Wikipedia is wrong, and notoriously inaccurate on anything politically connected.
This was hashed out years ago on FR. VJ’s contacts are American communist, and any Muslim connections at all seem to be Saudi.
followup to comment #54. BBC doesn’t even have the following in its search results for Stefan Halper.
this is the interview - which appears to be lengthy according to the running order - for which real journalists and lawyers representing anyone being hounded by Mueller needs to request FULL TRANSCRIPT AND AUDIO from the BBC:
BBC Radio 4 Today Progam: 18/05/2017
(AUDIO NO LONGER AVAILABLE)
Today’s running order
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Former FBI boss Robert Mueller has been named special counsel to oversee an inquiry into Russia’s alleged interference in the US election. Professor Stefan Halper was a White House official in the Nixon, Ford and Reagan administrations and is now director of American studies at the department of politics, University of Cambridge.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08q317m
note date for the above is 18 May, not 17th or 19th as reported by some websites, who carried the following short excerpt from the longer interview.
AUDIO: 1:07: 18 May 2017: BBC: Ex-Nixon official: ‘This is moving towards Watergate’
A White House official in the Nixon, Ford and Reagan administrations has said there is “a sense” the controversy surrounding President Trump is “moving in the direction” of the 1974 Watergate scandal.
Speaking on the Today programme, Stefan Halper also questioned the coherence and focus of the leadership.
“People who are briefing President Trump say he has a short attention span. They’ve taken to including his name in each paragraph so he is drawn to continue reading the memoranda,” he said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0538l7m
I feel there is plenty to be learned from the full interview with BBC. BBC must release the full transcript and audio now.