🚨 EXPLOSIVE INVESTIGATION: THE MAHER #BITAR FILES 🚨
How did a documented anti-Israel campus radical ascend to America's most sensitive intelligence positions?
This comprehensive investigation reveals a systematic infiltration of anti-Israel activism into the highest levels of U.S. intelligence - a 20-year journey from organizing conferences calling for Israel's destruction to controlling America's most classified national security information. Today, @DNIGabbard finally took action.
What you're about to read is the most complete documentation of how ideological extremism penetrated the heart of American intelligence. From Georgetown University's Students for Justice in Palestine to the National Security Council's most sensitive roles - this is the story they don't want you to know.
A 🧵 based on extensive investigations by @canarymission, @NGOmonitor , Washington Free Beacon, Congressional Reports, and declassified intelligence documents:
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How did a documented anti-Israel campus radical ascend to America's most sensitive intelligence positions?
This comprehensive investigation reveals a systematic infiltration of anti-Israel activism into the highest levels of U.S. intelligence - a 20-year journey from organizing conferences calling for Israel's destruction to controlling America's most classified national security information. Today, @DNIGabbard finally took action.
What you're about to read is the most complete documentation of how ideological extremism penetrated the heart of American intelligence. From Georgetown University's Students for Justice in Palestine to the National Security Council's most sensitive roles - this is the story they don't want you to know.
A 🧵 based on extensive investigations by @canarymission, @NGOmonitor , Washington Free Beacon, Congressional Reports, and declassified intelligence documents:
@GeraldNGOM @AnneHerzberg14
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🚨 BREAKING: Maher Bitar's security clearance REVOKED by @DNIGabbard. This comprehensive investigation reveals how a documented anti-Israel activist ascended to America's most sensitive intelligence positions. A thread based on multiple investigative sources:
🚨 BREAKING: Maher Bitar's security clearance REVOKED by @DNIGabbard. This comprehensive investigation reveals how a documented anti-Israel activist ascended to America's most sensitive intelligence positions. A thread based on multiple investigative sources:
EARLY RADICALIZATION (2003-2006)
2/30 🎓 CANARY MISSION PROFILE: "Bitar is a senior U.S. intelligence official who spread hatred of Israel and promoted a policy that would result in Israel's destruction." Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service (2003-2006).
3/30 📋 SJP EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP: According to Washington Free Beacon and Canary Mission reports, Bitar served as executive board member of Georgetown's Students for Justice in Palestine chapter and was "one of the principal organizers" of the 2006 Palestine Solidarity Movement conference.
4/30 📸 DOCUMENTED BDS ACTIVISM: Multiple sources confirm a photograph showing Bitar "wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh and dancing in front of a banner that read: 'DIVEST FROM ISRAEL APARTHEID'" at the 2006 conference he helped organize at Georgetown.
5/30 🎯 CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES: Canary Mission documents that the 2006 PSM conference promoted sessions on "demonizing Israel" and advanced the complete elimination of the Jewish state through BDS tactics.
2/30 🎓 CANARY MISSION PROFILE: "Bitar is a senior U.S. intelligence official who spread hatred of Israel and promoted a policy that would result in Israel's destruction." Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service (2003-2006).
3/30 📋 SJP EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP: According to Washington Free Beacon and Canary Mission reports, Bitar served as executive board member of Georgetown's Students for Justice in Palestine chapter and was "one of the principal organizers" of the 2006 Palestine Solidarity Movement conference.
4/30 📸 DOCUMENTED BDS ACTIVISM: Multiple sources confirm a photograph showing Bitar "wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh and dancing in front of a banner that read: 'DIVEST FROM ISRAEL APARTHEID'" at the 2006 conference he helped organize at Georgetown.
5/30 🎯 CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES: Canary Mission documents that the 2006 PSM conference promoted sessions on "demonizing Israel" and advanced the complete elimination of the Jewish state through BDS tactics.
ACADEMIC EXTREMISM (2006-2012)
6/30 📝 MASTER'S THESIS ANALYSIS: Canary Mission obtained Bitar's 2008 thesis using the term "Nakba" (catastrophe) - "a term used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by drawing a comparison to the Holocaust."
