| | According to two recently published articles in Salon.com, the FBI raised concerns last March about Gill’s non-disclosure of his ties to Alamoudi’s AMC. At the time, he was reportedly briefly removed from his position at DHS. | | According to two recently published articles in Salon.com, the FBI raised concerns last March about Gill’s non-disclosure of his ties to Alamoudi’s AMC. At the time, he was reportedly briefly removed from his position at DHS. |
| | Curiously, however, Gill is said to have been reinstated within days. According to a DHS spokesman, the Department had conducted a “thorough investigation” that found Gill “exceeded all requirements” for his job. | | Curiously, however, Gill is said to have been reinstated within days. According to a DHS spokesman, the Department had conducted a “thorough investigation” that found Gill “exceeded all requirements” for his job. |
| − | Fortunately, on 23 June, after news reports revealed Gill’s omission, attendant suspension and subsequent reinstatement, the Homeland Security”s Inspector General, Clark Kent Ervin, announced that he would be launching an inquiry into how Gill received a security clearance, despite the omission. For some reason, though, the IG”s report is said to require as much as six-months to complete.</font></blockquote></ref><ref>Paul Sperry, "http://web.archive.org/web/20080820081243/http://www.crossactionnews.com/articles/view/norquists-muslim-protgsNorquist’s Muslim Protégés", C.A.N., June 03, 2008.<blockquote><font size=1> | + | Fortunately, on 23 June, after news reports revealed Gill’s omission, attendant suspension and subsequent reinstatement, the Homeland Security”s Inspector General, Clark Kent Ervin, announced that he would be launching an inquiry into how Gill received a security clearance, despite the omission. For some reason, though, the IG”s report is said to require as much as six-months to complete.</font></blockquote></ref><ref>Paul Sperry, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080820081243/http://www.crossactionnews.com/articles/view/norquists-muslim-protgsNorquist’s Muslim Protégés], C.A.N., June 03, 2008.<blockquote><font size=1> |
| | If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That appears to be the strategy of GOP powerbroker Grover Norquist in his wicked project to dress Islamists up as patriotic Republicans so they can infiltrate the government. | | If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That appears to be the strategy of GOP powerbroker Grover Norquist in his wicked project to dress Islamists up as patriotic Republicans so they can infiltrate the government. |
| | While he’s managed to get some of his Muslim proteges jobs in the Bush administration, getting them elected to public office has been another story. Voters aren’t buying their makeover. | | While he’s managed to get some of his Muslim proteges jobs in the Bush administration, getting them elected to public office has been another story. Voters aren’t buying their makeover. |