Faisal Gill of the DHS is starting to attract attention. From FoxNews, with thanks to DC Watson:
WASHINGTON “” Officials at the Department of Homeland Security are investigating the reinstatement of a top political appointee to the agency who was briefly suspended for failing to disclose ties to a controversial Islamic organization, FOXNews.com has learned.
Faisal Gill, director of policy for intelligence at DHS, was forced to take a few days off in March after sources close to the FBI raised flags about Gill’s former position as spokesman for the American Muslim Council.
The now-defunct American Muslim Council was founded in 1990 to lobby Washington for the interests of American Muslims and had been involved in community activism to that end. AMC was established and headed by Abdurahman Alamoudi, who was indicted in 2003 on passport fraud and illegal finance activities with Libya.
Court documents call Alamoudi an active supporter of Hamas, which the U.S. State Department considers a terrorist organization, and an official in an international charity group run by Usama Bin Laden’s nephew. Alamoudi recently told federal officials he was part of a plot to assassinate King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
According to a report first published last month by Salon.com reporter Mary Jacoby, Gill omitted his role with the American Muslim Council when he filed his employment application and requisite security clearances at the agency. Gill left off his “Standard Form 86” that he served as AMC”s spokesman in 2001.