Posted on 01/16/2008 12:11:59 PM PST by varina davis
Ex-Lawmaker Charged in Terror Conspiracy
Jan 16 02:42 PM US/Eastern By LARA JAKES JORDAN Associated Press Writer 19 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan.
The former Republican congressman from Michigan, Mark Deli Siljander, was charged with money laundering, conspiracy and obstructing justice for allegedly lying about lobbying senators on behalf of an Islamic charity that authorities said was secretly sending funds to terrorists.
It wasn’t entirely clear to me from the press release, which I only skimimed, that he entirely knew about this. He could have been set up. Having said that, however, I doubt it. He seems like a smart emough man who should have known what was going on, so I assume he did.
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He was a Reagan ambassadorial appointee
Even smart people get scammed, happens quite often in fact.
How many just like him have infiltrated our government or are running for President?
Can you believe there are no pictures of him on the internet???????????
SILJANDER, Mark Deli, a Representative from Michigan; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 11, 1951; attended the public schools; graduated from Oak Park-River Forest High School, 1969; B.S., Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 1972; M.A., same university, 1973; trustee, Fabius Township Board, St. Joseph County, 1972-1976; real estate broker; served in the Michigan State house of representatives, 1977-1981; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1980; elected as Republican to the Ninety-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative David A. Stockman, and reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (April 21, 1981-January 3, 1987); unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundredth Congress in 1986; delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, September 1987-September 1988; president of a consulting firm in Washington, D.C., and operates an import-export firm; radio commentator; unsuccessful candidate in 1992 for nomination to the One Hundred Third Congress; is a resident of Reston, Va.
Oil for Food. I’m thinking Oil for Food.
Yeah, but he hasn’t been in Congress since 1992. That’s 16 years ago. People can change in 16 years.
Read about Romney’s record or Huckabee’s record without knowing party affiliation. Obviously Dermocrat. Huck is a good Democrat because he is pro-life, but he is still a practical Democrat.
Thanks for posting. Very interesting. Ping.
Photo of him here. He was the speaker a couple of months back at a prayer breakfast associated with a convention (NACS = Natl. Assoc. of Convenience Stores).
Ha! I figured it out. His publisher told him to do something to generate buzz to help book sales.
So he framed himself for a crime. Simple, right?
Now all he has to do is wait for book sales to take off, and then figure out how to un-frame himself.
Thank you VERY much for posting that link. It was illuminating. And very frightening. Those of us who are believers in Jesus Christ better know what we believe and why.
OMG
And people wonder why we don’t trust our government!
NO ONE would HONESTLY say that at a PRAYER breakfast!! This was a Red Herring.
3rd word, second sentence. This is a record for AP. Normally they would mention his political affiliation is the first sentence. (and of course, if he was a Dem, there would be no mention at all)
When I think really hard about world peace while driving I might drift toward the shoulder of the road a bit. This guy ended up in Libya.
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