Grand Jury Seeks CAIR Records (Council on American-Islamic Relations)

FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS ^ | December 3, 2009 | Steve Emerson

[mdittmar]

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) appears to be the subject of a federal criminal investigation. Although no formal statement to that effect has been made by law enforcement, FBI agents reportedly issued a grand jury subpoena last week seeking internal CAIR documents that are the subject of an ongoing civil lawsuit.

 

CAIR sued P. David Gaubatz and his son Chris Gaubatz in federal court last month, claiming it was the victim of theft and trespassing. In the book, Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America, the Gaubatzes acknowledge that Chris adopted a pseudonym and posed as a Muslim convert to secure an internship at CAIR in 2008.

 

He used his access to take thousands of pages of internal CAIR documents and to make surreptitious recordings of CAIR officials. Citing those records, the book claims that CAIR is part of a conspiracy among groups affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood "to support violent jihad and undermine law enforcement."

 

Among the book's specific allegations, CAIR officials grossly exaggerate their membership rolls and the depth of their domestic financial support. In addition, they actively thwart law enforcement counterterror investigations. Following the release of the book, four congressional Republicans sought an investigation into the book's claims that CAIR seeks to place interns on committees dealing with the judiciary and homeland security.

 

Thus far, CAIR has minimized and ridiculed the book's findings, but has not alleged any of it is false.

 

CAIR won a temporary restraining order requiring that the Gaubatzes return 12,000 pages of documents. WorldNetDaily, publisher of Muslim Mafia, posted a story November 24th claiming that FBI agents served a grand jury subpoena on the Gaubatzes' attorney. The move came as the attorneys were about to comply with the judge's order and give the documents back to CAIR. WND publisher Joseph Farah is quoted saying they weren't sure "Which takes precedence – a federal court order or an FBI warrant?"

 

Farah declined to comment Tuesday on what has happened since then. Josh Gerstein at Politico notes that the government filed a sealed motion in the case Friday.

 

According to the docket in the Gaubatz/CAIR suit, Lynn Haaland, an attorney in the Department of Justice's National Security Division, is listed as an "interested party" in the lawsuit. It's possible the grand jury's target is more narrow – on a CAIR official or officials, but the presence of a national security prosecutor indicates the grand jury's interest is not on the Gaubatzes behavior.

 

Last year, the FBI cut off communication with CAIR on outreach and other general informational contacts. That move was based on evidence from the successful Hamas-support prosecution of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) linking the organization and its founders to Hamas. CAIR co-founders Nihad Awad and Omar Ahmad (a.k.a. Omar Yehya) were included in a telephone list of a U.S.-based Hamas-support network and the two participated in a secret 1993 gathering of Hamas-members and supporters aimed at undermining the U.S.-brokered Oslo Accords which created the secular Palestinian Authority.

 

Awad and Ahmad were then leaders of the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), a Hamas-front that exhibits in the HLF case show was an original component in the Muslim Brotherhood's "Palestine Committee" which was created to support Hamas in the United States.

 

In that weekend-long gathering, FBI recordings show the group discussed creating a new Islamist lobbying arm. CAIR was created the following summer and immediately was added to the Palestine Committee's agenda.

 

In explaining why it cut off CAIR's access, an FBI official expressed in writing the bureau's concern "whether there continues to be a connection between CAIR or its executives and HAMAS."

 

The consequences of that question may have risen to a new level.

 

[mdittmar]

With holder as AG,maybe they're trying to cover cairs butt,who knows?

Here's another article.

Justice Department interested in documents used to write Holy Land Foundation-related terrorism book

[A CA Guy]

What will CAIR claim, separation of terrorist and state?

[boomop1]

This will go no where with this terrorist supporting alleged president.

[San Jacinto]

Holder and 0bama will quash any criminal actions against CAIR.

[A CA Guy]

There needs to be more national attention paid to CAIR and other such organizations.

Too much out of sight out of mind situations happening since we have almost no active press or reporters reporting the facts.

George Putnam RIP!

[SeattleBruce]

This will go no where with this terrorist supporting alleged president.
++++++++++++++++++

Let’s have another muslim prayer meeting on the capital steps, or perhaps have the boys over for a beer and clear things up, huh bammy?

[SeattleBruce]

Too much out of sight out of mind situations happening since we have almost no active press or reporters reporting the facts.
++++++++++++++++++++

Traitors.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Bout time.

[veracious]

Hurray!! Courage and strength to those in the attorney office and jury.

[A CA Guy]

Lazy political activist that entered journalism school to change the world instead of just reporting the facts of the news at hand.

[GraceG]

CAIR pronounced Kah-Ear

Not “Care” but more like Kafir without the f.

[SatinDoll]

“whether there continues to be a connection between CAIR or its executives and HAMAS.”

How could there be any doubt?

[sheik yerbouty]

No, they believe in separation of infidel and head. ..

[AmericanInTokyo]

[SunkenCiv]

In the book, Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America, the Gaubatzes acknowledge that Chris adopted a pseudonym and posed as a Muslim convert to secure an internship at CAIR in 2008. He used his access to take thousands of pages of internal CAIR documents and to make surreptitious recordings of CAIR officials. Citing those records, the book claims that CAIR is part of a conspiracy among groups affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood "to support violent jihad and undermine law enforcement." Among the book's specific allegations, CAIR officials grossly exaggerate their membership rolls and the depth of their domestic financial support. In addition, they actively thwart law enforcement counterterror investigations. Following the release of the book, four congressional Republicans sought an investigation into the book's claims that CAIR seeks to place interns on committees dealing with the judiciary and homeland security. Thus far, CAIR has minimized and ridiculed the book's findings, but has not alleged any of it is false. CAIR won a temporary restraining order requiring that the Gaubatzes return 12,000 pages of documents. WorldNetDaily, publisher of Muslim Mafia, posted a story November 24th claiming that FBI agents served a grand jury subpoena on the Gaubatzes' attorney. The move came as the attorneys were about to comply with the judge's order and give the documents back to CAIR. WND publisher Joseph Farah is quoted saying they weren't sure "Which takes precedence -- a federal court order or an FBI warrant?"

Holder wants to sit on the documents for four years, then return some empty file boxes.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Whether the reports of a crackdown on C.A.I.R. are true or not (if this is just a show or not), the Muslim overseas community is getting worked in a tizzy.

One posters entitles his post "Where's Obama?!" and goes on to whine about how Obama needs to protect the Muslims in America, "seeing as Obama made the speech in Cairo, was born to a Muslim Family"(sic) yada yada yada:

Here, y'all, take a look-see for yourself. From www.youm7.com, Cairo, newsite:

7اين انت يا اوباما بواسطة: Eso ENG / Islam Salim بتاريخ: الثلاثاء، 1 ديسمبر 2009 - 22:31 لن اقول غير حسبي الله ونعم الوكيل ولكن اين الرئيس اوباما من هذا واين خطابه للامة الاسلامية وما دوره وهو يعلم جيدا قيمة الاسلام فهو ولد لاسرة مسلمة ..........

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Gaubatz needs to turn over the documents to a grand jury. Might undercut any attempts by Holder to cover for CAIR. Also to make several copies for congressmen who are on our side, esp. Hoekstra and King.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Good idea. That’s thinking two chess moves ahead, MM,tGR.

[La Enchiladita]

Is this for real or just for show?
ACT for America circulated a petition calling for an investigation. We’ll see if the Grand Jury finds grounds for such.