7/30 💭 THESIS ARGUMENTS: The thesis argued "Israel's existence as a state is the cause for Palestinian dispossession" and that "Israel's rejection of their right to return remains the main obstacle to finding a durable solution."
8/30 📰 PUBLISHED ACTIVISM: In 2007, Bitar published articles endorsing Palestinian Student Society missions calling for "participation in the greater Palestinian national movement for self-determination," per Canary Mission research.
6/30 📝 MASTER'S THESIS ANALYSIS: Canary Mission obtained Bitar's 2008 thesis using the term "Nakba" (catastrophe) - "a term used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by drawing a comparison to the Holocaust."
7/30 💭 THESIS ARGUMENTS: The thesis argued "Israel's existence as a state is the cause for Palestinian dispossession" and that "Israel's rejection of their right to return remains the main obstacle to finding a durable solution."
8/30 📰 PUBLISHED ACTIVISM: In 2007, Bitar published articles endorsing Palestinian Student Society missions calling for "participation in the greater Palestinian national movement for self-determination," per Canary Mission research.
EARLY PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
9/30 🏢 FOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE: Canary Mission reports Bitar's 2005 internship with FMEP, which "has provided grants to multiple anti-Israel groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow."
10/30 🌍 UNRWA TERROR CONNECTIONS: Multiple Congressional reports confirm Bitar's 2007 UNRWA internship. JINSA research shows over 70% of UNRWA Gaza staff have Hamas connections, with dozens participating in October 7, 2023 terror attacks.
9/30 🏢 FOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE: Canary Mission reports Bitar's 2005 internship with FMEP, which "has provided grants to multiple anti-Israel groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow."
10/30 🌍 UNRWA TERROR CONNECTIONS: Multiple Congressional reports confirm Bitar's 2007 UNRWA internship. JINSA research shows over 70% of UNRWA Gaza staff have Hamas connections, with dozens participating in October 7, 2023 terror attacks.
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION - ANTI-ISRAEL POLICIES
11/30 🏛️ NSC APPOINTMENT (2013): Despite documented anti-Israel record, Bitar appointed as Director for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs on Obama's NSC, giving him direct policy influence during a period of unprecedented U.S.-Israel tensions.
12/30 ⚠️ OBAMA'S HOSTILE POLICIES: During Bitar's NSC tenure, Obama administration pursued systematically anti-Israel policies including: settlement freeze demands, public confrontations with Netanyahu, and Iran nuclear deal negotiations without Israeli input.
13/30 📊 STRAINED RELATIONS: ABC News documented that "Obama-Netanyahu relationship has been strained from the get-go, fueled by their ideological differences." Obama's popularity in Israel plummeted during this period when Bitar held key Middle East policy roles.
14/30 🇺🇳 UN MISSION ROLE (2015-2017): As deputy to UN Ambassador Samantha Power, Bitar positioned to influence anti-Israel UN resolutions. The Atlantic reported "red-hot anger" at Netanyahu and threats to withdraw diplomatic cover at the UN.
11/30 🏛️ NSC APPOINTMENT (2013): Despite documented anti-Israel record, Bitar appointed as Director for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs on Obama's NSC, giving him direct policy influence during a period of unprecedented U.S.-Israel tensions.
12/30 ⚠️ OBAMA'S HOSTILE POLICIES: During Bitar's NSC tenure, Obama administration pursued systematically anti-Israel policies including: settlement freeze demands, public confrontations with Netanyahu, and Iran nuclear deal negotiations without Israeli input.
13/30 📊 STRAINED RELATIONS: ABC News documented that "Obama-Netanyahu relationship has been strained from the get-go, fueled by their ideological differences." Obama's popularity in Israel plummeted during this period when Bitar held key Middle East policy roles.
14/30 🇺🇳 UN MISSION ROLE (2015-2017): As deputy to UN Ambassador Samantha Power, Bitar positioned to influence anti-Israel UN resolutions. The Atlantic reported "red-hot anger" at Netanyahu and threats to withdraw diplomatic cover at the UN.
