(PJM Exclusive) Holder’s DOJ Scuttled More Terror-Related Prosecutions
It’s been a wild two weeks since my exclusive Pajamas Media article revealing that political appointees at the Department of Justice had scuttled pending terror finance indictments of several prominent Islamic leaders as part of the Holy Land Foundation case, including Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) co-founder Omar Ahmad. A high-placed DOJ source told me the case was nixed to prevent embarrassment to the Obama administration and to avoid inflaming the Muslim community. House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Peter King then sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding answers about why these prosecutions were stopped.
Then, on Sunday, King went on Fox News and explained that he had spoken directly to the federal prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Dallas who had investigated the Hamas support network in the United States and had prepared the indictments against Omar Ahmad. King said that the career DOJ prosecutors and the FBI agents who had investigated the case were outraged that the indictments had been nixed by political appointees under Holder.
On Monday, Holder gave a hastily arranged speech at DOJ headquarters, where he responded by saying that his office had prosecuted more terrorists in the past two years than at any time in American history — but failed to acknowledge that domestic terrorism over the past two years is higher than it has ever been.
By Tuesday, Holder had convened another hastily arranged press conference, where he admitted that the DOJ had scuttled the CAIR prosecutions — thereby confirming our reporting — but where he also claimed that they were only following previous decisions made by the Bush administration, back in 2004, when they decided to delay prosecuting the CAIR officials until after the trial of the Holy Land Foundation executives. That trial concluded in late November 2008 — three weeks after the election of Barack Obama — with convictions against the defendants on all 108 counts.
But with Eric Holder blaming the Bush administration for this decision, it will be interesting to see how he explains the fact that, under his leadership, the DOJ has been responsible for scuttling other terror-related investigations — according to congressional investigators looking at the possible political motivations for dropping prosecutions of American Islamic leaders for terrorism support.
According to these congressional sources, one case that was scuttled by Assistant Attorney General David Kris (who wrote the memo declining to prosecute Omar Ahmad in the Holy Land Foundation case) was a tax evasion and money laundering prosecution prepared by the U.S. attorney’s office in the eastern district of Virginia. The targets of these indictments would have been several Muslim leaders of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) and the now-defunct SAAR Foundation/SAFA Group, who were investigated and raided for a wide range of activities to support foreign terrorist organizations.
That case was part of an investigation that targeted Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leader Sami Al-Arian, who was charged with contempt by the federal judge in the IIIT/SAAR case for refusing to testify about how the groups had financially and materially supported Al-Arian’s PIJ front based in Tampa, Florida, despite his plea agreement requiring him to do so. Because of Al-Arian’s lack of cooperation in the IIIT/SAAR case, federal prosecutors were only prepared to indict the IIIT/SAAR leaders on the money laundering and tax evasion charges.
I guess Erica thinks they are also his ‘people’
When is this going to stop? Congress has to step up to the plate. It is a direct threat to our national security.
It is going to stop with more dead Americans. But that is OK the murders are good political donors.
I’m just surprised that nobody has started impeachment proceedings against holder, or at the very least are holding Congressional hearings on him. Remember all of the Congressional hearings that were held under the Bush administration for the firings of those US Attorneys? And Bush had a total right to fire those people, yet he was investigated. Here, we may have criminal charges that could be made against Holder and nobody is investigating anything. Hypocrisy doesn’t even begin to describe what the Democrats are guilty of. The House, now that it is in Republican hands, should start investigations immediately.
Oops, you forgot that Eric Holder, Blacko-American, is a first-class US citizen — not subject to questioning by second-class (Euro-American) citizens. Just as in every other black-ruled state on the planet, racial classification is the very cornerstone of government. Please do a web-search of New Black Panther Party, Cambridge, MA police department, Louis Farrakan(sp?), Reverend Wright, Charlie Rangle, or “I’ve visited all but two of the 57 States in my campaign” for further info. As the Natl Review used to formulate their view of accusations of fellow-travelling towards fellow-travelling Leftists, the question we should ask about O’bwana’s religious policies would be: “if he were a Mohammedan, what would he be doing differently than he is now?”
Do you really expect the party of “slavery, secession and socialism” to be forthcoming and crucify one of their own?
Demorats are now the party of racism, anarchy, unions perverts, gays and anti anything that includes the average middle class American.
This alone is why we’re as close to civil war as we were 150 years ago. But now…with more of a purpose than maintaining the Republic.
Now…it’s a desire to maintain the Republic against the muslim invasion and threat to our way of life.
Look friends…it’s sharia law, muslims…..or our last stand.
Ladies & gents, some facts-Barzinji should indeed be a ‘person of interest’ at least if one is serious about hunting down Islamic terrorists.
Consider:together with Yacub Mirza and Taha al-Alwani, Barzinji served as an officer in at least 9 Islamic ‘charities’, companies and Islamic think tanks.Two of the main entities were named, Safa Trust & Mena Investments.The Safa Trust has been charged with using legitimate-sounding entities as a slush fund for terror.In fact, some of the group’s money has been traced to Saudis with DIRECT links to Osama Bin Laden.Court records reflect the above and this is just the tip of the Islamic terror connection of Barzinji.
