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Hamas-linked CAIR tried to bribe sheriff to shut down counter-terror briefing

Mar 18, 2014 6:24 am By Robert Spencer

Guandolo-JenkinsIs this a common practice of Hamas-linked CAIR? Hamas-linked CAIR issues alerts regularly calling upon this or that group to cancel this or that counter-jihad speaker — and all too often, they get their way. Are they lining the pockets of their targets with ready Saudi cash? Is America being bribed into silence about the nature and magnitude of the jihad threat? Is there no low to which the Hamas-linked thugs will not stoop in their quest to silence every voice that speaks out against jihad violence?

“CAIR tries bribery to shut down briefing on Muslim threat,” from WND, March 10 (thanks to Pamela Geller):

Despite pressure tactics, threats and even a $15,000 cash bribe from the Council on American-Islamic Relations to shut down a recent counter-terrorism training program for Virginia law enforcement, the training took place as scheduled, albeit with extra security.

It was one of the rare times government officials have not backed down under the group’s pressure tactics.

Washington-based CAIR, an Islamic lobbying group shunned by the FBI due to its ties to terrorist groups, launched a weeks-long campaign to intimidate Culpepper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins into canceling the three-day program, titled “Understanding and Investigating Jihadi Networks in America.”

But Jenkins was not deterred, even after agreeing to meet with CAIR officials.

The lead trainer, former special FBI agent John Guandolo, presented some 50 Virginia law enforcement officers with evidence of the radical Muslim Brotherhood’s operations in the U.S. and their jihadi support network, along with a large amount of evidence demonstrating CAIR was created and continues to be an entity of Hamas, a U.S.-designated terror group. Former U.S. prosecutor Andrew C. McCarthy, former Pentagon inspector general Joseph Schmitz and former CIA case officer Clare Lopez also spoke at the seminar.

Now a counter-terrorism and homeland security consultant, Guandolo detailed for officers who attended the Feb. 25-27 seminar how this dangerous Islamic network in America radicalizes, trains and logistically supports jihadi operations in the United States and those launched from the U.S. against overseas targets.

He says CAIR, which is part of that network, was so worried about the training that it sent officials to Culpepper to lobby the sheriff to cancel the program, even offering together with a local mosque to pay for the program’s fees and related expenses.

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“They were so bent on making sure this training did not take place that they offered to pay Sheriff Jenkins the entire cost of the training – including travel (expenses) – to keep it from happening,” Guandolo said.

CAIR declined comment.

But CAIR official Corey Saylor told the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star that he was upset the event got the go-ahead. Saylor, a Muslim convert, said he was “disappointed with the sheriff’s refusal to cancel the training sessions.”

At the same time, CAIR sent letters to the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice and the Rappahannock Regional Justice Academy requesting that officers attending the seminars not be granted the 24 hours of recertification credits the seminars now carry.

Before the event, CAIR put out an “action alert” calling on Muslim-Americans to contact the sheriff’s office to protest the training session. The group claimed Guandolo, whom it described as an “Islamophobe,” was trying to shut down mosques and prevent Muslims from exercising their right to practice their religion. CAIR did not support the claim with any documentation.

Guandolo says it’s a typical “smear tactic” of CAIR.

“Apparently Mr. Saylor is unaware the Department of Justice lists CAIR as a member of Hamas in America” and its parent organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, he said.

In a December 2007 government filing in the U.S. vs. Sabri Benkhala terror case, the Justice Department stated: “From its founding by the Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR conspired with other affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood to support terrorists.”

In fact, according to the veteran FBI agent, the Justice Department has enough incriminating evidence to file terrorism charges against CAIR and its founders.

“There is enough evidence to indict CAIR, but the government chose not to do so at this time,” said Guandolo, author of “Raising a Jihadi Generation: Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood Movement in America.”

He suggests the government balked at throwing the book at CAIR for political reasons.

CAIR has cultivated a number of political supporters, mainly among leading Democrats in Washington, including senior White House officials. Secret Service entry logs show CAIR officials have visited the White House several times during the Obama administration.

