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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (15981)	7/1/2012 7:40:19 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 20106

March story re negotiations to release the blind sheikh, Abdel Rahman: http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/292301/releasing-blind-sheikh-andrew-c-mccarthy[/url] Andrew McCarthy was the lead prosecutor at his trial: My book Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad details Abdel Rahman’s history and the investigation of the jihadist organization he built in the United States. Egyptian Islamists have been agitating for Abdel Rahman’s release since we arrested him in New York City in July 1993. Some of this agitation has predictably crossed into barbarism. In 1997, Gama’at threatened to “target . . . all of those Americans who participated in subjecting [Abdel Rahman’s] life to danger” — “every American official, starting with the American president [down] to the despicable jailer.” The organization promised to do “everything in its power” to obtain his release. Six months later, Gama’at jihadists set upon 58 foreign tourists and several police officers at an archeological site in Luxor, Egypt, brutally shooting and slicing them to death. The terrorists left behind leaflets — including in the mutilated torso of one victim — demanding that the Blind Sheikh be freed. From Soopermexican, speculation that Obama may still release Abdel Rahman: ........ Just today, it was reported that the new Muslim Brotherhood president Mohammed Morsi vows to have the Blind Sheikh freed from US custody: Egypt’s president-elect Mohamed Morsihas vowed to free the blind sheikh jailed in the US for a plot to blow up New York City landmarks. In his first public speech, addressing tens of thousands of people in Tahrir Square, Morsi promised to work to free Omar Abdel-Rahman, the spiritual leader of men convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Let’s connect some dots – Obama has shown a willingness to negotiate the Blind Sheikh’s freedom to gain concessions from Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood gains control of Egypt and the president immediately promises to win the freedom of that same terrorist. ....... Thank goodness the media is reporting on these ridiculous events and pressuring Obama not to act stupidly. Right? The other thing to be said about this for those who keep harping on the moderate nature of the Muslim Brotherhood and how all people just want freedom – what does it say about President Morsi and the Egyptian public that his promise to free a terrorist that ordered an attack on America gains him political points? Not anything good. http://www.soopermexican.com/2012/06/29/nlg-lawyers-10-year-sentence-for-aiding-terrorist-approved-obama-might-release-terrorist-to-egypt/#more-2019

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (15981)	7/1/2012 8:55:39 PM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Citizens: Probe secret deal with Islamists AG asked to investigate school sale to group with alleged 'ties to terrorist organizations' by Bob Unruh Sunday, July 01, 2012 wnd.com Michigan state authorities have been asked to convene a grand jury and investigate a school district’s secret decision to sell a building to an Islamic organization connected to two of the groups named as unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation terror-financing trial. The request was submitted to Attorney General Bill Schuette by the Thomas More Law Center, which said citizens gave the organization “information corroborating charges of bribery, acceptance of illegal campaign contributions, circumvention of the Open Meetings Act, violations of approved government practices, … a rigged property evaluation, inside dealing and the misuse of public office.” “These concerned citizens are willing to cooperate with your office,” said the letter signed by Thomas More Chief Counsel Richard Thompson and Trial Counsel Erin Mersino. They attached several hundred pages of documentation. No word was available immediately from the state on what, if any, investigation would be done. And officials with the Farmington Public Schools did not respond to a WND request for comment. However, Supt. Susan H. Zurvalec said in a statement obtained by the Oakland Press that it was just another effort “by the same group of individuals that has already tried to stop the sale of Eagle Elementary through litigation and lost.” At issue is the sale by the district of Eagle Elementary to the Islamic Cultural Association. The group, the Thomas More Law Center said, “has ties to terrorist organizations.” Specifically, the ICA, which owns and runs another Islamic school in the village of Franklin, is linked to several national groups. “The Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan reports that ICA shares direct ties to the Council on American-Islamic Relations … and the North American Islamic Trust, Inc. … both of which were named as unindicted co-conspirators/joint venturers in U.S. v. Holy Land [Foundation]” case, the letter said. In the Holy Land Foundation case, federal prosecutors proved the group worked closely with the U.S.-designated terrorist organization Hamas to fund terrorist activities. Dawud Walid, executive director of CAIR-Michigan, testified in support of ICA during the Farmington Public Schools board meeting relating to the purchase of Eagle Elementary. The law center told Schuette that there is “a fog of corruption” surrounding the transaction that “can only be pierced by a grand jury investigation and the use of other investigative tools in the law enforcement arsenal of the attorney general’s office.” Thompson criticized the district’s sale of Eagle, saying the school “sacrificed the interest of their children and taxpayers to bring into their community an organization with ties to terrorist organizations.” The center approached Schuette because he created a new Public Integrity Unit last year, which said, “Weeding out corruption is top priority.” The law center accused the district of “secretly negotiating a No-Bid, below-market, sale of valuable district property against the recommendations of its legal counsel, a specially convened internal committee, and district residents.” The letter said the school “repeatedly rebuffed parties interested in purchasing the vacant elementary school” telling them it was not for sale. However, the district then negotiated “behind close doors” with the Islamic Cultural Association. Then the district allegedly “misrepresented the status of the property to municipal officials from Farmington and Farmington Hills,” telling people the structure was not for sale. Said Thompson, “Our letter to the attorney general focused on a catalog of suspicious circumstances dealing with corruption that can best be resolved by a citizens grand jury. A grand jury with the power to subpoena witnesses and compel testimony would ensure that the guilty are brought to justice and the innocent exonerated.” Among the allegations: •While the building in 2008 was appraised at more than $2 million, the district sold it for only $1.1 million. •The school board pressed its facilities committee for a recommendation to sell the building even though the “Facilities Study Team” originally left out that option. •While many groups asked about buying the building, they all were told that it wasn’t available, except the Islamic group. •An uncovered email revealed one official telling another, “No one really knows we are having the property appraised.” •School board officials started the deal discussions in January, but they didn’t tell the public until the end of May. “The mishandling of and illegal activity tangled within the sale of Eagle Elementary, along with the Farmington Public School Board’s decision to hide the sale from the public’s eye, ‘compromises the integrity of government and violates the public trust,’” the center said.