NY state attorney general threatens counterterror org at behest of Hamas-linked CAIR By Robert Spencer

Letitia James

Jihad Watch : James claims that “IPT targeted the organizations and individuals in a concerted effort to infringe on the rights of Muslims, including their right to worship, peacefully assemble and organize politically, petition the government, and to vote.”

This is patently false and absurd. IPT was looking for evidence of jihad terror sympathies and activity, and did absolutely nothing to infringe upon Muslims’ “right to worship, peacefully assemble and organize politically, petition the government, and to vote.”

It is noteworthy that Letitia James is attorney general of the state of New York and has sent this letter to IPT at the behest of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), but she has not charged IPT or Steven Emerson with any crime. That in itself is a clear indication that IPT did nothing illegal, as James would certainly have happily brought charges if there had been any possible grounds to do so.

The worst part of this ridiculous action by James, however, is her casual and unexplained use of the appellation “anti-Muslim hate group” for the Investigative Project on Terrorism. This is a highly tendentious and unjustified designation that originates with the discredited Leftist smear machine the Southern Poverty Law Center.

It is irresponsible and ominous for an official who is supposedly administering impartial justice to use this term as if it were established and indisputable fact. In a sane world, James would be impeached and removed from office for this alone. In our world, she’ll probably be elected governor.

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