Despite its designation as an unindicted terrorist co-conspirator in 2007, the Muslim pressure group in recent years has successfully lobbied for changes in federal policies dealing with the war on terror. For example, CAIR took credit for helping persuade Attorney General Eric Holder to prohibit religious profiling in terror cases, a decision his department is expected to soon formally announce. It also played a key role in the Pentagon’s recent decision to change long-standing uniform rules to allow military personnel to wear Islamic beards and head coverings.

Moreover, a controversial new rule issued earlier this month by the departments of State and Homeland Security to relax U.S. immigration for Palestinian and other foreign “refugees” who have provided “limited” material support to terrorists is also an outgrowth of CAIR lobbying.

Under the Bush administration, Justice implicated CAIR in a criminal conspiracy to raise money for Hamas.

CAIR co-founder Omar Ahmad was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2007-2008 Holy Land Foundation case. He and CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad remain under FBI investigation, senior FBI officials have confirmed in letters to Congress. Until their ties to Hamas are resolved, the FBI says it will not formally recognize CAIR as a Muslim outreach partner or meet with CAIR officials. The FBI has effectively banned CAIR pending the outcome of the probe.

Starting in the fall of 2008, Guandolo said the FBI “cut off all ties with CAIR because of their ties to Hamas.”

He explained that CAIR was created in 1994 by the U.S. branch of Hamas, known as the “Palestine Committee,” to function as the “political arm” of the Palestinian terrorist group. A year before founding the front group, Ahmad and Awad attended a secret meeting with “senior leaders of Hamas” at a Philadelphia hotel bugged by the FBI. An internal FBI memo written by the former head of the FBI’s counter-terrorism division describes “all attendees” of the meeting – including Ahmad and Awad – as “Hamas members.”

“CAIR was the fourth organization created by Hamas to recruit jihadis, raise money and gain media favor for Hamas in America,” Guandolo said, adding that phone books, organizational charts, secret manifestos written in Arabic and other documents the FBI seized after 9/11 indicate Awad and Ahmad were in leadership positions in the U.S. Palestine Committee prior to the creation of CAIR.

“CAIR is Hamas,” Guandolo flatly stated.

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  1. shrugger says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 6:59 am

    I sent an email to Sheriff Jenkins thanking him for what he did. I may have also made mention of the unlawfulness of attempting to bribe a public official.

    • David says

      Mar 19, 2014 at 12:44 am

      Congrats on sending that!
      I send a group email message to every single address i found on CAIR’s website, including Nihad Awad and Ibrahim Hooper! I let them know what i think about them. I was professional,

    • David says

      Mar 19, 2014 at 6:54 pm

      I sent a mass email to every CAIR address I could find on that website. I shared links to this story, links of this and other sites.

      Ibrahim Hooper responded :

      “Salaam

      Would it change your views to learn that there is no truth to the defamatory claim made on the anti-Muslim hate site you reference?”

      What a load of BS.

      I urge everyone to write to CAIR and this brave Sheriff. Maybe soon Fox News or someone else will do an expose of CAIR.

      I might share this story with Michael Savage and other conservative radio talk show hosts. Get the word out and lets make this story big!

      Oh no now CAIR might sue me to Islamophobia!

      • Gofuq Yourself says

        Mar 21, 2014 at 2:54 pm

        Yeah, actually, there really is no evidence. Sorry to burst your bullshit bubble. And you think this “agent’s” word is good enough? Take a look at this: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/09/post_4.html and oh yeah, kindly Gofuq Yourself.

  2. richard Sherman says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 7:46 am

    Muslims have been promoting jihadist actions for years by bribing American universities like Georgetown and American politicians like Jimmy Carter.

    • Gofuq Yourself says

      Mar 22, 2014 at 8:05 am

      Oh yeah? So where’s your proof from a reputable source. No tabloids, opinion-based sites, novels… I’m talking real evidence: transcripts, site-reporting, testimonials? Yeah, none, thought so. Keep shitting on your hands, buddy.

  3. duh_swami says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 8:45 am

    There is something fundamentally wrong with kuffar in power consistently laying down and letting Islam walk all over them. Any kuffar who refuses to be a lap dog for Allah gets my support. Thumbs up to the Sheriff, and let all sheriff’s follow his example.

    • nabi sange says

      Mar 18, 2014 at 10:54 am

      Amen!

    • Gofuq Yourself says

      Mar 22, 2014 at 8:10 am

      Yeah, research the Sheriff a little more before you go blabbing. Wow,t his website is FUBAR. Is this where pussy unemployed extremist republicans go to die?