15/30 ⚖️ UN RESOLUTION 2334: The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs documents how during Bitar's UN mission tenure, Obama administration broke decades of U.S. policy by abstaining on UNSC Resolution 2334, condemning Israeli settlements.
16/30 🔍 POLICY COORDINATION: Resolution 2334 passed only because Obama administration "initiated it, stood behind it, coordinated on the wording and demanded that it be passed," according to Israeli intelligence reports cited by Times of Israel.
16/30 🔍 POLICY COORDINATION: Resolution 2334 passed only because Obama administration "initiated it, stood behind it, coordinated on the wording and demanded that it be passed," according to Israeli intelligence reports cited by Times of Israel.
CONGRESSIONAL PERIOD (2017-2021)
17/30 ⚖️ HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COUNSEL: Served as General Counsel to House Intelligence Committee Democrats under Rep. Adam Schiff, coordinating legal strategy during Trump impeachment while maintaining anti-Israel positions.
18/30 📋 RUSSIA INVESTIGATION: According to newly declassified DNI documents released July 2025, Bitar's name appears in materials related to efforts to undermine Trump's 2016 election victory through intelligence politicization.
19/30 🔄 PATTERN OF MANIPULATION: Multiple sources document Bitar's consistent role in weaponizing intelligence and legal processes against administrations that supported stronger U.S.-Israel ties.
17/30 ⚖️ HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COUNSEL: Served as General Counsel to House Intelligence Committee Democrats under Rep. Adam Schiff, coordinating legal strategy during Trump impeachment while maintaining anti-Israel positions.
18/30 📋 RUSSIA INVESTIGATION: According to newly declassified DNI documents released July 2025, Bitar's name appears in materials related to efforts to undermine Trump's 2016 election victory through intelligence politicization.
19/30 🔄 PATTERN OF MANIPULATION: Multiple sources document Bitar's consistent role in weaponizing intelligence and legal processes against administrations that supported stronger U.S.-Israel ties.
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - PEAK INFLUENCE
20/30 🏛️ SENIOR INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR: Biden appointed Bitar as Senior Director for Intelligence Programs at NSC - among the most sensitive positions in U.S. government, with access to classified intelligence on Israel's security and regional threats.
21/30 🔒 CLASSIFIED ACCESS: In this role, Bitar accessed top-secret intelligence on Israeli operations, Iranian nuclear program, Hamas and Hezbollah capabilities, creating unprecedented security concerns given his documented anti-Israel activism.
22/30 📈 EXPANDED AUTHORITY: By 2024, promoted to Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Intelligence and Defense Policy, further expanding influence over national security matters affecting Israel and Middle East allies.
20/30 🏛️ SENIOR INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR: Biden appointed Bitar as Senior Director for Intelligence Programs at NSC - among the most sensitive positions in U.S. government, with access to classified intelligence on Israel's security and regional threats.
21/30 🔒 CLASSIFIED ACCESS: In this role, Bitar accessed top-secret intelligence on Israeli operations, Iranian nuclear program, Hamas and Hezbollah capabilities, creating unprecedented security concerns given his documented anti-Israel activism.
22/30 📈 EXPANDED AUTHORITY: By 2024, promoted to Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Intelligence and Defense Policy, further expanding influence over national security matters affecting Israel and Middle East allies.
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS
23/30 🔍 SJP TERROR FUNDING: ISGAP research shows SJP receives over $3 million annually from Hamas-connected groups. Congressional committees investigating foreign influence operations targeting U.S. campuses through organizations like SJP.
24/30 📋 NGO MONITOR FINDINGS: Documents SJP as "the campus organization most directly responsible for creating a hostile campus environment saturated with anti-Israel events, BDS initiatives" - the organization Bitar helped lead at Georgetown.
25/30 ⚠️ SECURITY IMPLICATIONS: The documented 20-year pattern from organizing conferences calling for Israel's destruction to holding America's most sensitive intelligence positions raised unprecedented national security concerns.
23/30 🔍 SJP TERROR FUNDING: ISGAP research shows SJP receives over $3 million annually from Hamas-connected groups. Congressional committees investigating foreign influence operations targeting U.S. campuses through organizations like SJP.
