YES. There have been many, many, many, many, many, many, many threads about this subject and, yes, it has been noted that the son worked for Bonior.
In addition the son entered the WH 6 days after his father had been there back in June 2001, and was removed. (yes, an apology was issued--nbd).
Further, the Al-Arian family was in the habit of making political donations and Bonior received $$ from them. But so did other politicians. Including Henry Hyde. That was curious I thought.
Well, an item not written in any articles on the Al-Arians so far, is the nice looking lady, Nahla, testified before Congress in 2000 twice. Feb. 10, then Feb. 16 she makes a donation to H.H., then May 23 she testifies before his committee. He became aware of the shady nature of the family in the fall of 2001 as the Bush Administration started cracking down on them and moved that donation to charity.
The reason Nahla testified is her brother had been arrested in 1995 but released several years later. He was re-arrested in 2001 and deported in 2002.
I have posted links to her testimony on at least two threads, perhaps three. The brother has been discussed at length, and the Al-Arian son discusses, as well.
Henry Hyde, huh? Well, well, well! I wonder if Nahia knew she would be testifying before HH prior to sending the donation. Bonior, I understand.
The son at the WH was one of many points of contention between Norquist and Gaffney.
I'm under the impression that the feds have been tagging al-Arian for a few years. True or not true? And I wonder what USF is going to do about the grievance that they're about to receive from al-Arian! (Is there a ping list for this information?)