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Line 89: − − ==George H.W. Bush administration== − Prior to his appointment as Attorney General, Barr served as Chief Counsel for the [[CIA]] airline Southern Air Transport during [[Iran Contra]].<ref>Terry Reed & John Cummings, [https://books.google.com/books?id=zRlXGVfUJPsC&pg=PA542&lpg=PA542&dq=barr+Southern+Air+Transport+iran+Contra&source=bl&ots=L14nVB5CC5&sig=bkZMdqW45Zc75WhInkMiZCpC96s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiu_oPss4_fAhUo1oMKHZXxDjE4ChDoATAAegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=barr%20Southern%20Air%20Transport%20iran%20Contra&f=false ''Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA''], Shapolsky Publishers, 1994</ref> [[Robert Mueller]] served as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division during Barr's tenure. − − In December 1991, Attorney General Barr announced that the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International]] (BCCI) had entered a guilty plea to certain racketeering charges, in return for which the U.S. Justice Department agreed to drop all other federal and state charges that might be brought against BCCI entities in the future. In the plea-bargain arrangement, BCCI forfeited all of its estimated $550 million assets in the United States, and there were some minor jail sentences. − − Barr was Attorney General during the [[Ruby_Ridge|Ruby Ridge]] incident. In the aftermath, he blatantly lied to the press about his involvement and also participated in efforts to ensure that the [[Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation|FBI]] snipers involved were immune from prosecution in federal court.[https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/william-barrs-connection-to-ruby-ridge-defending-fbi-snipers/] − − In 1992, Barr launched an illegal phone surveillance program without prior legal analysis. This would ultimately serve as a blueprint for more sophisticated surveillance programs launched after [[September_11,_2001_attacks|9/11]].[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/28/review-finds-phone-data-dragnet-dea-doj-began-without-legal-review/3299438002/] − − ==Iran Contra== − :{{See also|Iran Contra|Deep State}} − The total lack of security at the [[Mena airport]] and intelligence professionalism was why the [[CIA]] wanted out of [[Arkansas]]. The final loose end that needed to be tied up was the investigation of Gov. [[Bill Clinton]]'s half-brother, Roger and his friends. Barr told Bill Clinton: − {{quotebox|We are all in this together and let's not forget that the vice-president [George H.W. Bush] and Mr. Casey want this operation to be a success. Mr. Seal carried with him a falsely created, high-level profile of a drug runner. All of the cops in the country were investigating a drug operation. They put the police into a position where we could control them. We fed them what we wanted to feed them, when we wanted to feed them. Seal was a diversion. It was perfect until your brother started free enterprising and now we have to shut it down.}} − It was the arrests of Roger Clinton and [[Dan Lasater]] - not the Hasenfus shoot-down months later - that threatened to expose the operation and prompted the CIA to end it. Barr said of the money investigation, − {{quotebox|[[Edwin Meese|Mr. Meese]] is intervening right now and there will be no money investigation. The United States Attorney's Office in Little Rock is 'getting religion' as we speak.}} − Gov. Clinton's reputation as a cad did not go unnoticed by the CIA. Barr ended the meeting with words of encouragement. − {{quotebox|Bill, you are [[Bill Casey|Mr. [Willaim J.] Casey's]] fair-haired boy ... You and your state have been our greatest asset. Mr. Casey wanted me to pass on to you that unless you ****up and do something [[stupid]], you're No. 1 on the short list for a shot at the job that you've always wanted. You and guys like you are the fathers of the new [[government]]. We are the new covenant.<ref>Terry Reed & John Cummings, [https://books.google.com/books?id=zRlXGVfUJPsC&pg=PA542&lpg=PA542&dq=barr+Southern+Air+Transport+iran+Contra&source=bl&ots=L14nVB5CC5&sig=bkZMdqW45Zc75WhInkMiZCpC96s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiu_oPss4_fAhUo1oMKHZXxDjE4ChDoATAAegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=covenant%20New&f=false ''Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA''], Shapolsky Publishers, 1994</ref>}}
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*Weingarten, Dean (January 17, 2019). [https://www.ammoland.com/2019/01/ag-nominee-william-barr-on-second-amendment-during-confirmation-hearings/#axzz5fj1HW6wJ AG Nominee William Barr on Second Amendment During Confirmation Hearings ~ VIDEO]. ''Ammoland''. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
