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To: Howlin
Here's the link to the story

I think the author makes some leaps hare, and I think the title of the piece is an absolute cheap shot at Bush. In her defense, she wrote it right after 9/11, when a lot of pundits were writing emotional stuff that some probably wish they could take back. And, significantly, she mentions that Bush had Abdullah Al Arian (Sami's son) expelled from a post 9/11 White House meeting when it became clearer who he really was.

I do have to say that Candidate Bush was very poorly served by his advisors - the FBI has known about Sami Al Arian for many years - they just weren't able to do much about him until after 9/11. This guy is plugged in tight, and it took 9/11 to change the political climate sufficiently to drain this particular swamp.

241 posted on 02/20/2003 9:57:05 PM PST by CFC__VRWC
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To: CFC__VRWC
And, significantly, she mentions that Bush had Abdullah Al Arian (Sami's son) expelled from a post 9/11 White House meeting when it became clearer who he really was.

And then apologized profusely for that expulsion.

249 posted on 02/20/2003 10:01:55 PM PST by dagnabbit
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To: CFC__VRWC; Howlin
"the FBI has known about Sami Al Arian for many years -"

I find this very strange..

251 posted on 02/20/2003 10:03:09 PM PST by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops....)
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To: CFC__VRWC
Isn't the head of the CIA a democrat? Still?
260 posted on 02/20/2003 10:09:58 PM PST by Jael (Thy Word is Truth!)
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