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Following A RedState Trail
By Greg L | 16 May 2007 | 51st HOD District | 22 Comments
When RedState picked up on the Faisal Gill story, they threw out a rather interesting breadcrumb trail for enterprising bloggers to follow up on:
Also troubling is that a lawyer connected to Gill is rumored to be the Washington Post leaker of the NSA wiretapping program. Frank Gaffney wrote about Gill, primarily due to Gaffney’s war with Grover Norquist, who was one of Gill’s references for the DHS job.
Hmmm. Would Faisal Gill’s current law partner, and his former employer when he was contracted to work for the American Muslim Council and the Islamic Institute, both of which are linked with now convicted terrorist Abdurahman Alamoudi, be someone who is leaking classified information?
This story’s genesis is in the Treasury Department’s investigation of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation. This Saudi-backed islamic “charity” helped finance al-Qadea and Al-Gama’at Al-Islamiyya, an Egyptian terrorist group, and was banned not only by the Treasury Department, but by the United Nations. The Saudi government shut down the operation in 2004, twelve detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba are alleged to have ties to the organization, and two of it’s former directors are listed as affiliates of the Taliban and al-Qadea by the United Nations and are currently fugitives.
One public purpose for AHIF was to promote the Wahabbi interpretation of the Koran, which seems disturbingly similar to the public statements of Asim Ghafoor regarding the need to transform American society into an islamic culture. From DiscoverTheNetwork:
Al Haramain also appended an essay about jihad to an English translation of the Qur’an commonly known as “The Noble Qur’an,” which AHIF distributed widely. The essay itself is not a part of the Qur’an, and is titled “The Call to Jihad (Holy Fighting in Allah’s Cause) in the Qur’an.” (The parenthetical phrase is not an addition; it appears in the essay’s title.) The 22-page essay, written by former Saudi Arabian chief justice Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Humaid, is an exhortation to violence. Bin Humaid argues at length that Muslims are obligated to wage war against non-Muslims who have not submitted to Islamic rule. He explains:
“Allah … commanded the Muslims to fight against all the Mushrikun as well as against the people of the Scriptures (Jews and Christians) if they do not embrace Islam, till they pay the Jizyzah (a tax levied on the non-Muslims who do not embrace Islam and are under the protection of an Islamic government) with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.”
Mushrikun refers to non-Muslims who are not classified as people of the Scriptures. In other words, bin Humaid advocates war with the entire non-Muslim world.
Asim Ghafoor ended up being one of the attorneys who represented Al-Haramain when the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sought to shut it down. Because this organization was actively engaged with foreign terrorist organizations, the National Security Agency was intercepting the phone communications of all of it’s leadership. During the course of the lawsuit against Al-Haramain, the Treasury Department inadvertently disclosed a classified document to Al-Haramain’s attorneys that showed that the NSA had intercepted telephone calls between Al-Haramain and it’s attorneys. Even though the document was marked “Top Secret”, Al-Haramain attorneys provided copies of the document to the Saudi leadership of Al-Haramain as well as to Washington Post reporter David Ottoway. Ottoway returned the document to the FBI at their request. When attorneys Wendell Belew and Asim Ghafoor finally realized what they had, they obtained a copy of the document, presumably from Saudi Arabia, and used it as the basis for filing a lawsuit against the United States government. (see reference)
Belew and Ghafoor’s lawsuit claims that the warrantless wiretap operation of the NSA violated attorney-client privilege protections and are demanding that the NSA program be shut down and that Belew and Ghafoor be awarded a million dollars each in damages. That suit is still pending.
When Faisal Gill claimed that he was not directly employed by the American Muslim Council or the Islamic Institute, he told government investigators that he had actually been employed by “AG Consulting Group”, which was lead by Asim Ghafoor. This is supposed to make us feel better, in that Gill was not directly employed by organizations founded by convicted terrorist Abdurahman Alamoudi, or funded by Alamoudi using money laundered from Moammar Quadaffi. I find his long-term direct association with someone actively trying to impede the defense of the United States from terrorists, who is part of a group that leaked classified documents to newpapers and foreign entities with ties to terrorism just as troubling. Why would someone with a security clearance be actively associating with someone who worked directly with no less than seven different organizations tied to islamic terrorists including Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and al-Qaeda?
And why would someone purporting themselves to be a patriotic American, who seeks to represent a portion of Prince William County in the Virginia House of Delegates, have such working relationships with folks to actively want to tear down our country’s ability to conduct surveillance on suspected terrorist supporters? That hardly seems consistent with the picture Faisal Gill wants to present to us.
Up north, people ask “what do you do for a living”? Down south, they ask “who are your people”? Perhaps since Northern Virginia is somewhere in between, we should be asking both questions.