*Weingarten, Dean (January 17, 2019). [https://www.ammoland.com/2019/01/ag-nominee-william-barr-on-second-amendment-during-confirmation-hearings/#axzz5fj1HW6wJ AG Nominee William Barr on Second Amendment During Confirmation Hearings ~ VIDEO]. ''Ammoland''. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
*[https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2018/12/ttag-contributor/new-attorney-general-nominee-william-barrs-record-on-guns-revealed/ New Attorney General Nominee William Barr’s Record on Guns Revealed]. ''The Truth About Guns''. December 8, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2019.</ref>
*[https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2018/12/ttag-contributor/new-attorney-general-nominee-william-barrs-record-on-guns-revealed/ New Attorney General Nominee William Barr’s Record on Guns Revealed]. ''The Truth About Guns''. December 8, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2019.</ref>
[[File:Doj-email-election-fraud-public-integrity-group-pin.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Internal DOJ email to Deputy AG David Bowditch: '''''... allow election fraud to take its course...'''''<ref>https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017b-3a9c-d8ba-a77f-ff9c4e030000</ref>]]
==Iran Contra==
:{{See also|Iran Contra|Deep State}}
The total lack of security at the [[Mena airport]] and intelligence professionalism was why the [[CIA]] wanted out of [[Arkansas]]. The final loose end that needed to be tied up was the investigation of Gov. [[Bill Clinton]]'s half-brother, Roger and his friends. Barr told Bill Clinton:
{{quotebox|We are all in this together and let's not forget that the vice-president [George H.W. Bush] and Mr. Casey want this operation to be a success. Mr. Seal carried with him a falsely created, high-level profile of a drug runner. All of the cops in the country were investigating a drug operation. They put the police into a position where we could control them. We fed them what we wanted to feed them, when we wanted to feed them. Seal was a diversion. It was perfect until your brother started free enterprising and now we have to shut it down.}}
It was the arrests of Roger Clinton and [[Dan Lasater]] - not the Hasenfus shoot-down months later - that threatened to expose the operation and prompted the CIA to end it. Barr said of the money investigation,
{{quotebox|[[Edwin Meese|Mr. Meese]] is intervening right now and there will be no money investigation. The United States Attorney's Office in Little Rock is 'getting religion' as we speak.}}
Gov. Clinton's reputation as a cad did not go unnoticed by the CIA. Barr ended the meeting with words of encouragement.
{{quotebox|Bill, you are [[Bill Casey|Mr. [Willaim J.] Casey's]] fair-haired boy ... You and your state have been our greatest asset. Mr. Casey wanted me to pass on to you that unless you ****up and do something [[stupid]], you're No. 1 on the short list for a shot at the job that you've always wanted. You and guys like you are the fathers of the new [[government]]. We are the new covenant.<ref>Terry Reed & John Cummings, [https://books.google.com/books?id=zRlXGVfUJPsC&pg=PA542&lpg=PA542&dq=barr+Southern+Air+Transport+iran+Contra&source=bl&ots=L14nVB5CC5&sig=bkZMdqW45Zc75WhInkMiZCpC96s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiu_oPss4_fAhUo1oMKHZXxDjE4ChDoATAAegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=covenant%20New&f=false ''Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA''], Shapolsky Publishers, 1994</ref>}}
==George H.W. Bush administration==
Prior to his appointment as Attorney General, Barr served as Chief Counsel for the [[CIA]] airline Southern Air Transport during [[Iran Contra]].<ref>Terry Reed & John Cummings, [https://books.google.com/books?id=zRlXGVfUJPsC&pg=PA542&lpg=PA542&dq=barr+Southern+Air+Transport+iran+Contra&source=bl&ots=L14nVB5CC5&sig=bkZMdqW45Zc75WhInkMiZCpC96s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiu_oPss4_fAhUo1oMKHZXxDjE4ChDoATAAegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=barr%20Southern%20Air%20Transport%20iran%20Contra&f=false ''Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA''], Shapolsky Publishers, 1994</ref> [[Robert Mueller]] served as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division during Barr's tenure.
In December 1991, Attorney General Barr announced that the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International]] (BCCI) had entered a guilty plea to certain racketeering charges, in return for which the U.S. Justice Department agreed to drop all other federal and state charges that might be brought against BCCI entities in the future. In the plea-bargain arrangement, BCCI forfeited all of its estimated $550 million assets in the United States, and there were some minor jail sentences.