24/30 📋 NGO MONITOR FINDINGS: Documents SJP as "the campus organization most directly responsible for creating a hostile campus environment saturated with anti-Israel events, BDS initiatives" - the organization Bitar helped lead at Georgetown.
25/30 ⚠️ SECURITY IMPLICATIONS: The documented 20-year pattern from organizing conferences calling for Israel's destruction to holding America's most sensitive intelligence positions raised unprecedented national security concerns.
BROADER CONTEXT
26/30 🌐 OBAMA LEGACY ON ISRAEL: Brookings Institution analysis shows Obama administration "consistently worked to block attempts to challenge" anti-Israel positions, while being "the only U.S. administration in nearly half a century to consistently shield Israel from any type of censure" was false - they actively enabled it.
27/30 📊 AIPAC CONCERNS: Obama's memoirs confirm systematic efforts to circumvent pro-Israel influence, with officials risking being "tagged as 'anti-Israel'" for supporting traditional U.S.-Israel partnership, creating environment where anti-Israel officials like Bitar could advance.
26/30 🌐 OBAMA LEGACY ON ISRAEL: Brookings Institution analysis shows Obama administration "consistently worked to block attempts to challenge" anti-Israel positions, while being "the only U.S. administration in nearly half a century to consistently shield Israel from any type of censure" was false - they actively enabled it.
27/30 📊 AIPAC CONCERNS: Obama's memoirs confirm systematic efforts to circumvent pro-Israel influence, with officials risking being "tagged as 'anti-Israel'" for supporting traditional U.S.-Israel partnership, creating environment where anti-Israel officials like Bitar could advance.
TODAY'S ACCOUNTABILITY
28/30 🚫 CLEARANCE REVOKED: DNI Gabbard cited "politicization of intelligence" and officials who "put their own interests ahead of the American people" - precisely describing Bitar's documented pattern of advancing anti-Israel agenda through sensitive positions.
29/30 ⚖️ PRECEDENT SET: Today's action demonstrates that documented hostility toward key U.S. allies, combined with intelligence politicization, will no longer be tolerated in America's most sensitive national security positions.
30/30 🇺🇸🇮🇱 ACCOUNTABILITY RESTORED: The US administration's decisive action ensures America's intelligence apparatus serves U.S. national interests and those of our democratic allies, not the agenda of campus radicals turned intelligence officials.
SOURCES: Canary Mission, NGO Monitor, Washington Free Beacon, Congressional Reports, ISGAP, JINSA, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, ABC News, The Atlantic, Times of Israel, Brookings Institution, DNI Declassified Documents
This comprehensive investigation reveals a systematic infiltration of anti-Israel activism into the highest levels of U.S. intelligence - now finally addressed.
This thread is non partisan. It is documented and shows that democracies can be threatened from the inside. This is a reminder that there are many wolves in sheep clothes waiting in the closet. Liberty, freedom and democracy do not resonate without standing up for Jews worldwide and for the State of Israel.
28/30 🚫 CLEARANCE REVOKED: DNI Gabbard cited "politicization of intelligence" and officials who "put their own interests ahead of the American people" - precisely describing Bitar's documented pattern of advancing anti-Israel agenda through sensitive positions.
29/30 ⚖️ PRECEDENT SET: Today's action demonstrates that documented hostility toward key U.S. allies, combined with intelligence politicization, will no longer be tolerated in America's most sensitive national security positions.
30/30 🇺🇸🇮🇱 ACCOUNTABILITY RESTORED: The US administration's decisive action ensures America's intelligence apparatus serves U.S. national interests and those of our democratic allies, not the agenda of campus radicals turned intelligence officials.
SOURCES: Canary Mission, NGO Monitor, Washington Free Beacon, Congressional Reports, ISGAP, JINSA, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, ABC News, The Atlantic, Times of Israel, Brookings Institution, DNI Declassified Documents
This comprehensive investigation reveals a systematic infiltration of anti-Israel activism into the highest levels of U.S. intelligence - now finally addressed.
This thread is non partisan. It is documented and shows that democracies can be threatened from the inside. This is a reminder that there are many wolves in sheep clothes waiting in the closet. Liberty, freedom and democracy do not resonate without standing up for Jews worldwide and for the State of Israel.
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