Singing CAIR’s Tune, On Your Dime [CAIR Occupies TSA]

National Review ^ | Jan. 2, 2007 | Andrew McCarthy

[Alouette]

As the Bush administration squanders a trust, Democrats prepare a new “Sister Souljah Moment.”

By Andrew C. McCarthy

On a weekend when the Bush administration achieved a new CAIR-friendly low, a prominent Democrat, following the lead of other prominent Democrats, distanced herself very publicly from the unsavory Council on American-Islamic Relations.

The Transportation Security Administration is the executive agency created after 9/11 to protect American travelers. Yet, Americans viewing its website this weekend could not have felt very protected. Aghast, instead, would have been the proper response to this posting. As if snuggling up to CAIR, coercing our law-enforcement and intelligence professionals to endure CAIR’s Islamic “sensitivity training,” and inviting CAIR to weigh in on our nation’s foreign policy were not enough, we now have a Bush-administration agency publishing an unedited CAIR press release on publicly subsidized, official government Internet space.

In this instance, right under TSA’s emblem and a memorial banner depicting the late President Gerald R. Ford, Americans were treated to a news announcement beneath the big blue headline, “CAIR Welcomes TSA Hajj Sensitivity Training.” If you have the stomach for it, compare this TSA posting to the official CAIR press release from which it cribbed. They are identical.

[NormsRevenge]

We live in strange times.

[sageb1]

http://contact.tsa.dhs.gov/default.aspx

[sageb1]

Thanks for sharing. It's a keeper.

[sageb1]

Whoa! You've been busy this morning. lol!

[newcthem]

NO SH*T...........last time thru Newark I had my shoes,belt and coat off while some sand-maggot honey breezed right thru wearing enough cloth to hide a frickin Abrams tank. When I ask about the difference, I was told not to make "trouble" or I would not be flying at all.

Our government at work.

[Convert from ECUSA]

All your definitions of CAIR nailed it right on the head! Ain't it the truth!

[sheik yerbouty]

Idiocy at best. At worst..

[El Gato]

Who is in charge there

Until July 6, 2006 it was Norman Minetta. Clintonista 'Rat, who set the tone for the higher levels of the TSA.

Now the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for TSA is Kip Hawley. Mr. Hawley was a member of the original team that started TSA in November 2001. After working in the private sector, he returned serve as Assistant Secretary in July 2005. You can read more about Mr. Hawley by clicking here

[teawithmisswilliams]

Saw another version today on LGF: "Council on Arab-Infidel Reeducation."

[sageb1]

Even "better."

[El Gato]

But TSA is no longer under Transportation, just as BATFE is no longer under Treasury, but rather Homeland Security. The Secretary of Homeland security is Michael Chertoff

Who is a lawyer and former judge, not a cop or a person with significant military, intelligence or law enforcement background.

Lets just hope he's more effective in the job than he was from 1994 to 1996, when he served as Special Counsel for the U.S. Senate Whitewater Committee.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

DANIEL PIPES.org - Weblog: "CAIR's LEGAL TRIBULATIONS"

DANIEL PIPES.org -weblog: "A CAIR MISCELLANY"

DISCOVER THE NETWORKS - Group Profile: "CAIR"

Google - Blogs - Search Term: "CAIR"

GOOGLE - News - Search Term: "CAIR"

"CAIR WATCH"

JIHAD WATCH.org: "SACRAMENTO BEE EDITORIAL PLUMPS FOR CAIR" (January 7, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org (UPI): Washington - "CAIR MONITORS AIRPORT TREATMENT OF MUSLIMS" (January 5, 2007)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - blog: "MONDAY MORNING BLOOD-BOILER: BUSH KOWTOWS TO CAIR" (January 2, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK: US GOVERNMENT MEETS WITH CAIR AND OTHER MUSLIM LEADERS TO DISCUSS 'ISLAMOPHOBIA'" (December 23, 3006)

CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIC GROUP HAS MASTERED VICTIMIZATION GAME, CRITIC SAYS" by Randy Hall (December 22, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR GOES AFTER REP. VIRGIL GOODE" (December 22, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIC GROUP WANTS GOP TO REPUDIATE CONGRESSMAN" by Melanie Hunter (December 21, 2006)

MensNewsDaily.com: "CAIR: THE OTHER FIFTH COLUMN" -Column by Jim Kouri, CPP (December 13, 2006)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "MUSLIM PILGRIMS URGED TO COMPLAIN" by Audrey Hudson (December 13, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "DID CAIR FOUNDER SAY ISLAM TO RULE AMERICA?" by Art Moore (December 11, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "CAIR SEEKING REDRESS FOR IMAMS KICKED OFF AIRPLANE" by Susna Jones (December 7, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR'S PRO-HAMAS PRESS" by Joe Kaufman (December 5, 2006)

