FBI now defending inviting Mustapha! Contact Congress Today!! On Wednesday, FBI officials berated numerous ACT! for America members, insisting that the story about Kifah Mustapha being invited to tour the top-secret National Counterterrorism Center was a “lie” or a “fabrication.” To quickly recap, Mustapha was an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial; has documented ties to Hamas; and was dismissed from the Illinois State Police chaplaincy program because he failed a background check. When an ACT! for America staff member called the FBI, he was told by the FBI official that the story was “fabricated” and the photo of the group that took the tour, which included Mustapha, must have been “doctored.” (Untrue.) Yesterday (Thursday), the FBI story changed. According to a Fox News report (see below, highlights added), “Paul Bresson, an FBI spokesman told FoxNews.com that the agency knew who Mustapha was before he was allowed to participate.” Bresson proceeded to defend inviting Mustapha to tour the facility.
We encourage you to contact your Member of Congress to bring this to his or her attention and request answers to these questions. Here’s how. Step One: Please click here to contact your Member of Congress. This link will take you to our new Contact Congress page on our website. Step Two: Please click on the first link titled “FBI now defending inviting Mustapha” in the “Action Alerts” box found in the middle of the page. Step Three: This will take you to the letter. Scroll down to fill in your information and click “Send.” Your message will be delivered! National Security Hawks Call for Brennan's Resignation Published September 29, 2010 FoxNews.com An independent group of national security professionals deeply critical of the Obama administration is calling on National Security Adviser John Brennan to resign for what the group says is a coordinated effort to prevent "identifying, understanding and countering" threats posed by Islamic law, known as shariah. Center for Security Policy chief Frank Gaffney, a former Reagan administration official, held a news conference Wednesday to argue that Brennan failed in his "duty to know his enemy" when he allowed a sheik with "known ties" to Hamas through his work at the Holy Land Foundation, the charitable group whose leaders were convicted of funding the Palestinian terror group, to participate in a six-week long FBI outreach program to the Muslim community. Sheik Kifah Mustapha of Chicago participated in the government-sponsored "Citizens Academy" hosted by the FBI this year. As a participant, he was able to get a tutorial on the National Counterterrorism Center, other secure government facilities and FBI's training center at Quantico Marine base in Virginia. The FBI defended its invitation to Mustapha in an interview with FoxNews.com, saying there was no reason to worry about his credentials or what he may learn during his participation. But Gaffney said at an afternoon news conference that Brennan is guilty of either "willful blindness at best" or a form of treason at worst. "The FBI gave a guided tour of one of our most sensitive counter-terrorism facilities to a known Hamas operative," Gaffney continued. "It is clear that the cluelessness fostered by Mr. Brennan is causing an empowering of the wrong sorts of Muslims in America and endangering the American people." Gaffney added that he sees a "host of others who are similarly either failing to know or rendered incapable of acting on what they do know is going on in this country in a form of civilization jihad and perhaps the precursor to violent forms of jihad." The White House did not respond to a request for comment. The FBI says on its website that the Citizens Academy teaches how the agency tracks down spies and terrorists and how it collects and preserves evidence, and they can see what its like to fire a weapon. Businesses, civic and religious leaders who are at least 21 without prior felony convictions are eligible to attend, the website says. Paul Bresson, an FBI spokesman, told FoxNews.com that the agency knew who Mustapha was before he was allowed to participate. "He's a prominent figure in the community," Bresson said, adding that the sheik has not been convicted of a crime. "It's not like we gave him secret access or classified information." Gaffney, which led the group called "Team B II" released a report earlier this month called "Shariah: The Threat to America." Team B II, inspired by the CIA's Team B exercise in 1976 to ferret out weaknesses in U.S. response to the Soviet threat, presented the findings to two Republican members of Congress earlier this month. The group, which says it sees parallels between today's efforts to engage radical Muslim groups and 1970s efforts to engage the Soviets, says Brennan is allowing a "grave threat" to grow against the U.S., its Constitution, government and freedoms. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT for America P.O. Box 12765 Pensacola, FL 32591 www.actforamerica.org ACT for America is an issues advocacy organization dedicated to effectively organizing and mobilizing the most powerful grassroots citizen action network in America, a grassroots network committed to informed and coordinated civic action that will lead to public policies that promote America’s national security and the defense of American democratic values against the assault of radical Islam. We are only as strong as our supporters, and your volunteer and financial support is essential to our success. Thank you for helping us make America safer and more secure. 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Friday, October 1, 2010
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