Seeking Asylum, Anti-Terrorist Hero May Be Deported
“My view is that the decision to deny him political refugee status was incredibly idiotic,” former CIA director James Woolsey told reporters at a recent Capitol Hill dinner to honor Mosab, Gonen, Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), Representatives Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Brad Sherman (D-CA), and Iranian-American pro-democracy activist Amil Imani. “It’s hard to think of a worse immigration decision in history. It’s fundamentally nuts.”
The Israeli Knesset seems to agree.
Before flying to Washington, Mosab received a commendation letter from the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, acknowledging his extraordinary service to the state of Israel.
Nevertheless, on Wednesday morning, at a DHS detention facility on the Mexican border, a judge will decide the future of Mosab Hassan Yousef.
Personally, I side with Woolsey.
Before we started writing Son of Hamas, Mosab and I sat in my home, and I listened for more than 20 hours as he shared his entire story for the first time. I was frequently overwhelmed by his intensity and refreshed by his wonderful political incorrectness. Of course, living through a couple of intifadas, three imprisonments, torture, military incursions, and the minute-by-minute pressure of being a double agent will do that to a guy.
After living together for a week and collaborating every day for the next four months, I sent the final manuscript to Tyndale House, fully convinced that Mosab Hassan Yousef is indeed a security threat — but to radical Islam, not to America. He is fully committed to exposing its deceptions and seductions, even if it costs him his life. He has already lost his family, his country, and everything else he holds dear.
For more information, visit www.sonofhamas.com or follow him on facebook at www.facebook.com/mosab.yousef.
This should be interesting, im going to give him about a 0% chance of survival outside the US and rightfully so.
I am not sure what you mean, “and rightfully so”. This is a man who gave everything he had to fight terrorist and this country is not going to help him at all? A hero should be able to get asylum in The United States.
This is where — or prior to this — when DHS first turned him down — is where a normal President steps in and gets a sane handle on it.
But in our case, it’s more important to our “Powers” that the meme that there is “No Radical Islam” only “extremists” is what prevails. Mosab is evidently a threat to this fabrication.
This is going to blow up in Obama’s face wonderfully. We will have in all likely hood, a packed press gallery if there is one. Congressmen, diplomats, several intelligence types eager to point out that they have thousands of Iraqis, Afghans and others that have also ‘aided’ terrorists to their doom. Is the US going to deport them all?
There’s a small chance that the Judge will tell the prosecutor, Kerri Calcador, to hurry up and retire. Finding in favour of Mosab and telling the prosecution that if it appeals it will cost them their jobs and reputations.
Could it be that Homeland Security attorney Kerri Calcador really has it in for the higher ups in the agency including Obama? This may be like a “work to rule” employment dispute where the person protests by following the letter of the Law, no matter how stupid, to mess up the boss. In which case it is beautiful.
My greatest conscern is for the safety of the court. What’s the odds that these idiot wont sweep the room for bombs before the case and check everyone’s bags? And what risk does this stupid case put Mosab’s family in?
Your interpretation of this lawyer setting up the Obama Admin is quite entertaining and extremely unlikely. Also, I think this began when Bush was President. Obama will probably simply instruct Holder to make sure Mosab is persecuted.
Most likely, she either somehow thought he was a terrorist, or is a lefty who understood that he had helped Israel.
I’m not at all sure if there is an official Israeli gov’t. position on this, I would hope that he is welcomed to come live in Israel. He can always return to America when you get rid of the Muslim/Leftist in the White House if he likes.
Doesn’t it figure that Western gov’t.s welcome Islamic extremists & even give them jobs advising on various ”Islamic” issues & try to deport a hero who fought terrorism.
As usual, you have to ask yourself whose side they’re on & sadly, the answer is obvious.
Would deportation of Mosab be a consideration if we had not elected an Islamist named Hussein to the Presidency? Would there be a giant mosque going up at ground-zero? Would there be such absurdities such as the Rules of Engagement in the Afghan war? The answer to these questions is no.
Obama, Pelosi, Frank, Dodd, Holder and others belong behind bars, not at the helm of government.
Do you mean to infer that had ‘I like amesty’ and ‘I believe in AGW’ and ‘water-boarding is torture’ John McCain won the election none of this would be happening?
McCain swings to the right every six years to get reelected to his gravy train. This is an election year for McCain – the only reason he is now sounding tough on immigration – or any other issues near and dear to a conservatives heart.
Would McCain step in and stop this insanity?
I doubt it.