So, why is there even ANY question from Holder’s DOJ about his prosecution?Either he is a like-minded traveler(despite protestations to the contrary)or his boss has some links to the above players which are better off left buried.
Keep digging……..I certainly will.
Thanks! You are the very best of Israeli/American’s. You are looking out for both countries and are so bright and determined. My own daughters are working hard on unseating this leftist administration. God bless!
Claudia,thanks.
Indeed, I am a proud American Conservative AND a proud Israeli Zionist citizen.In fact, the ideals of both world views have more similarities than differences.
Having experienced the horrors of 9/11/01 and its aftermath, having a brother who has been front and center fighting Islamic terror since 9/11/01-see,’Terrorist Cop’, by Dzikansky and Slater at Amazon-it is impossible for me to sit on the sidelines.
To wit, I work alongside others who ‘smoke’ them out, previously from the US, but now from Israel.It is us or them.Simple as that.
BS…so what are you really…really prepared to do? Fight these fooking 7th century savages to death?
Talk? Compromise? Round table? Diplomats? Foreign aid to the Pali scum? Or…are you ready to bring death and destruction to the most dangerous plague that mankind has witnessed since the 15th century?
Do you actually believe we’re not at deaths door facing the islamist scum?
I’m ready….millions of Americans are waiting for the “go to get em’ from a leader with BALLS!!!
Do you watch the UFC? We are on the bottom now, surviving a little ground and pound, being careful not to make any mistakes that could cost us. Shortly things are going to change, and we are going to be stood up and it will be OUR TURN.
They are going to lose the next election and their power and won’t be able to impose martial law and make us suffer. I think there is a good chance all hell is going to break out. I couldn’t afford to purchase gold or silver, had to go with lead. If all hell breaks out, I think lead is going to trump gold. God help us and all the innocent suckers who aren’t paying attention.
I can remember when Nixon’s Attorney General was rightly convicted of lesser crimes than Holder apparently is guilty of. It’s becoming increasingly obvious that he is much worse than just a useful idiot. We have a racist, bigoted Attorney General in Holder. He should be impeached, then tried and jailed.
Impeachment results in a civil trial, not a criminal trial. The most it can do is to remove the miscreant from office. A criminal trial – for treason, among many other charges – should follow. Treason is a capital offense. I would suggest that the reason that Congress is not pursuing this is partly because the Dems still hold a majority in the Senate, and partly because so many in Congress, in both parties, have themselves accepted money from, or otherwise aided and abetted, terrorists.
It is really amazing to me that these lawyerly thugs at DOJ do everything in their power to aid and abet “radical islam” (this madness does not deserve Capital Letters). Do these DOJ fools seriously imagine that, if their own actions are successful, their children and grand-children will thrive, or even survive, under an insanity such as “sharia law”?
God Almighty, have we become so weak and politically correct that we have even lost our instinct for survival?
Yep, that’ us Americans.
Unless we get hit across the face with our wallets, we don’t pay a lot of attention.
America is not the nation it was even 20 years ago.
George 1 was the first time I heard “one world order”..and it’s been down hill from there with people like Holder and disrespect of America
BUT .. as long as we sit back and keep electing the same @holes to represent us, weak willed , self concerned people, we get the Obama’s and Holders of the world to destroy our country
Well its obvious that we have the enemy within. Scuttled terror prosecutions, giving Islamists a tour of an intelligence facility, an open border with executions and kidnappings. Sueing Arizona while they are just trying to stem the chaos within. As they say, The Fish Rots from the Head.
This story begs the question – why would democrats aid and abet terrorists that seek to eliminate the U.S?
So if we know that operatives in and out of the administration of one political party are semi-covertly helping all types of anti-American groups achieve their goals of overthrowing the US, should we assume that even their non-covert actions are meant to support same? Those little things like Obamacare, financial reform, printing trillions of dollars, etc.
Hmmm, so many questions that are met with only one word – racist!
Obama, Holder and the left-wing crowd does not believe Hamas should be considered a terrorist group-as long as they are bent on the destruction of Israel not the US its okay-this isn’t much different then how Europe operate visa via Islamic extremeist/terrorist groups
remember the GITMO Uighurs? Al-Qadea trained mass murderers–they were okay b/c they were simply going to murder Chinese
same logic and approach-but at the time Europe is rethinking this policy Obama and crew are adopting it for the US
The frightening truth is that the government regularly takes the side of radical Muslims AGAINST non-Muslims. It did not start with this administration, but under Obama, it is now greatly accelerating.
Obama invited his top favorites, the Muslim Brotherhood, to his speech in Cairo, Egypt. Obama appointed Muslim Brotherhood operatives to key positions in the government. Obama and his administration obviously share the same goals. The destruction of civilization and Islamic conquest.
It is well known that the goal of the Muslim Brotherhood is global Islamic conquest, including the conquest of America.
And subjugation of all nations under extremely cruel Islamic sharia law where women are treated as inferior and non-Muslims have no human rights.
