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VIDEO: Heritage Foundation's Benghazi Panelists Mock Muslim Student

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BENGHAZI ACCOUNTABILITY COALITION
As of JUNE 11, 2014
Chairman:
Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy

He has defended the practice of waterboarding as not necessarily being torture, and as necessary in some situations to prosecute the War on Terror[3][4] whilst admitting that “waterboarding is close enough to torture that reasonable minds can differ on whether it is torture”.[5]

During the 2008 presidential election campaign, Andrew McCarthy wrote a number of posts on the National Review’s Corner blog stating that he thought that Democratic Presidential candidate, Barack Obama, was not serious about protecting US national security against threats from radical Islam and elsewhere, and that Obama had a number of troubling ties and associations with leftist radicals.

In an opinion posted on the blog ‘the Corner’ on 10/22/08,[6] Mr. McCarthy wrote “I believe that the issue of Obama’s personal radicalism, including his collaboration with radical, America-hating Leftists, should have been disqualifying.”

In May 2009, Mr. McCarthy provided details of a letter declining an invitation from Attorney General Eric Holder for a round-table meeting with President Barack Obama concerning the status of people detained in the War on Terror. Mr. McCarthy noted his dissension with the administration in their policies regarding the detainees.[7] On December 5, 2009 he came out publicly against prosecuting Islamic terrorists in civil courts rather than military tribunals, saying “A war is a war. A war is not a crime, and you don’t bring your enemies to a courthouse.”[8]

McCarthy has recently spoken out against the War in Afghanistan, saying that the War benefits the Afghans while hurting American interests, and that the United States should be concerned solely with its interests.

Coupled with his national security conservatism, McCarthy also espouses strong fiscal conservative views on entitlement spending, and favors the abolition of Medicare, which he calls a fraud and a Ponzi scheme greater than that perpetrated by Bernie Madoff. He says that the goals of the original proponents of Medicare was to get a foot in the door for full out socialized medicine, under a single payer system.

Leaders - About Us : Benghazi Accountability Coalition

General Jerry Boykin
Col. Allen West
Frank Gaffney
Andy McCarthy
Dan Bongino
Steven Bucci
Elaine Donnelly
Brigitte Gabriel
Paul Vallely
Anita MonCrief
Gayle Trotter
Everett Woolum
Dick and Patricia Schermerhorn
Tony Papandrea, Private Citizen, USNA
Col. USMC, Ret. David Percy
Susan Creed Percy, Advocate for Military Families
Archpriest Alexander F.C. Webster, PhD, Chaplain (Colonel), USA, Retired