McCain has proven his perfidy against the Constitution and should be turned out of office. He is a Washingtonian, and hopefully, Arizonans won’t buy his faux-conservative act this time around.
And, no, I didn’t mean to ‘imply’ anything.
Tellingly, Washington, under the Islamist-in-Chief, has decided that someone who admits to driving terrorists to safe houses, all in order to fulfill the greater goal of aiding Israel(and consequently the US) IS guilty of terror support.
Whereas, the same regime under the Islamist-in-Chief can’t even bring themselves to utter the words-Islamist, radical Islam and all other words which bring Islam into the orbit of terrorists.
In effect, those who conspire against terrorists, via covert or overt tactics, are now considered terrorists.Hmmm…..
Not only that, ALL stripes of Islamists are allowed ENTRY into the US, despite their bonafide terror ties-Tariq Ramadan, just for STARTERS!
But Aunt Zaitunia gets to stay in Boston in (local) government housing and even given a job. Brilliant!
Sure, Obama’s “Auntie” got to stay in Boston, but Press Secretary Gibbs swore to Allah the President, in no way, interfered with immigration’s decision to allow her to remain in the good old USA.
These people at DHS couldn’t find their posterior ends with a search team & a flashlight because their heads are up a part of their anatomy. Ok, deport ago guy like him, but keep all of the other illegals, drug smugglers & nuts that daily pour over our southern border. The brain dead gal that made this asinine decision should deport herself! Nuff said!
It’s interesting how the U.S. only allows terrorists posing as ‘refugees’, ‘persecuted’(politically or religiously), Obamas grandma, illegal border crossers et al to remain in the U.S. but actual proven converts to Christianity from islam are sent to be slaughtered or further allowed to be persecuted right here. Wacky.
This is an issue that everyone understands that everyone else understands. In other words, its outcome will clearly delineate who is on whose side. It is too bad that that Mosab is the canary in the coal mine, but he is. However, we are the miners who are gathered ’round the cage starring at this poor fellow and wondering about our own fate.
Kerri Calcador- to whom much is given much is expected – wisdom not used(was it even given?), power and authority(who gave it and how have you squandered it?), common sense(you aren’t showing it and probably don’t care how stupid you look), but there is a time of judgement and vengeance is not ours, that’s a fact!
I bought and read the book as soon as I heard about it. It seemed to walk a strange sort of line, attempting to criticize Israeli policy and glorify the Palestinian position in subtle ways while simultaneously trying to explain why Mosab chose to oppose all he’d been brought up to believe… and it gave precious little insight into his religious conversion, which was apparently the fundamental driving force behind his decision to subvert and betray his family and people.
Don’t get me wrong, Mr. Brackin, I understand and appreciate how Christianity can focus and clarify such issues and I support and admire Mosab for his decisions. But the book was preachy, IMHO, heaping all sorts of blame on Israel for events and actions which to me seem much more like self protection and less like an oppressive conspiracy as the book implies. I can’t tell whether the opinions are his or yours or both, but it was kind of annoying to find that undertone throughout the narration.
That said, what’s going on here is clear. Our Stalinist/Islamist government is attempting to use Mosab to send a message back to the Palestinians and the muslim world. Do not help Israel, because if you do, there is no safety here in America for you.
Their argument about ‘terrorist support’ is a terrible joke, and proves they are motivated by ideology rather than events. NOBODY IS THAT STUPID, and that includes Arabs, Americans, Muslims and anyone else watching. Snitch on Hamas and America will throw you right back into their den.
This is a Chicago gangland style warning. Kind of like the disassembled bomb mailed to a Spanish expert who wrote opinions against the ‘green jobs’ subsidies. The bomb was mailed from ThermoTechnic, a company which receives those subsidies. They are that straightforward about preserving their subsidies– they don’t even try to conceal the messenger. Our stupid “terrorist support, gave guys a ride home” opinion is on that level of plainness. Capone strides around the meeting table, smacking his baseball bat in his palm, talking of teamwork and disappointment, and BAM, Mosab gets one in the back of the head.
I would add, to reduce this even further, that this is another proof that one cannot satisfy the left. That book is carefully, gently optimistic about the ‘goodness’ of the people of Hamas-stan, very few of whom would disagree with its charter– that Israel should be wiped out– and very few of whom would consider Jews full human beings.
Considering the magnitude of this story, downplaying the morally certain bit was the correct thing to do in order to avoid displeasing the publishing, media and political overlords of the left. Humanizing Gazans, check. Making Israel out to be oppressive, unforgiving and unreasonable, check. No good vs. evil here, just a religious change of heart of some kind for Mosab. Human interest story. Not proof that Hamas is evil, not at all. Not even proof that Israel is good, even though he worked for them for ten years. Nope, just a bunch of superficial ambiguity.