NEWSMAX.com: "ISLAMIC GROUP TARGETS COLUMNIST" (December 4, 2006, 9:05 p.m. EST)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR KOs '24'" by Henry Mark Holzer (December 4, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR's FIVE-YEAR PROPAGANDA PUSH CONTINUES" (November 24, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (PRNewswire): Washington - "FIRST MUSLIM CONGRESSMAN ADDRESSES CAIR BANQUET" (November 20, 2006)

HOTAIR.com - blog/video (JIHAD WATCH.org with Robert Spencer): "The CAIR Congress" (November 16, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR vs. DePaul by Thomas Ciesielka, TC Public Relations  (November 14, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR's CANDIDATE WINS MINNESOTA" (November 7, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR's CONGRESSMAN" by Joel Mowbray (November 6, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR's Ahmed Bedier stops by Jihad Watch to tell me no one is reading Jihad Watch" (November 6, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "KICKING A CAIR EXTREMIST OFF THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION" by Steven Emerson (November 6, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CHICAGO TEEN SENTENCED TO 'SENSITIVITY TRAINING' FROM CAIR" (October 23, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "AMERICAN CITIZENS AIDED HAMAS TERROR Former CAIR member gets 7 years, imam in 'quite' town pleads guilty" (October 13, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "GYM ATTIRE SEEN AS LATEST ATTEMPT TO FORCE SHARI'A IN US" by Monisha Bansal (October 2, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "KEITH ELLISON, CAIR, AND HAMAS" by Robert Spencer (September 27, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR REP REACTS TO OHIO CAR DEALER 'JIHAD'" (September 26, 2006) (Note: Includes a video.)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (JIHAD WATCH.org): "WHAT CAIR-SAUDI CONNECTION?" (September 22, 2006)

YouTube.com - Video: "CAIR ANTI-ISRAEL RALLY-Columbus, Ohio (Added to YouTube on September 1, 2006)

AMERICAN THINKER.com: "KAFIR-PHOBIA: AMERICANS AS VIOLENT ANTI-MUSLIM BIGOTS" by Patrick Poole (August 31, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "CAIR ANTI-ISRAEL  CIRCUS BACKFIRES" (August 28, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - weblog: "CAIR's FELLOW TRAVELERS" (August 28, 2006)

AIRPORT BUSINESS.com (AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION) (LexisNexis): "JFK SECURITY ACCUSED OF RACIAL PROFILING" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The allegations were reportedly made at a news conference held on 23 August, at which Dennis Parker of the American Civil Liberties Union stated that the price for racial profiling is too high to pay. The news conference was convened by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and was aimed at highlighting the case of an Iraqi-born US family, Reuters reported.") (Updated August 25, 2006)

HOURGLAS1941.blogspot.com: "CAIR (COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS) RALLY AGAINST ISRAELI WAR ON LEBANON AND PALESTINE - A REPORT BY CIAOSPIRIT" (July 30, 2006)

ZOMBIETIME.com: "EYES WIDE OPEN, COLUMBUS, OHIO: June 12-14, 2006" by Ciaospirit

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR TRUMPETS ANOTHER FABRICATED ANTI-MUSLIM HATE CRIME" (July 23, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "MUSLIM GROUP WANTS CHRISTIAN LEADER BANNED FROM CANADA" by Alison Espach (July 17, 2006) (Read More...)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "CAIR PLAYS THE 'DUAL LOYALTY' CARD" (July 14, 2006)

THE AMERICAN MUSLIM.org: Washington, D.C. (July 13, 2006)-  "URGE CONGRESS, PRESIDENT TO CONDEMN ISRAELI ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS  CAIR" -Posted July 14, 2006

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21511_CAIR-San_Antonio-_Withdrawal_Will_Be_Regarded_As_an_Act_of_Courage_and_Heroism" (July 12, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: CAIR DEFENDS HAMAS TERRORISTS" (June 29, 2006)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21279_US_GIves_CAIR_a_Tour_of_OHare_Security" (June 28, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR FIFTH COLUMNISTS AND MULTICULTURALISTS" by Joe Kaufman (June 27, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "CAIR COMPLAINING TO FBI ABOUT BLOGS" (June 24, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (ARAB NEWS): "CAIR, WAMY TO LAUNCH MASSIVE PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN" (June 22, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "THE CAIR-UAE CONNECTION" by Paul Sperry (June 20, 2006)

