[Smokin' Joe]

If they get their foot in the door as regional experts, they can influence policy.

In another venue (DOJ), look what the SPLC did by getting their feet in as experts on "hate groups"--they included a few genuine ones from the right and the left, then skewed the mess with anything conservative.

Why else would DHS consider 'bitter clingers' potential terrorists?

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Arif Alikhan – Assistant Secretary for Policy Development for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Mohammed Elibiary – Homeland Security Adviser

Rashad Hussain – Special Envoy to the (OIC) Organization of the Islamic Conference

Salam al-Marayati – Obama Adviser, founder of Muslim Public Affairs Council and its current executive director

Imam Mohamed Magid – Obama’s Sharia Czar – from the Islamic Society of North America

Eboo Patel – Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships