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To: Lancey Howard
She is protecting the sources who leaked the search warrant on the Holy Land Foundation.

An interesting theory. Somebody on the inside is talking out of class.

Here is an excerpt from an article that predates the executed search warrant, FWIW ...

The New York Times
February 19, 2000
Some Charities Suspected of Terrorist Role
By JUDITH MILLER

Government officials investigating a decade of international terrorist attacks say they have found a common thread, Islamic charities and relief organizations that they suspect are being used to move men, money and weapons across borders. ...

The list of more than 30 groups with suspected terrorist ties includes two in the United States, the Global Relief Foundation Inc. and the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, in Richardson, Tex.

American officials have been looking into Holy Land since the mid-90's. Some government officials recommended that the group be prosecuted in 1997 for supporting Hamas, the militant Islamic group. But others opposed the effort, fearing that it would expose intelligence sources and spur public criticism of the administration as anti-Muslim.

The inquiry appears to have been revived. Responding recently to a lawsuit by Steven Emerson, a journalist who follows militant Islamic groups, the State Department said it could not make documents about Holy Land public because the group was the subject of "an ongoing law-enforcement proceeding."

http://dailykos.com/story/2005/7/7/32155/16929
Google Groups : soc.culture.ethiopia.misc

And an article that describes what may have gotten away if there was a tip off of an impending arrest warrant. I am ignorant of the details of the Holy Land Foundation investigation timeline, so these snippets are random pieces of information.

Israel helped U.S. probe of major Muslim foundation
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Friday, July 30, 2004

On July 27, FBI agents arrested Holy Land founder Shukri Abu Baker and other former executives in raids around Dallas, Texas. Mohammed El-Mezain, the foundation's director of endowments, was arrested near his home in the San Diego suburb of Scripps Ranch. Two others charged -- Haitham Maghawri and Akram Mishal -- were said to have fled the United States.

http://maximpost.tripod.com/bulletin/index.blog?start=1093843328


10 posted on 10/01/2005 4:47:05 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

I've read that theory. To me there are two plausible explanations and they both have to do with the special prosecutors deal with Miller.

Was she trying to avoid questioning about the Holy Land matter? Is this the same grand jury panel that was investigating that leak? If not, could he even ask her about it? Can a grand jury "combine" two investigations during the testimony of one witness?

The more plausible reason is that she had another source she's still hiding. Libby has already testified about his discussions with Miller. She had his waiver for 17 months. The NYT reports that she agreed to testify only after Fitzgerald provided her written assurance that he would ONLY ask about Libby. It sounds to me like she had another source (I think it was Wilson). But, why would the prosecutor agree to such a deal?!

This whole thing makes no sense.


12 posted on 10/01/2005 5:09:45 AM PDT by Timeout
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