HOT AIR.com - Blog - VENT with Michelle Malkin: "MARINE PROBE OVER HADJI GIRL" (June 15, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "HADJI GIRL UPDATE" (June 15, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "MAINSTREAM MEDIA DISGRACE OF THE MONTH: HADJI GIRL" (June 13, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR AND ISLAMIC JIHAD" by Joe Kaufman (May 23, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "CAIR ATTACKS LGF" (May 22, 2006)

DANIEL PIPES.org - Weblog: "WHY CAIR IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED" (May 12, 2006)

DANIEL PIPES.org (FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com): "CAIR BACKS DOWN FROM ANTI-CAIR" by Daniel Pipes (April 21, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "ANOTHER LEGAL DEFEAT FOR CAIR" (April 11, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR APRIL FOOLS" by Joe Kaufman (March 31, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIC GROUP WANTS PROBE OF ALLEGED US-ISRAELI  COLLABORATION" by Susan Jones (March 17, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NEW YORK SUN): "ALARM SPREADS OVER REMARKS OF JAIL IMAM" (March 10, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NEW YORK POST): "NEW YORK: TOP JAIL IMAM IN HATE TIRADE" (March 9, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "CAIR SUPPORTS IMAM JALIL'S HATEFUL VIEWS" (March 10, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR: ISLAMISTS FOOLING THE ESTABLISHMENT" by Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha (March 8, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR's DUBAI SUGAR DADDY" by Paul Sperry (March 1, 2006)

JIHADWATCH.org (THE DETROIT NEWS): "MUSLIM GROUPS CRITICIZE MSU FOR ONLINE CARICATURES" (February 28, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR's HOOPER PLUMPS FOR AID TO HAMAS TERRORISTS ON PBS" (February 25, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN via LGF): "CAIR BOARD MEMBER: RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IS NOT ABSOLUTE" (February 22, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: 'PRINTING CARTOONS LIKE SHOUTING 'FIRE,' SAYS RELIGIOUS LEADER" by Monisha Bansal (February 17, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "RADIO HOST APOLOGIZES FOR 'OUT OF LINE' REMARKS ON MUSLIMS" by Susan Jones (February 8, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "DEATH OF A TERROR LOBBY" by Joe Kaufman (February 3, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "US-BASED ISLAMIC GROUP WADES INTO MUSLIM-DANISH ROW" by Susan Jones (February 1, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "'DON'T OFFEND MUSLIMS, MR. PRESIDENT'" by Susan Jones (January 31, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "HANDEL FIRES BACK AT CAIR" (January 30, 2006)

KFI640.com: "HandelCAIRresponse"  (mp3) (January 30, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "SCHOOL ALLOWS MUSLIMS TO PRAY  Reverses policy after confrontation with CAIR" (January 26, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "CAIR, ACLU SUE TO STOP DOMESTIC SPYING PROGRAM" (ARTICLE SNIPPET:  "The Detroit suit, which also names the NSA, was filed by the ACLU, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Greenpeace and several individuals.") (January 17, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CAIR ISSUES U.S. 'TRAVEL ADVISORY'" (December 21, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AMERICANS AGAINST HATE.com): "CAIR-FL SPOKESMAN SAYS 'NOTHING IMMORAL' ABOUT ISLAMIC JIHAD" (December 13, 2005)

"www.internet-haganah.us/jihadi/pij.html"

JIHAD WATCH.org: "KAUFMAN AND EPSTEIN: CAIR HOTEL HELL" (December 2, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "D.C. WATSON: DOUBLE-CROSS" (November 14, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "CAIR CALLS FOR CALM IN FRANCE" by Melanie Hunter (November 8, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "THE LIES ESCALATE" (November 13, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR DEFAMES ME AGAIN" (November 9, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "CAIR GOES AFTER ME" (November 8, 2005)

DISCOVER THE NETWORKS: "PROFILE: CAIR by Investor's Business Daily" (August 8, 2005)

DANIEL PIPES.org - Weblog: "CAIR ACCEPTED AS 'MAINSTREAM'" (January 21, 2004) (UPDATED: October 25, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "CONGRESS URGED TO RECOGNIZE THE BEGINNING OF RAMADAN" (September 26, 2005)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "WHOSE SIDE IS CAIR ON?" by Andrew Whitehead (September 21, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org - DHIMMI WATCH: "DC Watson: CAIR: TRIVIALIZING 9/11 FOR THE SAKE OF ISLAM?" (September 18, 2005)