  4. mortimer says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 9:34 am

    Are the Islamists buying journalists and politicians too? Would anyone with information about that please come forward?

  5. mortimer says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 9:40 am

    Guandolo is right. CAIR is Hamas. CAIR is a homonym of Arabic ‘khair’ (a good thing=Islam). The word comes from the Koran, ‘Let him speak ‘khair’ or keep silent.’ This illustrates the sly way Muslims think.

    Silencing criticism of Islam is the purpose of CAIR…sabotaging free expression is their purpose.

    • Bradamante says

      Mar 18, 2014 at 10:48 am

      That’s a fascinating analysis. Did you come up with it yourself? Even though this kind of thing gives me chills, I also love learning these kinds of nuggets.

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 21, 2014 at 2:57 pm

      Mortimer, I think “CAIR” is also supposed to sound like it’s homonym “CARE”. Not only does “care” have positive connotations for Americans in general, but I believe it is intended to sound like the respected charity by the same name, as well.

  6. Ayatrollah says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 10:59 am

    If I was CAIR I would not want John Guandolo to speak either.

  7. pdxnag says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 11:11 am

    The method works at Universities, only slightly more discreetly (for now during the pre-violent phase).

  8. David says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 11:15 am

    I will send emails and/or letters to both the Sheriff and national and local CAIR entities. Kudos Sheriff, F.U. Cair.

  9. mortimer says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 11:47 am

    Yes, I did.
    Everything about CAIR is chilling…CAIR(O) is the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood. Coincidences?

    • logdon says

      Mar 18, 2014 at 4:33 pm

      Not anymore since Egypt designated the MB as a terrorist organisation.

      The HQ is now an office over a shop in Cricklewood North London.

      • Judi says

        Mar 18, 2014 at 4:55 pm

        Yes, and when BritainFirst held a rally in protest there, the locals (white left-wing middle-class morons), were screaming “nazi scum” and “we don’t want your sort here” at them. Obviously, having the muslim brotherhood in their neighbourhood was more preferable!

  10. Defcon 4 says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 12:03 pm

    Gee, if islam is a religion of peace what does CAIR have to fear?

    In looking at the actions of islam0nazis now, when they don’t have control,
    can anyone guess as to how they would act if they did have control?

  11. Paleologos says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 12:05 pm

    The only chance for the U.S. in an area like this is to throw out, by election, all the muslims and Democrat muslim ass kissers in power, and drill, until voters get it into their thick skulls, that the “soft jihad” is REAL, and on our shores.

    Let’s start with POTUS barry hussein, Kenyan born muslim retard, 2 termer.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqFBpk_1Eo

    Many people won’t accept the notion that he is Kenyan, and violates the natural born citizen requirement, but in another age, would any presidential candidate be allowed to make a mistake like this without inviting MASSIVE scrutiny? …

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws

    Now, unfortunately, we also have 2 muslim congressman. They are both black Denocrats; why am I not surprised? …

    Keith Ellison …

    http://www.biography.com/people/keith-ellison-213034

    As a Catholic, I am always appalled when a fellow Catholic converts to islam. This indicates brain malfunction. Need I remind the Board, one more time, of THE MOST FAMOUS BRAIN MALFUNCTION in this area? …

    http://www.biography.com/people/kareem-abdul-jabbar-9174053

    Andre’ Carson …

    http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/09/andre_carsons_racist_family_ties.html

    One flicker of light in all this doom is that obama and his merry band of islamo-democrats did not do the economic math on the train wreck known as obamacare, pissing off a lot of voters …

    http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/House/2014/0312/Democratic-loss-in-Florida-special-election-omen-for-November-video

    If the Dems lose the Senate, then obama will be neutered, save for his copious secret and illegal executive orders, for the remainder of his second term.

    HEY REPUBLICANS! HOW ABOUT AN ALL DOCTOR 2016 PRESIDENTIAL TICKET?

    http://www.biography.com/people/rand-paul-588472

    http://www.biography.com/people/ben-carson-475422

    R/

    Paleologos

    • Bill C. says

      Mar 18, 2014 at 11:26 pm

      Rand Paul? Paleo, really? A closet anti-semite?

