Hiding in Plain Sight (Al Arian at the White House)

Newsweek ^ | March 3rd, 2003 | Michael Isikoff

[Sabertooth]

For George W. Bush, it was just another campaign stop. But for Sami Al-Arian, a University of South Florida engineering professor, it was a golden opportunity. When Bush appeared at Tampa’s Strawberry Festival in March 2000, Al-Arian sidled up to the candidate and had his picture taken.

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Al-Arian’s politics took on a decidedly darker cast last week when federal agents arrested him at his home in south Florida and charged him with being a top leader of one of the world’s most violent terrorist organizations: Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).

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Al-Arian certainly didn’t act like a sponsor of suicide bombings. Far from keeping to the shadows, he repeatedly lobbied Congress on civil-liberties issues, made thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to influential members of Congress and renounced violence during appearances on TV talk shows. In June 2001 Al-Arian was invited to a White House briefing for 150 Muslim American activists, at which political director Karl Rove talked about the Bush administration’s "outreach" efforts. A law-enforcement official told NEWSWEEK the Secret Service had flagged Al-Arian as a potential terrorist prior to the event. But White House aides, apparently reluctant to create an incident, let him through anyway. Such access had its advantages. "He always told me the charges were garbage," said Khaled Saffuri, chairman of the Islamic Institute. "When you hear he’s going to the White House, you figure what he’s saying must be true." In fact, federal prosecutors charged last week, Al-Arian carried out his secret terrorist agenda "under the guise of promoting and protecting Arab rights"—making his public profile a critical part of his MO. "It was the perfect cover," said Steven Emerson, a terrorism analyst who has followed Al-Arian for years.

[Sabertooth]

He left town a few days later, as did most of the higher-ups in the ring, never to be seen again.

Works for me.

[TLBSHOW]

Again, the question must be answered:

Who invited and cleared Al-Arian and other suspected terrorist supporters into the White House?

[justshe]

GROVER NORQUIST'S STRANGE ALLIANCE WITH RADICAL ISLAM.

Fevered Pitch

by Franklin Foer

Post date 11.01.01 | Issue date 11.12.01

Just to add to the stack of CURRENT evidence. (/sarcasm)

[TLBSHOW]

Ok son this will be my last post to you I will let others deal with you're incorrect logic on this matter. Did find this about the terrorist leader.

Again, the question must be answered: Who invited and cleared Al-Arian and other suspected terrorist supporters into the White House?

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A former university professor indicted this week as a terrorist leader attended a 2001 group meeting in the White House complex with President Bush's senior adviser, Karl Rove, administration officials said yesterday.

[woofie]

Who invited and cleared Al-Arian and other suspected terrorist supporters into the White House?

Craig Livingstone

[Fred Mertz]

Dont' waste your time on DD (GN?).

Admittedly, this isn't front page news, unless the leftist media puts it there. But this must be dealt with, even if it is an ugly conservative faux paus.

[justshe]

Perhaps you could take your own advice? "Again the question must be answered:"

To: TLBSHOW

#206 That would be a serious charge but as you know that isn't what the charge is and not one that I made,..."

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# 184 "What would you say if its not really about a White House visit years ago its about now and since the charge is that it is still going on with Grover providing the White House with terrorist muslims not people that the President should be meeting with let alone taking pictures with."

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Can you explain the bold....enlarged statement above then?

207 posted on 02/23/2003 9:14 PM PST by justshe

[Mo1]

FYI, Gaffney is a hawk on Iraq and the War on terror.

Yes, Amelia did say he was for the war on Iraq after I asked

[montag813]

Notice that Khaled Saffuri, co-founder with Grover Norquist of the Islamic Institute, which has received donations from the Holy Land Foundation, the Safa Trust, and Qatar, is backpedalling mightily from this scandal.

Grover Norquist, enemy of America and venemous Wahabbi whore, should be locked in a cell and the key thrown away.

Any and all so-called Conservatives who supported his fanatical "religion of peace" fiasco should be blacklisted from the White House and GOP circles. They embarrassed the President, our party and the nation, and jeopardized national security by bringing those who wish to destroy us into the inner sanctums of our government.

[Luis Gonzalez]

When you and I used to debate immigration matters, I would post information from the INS website, your first (and usual) reaction was to attack the source.

Bad kitty.

[Mo1]

Who invited and cleared Al-Arian and other suspected terrorist supporters into the White House?

From what I understand he was first cleared back when Clinton was in office ..

[Sabertooth]

It's Ethel

Hah! Best line of the day.

[TLBSHOW]

The left is having a field day with this already and unless we stick a pin in it it isn't going to pop. As for dd seems to be either GN or a returning freeper by the welcome.

[Luis Gonzalez]

If it can be proven that Norquist is on the Wahabbi's payroll, he should be tried for treason, and I believe it would fall right in line with the Constitutional definition of the charge.

[Luis Gonzalez]

What's with the duck?

[justshe]

LOL.....aw, I let that one go. Was too obvious.

[Sabertooth]

The idea Mr. Tooth, is to apprehend the perps, not to scare them into someone else's jurisdiction.

Are you recommending that terrorist sympathizers and supporters be kept close at hand, in the White House, until the indictments come down?