Obama’s DoJ: Holder refuses to answer Congressional inquiry about evidence in scuttled prosecutions of jihadist groups, CAIR, ISNA, ICNA in America’s largest terrorism financing trial

The Department of Justice is engaging in collusion with the country’s most dangerous and subversive jihadist groups.

And this is not just Department of Justice (DoJ) policy. It’s the policy of the Obama administration.

For years Atlas and Atlas readers wanted to know why there were no indictments and prosecutions of the Muslim Brotherhood co-conspirators (CAIR, ISNA, ICNA, MAS) named in the largest terror funding trial in US history (here, for example).  Obama and Holder have scuttled them, much the same way as they dropped the voter intimidation charges against the Black Panthers (a case that was, by and large, already won).

The joke is that a number of leaders of Islamic organizations (all of whom publicly opposed the King hearings on Muslim radicalization) were about to be indicted on terror finance support charges by the U.S. attorney’s office in Dallas, which had been investigating the case for most of the past decade.

But those indictments were scuttled last year at the direction of top-level political appointees within the Department of Justice (DOJ) — and possibly even the White House.

Included in those indictments was at least one of the co-founders of CAIR, based on “Declination of Prosecution of Omar Ahmad,” a March 31 DOJ legal memo from Assistant Attorney General David Kris to Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary Grindler. A second DOJ official familiar with the investigation independently confirmed these details. Omar Ahmad is one of CAIR’s co-founders and its chairman emeritus. He was personally named, along with CAIR itself, as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror finance trial in 2007 and 2008. During the trial FBI Agent Lara Burns testified that both Omar Ahmad and current CAIR executive director Nihad Awad were caught on FBI wiretaps attending a 1993 meeting of Hamas leaders in Philadelphia.

Finally, lawmakers in Washington are pursuing justice and demanding answers from an AWOL Department of Justice. Last Thursday, members of the House Judiciary Committee on oversight called on the Attorney General to provide documents and evidence relating to the landmark Holy Land Foundation trial – the largest terrorism financing trial in U.S. history.

This is the second request. The first was ignored, much the way Obama’s DoJ ignores the rule of law.

I am still waiting on an explosive FOIA, a year and a half and counting –Nelson D. Hermilla, Chief
FOI/PA Branch, Civil Rights DivisionDoJ has been stalling and pushing back my request to an indeterminate time due to “backlog.” This is why. Read the whole thing.

Eric Holder Ducks Congress’s Questions About Massive Terrorism Financing Trial The Blaze

Members of the House Judiciary Committee on oversight on Thursday called on U.S. Attorney General to provide documents and evidence relating to the landmark Holy Land Foundation trial – the largest terrorism financing trial in U.S. history.

The committee made a nearly identical request more than a year ago, however, the documents were never made available by Holder or his department, lawmakers say.

Following court proceedings, the Holy Land Foundation was found guilty of providing millions of dollars in funding to Hamas and other Islamic terrorist organizations in 2008. Named as “unindicted co-conspirators” in the trial were the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). Both have documented ties to the radical Muslim Brotherhood…which then have ties to the Obama administration, but I digress.

Lawmakers, like Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), are again asking to see the evidence presented in that trial, a request that Holder does not seem to be in a hurry to fulfill. In an impassioned speech, the congressman challenged Holder to uphold his oath to “justice.”

“When I hear an attorney general of the United States come before us and say, somewhat cavalierly, there is a political aspect to this office, it offends me beyond belief. Your job is justice, Mr. Attorney General, Gohmert told Holder.

He went on, “When we made a request a year ago – here – for the documents that your department has produced to people who were convicted of supporting terrorism. They are terrorists, and we wanted the documents you gave to the terrorists. We are a year later, and we still don’t have them.”

As he spoke, the cameras showed Holder looking away and down at a stack of papers, seemingly refusing to make eye contact with him.

Gohmert added that it made ‘no sense“ that the United States Attorney General would be more ”considerate” to supporters of terrorism than to members of Congress.

“I am asking for the documents your department produced to the terrorist supporters convicted in the Holy Land Foundation trial. Can we get those documents?” he asked.

“Well, certainly you can have access to those things that are on the public record and that were used in the trial. I was also a judge I sat in this Washington, D.C. …” Holder began.

“So, is that a yes or a no that we will get those documents?” Gohmert said, cutting him off.

Holder again ignored the question, and never got back around to providing a firm answer stating whether he would produce the requested documents.

Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) also pleaded with Holder to provide Congress with the documents from the Holy Land case. Once again, the attorney general would not budge or make a firm commitment.

“On April 27, 2011, members of this committee asked you to give us information surrounding the decision by a justice to forgo prosecution of the unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation case. This is the largest terrorism finance case, of course, in U.S. history. You’ve refused to comply with this request,” Franks said to Holder.

