Posted on 11/24/2015 7:36:58 AM PST by Da Bilge Troll
A man, who just two years ago was the poster boy for the far-Left media's attacks against the U.S. government's no-fly list for "unfairly" targeting Muslims, finds himself and several family members sitting in a Turkish prison -- arrested earlier this month near the Turkey-Syria border as members of an ISIS cell.
It's a long way from 2013 when Saadiq Long's cause was being championed by MSNBC's Chris Hayes, Glenn Greenwald, and Mother Jones, and was being represented by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) terror front.
His story got considerable media attention when his CAIR media representatives here pushed the story that Long wanted to return to his native Oklahoma from his current home in Qatar to visit his ailing mother but couldn't because he was on the TSA's no-fly list. They said his case represented institutional "Islamophobia."
Long's cause got international attention when Glenn Greenwald published an article at The Guardian saying that Long was "effectively exiled from his own country." Kevin Drum of Mother Jones branded it the "Kafkaesque World of the No-Fly List." CAIR has 22 article entries related to Long's case on its website.
After several months of wrangling between his CAIR attorneys and the Department of Homeland Security, Long was temporarily removed from the no-fly list and allowed to return to Oklahoma.
Once home, however, he was still subject to FBI surveillance according to claims he made during a press conference with his CAIR handlers.
After an incident with local police and the FBI, Long was apparently placed back on the no-fly list, preventing his return to Qatar.
That prompted even more outrage from the far-Left media and garnered him an appearance with his CAIR handler on Chris Hayes' MSNBC show:
Glenn Greenwald used Saadiq Long's MSNBC appearance to get back in on the action:
Eventually, Long boarded a bus to Mexico and got on a flight there to return home to Qatar.
U.S. and Turkish officials confirmed Long's arrest to PJ Media, saying that he was arrested along with eight others operating along the Turkish-Syrian border. So far, no U.S. media outlet has reported on his arrest.
Long's Facebook page has not been updated for several months. The last entry on his wife's Facebook page was October 23.
I have emailed Long's CAIR handler, Adam Soltani, asking for comment. An email to his attorney Gadeir Abbas was returned as undeliverable.
Maybe Chris Hayes can go to Turkey and protest outside of the jail. I mean, this is SO unfair!
So the question is now, how long was he involved with ISIS and how long did CAIR know a bout this?
Ping.
And he thought being on a no-fly list was inconvenient and uncomfortable; he’ll like time in a Turkish prison a lot less!
Now we’ll see how long it takes Imam Obama - “Peace be unto him” - to pressure the Turkish government to release the guy. They did such a wonderful job persuading the Mexicans to release Sgt. Tahmooressi...
Is it still ok to be
Psychopathiphobic?
Oh...that’s right!
“phobia” is an IRRATIONAL FEAR.....
To be sure, MSNBC will be showing this hourly. Or not.
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