[chicagomom]

Guess if you've got connections it doesn't matter with whom you associate.

From Salon.com:

Quote:

The policy director for the Department of Homeland Security's intelligence division [Faisal Gill] was briefly removed from his job in March when the Federal Bureau of Investigation discovered he had failed to disclose his association with Abdurahman Alamoudi, a jailed American Muslim leader. Alamoudi was indicted last year on terrorism-related money-laundering charges and now claims to have been part of a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah.

Since then, they've put Gill back in his job, despite his having *no background in intelligence.* The administration won't even comment on what makes him qualified to do his job. What makes him so qualified to do the job? He's a bud of Grover Norquist, pro-biz Repub lobbyist.

Oh, and btw, as part of his job, Gill "has access to top-secret information on the vulnerability of America's seaports, aviation facilities and nuclear power plants to terrorist attacks. "

I feel safer already.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/20...ill/index.html

 

[RachelGS]

 

[Arduinna]

OMGs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[chicagomom]

Even the Repubs are wondering about this guy. What is going on?

http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.o...?section=today

 

[chicagomom]

This just keeps getting weirder. Grover Norquist is an Islamist? Anyone able to wade through this mess and provide some perspective?

Quote:

On the basis of the evidence assembled here, it seems beyond dispute that Grover Norquist has formed alliances with prominent Islamic radicals who have ties to the Saudis and to Libya and to Palestine Islamic Jihad, and who are now under indictment by U.S. authorities.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles...p?ID=11209&p=1