Scandal: DOJ Sponsoring Unindicted Terror Co-Conspirator’s Convention
Former Iranian President Khatami speaking at earlier ISNA convention
“This is just staggering, it’s outrageous,” the lawyer said. “Lawyers from the Civil Rights Division traveling to Chicago on the federal dime. This will cost thousands of dollars.”
A second lawyer responded to Mrs. Lorenzo-Giguere’s e-mail questioning the participation and said it “seems like an odd time for one part of DOJ to lend credence and visible support to ISNA at the same time DOJ prosecutors will be called on to defend their decision to name ISNA as a conspirator.”
WashTimes:
The Justice Department is co-sponsoring a convention held by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) — an unindicted co-conspirator in an ongoing federal terrorist funding case — a move that is raising concerns among the Justice’s rank and file.
Justice lawyers have objected to the affiliation with ISNA, fearing it will undermine the case against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development in Dallas.
“There is outrage among lawyers that the Department of Justice is funding a group named as a co-conspirator in a terrorist financing case,” said a Justice lawyer who spoke to The Washington Times on the condition of anonymity.
According to an e-mail from Susana Lorenzo-Giguere, acting deputy chief of the Voting Rights Division, the sponsorship will involve sending government lawyers to man a booth for the Labor Day weekend event in Illinois.
“This is an important outreach opportunity, and a chance to reach a community that is at once very much discriminated against, and very wary of the national government and its willingness to protect them,” Mrs. Lorenzo-Giguere said in an e-mail obtained by The Washington Times.
“It would be a great step forward to break through those barriers. And Chicago is lovely this time of year,” Mrs. Lorenzo-Giguere said.
ISNA is one of more than 300 unindicted co-conspirators in a case against the Holy Land Foundation, whose top officers are accused of raising money for Hamas.
Justice spokesman Erik Ablin said the agency participates in the annual convention to educate Muslims about their civil rights.
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How about educating Muslims about Civil Responsibilities?
I still don’t get that “unindicted” co-conspirator crud.
August 27th, 2007 at 4:48 amThey are un-indicted co-conspirators because there is enough circumstantial evidence against them to prove that they have aided and abetted terrorist organizations, but enough evidence yet to convict them….
This is a group who is the enemy of the U.S. being aided and abetted by another enemy of the US Mrs. Lorenzo-Giguere.
August 27th, 2007 at 7:16 amShe’s a useful idiot Dhimi…who needs to go.
Why the fuck do they have to come to my state for their convention. They should just land the airplane at Gitmo.
August 27th, 2007 at 5:29 pmmurtha’s also an unindicted co-conspirator, I forget what for, what was it Abscam?
August 27th, 2007 at 11:54 pm