Posted on 11/12/2004 11:07:11 AM PST by proudyoungrepublican
WASHINGTON — Officials at the Department of Homeland Security are investigating the reinstatement of a top political appointee to the agency who was briefly suspended for failing to disclose ties to a controversial Islamic organization, FOXNews.com has learned. Faisal Gill, director of policy for intelligence at DHS, was forced to take a few days off in March after sources close to the FBI raised flags about Gill's former position as spokesman for the American Muslim Council. The now-defunct American Muslim Council ( search) was founded in 1990 to lobby Washington for the interests of American Muslims and had been involved in community activism to that end. AMC was established and headed by Abdurahman Alamoudi ( search), who was indicted in 2003 on passport fraud and illegal finance activities with Libya. Court documents call Alamoudi an active supporter of Hamas (search), which the U.S. State Department considers a terrorist organization, and an official in an international charity group run by Usama Bin Laden's nephew. Alamoudi recently told federal officials he was part of a plot to assassinate King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. According to a report first published last month by Salon.com reporter Mary Jacoby, Gill omitted his role with the American Muslim Council when he filed his employment application and requisite security clearances at the agency. Gill left off his "Standard Form 86" that he served as AMC’s spokesman in 2001.
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OKAY first and foremost Who sposored this guys application? Who are his references, they need to sit down and have a chat with those folks ... like yesterdy!
Just as important, why did it take the FBI 14 years to identify this individual? And why is he still living in the United States?
Oh PLEASE tell me we're not this stupid....
"We're" not that stupid, only the bureaucrats.
During the Clinton years, they tried not to hire anyone with a checkered background, thus hiring only boy scouts and girl scouts who had no clue where enemies hid or how they operated.
Maybe this Gill fellow is a scoundrel, maybe not. I find it a tad suspect that leftwing Salon outed him.
"Faisal Gill, director of policy for intelligence"
What in heavens name is the Homeland Security hiring this creep? What are his references? Who hired him? Boy oh boy, big screwup!
" Perhaps, to quote the old CIA cliche, "He may be an SOB, but he's our SOB."
- Everyone is entitled to the benefit of the doubt, but the fact that he omitted to mention his ties to this Islamic "charity" in his job application, tips the scale in my mind against reinstating him.
When it comes to security, better to be safe than sorry.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, That is a real Knee Slapper there Henderson.
Considering we have about 30,000,000 illegals, here that no one gives a s#it about. Except of course to see that they get their share of entitlements.<(•¿•)>
Bump.
This is a bad thing?
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