      He’s no more than a chip off the ol’ block with better manners.

      • Paleologos says

        Mar 18, 2014 at 11:37 pm

        Bill C.,

        I am not a big fan of Ron Paul, but how do you get that Rand is anti-semite?

        R/

        Paleologos

  12. dumbledoresarmy says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 5:25 pm

    I *like* Culpepper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins.

    Methinks he has a fully-functioning BS detector, switched on to “high”. (All good LEOs require such, if they mean to do their job properly).

    I have a suspicion that he doesn’t like being railroaded, and that the bribe by any other name also set all his alarm bells jangling. Or, to vary the metaphor: the harder CAIR pushed, the bigger the rat that he smelled.

    I nominate Sheriff Jenkins as a candidate for the American division of the 2014 Anti-Dhimmi Awards. (We really *should* revive the practice of awarding Anti-Dhimmi and Dhimmi Awards, each year).

    • Gofuq says

      Mar 22, 2014 at 8:15 am

      Wow, you fucker. You retarded piece of shit troglodyte homunculus. You spew this kind of crap and have the gall to call yourself dumbledoresarmy? Go fuck yourself. Go. Fuck. Yourself.

  13. ed says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 5:34 pm

    Please stay strong America! Dont give in to these stone age Zombies!!! Europe is gone forever.

  14. Defcon 4 says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 8:48 pm

    Only a $15,000 cash bribe was offered, how insulting. Maybe the CAIR bribery fund was already spent out for this fiscal quarter. I wonder how much a senator costs? Congressperson? Judge?

  15. Stephen Andrews says

    Mar 18, 2014 at 11:42 pm

    True Patriots. Keep up the great work. Here is a great article as well http://www.howieunveilsgodsshield.com/The_Shock_And_Awe_Of_Islampicture.pdf

  16. apostate says

    Mar 19, 2014 at 4:53 am

    I’ll second that DDA.I’d love to see the Anti-Dhimmi and Dhimmi awards.

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 20, 2014 at 7:34 pm

      Apostate and DDA, I’d also love to see the return of the annual Jihad Watch awards—as I’m sure would many others.

  17. gravenimage says

    Mar 20, 2014 at 7:31 pm

    Hamas-linked CAIR tried to bribe sheriff to shut down counter-terror briefing
    …………………………

    This does make you wonder—not everyone is as honest as Sheriff Scott Jenkins.

    Of course, most of the time self-inflicted dhimmitude and “political correctness” is enough to get Infidel authorities to shut things down—and if that doesn’t work, there are always Islam’s tried and true tactics of threatening violence…

  18. Gofuq Yourself says

    Mar 21, 2014 at 2:38 pm

    So… I’m proud of you all. You have proven that 5 unemployed teenagers with guns and half a brain can operate the absolute dumbest website, spewing the worst trash on the face of this planet. Read the name and go do something with your life.

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 21, 2014 at 3:05 pm

      “Gofuq Yourself” wrote:

      So… I’m proud of you all. You have proven that 5 unemployed teenagers with guns and half a brain can operate the absolute dumbest website, spewing the worst trash on the face of this planet. Read the name and go do something with your life.
      ……………………………..

      The name is not as witty as you appear to think, and I will ignore the witless insults.

      The question is *this*: do you yourself support Jihad terror? And if you do not, then why would you sneer at the idea of a counter terrorism briefing, and fail to consider criminal actions to shut it down to be of any importance?

  19. Champ ✿ says

    Mar 21, 2014 at 3:15 pm

    “Is this a common practice of Hamas-linked CAIR?”

    Yes, islam and company are in the business of deceit, and by every means possible …

  20. shrugger says

    Mar 22, 2014 at 9:37 am

    I think everyone will agree that we’ve had quite enough of the childish dhimmified Cultural Marxists posting their abrasive ad hominem drivel.

  21. dumbledoresarmy says

    Apr 2, 2014 at 7:40 am

    I do believe that this thread was infested with a Boggart: the revolting and foulmouthed “Go Fuq Yourself”.

    Most likely an Islamoboggart.

    O well: since Duh-swami has not stepped by to do the necessary, I’ll have to do it myself…

    Let’s visualise GFY as Achmed the Dead Terrorist. Or whatever other parodic image takes your fancy. And now:

    RIDDIKULUS!!

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