Clinton Emissary Said to be Bin Laden Bag Man

NewsMax.com ^ | 10/01/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

A man accused of funneling cash from Osama bin Laden to a radical Muslim cleric who helped plan the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center was on the payroll of the Clinton administration throughout the 1990s.

Abdurahman Alamoudi, who was arrested Sunday after being accused of trying to smuggle $340,000 in cash from Lybia to terrorist groups in Syria, worked at the Clinton State Department as a global emissary for religious tolerance.

When confronted with news of the curious arrangement just a week before Mrs. Clinton was elected to the Senate, a State Department spokesman told the New York Daily News that Alamoudi "has been traveling primarily to Muslim countries to address the topic of Islamic life in the U.S., including the rights of Muslims in America as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the status of the American Islamic community."

Today, however, the New York Post reports that the former Clinton diplomat "was suspected of funneling cash from Osama bin Laden to Blind Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman in the failed attempt to blow up New York City landmarks."

The Blind Sheik's speechwritier, who has turned government informant, told investigators that bin Laden "routinely funneled $5,000 payments to Rahman through Alamoudi and his organization, the American Muslim Council," the paper said.

The suspected bin Laden bag man was hired by the Clinton State Department a year after President Clinton turned down an offer from the government of Sudan for the al Qaeda chief's arrest and extradition to America.

Alamoudi remained on the State Department payroll right up through the 2000 election, a period during which President Clinton reportedly declined at least two additional offers to have bin Laden taken into custody. [To hear President Clinton and his wife explain why they declined the 1996 offer, Click Here.]

In May 2000, Alamoudi contributed $1,000 to Mrs. Clinton's Senate campaign. She also accepted $50,000 from a related group, the American Muslim Alliance, at a June 2000 fundraiser in Boston. The AMA has since merged with the AMC.

Mrs. Clinton apparently knew that Alamoudi's donation could be politically problematic - her staff reported the contribution on Federal Election Commission records as coming from "the American Museum Council." She later called the misleading entry a "typographical error."

Just days before the 2000 election, the accused bin Laden bag man spoke at a Muslim rights demonstration outside the White House, where he proclaimed, "We are all supporters of Hamas. I wish they added that I am also a supporter of Hezbollah. . . . Does anybody support Hezbollah here?"

Alamoudi also donated $1,000 to President Bush's campaign. Both Clinton and Bush immediately returned his donations.

Sen. Clinton, however, kept the $50,000 donation from the American Muslim Alliance until after her campaign was over, and instead had the Democratic National Committee issue a refund.

"It wasn't until Nov. 14, a week after the election, that the Democratic Party's soft-money committee was reimbursed for the refunds with cash from Clinton's campaign fund," the Daily News reported.

By funneling the refunds through a party committee, which was flush with cash, Clinton was technically able to make use of the Muslim group's donations as her own "hard money" through Election Day, the News explained.

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[Dead Corpse]

And yet, still.... none dare call it TREASON.

[Puppage]

What did Bill know, and when did he know it?

How about an independent council?

Where's Nancy Pelosi now?

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS A CRIMINAL ENTERPRIZE!

[Chad Fairbanks]

worked at the Clinton State Department as a global emissary for religious tolerance.

Only the Clintons would put an Islamic Fundamentalist Extremist in charge of Religious Tolerance.

[Bikers4Bush]

More traitorous acts by the clintoons.

[js1138]

The timing of this has nothng at all to do with the CIA scandal.

[Principled]

ugly bump

clinton didn't know, did he? /bs off

[Husker8877]

A story like this will pass through the collective conscience of the entire liberal news media without a ripple, while they continue to bang the non-story regarding Wilson as though it were truly tidal.

Sickening. Typical and sickening. Rat b*stards.

[Lexington Green]

Ashcroft crusades to keep us safe from bong merchants while feigning blindness to the Clintons' crimes.

[G.Mason]

"And yet, still.... none dare call it TREASON."

We, [you and I], do!

[appalachian_dweller]

Bill & Hill should be tried for TREASON, convicted, and EXECUTED.

I wonder if B & H could be sued to complicit negligence.

[Iowa Granny]

Oh hum. Wanna bet this will never make it into the mainstream press?

[Dead Corpse]

Unless one of us is Ashcroft in disguise, there ain't much we can do other than b!tch about it.

Someone needs to step up and do their job.

[Cicero]

Mrs. Clinton apparently knew that Alamoudi's donation could be politically problematic - her staff reported the contribution on Federal Election Commission records as coming from "the American Museum Council."

I remember this contribution was reported here at FR during Hillary's senate campaign. It may have been the NY Post or some such outlet that reported it. This contribution and the Suha Arafat kiss were often referred to here, but the media, naturally, buried these anti-Jewish connections under the rug and she went on to be elected.

His arrest as a bin Ladin agent, of course, is a new twist to the case. But the chances that the major media will report it are, to say the least, somewhere around zero.

[myself6]

How do you keep a story you don’t want seen out of sight? You put a "bigger" story in front of it. Even if the story is contrived it still serves its purpose.

I’m not saying that's what is going on here, but it is something to consider.

These people know how to play the PR game; they have been doing it for years. This situation matches the pattern.

[jla]

You've probably seen this, but just in case...

[Grampa Dave]

You are right on target.

The lunatic lefties have had the non story of Wilson's wife being compromised on their back burners since July.

They quickly released this non story this past weekend as they knew this damaging data would be coming out.

Their mediot buddies have cooperated to bury the real story with the non story/lies. This was one of the oldest KGB tricks when the USSR was still around.

[drjimmy]

Can anybody here guess who the American Muslim Alliance endorsed for President in 2000? Don't click the link until you've at least given one try at guessing, but noting that there are many reasons why Ashcroft's Justice Department isn't that interested in investigating this stuff may give you a hint.

[kattracks]

You think the capture of Alamoud was planned just to counter the CIA thing?

[StriperSniper]

The timing of this has nothng at all to do with the CIA scandal.

I would say it this way:

The timing of the CIA scandal has nothing at all to do with this.