Here is the news,
Interpol confirmed documents today showing that US Congressman James McGovern (D., Mass.), a leading opponent of the Colombia free-trade deal has been working with a go-between, who has been offering the FARC terrorists help in undermining Colombia’s elected and popular government.
Colombia is America’s closest ally in South America.
Wow. Unbelievable. A local congressman undermining our staunchest ally in Latin America, AND, working with terrorists to do it. This is big local news, right?
WRONG
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Ditto for the Herald. Nothing. Not a word.
So, his constituents are in the dark, at least if they rely on the local papers for their news. Wouldn’t you want to know if your congressman was undermining democracies and working with terrorist organizations?
What is their excuse? Other MSM outlets have reported on this story in the past few months, including the WSJ,
A military strike three weeks ago killed Raúl Reyes, No. 2 in command of the FARC, Colombia’s most notorious terrorist group. The Reyes hard drive reveals an ardent effort to do business directly with the FARC by Congressman James McGovern (D., Mass.), a leading opponent of the free-trade deal. Mr. McGovern has been working with an American go-between, who has been offering the rebels help in undermining Colombia’s elected and popular government.
Mr. McGovern’s press office says the Congressman is merely working at the behest of families whose relatives are held as FARC kidnap hostages. However, his go-between’s letters reveal more than routine intervention.
The always excellent Gateway Pundit has been following this story from the start, when reports indicated that Democrats may have been cooperating with FARC against the elected and popular government of Columbia.
Today, Gateway Pundit has an update, with Interpol’s confirmation of the story. Click here for the details.