{"id":2189335,"date":"2024-02-29T15:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T20:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-did-the-anti-israel-guy-who-set-himself-on-fire-get-a-security-clearance\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T15:12:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T20:12:45","slug":"how-did-the-anti-israel-guy-who-set-himself-on-fire-get-a-security-clearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-did-the-anti-israel-guy-who-set-himself-on-fire-get-a-security-clearance\/","title":{"rendered":"How did the self-immolating anti-Israel individual obtain security clearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-did-the-anti-israel-guy-who-set-himself-on-fire-get-a-security-clearance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2189335&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>The Air Force member who set himself on fire Sunday in\u200b front of \u2063the \u2062Israeli embassy in Washington D.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/02\/26\/us-news\/haunting-final-post-of-us-airman-who-set-himself-on-fire\/\">chanting<\/a> \u2063\u201cFree Palestine\u201d may have had\u2064 a national\u2062 security clearance.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Bushnell, 25, immolated himself in the \u2062nation\u2019s capital to protest\u200c American support for Israel\u2019s\u200c war against Hamas \u200cterrorists. Someone close\u200d to Bushnell \u200creportedly told\u200d The New York Post that Bushnell claimed to have knowledge of U.S. \u200dtroops \u2063fighting the Palestinian\u200d terrorist group Hamas inside underground tunnels.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1246885268\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-21f464cfcd7170d978453ee8c4296816 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-21f464cfcd7170d978453ee8c4296816\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe 25-year-old airman \u2014 who served in the Air Force\u2019s 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and \u200cReconnaissance Wing, but also interacted with radical anarchist \u2064groups\u2062 online \u2014 \u2063ranted that he\u200c had \u2018top-secret clearance\u2019 for military intelligence data in the call to his friend Saturday night,\u201d the Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/02\/27\/us-news\/aaron-bushnell-claimed-secret-knowledge-of-us-forces-in-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. \u201c\u2018He told me on Saturday that \u2062we have \u2062troops \u200bin those tunnels, that it\u2019s U.S. \u2063soldiers participating in the killings,\u2019 claimed the pal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bushnell was involved with far-left domestic terrorist networks online. A\u2062 Reddit account reportedly belonging to Bushnell shows the deceased airman \u201cmocking deceased U.S. military members and supporting intimidation of elected \u200bofficials,\u201d according to investigative \u200djournalist Andy Ngo, who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1762535968530182173?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> screenshots of Bushnell\u2019s Reddit \u200cactivity on X. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was also a booster\u200d of the Atlanta terrorist \u2018Stop Cop \u200dCity\u2019 movement,\u201d\u2064 Ngo added. \u201c61 \u200cmembers of that network have been indicted on [the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act],\u200b terrorism\u200b and\/or\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-national-sentenced-for-aiding-drug-traffickers\/\" title=\"Chinese National Sentenced for Aiding Drug Traffickers\">money laundering charges<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"PLzR1OdMFCfDBgSb6mhHcQZesuKIqr9pw\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Reddit account belonging to the deceased \u2063leftist self-immolator \u200bfurther confirms his involvement \u200din Antifa social networks. The posts show Aaron Bushnell mocking deceased\u2062 US military members and supporting intimidation of elected \u200bofficials. He was also a booster of the\u2026 \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HUl2PXTTvC\">https:\/\/t.co\/HUl2PXTTvC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eQmGcAUVtD\">pic.twitter.com\/eQmGcAUVtD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1762535968530182173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February\u200d 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Yet Bushnell was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2024\/02\/27\/airman-who-set-himself-fire-outside-israeli-embassy-was-cyber-specialist-fort-meade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assigned<\/a> to the 70th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing at Fort Meade in Maryland. J. Michael Waller, a \u200dsenior analyst for strategy\u2064 at the Center for Security \u2062Policy, \u2063wrote on X that Fort Meade \u201cis considered a euphemism or\u2063 shorthand for [National Security Agency (NSA)], though it has yet to be reported officially that he was assigned to \u2062NSA \u2062proper.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-071eb4e7ac10fb1615d39aba405330ea fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-071eb4e7ac10fb1615d39aba405330ea\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"iRCtBjvSrsb20yTxPNw8hp\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Clarification: Bushnell was assigned to\u200d &#8220;Fort Meade,&#8221; which is considered a euphemism or shorthand\u200d for\u2063 NSA, though it has yet to\u2063 be reported officially that he was\u200d assigned to NSA proper.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J Michael Waller (@JMichaelWaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMichaelWaller\/status\/1762895205341258216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind\u2064 of vetting process is there that entrusts \u2064people like\u2062 him\u200b with security clearances? Who up the\u2064 chain is responsible?