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Until I see quoted sources, I am maintaining an open mind over who is at fault in this. Although I know that Rove was interested in Muslim outreach, I also know that the Secret Service had beeen hurt during the Clinton years, and already have other faux pas on the record.

May I ask, what is the point of posting all these similar stories? Are you intimating that President Bush supports terorists? Or Karl Rove? I am curiious as to why you keep posting the same type articles repeatedly. If you are trying to get Grover Norquist, I suggest you make a more explicit tie to him, because right now your posts look more like an attack on the President.

My surmise at this time is that Rove knew little and Bush knew less. Nor does that make them culpable, in my mind. The task of filtering terrorist sympathizers, supporters, and co-cinspirators out of the White House belongs to subordinates and advisors.
Based on this article, the Secret Service was on the ball with Al Arian, but they were overruled by someone. Whom?
Grover Norquist. Suhail Khan. Ali Tilbah. Those are the names that should be scrutinized.
The point of posting the similar stories is to make the connections for which you're asking.
#39 on this thread has a lot of info. Also, over on this thread here, there is a great deal of information. Many threads, with many links. Try a keyword search for NORQUIST
From these we learn that Sami Al Arian wasn't the only questionable character with ties to radical Islamist terrorism to visit the White House under President Bush. I don't imagine that the Secret Service was asleep at the switch for all of those occaasions, do you? So, it's quite likely that the process by which Sami Al Arian gained access to the White House was repeated. I find that troubling, don't you? Again, who was responsible? What were their motives?
Are they just dangerously naive, or something worse?