Barr was Attorney General during the [[Ruby_Ridge|Ruby Ridge]] incident. In the aftermath, he blatantly lied to the press about his involvement and also participated in efforts to ensure that the [[Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation|FBI]] snipers involved were immune from prosecution in federal court.[https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/william-barrs-connection-to-ruby-ridge-defending-fbi-snipers/]
In 1992, Barr launched an illegal phone surveillance program without prior legal analysis. This would ultimately serve as a blueprint for more sophisticated surveillance programs launched after [[September_11,_2001_attacks|9/11]].[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/28/review-finds-phone-data-dragnet-dea-doj-began-without-legal-review/3299438002/]
===Immigration===
When he was Attorney General in the Bush Administration, Barr took actions to crack down on illegal immigration.<ref>Binder, John (December 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/07/william-barr-prioritized-illegal-immigration-crackdown-1990s-similar-sessions/ William Barr Prioritized Illegal Immigration Crackdown in 1990s–Similar to Sessions]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 8, 2018.</ref><ref>Arthur, Andrew R. (December 11, 2018). [https://www.cis.org/Arthur/Once-and-Future-AG-William-Barr-Immigration The Once (and Future?) AG William Barr on Immigration]. ''Center for Immigration Studies''. Retrieved December 11, 2018.</ref><ref>Donachie, Robert (December 12, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/william-barr-trumps-pick-as-attorney-general-is-an-immigration-hardliner William Barr, Trump's pick as attorney general, is an immigration hardliner]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 12, 2018.</ref> However, it should be noted that the Administration was trying to fend off [[Pat Buchanan]]'s primary challenge at the time, and his actions happened at a time when even liberal Democrats claimed to support tough border security. However, Barr opposed building border barriers across the entire border with Mexico.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/31/william-barr-border-wall-1077358 Trump’s pick for AG once questioned value of border wall]. ''Politico'' (from the ''Associated Press''). December 31, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2018.</ref>
When he was Attorney General in the Bush Administration, Barr took actions to crack down on illegal immigration.<ref>Binder, John (December 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/07/william-barr-prioritized-illegal-immigration-crackdown-1990s-similar-sessions/ William Barr Prioritized Illegal Immigration Crackdown in 1990s–Similar to Sessions]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 8, 2018.</ref><ref>Arthur, Andrew R. (December 11, 2018). [https://www.cis.org/Arthur/Once-and-Future-AG-William-Barr-Immigration The Once (and Future?) AG William Barr on Immigration]. ''Center for Immigration Studies''. Retrieved December 11, 2018.</ref><ref>Donachie, Robert (December 12, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/william-barr-trumps-pick-as-attorney-general-is-an-immigration-hardliner William Barr, Trump's pick as attorney general, is an immigration hardliner]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 12, 2018.</ref> However, it should be noted that the Administration was trying to fend off [[Pat Buchanan]]'s primary challenge at the time, and his actions happened at a time when even liberal Democrats claimed to support tough border security. However, Barr opposed building border barriers across the entire border with Mexico.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/31/william-barr-border-wall-1077358 Trump’s pick for AG once questioned value of border wall]. ''Politico'' (from the ''Associated Press''). December 31, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2018.</ref>
==Trump Administration==
==Trump Administration==
The U.S. Senate confirmed Barr as Attorney General on February 14, 2019.<ref>Pappas, Alex; Singman, Brooke (February 14, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/william-barr-confirmed-by-senate-for-attorney-general William Barr confirmed by Senate for attorney general]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref><ref>Moran, Sean (February 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/14/senate-confirms-william-barr-become-attorney-general/ Senate Confirms William Barr to Become Attorney General]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref>
The U.S. Senate confirmed Barr as Attorney General on February 14, 2019.<ref>Pappas, Alex; Singman, Brooke (February 14, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/william-barr-confirmed-by-senate-for-attorney-general William Barr confirmed by Senate for attorney general]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref><ref>Moran, Sean (February 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/14/senate-confirms-william-barr-become-attorney-general/ Senate Confirms William Barr to Become Attorney General]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref>
Elsewhere Barr stated
Elsewhere Barr stated
{{quotebox|I feel today religion is being driven out of the marketplace of ideas and there’s a [[Militant atheism|organized militant secular]] effort to drive religion out of our lives....To me the problem today is not that religious people are trying to impose their views on nonreligious people, it’s the opposite — it’s that militant secularists are trying to impose their values on religious people and they’re not accommodating the freedom of religion of people of faith.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/30/barr-the-real-people-trying-to-impose-their-values-on-others-are-militant-secularists/</ref>}}
{{quotebox|I feel today religion is being driven out of the marketplace of ideas and there’s a [[Militant atheism|organized militant secular]] effort to drive religion out of our lives....To me the problem today is not that religious people are trying to impose their views on nonreligious people, it’s the opposite — it’s that militant secularists are trying to impose their values on religious people and they’re not accommodating the freedom of religion of people of faith.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/30/barr-the-real-people-trying-to-impose-their-values-on-others-are-militant-secularists/</ref>}}
==References==
==References==