You’ve still not prosecuted despite there being what many consider to be a mountain of evidence against these jihadist groups, at least one of which now says it is working inside your agency to help advise on the purge of counter-terrorism training materials,” he continued, seemingly referring to CAIR and ISNA.

(Related: Want to Know Just How Close the Muslim Brotherhood is to the Obama Administration?)

Franks argued that evidence outlines the jihadist network within the U.S. and amounts to roughly 80 “bankers boxes” full of documents. Just like his colleague, Franks informed Holder that the defense lawyers in the Holy Land Foundation trial were given access to the evidence, therefore Congress should be given the same courtesy.

“Members of this committee and other committees would like to review this evidence, whether it has to be on a classified basis or not,” Franks said. He continued and asked that Holder give his word he would provide the documents to Congress.

“It’s hard for me to answer that question – ” Holder started.

“No it’s not. It’s not hard to answer. It’s will you or will you not,” Franks interrupted.

What was Holder’s ultimate response? He eventually replied, “I can certainly take your request and we can check to see what the nature of the evidence is and make a determination about whether it’s appropriate for that material to be reviewed. I just don’t know.”

It was later reiterated that it was seemingly appropriate for defense lawyers for convicted terrorism supporters to view the “material” but somehow not for members of United States Congress.

But Franks didn’t stop there. He also formally requested the names of the outside groups that Holder admitted were working with his department and the FBI to remove certain information from counter-terrorism training material. While Franks called it “purging,” Holder argued it was just the process of removing inaccurate information.

“It’s been reported that multiple agencies including the FBI are now purging counter-terrorism material of information outside groups might fight offensive, including discussion of things as fundamental as that quote, ‘al Qaeda is a group that endorses violent ideology that should be examined,’unquote,” he said to Holder. “This strikes many as the sacrificing of vital national security… on the alter of political correctness.”

Holder again confirmed later in the conversation that “outsiders” were coordinating with the federal government in the process of redrafting counter-terrorism training materials, but that the measure was only to remove information was was determined to be “simply not true,” and not motivated by political correctness.

Franks then requested that Holder reveal who the outside groups were – Holder named none of them. This is the answer he got:

“This is something that is being run primarily out of the FBI. I mean, to the extent that there are outsiders who are involved that we are trying to interact with – we could perhaps try to get you those names,” said Holder.

A few moments later, Franks told Holder point-blank that there was a specific jihadist group that claimed they were helping with the purging process – he declined to name that group.

“I don‘t think that’s accurate, but I will relay that request to the FBI, Holder replied.

The Dallas Morning News provides more background on the Holy Land Foundation trial:

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armaros

11 years ago

The Muslim brotherhood is in total control when it comes to “fighting terror”. They chose who to take out with drones (the ones who probably know too much about MB and its relationships with terror) they chose who and how to prosecute (or not) terrorists and they chose who gets to be a refugee coming to the USA based on religious persecution.
Any wonder why Obama chose to let the regime in Iran kill the revolution or why Assad has not even been warned in strong terms?
The DOJ is a Sharia enforcer and when its not doing that it enforces affirmative action over incidents involving blacks and whites. As seen in the Trayvon incident and the cover up of 90% of black on white crime.
This is an administration which is directly involved in criminal activity and has allowed subversion on the highest levels.

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Auntie Izlam

11 years ago

This is treason and the traitors should be tried and hanged.

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James Boom

11 years ago

When the conservatives win the next election they need to flush out every department. Just like was done with the communists in the 60’s. There are traitors everywhere at every level that need to be purged.

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Copperhead

11 years ago

Yes, the Executive, DoD, and DoJ are fully infiltrated and compromised by the MB and worse.
Why do people think DHS ordered half a billion hollow-points? Why is the cia orchestrating Predator drone flights over the CONUS?
A Mittens victory changes nothing.
Figure. Out. What. Is. Coming. AND. Prepare.

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Canto28

11 years ago

The only thing more disgusting and corrupt than the Obama administration is the Congress that refuses to do anything about it.

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Linda Rivera

11 years ago

The Department of Justice no longer serves American taxpayers. The Department of Justice now serves totalitarian, colonizing, global Islam.
The Koran teaches violence, hate and murder of non-Muslims and commands Muslims to wage jihad and conquer all nations. It is more than evident that the U.S. administration is actively aiding and abetting the Muslim conquest of America and other non-Muslim nations. TREASON BY OUR OWN GOVERNMENT.

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Gleaner1

11 years ago

This sounds, from across the pond, like “cover up”.
Is it possible to gain copies of the old manuals and compair them with the “corrected”ones?
When such highly qualified men use their educations to obstruct and obscure, it’s
time to have a clear out.
Most of us would rather trust a jack or jill off the street with NO degrees but lots
of common sense and honest loyalty than people like this. We had this kind of ducking and weaving with our own UK Iraq war inquiry, and it always makes ugly viewing.

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Asha

11 years ago

The GOP should milk this for what its worth to defeat Obama Husein Bin Lying.

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