From the document of the Muslim Brotherhood in North America:
The process of settlement is a “Civilization-Jihadist Process” and all the word means. The
Ikhwan [Arabic for brothers] must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad to eliminate and destroy the Western civilization from within, and sabotage its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers, so that it is eliminated, and God’s religion is made victorious over all other religions.
It is a Muslim’s destiny to perform Jihad and work wherever he is and wherever he lands until the final hour comes, and there is no escape from that destiny…”
Muslims are now in a race to conquer the world. They are aided and abetted by America and other Western powers.
Although we have a black (half black) president, he is the most dangerous and terrifying president for black people the world has ever known. Unless you are Muslim.
Racism, contempt and violent hate for blacks has to stop. The U.S. administration, France and the UN have blood on their hands. With VERY STRONG U.S. backing, French military and UN troops went to war against black Christian innocents in order to conquer the Ivory Coast for Islam. Another huge victory for global jihad.
frontpagemag.com
A Plea for the Cote D’Ivoire:
Faith J. H. McDonnell on Apr 15th, 2011
Senator Jim Inhofe warned the UN and the State Department “that they would have blood on their hands.”
Ouattara’s troops were using machetes. “They were slitting people’s throats, anyone — men, women, children…
Ouattara’s men circle Simone Gbagbo. Inhofe said that the thugs had pulled out her hair by the roots and then went to the streets, displaying her hair to mobs of cheering Ouattara supporters. Again Inhofe repeated his warning to other Sub-Saharan African leaders, saying, “This could happen to you. This could happen to your wife.”
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/04/15/a-cri-de-coeur-for-the-cote-d%E2%80%99ivoire/
UN Peacekeepers? Give them their proper name: UN Soldiers for Global Islamic Conquest.
Ruthless and cruel French military handed over Christian President Gbagbo, his wife and son to their enemies in order for this family to be horribly abused. What terrible things are Quattara and his followers perpetrating against them in private? The Koran commands to show no mercy to non-Muslims. The UN, French military and their U.S. backers are fully responsible. They are allowing it.
There are pictures of terrified captured black Christians on the internet. They are deeply aware of Muslim barbarism. 1,000 Christians were hacked to death or burnt alive in recent days. There is no one to rescue them and Gbagbo’s family. No one to help.
A photo on the internet shows an Ivory Coast black Christian man and woman holding identical signs – a desperate plea to the world for help. This is how America and France are now seen by victims of Islam.
UN-USA-FRANCE=ASSASSINS
We ought to be massively protesting in the world’s city streets. Which African nation is targeted next by the US/EU/UN for barbaric Islamic conquest?
NON-MUSLIM BLACKS MUST HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS
If I wanted to destroy America, I would be doing what Obama, Holder, and company are doing.
Of course they’re not going to prosecute; that requires taking prisoners and GITMO is closed to new bookings.
Looking for terrorists in all the wrong places.
If the articles about the government exercises to combat terrorism are true then the only terrorists they, the leadership, are looking for is White males. At least that is the threat for which they practice. The problem is these are in part the American people and not the proven threat to the US but obviously the threat the government prefers to promote as the threat.
US citizens are being painted by the government as the threat when the real threat is well known but evidently too taboo to mention and evidently too taboo to prosecute. Does anyone have to wonder why career DOJ prosecutors and the FBI agents who investigated the case were outraged at the leadership trashing their well prepared case?
How does suppression of prosecution of the enemy and attempts to create the impression of US citizens as the enemy, make us safe?
Such things don’t make us safe, but they please Obama, a closet Muslim who has a hidden agenda and is out to bankrupt America. He has to be a one term prez!
This story is pathetic to say the least. According to Holder, Obama and Janet Napolitano our government should be moving a long like a fine tuned engine. It is not and Holder says it is Bush`s fault, hell Obama can not make decision, and Holder and Napolitano are just lap dogs without a leader. Why is it the Obama`s administration says it has deported more illegal`s convicted more terrorist`than any body else in the last 2 years? Maybe just maybe because they were running the circus and everything Obama does is historical or is that hysterical?
Americans must stop talking about the administration`s illegality but begin to bring accusations!
We need an electable ( preferably black) REAL American patriot to
start a campaign against what’s going on in the USA….take a good look at Allen West. I think he’d clean out the jerks in the WH, the judiciary and anywhere else necessary. No more namby-pamby nice guys.
God Bless the USA !!!
This administration causes me to think they have trouble with basic concepts like:
What is terrorism?
What is voter intimidation?
What is Anti-American?
What is treason?
What is a Birth Certificate?
What is a ‘natural born citizen’?
Am I missing something here? Is this not the U. S Department of Justice?
How did we allow it to become a goalie for blocking justice?
Reminds me of another Democrat administration with Janet Reno as goalie.
Why are we afraid of “inflaming” the Muslim community? I say inflame them, torch them, nuke them, and do whatever we need to do to get rid of them or make them behave in concert with modern parameters. Hey, congress, stop being so freakin’ soft because of political correctness; get a backbone or get the hell out of Washington and give somebody a chance to serve in the law-making body of our country who has more backbone than a jellyfish and will take positive and aggressive action to save us from people who worship a self-serving, mass murdering, thieving pedophile.