I had the honor and privilege of counting Phil Haney among my friends. He was not suicidal. Not long before he died, he emailed me saying he would see me soon at a conference at which we were both scheduled to speak. His death came before that conference, so I never saw Phil again. This article details what is suspicious about his death, but given that the same sinister operatives are in power now, we are unlikely to get the truth of this anytime soon.
“Who Killed Philip Haney? The Mystery Continues,” by Lloyd Billingsley, FrontPage, February 17, 2023:
February 21 will mark three years since Philip Haney, 66, was “found deceased” in Amador County, California, killed by a gunshot to the chest. The victim was not the typical Sierra foothills resident.
Philip Haney was the author of See Something Say Nothing: A Homeland Security Officer Exposes the Government’s Submission to Jihad, first published in 2016. The DHS whistleblower also authored Frontpage articles, “Deobond Attacks in San Bernardino, Sri Lanka,” “The Terrorist Ties that Bind,” and “The Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America’s Ominous Post-Election Statement.” The expert on Islamic jihad had been punished for doing his job at a high level. This is the man found deceased in Amador County.
In Haney’s RV, the sheriff found numerous thumb drives, a laptop computer, and other materials. Sheriff Martin Ryan turned these over to the FBI, which did not reveal what the devices contained, and the bureau remained silent on the case through 2021. Last year, the Amador County sheriff’s office told Frontpage there was “no new news” about Haney and that the case was closed. A month later, in March, 2022, more than two years after Haney was found deceased, the case was proclaimed a suicide.
Claims that Haney killed himself had appeared from the start, but were steadfastly denied by Haney’s friends, family and members of Congress. In March of 2020, Rep. Steve King said, “I don’t believe that Phil Haney committed suicide.” Rep. Louis Gohmert told reporters “I’d been concerned about his safety, with all the information he knew and people who could’ve gotten in trouble.” If the case had been pursued as a homicide, potential suspects would have been easy to find.
Philip Haney worked as a field agricultural entomologist in the Middle East, where he began studying Arabic and the Quran. With that background, the UC Riverside alum seemed a good fit for the Department of Homeland Security, but it didn’t turn out that way.
In “DHS ordered me to scrub records of Muslims with terror ties,” published in The Hill on May 5, 2016, Haney said DHS had ordered him “to delete or modify several hundred records of individuals tied to designated Islamist terror groups like Hamas from the important federal database, the Treasury Enforcement Communications System (TECS).”
According to Kerry Picket in the Washington Examiner, the author was recently in contact with top officials about returning to work for the DHS. In June, 2016, Haney testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that several terrorist attacks against people in the United States could have been prevented if certain files had not been scrubbed. Those included the December 2015 attack in San Bernardino, California, when Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik murdered 14 people and wounded more than 20 others.
“The mosque that Syed Farook attended was part of that Tablighi Jamaat network,” Haney told Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy in a May 31, 2016 interview. “The administration deleted sixty-seven records out of the system that I had worked on as a component of the Tablighi case.” Had those records not been deleted, Haney said, it was plausible that Farook would not have been able to travel to Saudi Arabia, Tashfeen Malik would never been given a visa, “and then we would have stopped the attack.”
After Haney’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2016, Sen. Ted Cruz asked Jeh Johnson, DHS Secretary from 2013-17, if Haney’s testimony was accurate. “I have no idea. I don’t know who Mr. Haney is,” Johnson replied. “I wouldn’t know him if he walked into the room.” To say the least, that is highly unlikely.
Haney said DHS investigated him nine times and revoked his security clearance. The Department of Justice charged that Haney “misused a government computer,” but Haney was exonerated. He retired from the DHS, and in See Something Say Nothing told the world what was going on.
On the night of February 21, 2020 Amador County deputies and detectives responded to the report of a male subject on the ground with a gunshot wound. Early news reports suggested it was already proclaimed it a suicide but the sheriff denied it. The case quickly caught the attention of establishment media….
“Haney’s controversial accusations that the Obama administration could have prevented terrorist attacks were polarizing among Americans,” Laura Hoy of CNN reported on February 23. As Hoy explained, “Haney’s death is likely to become political ammo for Republicans heading into the 2020 presidential elections.”
On July 22, the Amador sheriff announced “hopes to complete our review of the reports and compare the FBI’s analysis with what we have already collected and analyzed within a few weeks after receipt.” A week after the November election, the FBI “analysis” had not come to light, so Haney’s death did not become “political ammo for the Republicans.”