What did all that buy for Mosab?
A transparently unreasonable, obstinate effort by the US GOVERNMENT to deport him back into a society which will immediately disembowel him and burn his corpse on the public square.
Do you regret not being more morally clear with this book, Mr. Brackin, given the deliberately unclear version was still enough to provoke our government into an an attempt to get your client killed? Was it a waste of effort to be so carefully unclear?
Why are any of you surprised?
The US has supported the Iranian dictators, that parade as religious since 1979; you wish … so you ignore reality and pretend to yourself “we” could not support Iranian dictators that parade as religious.
USA is not at war with Islime, so why the apologies to Islime ?
A top priority of the US government is to maintain high crude oil prices; so the terrorist supporting countries; Iraq, Iran, Saudi, Eremites, et al will be flush with cash to finance the war against us (USA). You think I am wrong but it is you who are wrong and in denial.
In 1989, one of the battle tactics that I told every member of congress would be used against us: “How dare Abdulla bomb that plane without permission, lets turn him in for brownie points!” Can you figure it out?
Let’s hope he can hold on somewhere until Obama is voted out in a couple years.
First off you have to remember that DHS has no intention of protecting our country. This is a proven fact, just look at the southern border. Illegal aliens and terrorist have more rights then the average American citizen. The sad thing is that after 9-11, these same liberals were saying they would not forget, well they have awful short memories.
To the scum of our present Administration Mosab IS the enemy, a small impediment in their ceaseless campaign to damage the country they represent but hate.
Thanks for the post. It helped clarify things for me. The author’s last paragraph was disturbing, but I did not ‘get’ that he was anti-Israel. I hope Mosab does well, but I am sorry if he encouraged this writer’s urge to blame Israel for the conflict.
When I read the book, I was astonished at how carefully the thuggishness of the Israelis was presented, and how warmheartedly they humanized the Hamas people. If the authors had not specifically stated that Mosab had become a Christian, it would not be evident at all from the narrative. The voice of Mosab condemns Israeli cruelty and unreasonable unjust treatment of Hamas members throughout. Very little actual forceful condemnation of Hamas happens in this book.. it’s kind of like Kerry’s Swift Boat detractors, as Kerry went straight from denying their allegations to claiming the allegations had “already been dealt with”. Mosab doesn’t spend much time demonstrating the viciousness and evil of Hamas, but seems to have been credited by book’s end with having done it, and thoroughly.
I am glad Mosab saw the light, glad he worked with the Israelis to save lives on both sides and to prevent Hamas’ worst deeds if he could. But there is something vaguely disturbing about the moral ambivalence the reader discovers in what one expects to be a story with more brightly drawn lines. The author is refreshed by this ‘political incorrectness’, I think he calls it. From where I sit, it is EXTREMELY politically correct. To praise Israel and condemn Hamas is the height of true political incorrectness, and this book dances nimbly away from that position.
I am a conservative Christian and a staunch supporter (morally) of Israel. I didn’t get the same vibe from the book at all. It is not anti-Israel so much as it shows the Palestinians as a tragic (in the ancient sense, not modern sense) people who are caught between a powerful state that will swiftly defend its people and leaders who will gladly manipulate them in insidious ways (often involving almost literally turning them into fuel for the fire) to keep the conflict going for their personal enrichment.
Furthermore, it should also be pointed out that most of the “evil Israeli oppression” that was highlighted in the book was necessary to build up the reader’s understanding of Yousef’s life… since those things happened to him.
Well, if Mosab had just walked across the border into Arizona, there’d be no problem at all.
I’ve yet to decide if the State Department is just crammed with idiots, or if it’s actively anti-American.
Why does it need to be either/or??? Both sound perfectly plausible to me.
If this was not so tragic it would be laughable. Can you imagine what GROUCHO MARKS would do with this. As the President of Lidonia he finds out that a spy has informed him of the invasion of Lidonia, the President’s own country. So he wants to shoot the spy. But Margaret Dumont steps in and pleads for the life of the spy, and along come CHICO AND HARPO who get behind DUMONT. Absolutely nothing makes sense in our AMERICA any more. Turn the clock back to the time of the early 60′s. and Mosab would be given a ticker tape parade and the keys to the city.
TO ALL THE MORONS THAT FILL THE HEAD OFFICES OF DHS I SAY AS DID STEPHAN ZWEIG: BEWARE OF PITY. YOU DO NOT DESERVE PITY AND THE REASON IS THAT YOU ARE PATHETIC.
