- FEMA is claiming they do not have applications for grants they awarded. If this is true how did FEMA is guilty of misappropriations of funds since applications are required.
“These are not the droids your looking for.”
“This is not the information your looking for.”
When Obi-won Kenobi of Star Wars come to mind when you are trying
to get information from the federal government something is wrong!
I wrote a Freedom of Information Act request to FEMA on August 31, 2015 regarding the awarding of grants to these three entities under the Nonprofit Security Grant Program.
I wrote a Freedom of Information Act request to FEMA on August 31, 2015 regarding the awarding of grants to these three entities under the Nonprofit Security Grant Program.
#
|
Name
and Info
|
Amount
|
1
|
ISLAMIC
SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE MD INC.
|
$74,675
|
2.
|
ISLAMIC
CENTER OF SAN DIEGO, INCORPORATED
|
$71,250
|
3.
|
CAIR
|
$70,324
|
TOTAL:
|
$216,249
|
It took them over a year to fill my request. However, in
saying they did fulfill the request they also denied my request. They simply
sent me a print out from USA Spending.gov.
Something you or I can access at home on the Internet. I reached out to the
people in the FOIA office for FEMA explaining that I had received copies of
applications before and that I had previously been sent a copy of the required
confirmation of the claims. Which in the one case I received, was a police
letter. This became an article
on awarding a grant to those who support terrorism and an example of awarding a
grant with confirmation of a threat.
So imagine my surprise when I received the following
statement from the FOIA person working at FEMA on February 15, 2017:
After our discussion on the phone last week, as
promised I did reach back out to the component within FEMA to double check that
there was no additional information that was missing from your FOIA request.
There was no applications found and so it cannot be provided to you. The
program office is aware of the FOIA process and conducted multiple
searches and no records were located regarding the applications.
To our knowledge on this Grant Program, FEMA would only consider the Grant applications (E.G. the four corners of the documents) and not any additional threat assessments or documents that may be provided by the non-profits.
To our knowledge on this Grant Program, FEMA would only consider the Grant applications (E.G. the four corners of the documents) and not any additional threat assessments or documents that may be provided by the non-profits.
After receiving this I called the FOIA Officer and informed her I was
filing a complaint with the Inspector General. Which I did that day! To say
that an organization that approves grants did not keep a copy of the
application or the supporting material is either a lie or evidence of shredding
federal documents!
Maybe I should apply for the $20,000
award for evidence of the Obama administration shredding offered by Wiki
Leaks? While the cash is a great motivator I would rather have the Trump
administration do some heavy stomping in FEMA and shake the tree that is hiding
this information!
One other possibility exists regarding this “missing information.” Did FEMA under the Obama administration was award NPSG funding to Islamic
organizations without even receiving an application for the grant? This is “misappropriation of
funds.” How can I make such damning accusations that FEMA has to have this
documentation? The answer is simple.
The FEMA site claims that groups filed out applications. I have received
evidence of this also through past FOIA requests.
I even checked to see if there was a different way to file a FOIA for
this information if the state FEMA awarded the funding. But as you can see
below the state FEMA sites are federal sites and the FOIA requests go through
DHS and more specifically FEMA.
Since 2013 this FEMA program has award $56,000,000 to nonprofits
claiming to be under a terrorist threat. I have only scratched the surface
here. What if the majority of the organizations awarded never had confirmation
of a threat? This too is misappropriation of funds!
I do not know about you, but I for one am very concerned that
organizations such as CAIR that have been directly linked to Hamas in federal
courts would receive any federal funding. It gets worse when you consider some
of our allies have placed CAIR on a terrorist list. Did we fund the enemy of
our allies? Sadly the answer is yes.
What can we do as American citizens to stop this? My only suggestion is
to email or call the
White House and voice your concerns.
HELP FUND A NEW CIVILIZATION JIHAD AWARENESS WEN SITE!
HELP FUND A NEW CIVILIZATION JIHAD AWARENESS WEN SITE!
Paul I cross posted on my blog with a bit of an introduction: http://slantedright2.blogspot.com/2017/02/foia-reveals-shredding-in-fema-or-worse.html#.WKtf6zsrLIU
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