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FBI cuts off CAIR over its Hamas ties!
Jihad Watch —
This is great news, but I still wonder what took the FBI so long.
"FBI Cuts Off CAIR Over Hamas Questions," by Mary Jacoby for IPT News, January 29 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has cut off contacts with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) amid mounting concern about the Muslim advocacy group's roots in a Hamas-support network, the Investigative Project on Terrorism has learned.
The decision to end contacts with CAIR was made quietly last summer as federal prosecutors prepared ...
IPT Exclusive: FBI Cuts Off CAIR Over Hamas Questions
Counterterrorism Blog —
... a state-federal program designed to enlist Muslims in terrorism prevention and investigate reports of civil liberties violations.
"Regrettably, due to circumstances beyond my control, the meeting will be postponed until further notice as a result of the planned participation by the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations," Finch's Oct. 8, 2008 letter to Muslim groups in the Oklahoma outreach program said.
To read the rest of this report, click here.
Not a CAIR in the World
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Steve Emerson's Investigative Project on Terrorism reports that, at long last, the FBI has cut off contact with the Council on American-Islamic Relations. I wrote about this problem a couple of years back, ...
FBI Cuts Off CAIR Over Hamas Connections
Little Green Footballs —
... At long last, the FBI has finally cut off contacts with the Hamas-linked Council on American Islamic Relations. Since LGF has been targeted by CAIR in “hate speech” complaints to the FBI, this is very welcome news. ...
FBI Cuts Ties with CAIR
The Jawa Report —
January 29, 2009 FBI Cuts Ties with CAIR Mmmmmbout time. Via Investigative Project: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has cut off contacts with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) amid mounting concern about the Muslim advocacy group's roots in a Hamas-support network, the Investigative Project on Terrorism has learned. The decision to end contacts with CAIR was made quietly last summer as federal prosecutors prepared for a second trial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), an Islamic charity accused of providing money and political ...
Better Late Than Never
Power Line —
... The FBI has severed its relationship with CAIR as a result of information about the relationship between CAIR and Hamas that came to light in connection with the Holy Land Foundation prosecution. ...
The Importance of the FBI's CAIR Cutoff
Counterterrorism Blog —
... Mary Jacoby of The Investigative Project brings the important news that the FBI, after years of legitimizing CAIR as a mainstream Muslim organization, has finally cut of their dealings with the organization. ...
Some scales finally fall from the FB-eyes
Power Line —
... The FBI has cut off contacts with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), according to the Investigative Project on Terrorism. The break occurred last summer when federal prosecutors were preparing for a second trial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF). ...
Uncairing
Power Line —
... about Mary Jacoby's IPT report that the FBI has cut off voluntary association with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR holds itself out as a civil rights group and has insinuated itself into programs sponsored by government agencies as a bona fide spokesman for America's Islamic community. ...
Members of Congress Agree: Federal Agencies Should Cut All CAIR Ties
Counterterrorism Blog —
... Three U.S. Senators have today joined a U.S. House Member in requesting additional information from the FBI on the recent cessation of its relationship with the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR), which was reported by the IPT on January 30. Moreover, the Senators specifically demand that all federal agencies cut any relationship with CAIR, a policy ...