See also:
WHO IS FAISAL GILL, Michelle Malkin, June 22, 2004 (part 2, part 3)
The Faisal Gill Affair, Frank Gaffney, Frontpage Magazine, July 19th, 2004
The Faisal Gill Affair, Jihad Watch, July 19th, 2004
Faisal Gill, Cooperative Research, March 2004
Concerns About Faisal Gill, Northern Virginiastan, May 14th, 2007
The Strange Candidacy Of Faisal Gill, GoodbyeKen.com, May 28th, 2007
Faisal Gill, Political Noose, Not Larry Sabato, February 16th, 2007
Why Faisal Gill May Hurt The Virginia GOP, RedState, 2007
Pr. William GOP Consulting Gig Raises Eyebrows, Washington Post, May 4th, 2007
How secure is the Department of Homeland Security?, Salon.com, June 22, 2004
Senators Inquire on DHS Appointee, Jihad Watch, August 12, 2004
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Devastating for Gill.
All meaningless if the convention process is subverted.
There is reason to suspect that Corey Stewart may be representing the same type of terrorist clients as Asim Ghafoor. That may partly explain why Stewart is backing Gill so strongly.
Asim Ghafoor is one of Gill and Gallinger’s three partners. From http://gillgallinger.com :
“Gill & Gallinger was created by the 2006 merger of the Washington, DC based firm of
Gill & Ghafoor and the Irvine, CA based Law Offices of Todd Gallinger…Asim Ghafoor is a partner with the firm.”
If you wonder who Gill’s law partner Asim Ghafoor represents, look no further. Ghafoor’s clients have included the international fugitives Pete Seda and Soliman Al-Buthe. From the WCBS website ( http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/10966.php?contentType=4&contentId=106968 ):
“”"Posted: Wednesday, 01 March 2006 8:19AM
Islamic Charity Leaders File Suit Over Illegal Wiretaps
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Civil rights attorneys sued the National Security Agency on Tuesday, claiming it illegally wiretapped conversations between the leaders of an Islamic charity that had been accused of aiding Muslim militants and two of its lawyers.
The lawsuit — filed in U.S. District Court in Portland — asks that electronic surveillance by the NSA be shut down, arguing the agency illegally wiretapped electronic communications between a local chapter of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation and Wendell Belew and Asim Ghafoor, both attorneys in Washington, D.C.
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The two men who founded the chapter, Pete Seda and Soliman Al-Buthe, are fugitives. Seda is believed to be in his native Iran and Al-Buthe, a Saudi national, is believed to have returned to that country. Neither have extradition treaties with the United States.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the two Washington attorneys and the Al-Haramain chapter by three Portland civil rights lawyers: Steven Goldberg, Zaha Hassan and Thomas Nelson.
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The lawsuit also names the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, alleging it relied on information the NSA obtained without a warrant to designate the Al-Haramain chapter in Oregon a “specially designated global terrorist in September 2004. It says the former parent charity in Saudi Arabia has never been designated a terrorist organization.”"”
Interesting. Corey Stewart claims in his law firms advertising that he is an expert on dealing with the US Office of Foreign Assets Control. Who is Corey Stewart representing in these proceedings, one might ask? Does Corey Stewart represent Iranian and Saudi nationals of the ilk of the fugitives Pete Seda and Soliman Al-Buthe?
Who is Corey Stewart representing when he represents clients before the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control?
And do you know what Ghafoor’s line is that he uses to justify his actions …
“It’s just guilt by association.”
Ah, doesn’t that line sound familiar … why yes, yes it does. It is the sound bite used to defend Gill.
I remember my mother telling me decades ago to take great care in all that I did because “you will always be judged by the company you keep.”
I’ve also learned that, without fail, I can ascertain one’s character by looking at the people with whom one chooses to surround oneself.
He who lies down with dogs shall rise up with fleas.
Looks like Faisal Gill’s law firm is fighting the war on terror but for the other side. Who would be evil enough to leak the wire tap information when we are trying to catch terrorists that want to blow up Washington D.C. and many constituents of the 51st district who work in DC and the Pentagon.
For the love of GOD, why are Republicans not MARCHING IN THE STREETS, demanding that Gill step down??? It doesn’t matter how many facts about how horrible Gill is we put up here, people have to DO SOMETHING! Somebody start a meeting, reach out to the Lucas campaign and offer help, whatever we need to do but we can’t let Gill buy or cheat his way to the nomination!
I’m still wondering about that $14,000 Gill gave to Bill Bolling. Money can buy you …..
Insider, we need to see some more about this race on TC! If all people are going to do about it is blog, that’s sad, but let’s at least get this to be a serious issue on more than just one or two blogs…
If you REALLY want to make a difference, contact the Lucas campaign, doorknock for her, and sign up Delegates. We all know that Kopko has done everything in his power to secure the Convention for Faisal, but let’s beat him at his own game.
