finance vetting by giving money using the kind of prepaid cards that can be bought at a drugstore and cannot be traced to a donor.
The problem with such cards, campaign finance lawyers said, is that they make it impossible to tell whether foreign nationals, donors who have exceeded the limits, government contractors or others who are barred from giving to a federal campaign are making contributions.
“They have opened the floodgates to all this money coming in,” said Sean Cairncross, chief counsel to the Republican National Committee. “I think they’ve made the determination that whatever money they have to refund on the back end doesn’t outweigh the benefit of taking all this money upfront.”
The Obama campaign has shattered presidential fundraising records, in part by capitalizing on the ease of online giving. Of the $150 million the senator from Illinois raised in September, nearly $100 million came in over the Internet.
Lawyers for the Obama operation said yesterday that their “extensive back-end review” has carefully scrubbed contributions to prevent illegal money from entering the operation’s war chest. “I’m pretty sure if I took my error rate and matched it against any other campaign or comparable nonprofit, you’d find we’re doing very well,” said Robert Bauer, a lawyer for the campaign. “I have not seen the McCain compliance staff ascending to heaven on a cloud.”
The Obama team’s disclosures came in response to questions from The Washington Post about the case of Mary T. Biskup, a retired insurance manager from Manchester, Mo., who turned up on Obama’s FEC reports as having donated $174,800 to the campaign. Contributors are limited to giving $2,300 for the general election.
Biskup, who had scores of Obama contributions attributed to her, said in an interview that she never donated to the candidate. “That’s an error,” she said. Moreover, she added, her credit card was never billed for the donations, meaning someone appropriated her name and made the contributions with another card.
When asked whether the campaign takes steps to verify whether a donor’s name matches the name on the credit card used to make a payment, Obama’s campaign replied in an e-mail: “Name-matching is not a standard check conducted or made available in the credit card processing industry. We believe Visa and MasterCard do not even have the ability to do this.
“Instead, the campaign does a rigorous comprehensive analysis of online contributions on the back end of the transaction to determine whether a contribution is legitimate.”
Juan Proaño, whose technology firm handled online contributions for John Edwards’s presidential primary campaign, and forJohn F. Kerry’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee in 2004, said it is possible to require donors’ names and addresses to match those on their credit card accounts. But, he said, some campaigns are reluctant to impose that extra layer of security.
“Honestly, you want to have the least amount of hurdles in processing contributions quickly,” Proaño said.
Sen. John McCain’s campaign has also had questionable donations slip through.
Dan Pfeiffer, Obama’s communication’s director, said that “no organization can fully insulate itself from these problems. The McCain campaign has accepted contributions from fraudulent contributors like ‘A for You,’ ‘Adorable Manabat,’ ‘The Gun Shop,’ and ‘Jesus II’ and hundreds of anonymous donors.”
But R. Rebecca Donatelli, who handles online contributions for the McCain operation and the RNC, said security measures have been standard in the GOP nominee’s fundraising efforts throughout the campaign. She said she was “flabbergasted” to learn that the Obama campaign accepts prepaid cards.
“Yes, a gift card would go through the same process as a regular credit card and be subject to our same back-end review,” the Obama campaign said in its response to questions about the use of such cards.
Campaign finance lawyers said there is a long history of debate within the FEC about how to ensure that donors use their own credit cards.
Election lawyer Brett Kappel said the FEC has never grappled with the question of cash cards. “The whole system is set up for them to accept the payment, then determine whether it is legal or not. And if it’s not, send it back. That’s what the statute requires,” he said.”
Source:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/28/AR2...
The following recent video relates to this disturbing issue:
Obama House Of Cards Could Collapse With Donor Scandal!-Posted on Western Journalism-By KRIS ZANE-On October 6, 2012:
http://www.westernjournalism.com/obama-house-of-cards-could-collaps...
For you information, my following blog post contains numerous articles and/or blog posts and videos that reveal extremely disturbing evidence that foreign nationals may have influenced our 2008 presidential election thru illegal contributions that went to then Senator Obama’s 2008 campaign:
Active complaint to the FEC over President Obama’s 2008 campaign finances!