The July 22, 2020 press release disappeared from the Amador website and in February of 2021, the sheriff’s office told Frontpage there was no new press release and would say nothing about the case. In April of 2021, Martin Ryan retired, replaced by former undersheriff Gary Redman, “a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy,” in Quantico, Virginia. As Redman told the local Ledger Dispatch, “We are waiting for a few remaining pieces to be analyzed out of Virginia,” but there was “no estimated time of arrival.”
As the second anniversary approached, Amador authorities told Frontpage there was no news on Haney and that the case was closed. The next month, more than two years after Haney was found deceased, Redman proclaimed Haney’s death a suicide and declared the case officially closed. As he had to know, it wasn’t.
“Haney’s death was controversial enough for the Amador County Sheriff’s Office to bring in FBI crime scene investigators and other analysts to assist,” wrote Don Thompson of the Associated Press. Investigators claimed they found a suicide note in Haney’s handwriting, that the gun was traced to him and that he left behind “neatly arranged financial documents with instructions on how he wanted his assets distributed.”…
somehistory says
My guess, a hitman for the fbi, cia or the pretend president, bo. Probably one of the members of the death cult, known as islam.They wouldn’t even have to pay a mozlum.
Hoi Polloi says
I highly recommend his book. It was a great read, written by an obviously intelligent and credible man. Anyone who was fortunate enough to be his friend was fortunate indeed. RIP, Mr. Haney.
ME Infidel says
Haney didn’t commit suicide any more than Epstein did. The DOJ is covering up both of their deaths and we the people all know it.
Hoi Polloi says
I periodically post to that effect elsewhere in the hope that sufficient ongoing noise levels will maintain interest and see this exposed.
The United West says
Phil Haney on location in Michigan, explaining how money flows in Islamic communities beyond the reach of our Treasury Department utilizing a concept called ‘Wali.’
Watch and share.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JatyrKc53lU&t=112s
The doctrine of ‘Wali’ is unsettling and challenging for the Western mind to wrap itself around because this non-Western duplicitous concept comes from the primary source of Mohammad through the Qur’an. It is no wonder that Western thinkers struggle to handle social, political, and national security concerns.
BruceRobert says
Authors here better be damn careful….
James Lincoln says
According to the feature article:
“After Haney’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2016, Sen. Ted Cruz asked Jeh Johnson, DHS Secretary from 2013-17, if Haney’s testimony was accurate. “I have no idea. I don’t know who Mr. Haney is,” Johnson replied. “I wouldn’t know him if he walked into the room.”
Here’s the video:
Starts at the two minute mark- Jeh Johnson is absolutely despicable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIvsCrVmjr8
Hoi Polloi says
Wow, Johnson is one nasty individual. I guess it’s a prerequisite for those chosen to destroy their own countries. Thanks for the link.
James Lincoln says
You’re welcome.
Keys says
Yes, James, thanks for the link.
Jeh J says it’s not helpful to use terms like “Muslim terrorists”, rather it’s even counter productive, because we need to work with these communities.
But the current extension of the BO Administration, whose schemes Jeh J helped implement, says terms like “white supremacy” and “white privilege” are helpful and necessary to reflect reality in America.
In fact, this puppet Administration says “white supremacy” is the biggest threat facing the United States today. They’re gonna put you all in chains, Jeh.
That’s why hundreds of thousands of “non-whites” are crossing the Southern border – to escape freedom and opportunity in order to live in a land bursting with racists and white supremacists from sea to shining sea.
James Lincoln says
Phil Haney was working on a follow-up book before he was murdered:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/10/dhs_whistleblower_philip_hany_was_murdered_fighting_obamas_new_beginning_what_now.html
somehistory says
I seem to recall that he was also planning to get married.
James Lincoln says
Yes, that is correct somehistory.
No way did Phil Haney commit suicide.
Hoi Polloi says
Thanks. Hadn’t heard about the deaths of the prosecutor and his wife.
GreekEmpress says
Thank you for keeping attention on Mr. Haney’s
case. I never believed it was suicide.
Graeme Howarth says
Thank you. Suicide just didn’t seem to fit but I was left with that as the only option through prior reading. The Powers That Be removing an inconvenience makes so much more sense. This sort of thing is so widespread now. The West really is broken, I would even say lost. Thank you Robert, keep fighting the good fight.
Cindy Stevens says
I met Phil at a speaking engagement in Rockford, IL I just know that he was murdered. He knew too much and was exposing Obama and Hillary for the evil people they are.
Scotsman48 says
Nobody shoots themselves in the chest even if they have little experience with Guns.
Old Joe and his merry gang of morons have a lot of bad Karma coming at them.
Evil has taken over America, by Americans.
Major Tom says
Phil’s murderer will see justice! If not in this life….in the next!
Djandel Dachlan Pangihutan Marbun says
Where can I buy the copy of his book?