DanielPipes.org (FrontPageMagazine.com): "WHY CORPORATIONS FUND RADICAL ISLAM" by Daniel Pipes (September 2, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "MPAC, CAIR, ISNA FEEL EXCLUDED FROM THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISM" (August 30, 2005)

MichNews.com: "ACLU ALLIANCE WITH CAIR?" -Column by Sher Zieve (August 26, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "CAIR HAILS FIRING OF MICHAEL GRAHAM" by Randy Hall (August 22, 2005)

TOWNHALL.com: "CAIR 1, FREE SPEECH 0" -Column by Joel Mowbray (August 22, 2005)

TOWNHALL.com: "WELL, THEY GOT ME..." -Column by Michael Graham (August 22, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (IndyStar): "CAIR, ACLU SUE GOV'T OVER BORDER SCRUTINY" (April 24, 2005)

DanielPipes.org - Weblog: "CAIR NAMED AS A DEFENDANT IN 9/11 TERROR LAWSUIT" (December 30, 2004) (NOTE: SEE AUGUST 15, 2005 UPDATE)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "CAIR FOUNDED BY 'ISLAMIST TERRORISTS'?" by Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha (July 28, 2005)

TheCounterterrorism Blog: "WALID PHARES: CAIR MUST CONDEMN AL QAIDA AND JIHADISM.." (July 28, 2005)

AMERICAN DAILY.com: "CAIR DISLIKES FREE SPEECH ON RADIO" by Pete Fisher (July 26, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CAIR TO GOP: REPUDIATE TANCREDO Upset by radio discussion about bombing Mecca" (July 22, 2005)

TOWNHALL.com: "THE MUSLIM HATE CRIME THAT WASN'T" -Column by Michelle Malkin (July 6, 2005)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIRing for Sami Al-Arian" by Joe Kaufman (June 22, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIC GROUP CALLS FOR USE OF KORAN TO TAKE OATH" by Melanie Hunter (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An Islamic civil rights and advocacy group is calling on North Carolina judges to allow people to use the Koran when taking an oath, saying the use of the Bible exclusively represents "an inappropriate state endorsement of religion." The request by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) comes after Guilford County judges said they would not allow use of Korans in their courtrooms.") (June 21, 2005)

DANIELPIPES.org - Weblog: "SIR IBRAHIM HOOPER AND LORD SALAM AL-MARAYATI?" (June 12, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org - Dhimmi Watch (AMERICANS AGAINST HATE): "JEB BUSH SENDS LETTER OF SUPPORT TO CAIR" (June 5, 2005)

ArabNews.com: Washinton: "CAIR OFFERING FREE QUR'AN COPIES TO AMERICANS" by Barbara Ferguson, Arab News (June 4, 2005)

"/littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=16089_NYT_Legitimizes_CAIR_(Again)&only" (June 4, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CAIR DISTRIBUTES QURAN BANNED AS ANTI-SEMITIC Version Offered for Free as Goodwill Response to Newsweek Fiasco" by Art Moore (June 2, 2005)

DanielPipes.org - Weblog: "MSM CRTICIZES CAIR, CAIR BRAZENS IT OUT" (May 23, 2005)

DANIEL PIPES.org (FrontPageMagazine.com): "CAIR's HATE CRIMES NONSENSE" by Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha (May 18, 2005)

CNS NEWS.com: "FREE KORANS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" by Susan Jones (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Over the weekend, CAIR held a conference in the Washington area on the causes and remedies of "Islamophobia and anti-Americanism."") (May 17, 2005)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR: HOW CLOSE TO TERRORISM?" by Andrew Whitehead and Lee Kaplan (May 11, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "ACLU, CAIR DECRY ANTI-TERROR EFFORTS" April 20, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CAIR AND TERRORISM" -Commentary by Joseph Farah (April 18, 2005)

FrontPageMag.com: "CAIR's RADICAL NEXUS" by Josh Lefkowitz and Erick Stakelbeck (March 10, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "WTF, OVER. [WHY IS THE DoD LIST SERVER BEING USED BY CAIR?]" (March 9, 2005)

ISLAM ONLINE.net: Washington - "CAIR PROPOSES WORLD ISLAMOPHOBIA REPORT" (January 14, 2005)

DanielPipes.org - Weblog: "CAIR NAMED AS A DEFENDANT IN 9/11 TERROR LAWSUIT" (December 30, 2004)

WorldNetDaily.com: "SCHOOLS TO OBSERVE RAMADAN HOLIDAY?" (December 16, 2004)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "SPEAK TO ME, IBRAHIM!" by Robert Spencer (March 10, 2003)