Since we have a president and an administration (lets give them all credit) of anti-Americans, this young man would best be served by going back to Israel. Our government is going to do nothing to help him or for that matter, to help Israel. Obama will get up and blab some nonsense (because that seems to be all it takes) at the Jewish Community in this country to get them to stay put with the dems, in the meantime, doubt if he cares if the man lives or dies. Obama shows more interest in his golf game than he does this country. What an absolutely appalling disgrace!!
Can anyone have the least doubt any more which side Obama is really on?
In the novels by Tom Clancy, there are times when the FBI and the CIA co-operate. Otherwise, they view each other warily.
It looks like Mosab Hassan Yousef is being subjected to the second treatment. Which makes it harder to acquire intelligence to prevent future attacks, as well
as influence others to direct energies towards other activities.
Him they’ll deport…That’s just perfect. I suggest they deport the 20 million or so ILLEGAL Imigrants 1st. You know…put him on the end of the line of people to deport. Our federal gov. is just really a bunch of anti-American scumbags who need to just dissappear. The world would not miss them.
If he gets to stay, his life will still be in danger. So he should probably move next door to Ted Nugent.
Can someone explain how anyone can be deported to a land that is not a recognized country Like Gaza?
This makes no sense whatsoever. Or is he being deported to Israel and for some reason doesn’t want to go?
Has anyone ever been deported to a land without a government before? Like Somalia? At least Somalia used to be a country. Gaza, the WB and any other land imagined to be “Palestine” is a made up fantasy.
The Israelis won’t let it land in Gaza. They’ll force it to land in their territory even if that means they have to order the IAF to call DHS’ bluff.
Ron: I am impressed!! you guys actually found a muslim that you like?
I am shocked!! this guy is a threat to our national security.
he should go and live in Israel. after all it is the Israleis who benefitted
why have him here. if someone is going to kill him by a car bomb they should do it in Israel. we don’t and want that to happen in our country…
Is anyone surprised to find that our resident anti-semite assumes that everyone else is as filled with hatred as she is.
And no, Isreal is not a threat to our national security.
You can keep trying to sell your lies, but noone is buying them.
I should point out that our favorite anti-semite has also failed in basic reading comprehension yet again.
The article quite clearly states that Mosab Hassan Yousef had converted to Christianity, so he is not a muslim. (Though in this instance such knowledge will no doubt just help convince miriam that the author hates all muslims.)
markthegreat: it doen not matter that he converted… so what? he is still a threat.. he spied for the Israelis not us.. we have no obligation of protecting him do we now?
Spying for the Isreali’s makes him a threat to us??????
Your anti-semitism continues to bleed through.
As to his conversion, you were the one who made the claim that he was a muslim.
markthegreat: there is no anti semitism here.. yes he is a threat because
some country or Hammas for example want him dead.. so we do not need assasin squads in our country
do you get it….he did the work for the Israelis, let them deal with it.
unlike you, my allegence is to this country not Israel.
Every single one of your posts drips with anti-semitism.
Hamas wants all of us dead, so should everyone be kicked out of the country? Or just the jews?
This young man spoke to the Epicenter Conference last week. He is very supported by Joel C. Rosenberg (a Messianic Jew who you might want to google). He is most certainly supportive of the Jews in Israel.
By the way, a few years ago Mosab was featured in special on Fox about how Christians are affecting the world. If he is returned to Gaza, he won’t live for more than 5 minutes.
He has gained a lot of support by members of Congress. If you are praying person, please pray for him on this Wednesday, the day of his hearing.
This just in:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-court-grants-asylum-to-son-of-hamas-1.299235
He’s been granted asylum.
Mosab won, The Attorneys from homeland security backed down and dropped the case at the beginning of the court process. The FBI, CIA,several congressmen ad even former boss CIA Woolsey, all wrote letters asking the Homeland security agency to explain its self. Goner Ben-Itzhak his Shin Bet handler came out of cover to defend him, Congressmen and parliaments world wide were demanding to know what idiot had brought such a stupid case.
Even Obama appointed lefty lawyers know when there out numbered a million to one. Heads will roll in the department tomorrow I suspect but it will be kept very quiet.
i want to know who actually prepared the dossier on him. i don’t think this is stupidity; i think it’s malice.
And now, double-agent?:
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-mosab-yousef-saga-did-hamas-%E2%80%98defector%E2%80%99-dupe-all-of-us/?singlepage=true