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Despite ban, Holder to speak to CAIR-linked group
Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to give a keynote speech next week to a Michigan group which includes the local branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations even though the FBI has formally severed contacts with the controversial Muslim civil rights organization. On ...
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Great Timing: AG Holder to Speak to Radical Muslim Group
JammieWearingFool — ... are, and it sure isn't those charming terror co-conspirators from CAIR . One can only imagine how subservient Eric Holder will be toward them. Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to give a keynote speech later this month to a Michigan group which includes the local branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations even though the FBI has formally severed contacts with the controversial Muslim civil rights organization. On Nov. 19, Holder is scheduled to speak in Detroit to the first annual awards banquet of Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community Trust, a ...

Attorney General to speak to Hamas-linked CAIR despite FBI ban
Jihad Watch — ... Right after Dawud Walid of CAIR-Michigan was defending the jihadist imam who was killed in a shootout with the FBI. Yet another Which-Side-Is-Obama-On Alert: "Despite ban, Holder to speak to CAIR-linked group," from Politico, November 9 (thanks to all who sent this in): ...

Holder Cares About CAIR
Riehl World View — ... Please tell me this idiot isn't the AG of the US of A? What, no Black Panther conferences this month and he feels an urge to talk? Great. Just how exposed do you think these clowns are going to leave the nation with this incessant need to reach out to religious extremists? Oh, what am I saying. Obama is the protege of a religious extremist as in Reverend Wright. And the circle closes as the first un-American, looking more like anti-American presidency in history rolls on much to the disgrace to the very office Obama works in every day. ...

Newspaper Roundup for Tuesday, November 10, 2009
CNSNews.com Headlines — ... CNSNews.com Newspaper Roundup for Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Politico: Despite ban, Attorney General Holder to speak to CAIR-linked New York Times: ...

About That Politico “Scoop” Out-Scooped By Me: Flashback – Schlussel Reported FBI Still Mtg w/ CAIR 7, 9 Months Ago
Debbie Schlussel — By Debbie Schlussel Yesterday (Monday) evening, the Politico’s Josh Gerstein posted a “scoop”–which wasn’t a scoop at all, since I broke the story seven and nine months ago .  And, of course, Politico’s partner in promotion and denying proper credit where it’s due, Matt Drudge, followed suit linking to the unoriginal piece. The story was ostensibly about Attorney General Eric Holder speaking to a group of left-wing interest groups, including CAIR, but it was mostly about how the group regularly meets with the FBI, including CAIR-Michigan Executive ...

Attorney General to Speak to CAIR -- By: Michael Rubin
The Corner on National Review Online — According to Politico, Attorney General Holder is going to speak to CAIR.  CAIR's links to terrorism and radical Islamism are detailed here. (At least Ramsey Clarke waited until he was out of office to bestow prestige upon such radical groups). ...

possible quote of the day?
Knowledge is Power — ... Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to give a keynote speech next week to a Michigan group which includes the local branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations even though the FBI has formally severed contacts with the controversial Muslim civil rights organization. ...

Better Late than Never, I Guess
Six Meat Buffet — Thank you Mr. President for doing the right thing here…even if W did beat you to it. Now let the ass-kissing begin.

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/10/2009
Gates of Vienna — ... Despite Ban, Holder to Speak to CAIR-Linked Group Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to give a keynote speech next week to a Michigan group which includes the local branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations even though the FBI has formally severed contacts with the controversial Muslim civil rights organization. On Nov. 19, Holder is scheduled to speak in Detroit to the first annual awards banquet of Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community Trust, a coalition of several dozen law ...

September 10? It's Worse Than That -- By: Andrew C. McCarthy
Articles on National Review Online — ... in our midst. After all, their contacts seemed to be religious in nature. We’re told, moreover, that we can’t do anything about the anti-American vitriol oozing out of Islamist mosques under the guidance of our friends the Saudis. After all, the vitriol hasn’t yet “crossed the line into material support.” By the time it does, you might have 13 corpses to tend to, but at least there will be lots to talk about at the next outreach conference -- or the next time the attorney general decides to speak at a CAIR-fest. ...

Some Cats Really Like to, You Know, Profile and Front
Obsidian Wings — ... change of proactive engagement with law enforcement resulting from mutual trust and open communication. Upon discovering a video left behind by the alleged leader of the group declaring his plans to fight on behalf of Muslims, his parents consulted with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) who reported the disappearance of the young men to the FBI. Ironically, the FBI as of last April refused to view Cair, the most influential Muslim American advocacy group, as an "appropriate liaison partner" due to unfounded and baseless allegations connecting its executives to ...

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