Rashad Hussain made the statements criticizing terror prosecutions of Muslims, then denied them (and the White House supported him, calling the journalist who attributed them to him wrong) and now admits he made them. Even more shocking, Hussain admitted contacting the magazine where the story first appeared to get the magazine to (shades of 1984) change its on-line version to erase the fact. While not commenting on the innocence or guilt of Sami Al-Arian, he grouped that case into a category of politically motivated persecutions (not prosecutions). Diligent reporters uncovered a tape of the event.Conclusion: our envoy to the Muslim world has a highly critical view of America, soft-pedals terrorism, and is a liar who will manipulate the truth to cover up his past.Should this guy ever been in government-let alone so close to Barack Obama and so influential? Josh Gerstein in Politico: "I made statements on that panel that I now recognize were ill-conceived or not...(Read Full Post)