Debbie Schlussel: "Islamic Outreach" Run Amok: Entire U.S. Attorney's Office Recused From Hanooti Iraqi Spy Case
For years, I've been complaining (including in New York Post columns) about the absurd outreach by the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan to extremist Muslims in the Detroit area. As I've repeatedly noted, a monthly "BRIDGES" group meeting hosted by FBI award revokee and "former" Islamic terrorist, Imad Hamad, and U.S. Attorney Stephen Murphy III a/k/a "Abu Porno," consisted of extremist Muslim leaders bitching and federal officials pandering to them, apologizing for their agents and prosecutors trying to doing their jobs against Muslim terrorists and other criminals.
Now, we see the fruits of this absurd "outreach." The entire U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has recused itself from the case against Iraqi spy Muthanna Al-Hanooti, indicted on Wednesday. The case must be tried by lawyers from Washington, who will have to fly in, eat out at nice restaurants, and stay at nice hotels . . . courtesy of the taxpayers.
That's because Al-Hanooti was a regular participant in the "Bridges" meetings with the feds, including U.S. Attorney Murphy, a Bush nominee for the Federal Court of Appeals. He was regularly feted by Murphy and his minions, who all sucked up to him. Same goes for his predecessor, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Collins. Check out the pictures below of Collins with Al-Hanooti and Murphy wil Al-Hanooti's boss Khalil Jassemm and other officials of the Saddam-allied charity Hanooti worked for, LIFE For Relief and Development.
And yet, a day after his indictment, the meetings with Al-Hanooti's partners in crime, Imad Hamad, Mohammed Alomari, and other such malefactors continued, yesterday--even though it is well-known that Hamad and Alomari conspired with Al-Hanooti in much of his illicit activity:
The Dearborn Heights man accused of working for Iraqi intelligence was released from custody Thursday as Arab-American and Muslim community leaders met with federal law enforcement officials to discuss his case. . . .About 50 people attended the meeting Thursday; half were federal officials from the FBI, U.S. Attorney's Office, Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies; the others were Arab-American and Muslim leaders.
FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bill Kowalski said the meeting was "part of our efforts to continue an open dialogue with the community."
Yes, to continue an open dialogue with Islamic terrorists and their enablers. This is the same Agent Kowalski who admitted to a Michigan reporter that he sent his "B Team" of terrorism agents to investigate the cellphone-purchasing Palestinians in central Michigan in 2006, because he wanted the case to go away. The local prosecutor said that Kowalski botched and sabotaged the case, despite hard evidence that the cellphone purchasers had planned a terrorist attack on Michigan's Mackinac Bridge, including "tourist" photos of the bridges grates and supports.
Yup, that's Islamic "outreach"--federal law enforcement officials sacrificing your national security for their ability to avoid the loud whines of Muslims. What wimps.
In 2003, at a Town Hall meeting Collins held to get good PR for himself (most of the audience was made up of Assistant U.S. Attorneys who were required to attend and ask softball questions), I asked Collins why he hung out with Al-Hanooti and others at LIFE For Relief and Development. He (and his minions) glared at me and responded that this was "the gold standard of outreach."
More like the Fool's Gold standard. And because he and Stephen Murphy III regularly met with and ate meals together with Muthanna Al-Hanooti, your tax dollars must now pay for the boys from Washington to come up here to try the case. And they generally lose.
Good luck, America. I won't wish Muthanna Al-Hanooti luck because a) he doesn't deserve it--he's a traitorous scumbag, and b) he doesn't need it--the feds are inept and will likely lose the case against him, the way they usually do.
Ask yourself and your President why he would nominate to the Federal Court of Appeals--the second highest court in the land--Stephen Murphy III, a man who was so tight with a spy for Saddam Hussein, that he must now recuse himself and his entire office from trying the case against that spy.
And ask yourself and your President why outreach to Islamic terrorism supporters and extremists is so much more important than Justice for Americans in the scheme of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Posted by Debbie on March 28, 2008 12:19 PM to Debbie Schlussel