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NewsMine security Viewing Item | Muslim raids { March 28 2002 } Fwd: MPACnews: MPAC Exposes Possible Leak of Raid on Muslims (fwd)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 15:29:21 -0800 Subject: Fwd: MPACnews: MPAC Exposes Possible Leak of Raid on Muslims
>MPAC Exposes Possible Leak of Raid on Muslims to Congressmen >Frank Wolf >--Sealed Information Allegedly Leaked to Former DOJ Official >Before Raids-- > >WASHINGTON D.C., March 28, 2002--The Muslim Public Affairs >Council has learned that sealed information that told of the >upcoming raid on American Muslim businesses and individuals >may have been leaked to John J. Loftus, former prosecutor in >the Justice Department's Nazi War Crimes Unit. > >Mr. Loftus contacted members of the media and told them of >the upcoming raids before they occurred to assure that they >would be covered by the media. > >In a meeting MPAC called today at Congressman Frank Wolf's >(R-VA) office, Political Director of MPAC Mahdi Bray asked >Dean Boyd, of the Department of the Treasury's United States >Customs Service, how it was that some members of the media >were actually present at raids that were supposed to be >secret. Boyd informed both Bray and Congressman Wolf that >they did not contact the media about the North Virginia >raids because information pertaining to these raids were >under seal. > > Boyd publicly confirmed MPAC's suspicion that John Loftus >leaked the story of the raids on American Muslim >organizations and individuals to the media. Bray then >questioned the legality of leaking sealed federal >information to a former Justice Department employee. Bray >commented, "It is my understanding that law enforcement >initiatives under seal are not even privy to other members >of law enforcement who are not directly connected to the >investigation of that particular case. How could Mr. Loftus >have received this highly sensitive information without >someone within law enforcement breaking the law?" > >Mr. Loftus is on record as defending Jonathan Pollard, the >American spy serving a life prison sentence for spying for >Israel, and has accused President George W. Bush and his >family of acquiring their wealth directly from the Nazi >party and the Third Reich. > >Also present at the meeting with Congressman Wolf were >representatives from the American Muslim Council, the >Council for American-Islamic Relations, Nicole Nason, >Assistant Commissioner, Office of Congressional Affairs at >the United States Customs, and individuals whose homes and >offices were raided by federal officials. > >MPAC hand delivered a letter to Congressman Wolf asking for >a Congressional Investigation into misconduct of officials >as they conducted these raids last week. Wolf responded >that he would contact the commissioner of U.S. Customs >concerning this matter and will respond to MPAC's insistence >on an investigation and full disclosure of the circumstances >surrounding the raids. > > > > >
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