Our country is at war and people like Faisal, Tom, et.al are actually working for the OTHER SIDE!!!
Sign up Delegates for the convention. Yes, the Lucas campaign would LOVE your money but more than anything they need delegates. Show up with your “Google Faisal Gill” t-shirts, show up with your neighbors, friends, church members. But PLEASE get out there and help Ms. Lucas knock on the doors and get people signed up. It’s not that difficult and I am sure that you can even do the buddy system if you are nervous about knocking on peoples doors.
http://www.votejulielucas.com/volunteer.shtml
I put up a new post, and did one earlier, but Greg has been at the forefront of this, along with Jonathan Mark. As my name implies, I’m pretty focused on Loudoun County, but this whole saga is really unbelievable. As far as this being purely a hit job by Greg because of the Chapman lawsuit, that’s an absolute bunch of crap. If there was nothing here, then we could be upset with greg, but there is WAY too much to be concerned about. I don’t care who brought it to our attention, but this needs to be widely disseminated.
Unfortunately, we talk about it (to ourselves) here, but the typical voter doesn’t follow local politics…much less, research the candidates. There must be some way to get the word out to that voter who simply does not know.
Freedom: There is a way…Letters to the Editor.
Looks like the Gill supporters are quiet on this one.
You know who I REALLY want to start hearing from??? Gill supporters who live in the 51st!!! All I want to hear from them is why they believe that Faisal would be a better Delegate than the Honorable Julie Lucas, Neabsco District School Board Member.
And it would ALSO be nice if Jonathan Mark would stay on message (wink).
Actually I want to hear from the endorsers who support Gill. They are using their public good will to help push the candidacy of Gill, they have the obligation to explain their position.
Do they really want to put their good names behind someone whose law
firm currently represents alleged terror suspects. Further, do they want to associate with possible alleged suspects of leaking top secret information which hampered the war on terror?
Mr. Gill has been associated with terrorists and their defenders for seven years. He can no longer claim ignorance as an excuse or being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Mr. Gill’s law firm is allegedly suing to protect suspected terror groups.
Mr. Gill’s partner is allegedly trying to shake down the federal government for one million dollars by suing and risking further disclosure of NSA programs to track terrorists.
Why is Gill’s law firm hampering Unites States of America war on terror?
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/03/72811
In the war on terror there are two sides. The United States of America and islamic radical terrorists and the supporting organizations.
Allegedly, Mr Gill and his law firm are defending groups with ties to terrorists who want to blow up the White House, Pentagon, Homeland Security, FBI, DIA, the Capitol where many of the constituents of the 51st district work.
Julie is calling all volunteers for this last weekend’s push, she’s got a bunch of supporters who have been called THAT ARE JUST WAITING TO GIVER HER THEIR DELEGATE FORMS!!! Giver her manpower (or womanpower) this weekend to get to these people’s homes and just pick up the forms! www.votejulielucas.com
You guys are getting so desperate it’s funny. “Vote Julie, she’s not a terrorist”. You should print up bumper stickers.
I’ve heard Julie Lucas is a fine person with many wonderful qualities. Not here of course, here she has no supporters, just people who seem to be scared to death of the muslim terrorist supporter and would vote for a Ham Sandwich just to keep him from winning a nomination.
But Julie is better than a Ham Sandwich. It’s just too bad her supporters can’t think of anything nice to say about her other than “she’s not Faisal”.
Mayby John Light could take his own advice and post something nice about her for a change.
BTW, I’m not taking JL up on HIS challenge because I said I’m staying neutral on the race, although you all make it hard to keep that position.
For god’s sake Charles,
Follow a thread. Follow a concept. Ham Sandwich is running for Commonwealth Attorney.
If you can’t even follow that, how do you expect anyone to believe you can follow the simplest things about Gill’s background. That’s right, you can’t. You’ve got a big man-crush.
Charles you are unresponsive to the allegations and the factual descriptions posted the by Federal Government designating which groups are terrorists.
“”"You guys are getting so desperate it’s funny. “Vote Julie, she’s not a terrorist”.”"”
Maybe some of us prefer not to get blown up.
Faisal is a former chief lobbyist for a terrorist named Abdurahman Alamoudi. Faisal’s resume, even the name of his law firm, has omissions designed to cloud his relationship with Alamoudi and with the slippery Asim Ghafoor.
It seems that Faisal’s law partner Ghafoor (whose name is left out of his firm’s name, wonder why?) was under anti-terrorist surveillance while he represented a Specially Designated Terrorist Entity called al-Haramain. Ghafoor is now suing claiming that his rights, but not those of America’s terrorist victims, were violated.
Faisal is an unprecedentedly lousy candidate, with holes in his resume big enough to drive a truck bomb through. It is absolutely appropriate for us to raise this matter. Indeed, it is unpatriotic not to.