\u201d Waller wrote\u2063 on X. <\/p>\n<p>Bushnell\u2019s D.C. \u2062protest came after another pro-Palestinian demonstrator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/protester-sets-self-on-fire-outside-israeli-consulate-in-atlanta-suffers-critical-burns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">set<\/a> \u2062himself on fire in\u200d front of the Israeli consulate in Atlanta two months ago. <\/p>\n<p>In December, \u2064Capitol Hill\u200b lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/15\/house-approves-four-month-extension-of-feds-warrantless-spying-on-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">approved<\/a> \u2063a clean four-month extension of warrantless \u2064surveillance through the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The\u2063 2008 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), \u2063which remains authorized for another two months, was abused by the \u2063surveillance state to spy on Democrats\u2019 opponents, including former President\u200d Donald Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign. Lawmakers are \u2062still <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2024\/02\/14\/house-delays-plans-on-surveillance-program-reauthorization-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trying<\/a> to push through an authorization of\u2064 warrantless surveillance laws without significant reform. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI has used Section\u200c 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act \u2063to conduct warrantless \u2018backdoor\u2019 searches of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-approves-four-month-extension-of-feds-warrantless-spying-on-americans\/\" title=\"House approves 4-month extension for warrantless spying on Americans\">private electronic communications<\/a> of American citizens,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/columns\/opinion\/senators-dont-pass-the-defense-bill-without-fisa-reform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah in a \u200cThe Blaze op-ed last\u200b December. \u2064\u201cIt has done so, moreover, not just sporadically and by accident but quite deliberately \u200cand on hundreds of thousands of occasions.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-fa981e034c3f10579564720ee002e21d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-fa981e034c3f10579564720ee002e21d\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-592c4ca35b1c3894d31aafd1ea4fd483 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-592c4ca35b1c3894d31aafd1ea4fd483\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u2062How did\u200b Aaron Bushnell obtain a national security clearance despite his \u200cinvolvement with radical \u200canarchist groups and far-left domestic terrorist networks?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The Air Force \u2063member who set himself \u200bon \u200bfire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington \u2063D.C. on Sunday, while chanting &#8220;Free Palestine,&#8221; may have \u200bhad a national security clearance. Aaron Bushnell, 25, immolated himself to protest American support for Israel&#8217;s war against\u2064 Hamas terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>According to The New York Post, someone close to\u2063 Bushnell stated that he claimed to \u2062have knowledge of U.S. \u2062troops fighting the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas inside underground\u2062 tunnels. The 25-year-old airman served in the Air Force&#8217;s \u200c70th\u200b Intelligence, \u2063Surveillance, and Reconnaissance\u200d Wing and had interactions \u200dwith radical anarchist groups online.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported that \u200cBushnell had top-secret\u2062 clearance for\u200c military intelligence data and informed his friend on Saturday about U.S. troops\u200b participating in the killings. Investigative\u2064 journalist Andy Ngo shared screenshots of Bushnell&#8217;s \u2064Reddit \u2062activity, which revealed his mocking of deceased U.S. military members and \u2062his support for the intimidation of elected \u200bofficials. He was also a supporter of the &#8220;Stop \u200bCop City&#8221; movement in Atlanta, which has had several\u200d members indicted on charges related\u200b to terrorism and money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his involvement with far-left domestic \u200bterrorist networks, Bushnell was assigned to the 70th Intelligence,\u2063 Surveillance,\u200b and Reconnaissance Wing \u2064at Fort Meade in Maryland. \u200cJ. Michael Waller, \u2064a senior analyst for strategy at the Center for Security Policy, noted that Fort Meade is often considered a euphemism or shorthand for the National Security Agency (NSA), although it has yet to be officially reported that Bushnell\u200c was assigned to the NSA proper.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-men-arrested-for-illegal-possession-of-firearms-in-chicago-all-released-on-bond\/\" title=\"3 men in Chicago arrested for illegal possession of firearms, released on bond.\">incident raises questions<\/a> about the vetting process for individuals entrusted with security clearances, as well as the chain\u200b of \u200bresponsibility in such cases. \u2064Waller expressed\u200b his \u2064concerns and called for \u2062scrutiny\u2064 of \u2063the process.<\/p>\n<p>Bushnell&#8217;s protest in Washington D.C. \u200boccurred shortly after another pro-Palestinian demonstrator engaged in a similar \u200cact outside an\u2064 Israeli \u2063embassy.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comedian-uncle-roger-previews-what-a-future-under-chinese-commies-looks-like\/\" title=\"Uncle Roger gives a glimpse of life under Chinese Communism.\">incident sheds light<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-stuck-in-the-middle-of-heated-democratic-debate-over-israel\/\" title=\"Biden caught in fiery Democratic debate on Israel.\">complex dynamics surrounding<\/a> the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the \u200cpassionate responses it elicits. It \u2064also highlights\u2064 the importance of maintaining rigorous security protocols and ensuring that individuals with access to sensitive information \u200bare thoroughly vetted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A possible national security clearance was held by Aaron Bushnell, the Air Force member who self-immolated in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington D.C. while chanting &#8220;Free Palestine.&#8221; Bushnell, 25, protested U.S. backing of Israel&#8217;s fight against Hamas terrorists. 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