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/active-complaint-to-the-fe...
Senator Udall I would be interested in getting your take on this extremely disturbing and time sensitive issue….”
End of Excerpts.
For your information, the following recent article and/or blog post relates to this disturbing and time sensitive issue:
REPORT: OBAMA.COM VULNERABLE TO ILLEGAL FOREIGN CAMPAIGN DONATIONS!-Posted on Big Government-By TONY LEE-On October 8, 2012:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/08/Report-Illegal-F...
Continue Reading More About This Disturbing And Time Sensitive Issue:
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/letter-to-nm-u-s-sena...
Finally, I again would like to mention that I am taking the liberty of sharing the above information with you strictly for informational purposes because I believe that we have something in common, which is that we both served our Country/Republic honorably and truly love it and what it stands for, as do so many other Americans that have not only served, but have made the ultimate sacrifice for it.
Please feel free to contact me at my email or mailing address should you have any questions regarding what I now believe to be an extremely disturbing and time sensitive matter.
Thank you again for your continued honorable and unselfish service to our country. I will be praying that you retain your set in Congress to continue the fight of taking back our country from those that are hell-bent on destroying it.
God Bless You and God Bless America!
Respectfully,
Jake L. Martinez
Captain-USMC-Retired
Response Received From Congressman West Regarding My Email Above:
Congressman Allen West responding to your message
Monday, October 8, 2012 5:18 PM
From: "Congressman Allen West" <fl22awima@mail.house.gov>
To: Jake Martinez
Thank you for contacting our Congressional Office. I appreciate hearing from you and having the benefits of your views.
As you may be aware, each day my Congressional Offices receive hundreds of emails from all over the United States. If you received this email, it is because your address indicates that you are not a constituent who resides in our Congressional District in Florida.
As I hope you understand, I have a responsibility each day to respond to the hundreds of letters, emails, and telephone calls our Congressional Offices receive from the constituents who I have the honor to represent. I would suggest that you send a copy of your email to your own Member of Congress. If you are unaware of whom that individual is please see the following website: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
I hope you will take a moment to review my website, my Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/AllenWestFL, and Twitterwww.twitter.com/AllenWestFL to keep informed on the many issues I am involved with in the United States House of Representatives.
While you are visiting my website www.west.house.gov, I would ask that you please sign-up for my weekly e-mail updates, which discuss what I am doing on Capitol Hill and in the State of Florida.
I greatly appreciate the time and thought that went into your correspondence to me. Again, thank you for contacting me, and please be sure to send your thoughts to your own Member of the United States House of Representatives.
Very Respectfully,
Allen B. West”
Note: The following recent articles and/or blog posts relate to and/or further support my letter above-You Decide:
REPORT: OBAMA.COM VULNERABLE TO ILLEGAL FOREIGN CAMPAIGN DONATIONS!-Posted on Big Government-By TONY LEE-On October 8, 2012:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/08/Report-Illegal-F...
OBAMA CAMPAIGN SCRAMBLES TO KILL ILLEGAL ONLINE FUNDRAISING STORY!-Posted on Big Government-By WYNTON HALL-On October 8, 2012:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/08/Obama-Campaign-S...
Note: My following recent blog posts relate to and/or further support the above article and/or blog post-You Decide:
WILL WE THE PEOPLE ALLOW A CRIMINAL SYNDICATE TO STAY IN POWER?-Posted on We The People USA-ByJake Martinez-On October 8, 2012:
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/will-we-the-people-al...
My Opinion of How and Who Controls the People! (Part 1)
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/my-opinion-of-how-and...
Just Happened!
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/just-happened?xg_sour...
“Innocence” Film a Premeditated Provocation for Islamic Terror?
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/innocence-film-a-prem...
The Film ‘Innocence of Muslims’ — Made By Terrorists?
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2000 Dead Soldiers and Obama Can Still Do No Wrong!
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=4301673%3ABlogPos...
