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DearRepresentativeBachmann:
Thankyou
for
yourprompt
response
to
myletter
of
July
12,
2012.
Asyouknow,
I
asked
you
to
provide
information
to
support
yourclaim
that
the
Muslim
Brotherhood
has
effected
“deep
penetration”
into
the
U.S.
government.In
your
initial
letters
to
the
InspectorsGeneral
of
several
federal
agencies,2
you
wrote
the
following:
“...information
has
recently
come
to
light
that
raises
seriousquestions
about
the
impact
onthe
federal
government’snational
security
policies
and
activities
thatappear
to
be
a
result
of
influence
operationsconducted
by
individuals
and
organizations
associated
with
the
Muslim
Brotherhood.”A
careful
review
of
your
16-page
response
revealsthat
you
fail
to
provide
any
credibleevidence
for
your
claims,
engage
in
guilt
byassociation,
and
continue
to
rely
on
discredited
sources.
Allow
me
to
be
more
specific.
My
July
12,
2012
letter
asked
for
credible,
substantialevidence
to
support
the
allegations
in
your
letters
tothe
InspectorsGeneral.
You
wrote
that
information
has
“recently
come
to
light”
regarding
alleged
Muslim
Brotherhoodinfluence
within
the
U.S.
government
information
I
urged
you
to
share
with
the
properauthoritiesgiven
theseriousness
of
your
accusations.
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The
Departments
of
State,
Justice
and
HomelandSecurity,
and
the
Office
of
the
Director
of
NationalIntelligence.
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PAPER
However,
your
response
simply
rehashes
claims
that
have
existed
for
yearson
anti-
Muslim
Web
sitesand
contains
no
reliable
information
that
the
Muslim
Brotherhood
has
infiltrated
the
U.S.
government.
Guilt
by
AssociationYour
initial
letter
tothe
State
Department
references
the
Muslim
Brotherhood
andstates
that
“the
apparent
involvement
of
those
with
such
ties
raises
serious
security
concerns.”You
cite
HumaAbedin,Deputy
Chief
of
Staff
to
Secretary
of
State
Hillary
Clinton,
as
an
example
of
those
“with
such
ties”
to
the
Muslim
Brotherhood.This
is
a
striking
claim
to
makeabout
a
topadviser
in
theState
Department.
In
discussing
thisclaim,youprovideabsolutely
no
information
about
Ms.
Abedin
herself.
Instead,
you
write
that
“her
late
father,
her
mother
andher
brother
[arej
connected
to
Muslim
Brotherhood
operativesand/or
organizations.”
Your
letters
fail
to
explain
your
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With
regardtoMs.
Abedin’s
father,you
point
to
a
single
passage
from
an
article
claiming
that
he
founded
“theInstitute
of
Muslim
Minority
Affairs
in
Jeddah,
Saudi
Arabia,
an
institution
that
hadthe
quiet
butactivesupport
of
the
then
GeneralSecretary
of
the
Muslim
World
League,Dr.
Umar
Abdallah
Nasif.”
You
then
write,
“As
the
Pew
Forum
notes,the
Muslim
World
League
has
a
longtimehistory
of
beingcloselyaligned
and
partnering
with
the
Muslim
Brotherhood.”
Puttogether,
the
primary
source
of
evidence
for
your
serious
claimsagainstMs.
Abedin
is
that
her
deceased
father
founded
an
institute
thatreceived
unspecified
“support”
from
a
man
who
at
one
point
led
an
organization
that
was
aligned
with
the
Muslim
Brotherhood.
In
makingthis
connection,
which
is
five
timesremoved
from
Ms.
Abedin,you
engage
in
guilt
by
association.Further,
in
questioning
how
Ms.
Abedin
received
a
high-level
security
clearance,
you
imply
thatourtop
intelligence
agencies
did
notadequatelyinvestigateMs.
Abedin.
Accusing
the
men
and
women
of
the
U.S.
intelligencecommunity
of
failing
to
do
theirjobs
requires
far
moresubstantial
information
than
whatyou
have
provided
to
date.
Discredited
Sources
Your
response
does
not
address
concerns
about
the
primary
source
of
yourinformation,MuslimBrotherhoodinAmerica.com,which
you
reference
prominentlyinyour
letters.The
founder
of
thatWeb
site,
Frank
Gaffney,
has
a
long
history
of
making
unsubstantiated
anti-Muslim
allegations.
Mr.
Gaffney
even
accusedGeneral
David
Petraeus
of
“submission”
to
Islamic
law,3
New
Jersey
GovernorChrisChristie
of
“treason”
for
appointing
a
Muslim
judge,4
and
anti-tax
advocate
Grover
Norquist
of
“enabling
and
empowering
Muslim
Brotherhoodinfluence
operations.”5
Your
response
fails
to
explain
howyour
claims
are
any
more
credible
than
Mr.Gaffney’s
accusationsagainst
these
individuals.
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