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MONDAY, JUL 16, 2012 05:07 PM EDT
The Minnesota representative offers "evidence" of Islamic infiltration of the U.S. government in a 16-page letter
BY ALEX SEITZ-WALD
Rep. Michele Bachmann defended her attempt to root out deep penetration by the Muslim Brotherhood into the U.S. government Friday, writing a 16-page letter explaining and expanding on her initial charges against Huma Abedin and others of being terrorist sympathizers. Bachmanns letter came in response to a challenge from a fellow Minnesota lawmaker, Rep. Keith Ellison, a Democrat who was the first Muslim elected to Congress. Ellison last week asked Bachmann for evidence to support a series of letters the Republican sent to five national security agencies demanding investigations into alleged Muslim Brotherhood infiltration in their ranks.
In the new letter, Bachmann questions why Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the wife of former Rep. Anthony Weiner, was able to receive a security clearance despite having family members that Bachmann believes are connected to the Brotherhood. I am particularly interested in exactly how, given what we know from the international media about Ms. Abedins documented family connections with the extremist Muslim Brotherhood, she was able to avoid being disqualified for a security clearance, the congresswoman wrote.
As evidence, she pointed to Abedins late father, Professor Syed Z. Abedin, and a 2002 Brigham Young University Law Review article about his work. Bachmann points to a passage saying Abedin founded an organization that received the quiet but active support of the the former director of the Muslim World League, an international NGO that was tied to the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe in the 1970s through 1990s. So, to connect Abedin to the Muslim Brotherhood, you have to go through her dead father, to the organization he founded, to a man who allegedly supported it, to the organization that man used to lead, to Europe in the 1970s and 1990s, and finally to the Brotherhood.
The next paragraph of the law review article she cites quotes Syed Abedin concluding that the Koran calls for, multiple ways of life
i.e. religious and cultural plurality among mankind. Pretty scary Islamo-fascist stuff. Its also worth nothing that Weiner, Huma Abedins husband, is one of the most unquestionably pro-Israeli politicians in America. But Bachmann would have us believe that the security clearance process somehow missed Abedins nefarious connections, and thus she knows more than, say, the CIA and FBI, who are involved in the background-check process ...
http://www.salon.com/2012/07/16/bachmann_defends_her_witchunt/
RagAss
(13,832 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)which aims at assorted nuts and fruits nationwide, aiming for donations for the fall election. And (sad to say) it's working for her: she's getting at least 4X as much money as any other congressional candidate in her state, and something like 80% of her take is coming from out of state
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)so she must be one of the smartest republicans in Congress
and she does know there are Muslims hiding under her bed
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)caught a couple of dudes sneaking out from under the bed in the middle of the night.
mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)I shudder to think what might happen if she were allowed sharp objects like pens.
FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)once it was exposed, but why would a US Congresswoman be a citizen of another country? How did she ever get elected or did she not reveal her dual-citizenship to the voters, which would mean she was trying to hide it? Why would she want to hide it? She has raised the question of loyalty, so let's go with it. Let her explain what need she had to split her loyalties between two countries.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Considering all her flag waving and 'patriot' rhetoric, I think it raises questions about where HER loyalties really are. If she is questioning another American's loyalties, then she opens the door for her own to be seriously questioned.
GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)Marcus is not doing his job and this little skinny girl is sexually frustrated!