So what is Obama's vetting crew, like 0 fo 10 now?

Obama prayer leader from group US linked to Hamas
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Digg Facebook Newsvine del.icio.us Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Bookmarks Print By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press Writer – 10 mins ago
Featured Topics: Barack Obama Presidential Transition Play Video Barack Obama Video: Web Extra: Quincy Lucas Introduces Obama WJZ 13 Baltimore Play Video Barack Obama Video: Web Extra: Dr. Scott Prays For Obama & America WJZ 13 Baltimore Play Video Barack Obama Video: Web Extra: Barack Obama At PA's 30th St. Station WJZ 13 Baltimore WASHINGTON – A Muslim scholar chosen to speak at President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural prayer service Wednesday is the leader of a group that federal prosecutors say has ties to terrorists.

Ingrid Mattson, president of the Islamic Society of North America, is one of many religious leaders scheduled to speak at the prayer service at Washington's National Cathedral.

Mattson has been the guest of honor at State Department dinners and has met with senior Pentagon officials during the Bush administration. She also spoke at a prayer service at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

But in 2007 and as recently as last July, federal prosecutors in Dallas filed court documents linking the Hartford, Conn.-based Islamic society to the group Hamas, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization.

Neither Mattson nor her organization have been charged. But prosecutors wrote in July that they had "a wide array of testimonial and documentary evidence expressly linking" the group to Hamas and other radical groups.

Linda Douglass, a spokeswoman for Obama's inaugural committee, would not discuss the case or say whether the committee knew about it.

"She has a stellar reputation in the faith community," Douglass said Saturday night.

The existence of the court documents was first reported by Politico.

The Islamic Society of North America, which describes itself as "the nation's largest mainstream Muslim community-based organization," is fighting its inclusion on a list of coconspirators in the Dallas terrorism case against the Holy Land Foundation. In court documents, the group says it does not condone terrorism.

everyone seems to have a jaded past

What? He bought a Vett. That will keep the secret service busy.

All those politicians need Vetts, 'cause they are just animals!

java wrote:

All those politicians need Vetts, 'cause they are just animals!

we ned a speical agency like the CIA or FBI just to keep track of what our politicians are doing

KK wrote:

java wrote:

All those politicians need Vetts, 'cause they are just animals!

we ned a speical agency like the CIA or FBI just to keep track of what our politicians are doing

When I was younger and more naive I thought that was what the news agencies were for. Maybe back in those days they were a little better but really they weren't really all that good then either, and now, at least at the top, they're all just a bunch of corporate whores. Which is not to say that a lot of the reporters on the lower rungs aren't sincere but as a whole the media has become a big lying whore IMO.

and that makes us whoremongers

c/thru wrote:

and that makes us whoremongers

Indeed, I'm just a media "john". I feel all dirty now. Eww.

java wrote:

KK wrote:

java wrote:

All those politicians need Vetts, 'cause they are just animals!

we ned a speical agency like the CIA or FBI just to keep track of what our politicians are doing

When I was younger and more naive I thought that was what the news agencies were for. Maybe back in those days they were a little better but really they weren't really all that good then either, and now, at least at the top, they're all just a bunch of corporate whores. Which is not to say that a lot of the reporters on the lower rungs aren't sincere but as a whole the media has become a big lying whore IMO.

I take nothing the media says seriously. for every story there is another with a completely different spin. it's all about which you want ot hear for most people