Dishonest Media Avoids Truth about Obama Through Diversions!
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/dishonest-media-avoid...
Note: My following blog posts contain numerous articles and/or blog posts and videos that reveal: 1) the live presentation by Joel Gilbert, his DVD Film titled "Dreams From My Real Father," along with the newly released film titled "The Unvetted”; 2) the Islamic infiltration inside our government armed with our secrets, to include the President's secret link to Hamas; 3) the Islamic infiltration inside our military; 4) the Communist infiltration inside our government, to Include President Obama's secret link to Communists; 5) the George Soros connection, to include the shared agendas of George Soros and the President; and 6) the disastrous results of these infiltrations, links and connections-You Decide:
The Vetting: ‘Obama, Radical Islam and the Soros Connection’! (Part 1):
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-vetting-obama-rad...
The Vetting: ‘Obama, Radical Islam and the Soros Connection’! (Part 2):
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-vetting-obama-rad...
The Vetting: ‘Obama, Radical Islam and the Soros Connection’! (Part 3):
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-vetting-obama-rad…
The Vetting: ‘Obama, Radical Islam and the Soros Connection’! (Part 4):
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-vetting-obama-rad...
Continue Reading My Following Blog Posts That Relate To This Disturbing & Time Sensitive Issue:
Communists and Muslims: The Hidden Hand of the KGB!
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=4301673%3ABlogPos...
White Reds Exploiting Blacks: The Weather Underground, Barack Obama, and the Fundamental Transformation of the United States!
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/white-reds-exploiting...
OBAMA JUST CAUGHT IN BIG LIE? ‘Documents confirm he was member of socialist party!’
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=4301673%3ABlogPos...
The coming chaos from the Obama-Soetoro playbook!
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-coming-chaos-from..
The planned re-election of Obama, revolutionary style!
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-planned-re-electi...
President and DOJ have contributed to the racial mess in our country!
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/president-and-doj-have-con...
Is President Obama inciting riots across the US and abroad?
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/is-president-obama-incitin...
Progressives and Communists Are Out of the Closet Together!
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Who is sponsoring the NAACP’s ‘One Nation Working Together’ rally?
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The Midterm Elections and the Communist Manifesto!
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/the-midterm-elections-and-...
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http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/progressive-group-maps-out...
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http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/godfather-of-the-islamic-r...
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The President Must Stop Voting “Present” on Iran!
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/the-president-must-stop-vo...
Clearing the Smoke on Obama’s Eligibility!
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/clearing-the-smoke-on-obam...
The Greatest Fraud Perpetrated in American History!
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Did Saudis Buy Obama 2008 Election?
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/did-saudis-buy-obama-2008-...
Massive Voter Fraud-Again!
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/massive-voter-fraud-again/
Active complaint to the FEC over President Obama’s 2008 campaign finances!
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CIA Columbia Obama Cover Up!
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/cia-columbia-obama-cover-up/
Why did a black preacher from Harlem have a “hit” placed on his life?
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/why-has-a-black-preacher-f...
The Real-Deal About Obama And Congressional/Court Silence!
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/the-real-deal-about-obama-...
Did ATF provide weapons to Mexican drug cartels that were subsequently used to kill one of our own?
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The Military Pays the Price for Obama’s Agenda!
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Rules of Engagement Killing Marines and U.S. Soldiers!
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http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/special-ops-group-att...
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http://teapartyorg.ning.com/forum/topics/is-the-obama-regime-target...
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http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/it’s-getting-very-serious-...
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http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/what-happened-to-free-speech/
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http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/where-is-america-today-2/
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http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/is-history-repeating-itself/
Note: The following video is extremely appropriate today:
The Fightin Side of Me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32-OyyLJzHw&feature=player_embedded
Note: If you have a problem viewing any of the listed blog posts, please copy website and paste it on your browser. Sure seems like any subject matter that may be considered controversial by this administration is being censored-What happened to free speech?-You Decide.
“Food For Thought”
God Bless the U.S.A.!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65KZIqay4E&feature=related
Semper Fi!
Jake
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