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2008-12-01 Home Front: WoT

Detroit area Muslims worry about new federal rules

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Posted by tipper 2008-12-01 07:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Maybe if you weren't constantly scheming to blow us up?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-12-01 07:37|| 2008-12-01 07:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Mr Boyd, buy a clue. Please do not waste our money investigating non mooselimbs, at least for now. Ok? Thx

Posted by Steven 2008-12-01 09:24|| 2008-12-01 09:24|| Front Page Top

#3 "There is anxiety the Middle Eastern community will be targeted," said Dearborn lawyer Nabih Ayad, who has defended a number of Arab Americans charged in national security cases.

I guess he has. Who's Behind the ACLU NSA Lawsuit ... And Why Are They Lying?
Next, there's Abdrabboh's law partner, Nabih Ayad. Both Abdrabboh and Ayad go on annual trips to the Middle East with Hamad. The trips involve meetings with Lebanese and Syrian officials tied to Hezbollah, and their travel-mates include officials of a Detroit charity that openly donated millions to HAMAS and privately raised money for Iraqi insurgents at a Los Angeles area fundraiser. Federal officials suspect that money laundering--and who knows what else--may be going on during these trips.

Ayad represented Omar Abdel-Fatah Al-Shishani, stopped at Detroit Metro Airport with millions in phony bank checks used to fund Al-Qaeda operations. Shishani--a friend of John Kerry's--didn't get much for his money, though. I had dinner with Abu Shishani in fall 2003, prior to his sentencing. It was a secret meeting with law enforcement members, and he did not know my real identity. Shishani told me that Mr. Ayad ripped him off of $25,000, did not help him, and he had to hire a new attorney. Based on that, it's hard to see how NSA spying would affect his "representation" of his client.

Then, there are his 130 clients paid off an INS inspector and committed visa fraud. Ayad got these clients from his buddy, former "terrorist" Hamad. Paying off INS inspectors, visa fraud--these are things we SHOULD be spying on.

Posted by ed 2008-12-01 09:41|| 2008-12-01 09:41|| Front Page Top

#4 The program investigates/collects/analyzes suspicious behavior...that comes in all sizes, shapes, colors, spices. Me think you protest too loudly.

Posted by Hammerhead 2008-12-01 10:34|| 2008-12-01 10:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes, if the poor plumber guy gets his arse rooted for asking a question, then maybe they've got some comin to em.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-12-01 11:27|| 2008-12-01 11:27|| Front Page Top

#6 There is anxiety...

If my co-religionists were famous for mass murder and blowing things up, I'd be feeling a little anxious too.

Posted by SteveS 2008-12-01 17:24|| 2008-12-01 17:24|| Front Page Top

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