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GOP Lawmakers Say Muslim Interns in Congressional Offices = Spies

by TheCameraObscura | October 21, 2009 at 10:56 am

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In the 1950's, there were witch hunts for supposed communists who had infiltrated the U.S. government. Recently, four Republicans claimed that there were muslim spies serving as interns in D.C. congressional offices.

Four House Republicans — Paul Broun (R-GA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Sue Myrick (R-NC) and John Shadegg (R-AZ) — announced they would be asking the House sergeant-at-arms to investigate claims in a new book that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim lobby group in DC, is trying to plant Muslim spies as interns on the Hill.

CAIR met those allegations with outrage and ridicule, saying that the evidence the authors mustered amounts to little more than records of typical lobbying activities.

As Rachel Maddow pointed out on her show Tuesday night, the book in question — Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That’s Conspiring to Islamize America — was published by WorldNetDaily, a conservative news site best known for promoting conspiracy theories such as the claim that the Obama administration is setting up concentration camps for conservatives.

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tikun

at 11:08 on October 21st, 2009

The question is are there? If not then so be it. If so then expose it. Simple enough.

israeli.agent

at 11:11 on October 21st, 2009

What a politically incorrect bunch of Republicans..

Ugh...!

.Agent.

a211423

at 12:21 on October 21st, 2009

Having never watched Rachel Maddow, I cannot comment on her.

Attempts by House of Representatives people to incite discontent and suspicion is reminiscent of McCarthyism and should be intercepted for the bigotry it represents and stopped.

Albert Milliron

at 12:43 on October 21st, 2009

These congressman are not saying these folks are spies. They want to ask the appropriate person to investigate claims that appear in a book. There is no quote that any of these folks said there are Muslim spies in the Capital.

BTW there is a CAIR internal Memo that says just that -

a211423

at 13:30 on October 21st, 2009

Roy

I know you are a supporter of McCarthyism, so in the interest of being consistent, I understand your position.

My allusions were directed to proffering fear and suspicion. Perhaps a better analogy would be the internment of American Japanese after Pearl Harbor.

a211423

at 16:00 on October 21st, 2009

THe Japanese were interned along with Germans and Italians but no one feels sorry for them because they were white, as far as I can understand.

Hitler incarcerated Polish, French, Jehovah Witnesses, and even Germans; but that doesn't make the Holocaust any less horrific, nor does it make the sufferings of non Jews less deplorable.

A Women's Prison Journal Germany 1944 by Luise Rinser

bob s. (not verified)

at 13:48 on November 13th, 2009

They may be blowing stuff around the world, but there has not been one convicted muslim in the US as a spy. However, many Jews have been convicted as spys in the US. Israel keeps getting gazillions of US $$ by the efforts of Jewish lobby groups. Start looking at the obvious.