◼ Documents obtained by Judicial Watch confirm that somebody in the White House told officials with the General Services Administration (GSA) to "stand down" and not arrest Occupy Portland protestors who may have broken the law last year. - Washington Examiner Watchdog Staff
Former GSA Public Buildings Service Commissioner Robert Peck told a senior Department of Homeland Security official that the federal housekeeping agency had been instructed by the Obama White House to go easy on the Occupy protestors.
In a Nov. 6, 2011, DHS/National Protection and Programs Directorate Chief of Staff Caitlin Durkovich asked GSA's Peck if it was true that his agency had asked Federal Protective Service officials not to take action against the Occupy Portland protestors.
"Yes, that is our position," Peck responded. "It's been vetted with our Administrator and Michael Robertson, our chief of staff, and we have communicated with the WH [White House], which has afforded us the discretion to fashion our approach to Occupy issues...The arrests last week were carried out despite our request that the protesters [sic] be allowed to remain and to camp overnight..."
The Obama White House denied on multiple occasions during the Occupy protests last year that anybody in the Obama administration had given aid or encouragement to the demonstrations, many of which erupted into public and private property destruction, arrests for drug dealing and prostitution and public health violations.
Peck was forced to resign from GSA earlier this year following revelations that agency officials had spent lavishly on a regional conference in Las Vegas.
"We now have a new GSA scandal - one that involves the Obama White House," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "These documents clearly show that federal agencies colluded with the Obama White House to allow the Occupy Wall Street protestors to violate the law with impunity. These documents tell us that the GSA and DHS can't be relied upon to protect federal workers or property."
◼ Obama Picking Favorites: Occupy Portland - Black & Right (image source)
◼ Confirmed: Obama White House Told Law Enforcement to “Stand Down” and Not Enforce the Law Against Occupy Protestors - Gateway Pundit
◼ What do you do if Occupiers keep breaking the law and making you look bad? - Jim Treacher/Daily Caller
Simple: Just don’t prosecute them!
And yet, if you’re a right-winger who obeys the law and has never hurt anybody, Janet Napolitano still thinks you’re an “extremist.”
Weird. It’s almost like there’s one set of rules for the people who are deemed useful by the Obama administration, and another set of rules for anyone who disagrees with them. But that can’t be it, can it? Somebody would’ve noticed the pattern by now, wouldn’t they?
Nah. They’re definitely not corrupt and rotten to the core. And you won’t say so, if you know what’s good for you.
