Anthony Martin
Conservative Examiner
6/13/2013
Speaking on condition of anonymity, sources have told The Examiner that the Obama administration has allegedly engaged in a top secret, highly classified program of infiltrating Christian churches in order to snoop on their activities.
The information disclosed involves a program that has been in place since 2009, after Obama took office. An informant told the Examiner at that time that something covert involving the churches was being implemented but that the information needed to be kept secret until the appropriate time, presumably when some of the heat was off.
According to the source, officials from the Obama administration had contacted certain selected pastors to attempt to solicit their help in identifying and exposing anti-government sentiment within conservative, evangelical churches. The request was worded in a manner that was intended to give the impression that the concern was about potential domestic terrorists who may share some of the same points of view as Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh and other so-called “home grown terrorists”
But one pastor disclosed that the program went much further. He was asked by government operatives to keep his eyes and ears open to those within the congregation who are highly critical of the government, i.e., the Obama administration, and to report such “suspicious” activity to the authorities. The pastor was also told to keep tabs on persons who talk a great deal about being gun owners and/or being a part of the Tea Party…
The article continues at the Examiner.
Also at the site, Obama snoops part 2: infiltrate, target, harass churches
…a special report issued today by Fox News indicates that the program went far beyond infiltration and snooping. The IRS was used to harass Christian churches if they were identified as places where large numbers of anti-Obama citizens congregated for worship.
The Obama administration, according to the report, considered any public criticism of administration policies to be political in nature and should therefore impact whether or not these congregations were allowed to gain or keep their tax exempt status…
Related: Rand Paul: Your Tax Dollars Backing Regimes That Execute Christians for Blasphemy Against Islam
…“There is a war on Christianity, not just from liberal elites here at home, but worldwide,” said Paul. “And your government, or more correctly, you, the taxpayer, are funding it. You are being taxed to send money to countries that are not only intolerant of Christians but openly hostile. Christians are imprisoned and threatened with death for their beliefs.”
Paul spent most of his speech talking about the persecution of Christians abroad and cited cases of gross injustice in Pakistan, Iraq, Egypt and Syria.
“It is clear that American taxpayer dollars are being used to enable a war on Christianity in the Middle East and I believe that must end,” said Paul…
