DoD Think Tank Opens Govt Doors for Terror-Tied Groups
…Considering the Institute for Defense Analyses’ influential position with the Department of Defense and the intelligence community, and the sensitive nature of the work it undertakes for the federal government, it is distressing that this federally-funded “think tank” has established a strategic partnership with four different Islamic organizations that have been identified by federal prosecutors as tied to the international terrorist network.
IDA has partnered with these groups as part of American Muslims for Constructive Engagement (AMCE), an alliance of six different organizations:
International Institute for Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)
Muslim American Society (MAS)
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
International Council of Religion and Democracy (ICRD)
Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)
Three of these groups — IIIT, ISNA and CAIR — were listed by the Department of Justice as unindicted co-conspirators last May in the Holy Land Foundation terror financing trial. Meanwhile, MAS was recently identified by federal prosecutors in a DOJ appeals court brief in another terrorism-related case as “the overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.” The brief also states that “CAIR conspired with other affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood to support terrorists.”
In stark contrast to IDA’s extensive list of leaders and staff with records of exemplary military and government service, AMCE’s advisory council reads like a virtual “Who’s Who” of Islamic extremist leaders in America.
Adding to these concerns is the fact that the lead AMCE contact for the ICRD is a former high-ranking government official for Sudan, a state sponsor of terrorism. This individual even served as the Islamic regime’s official spokesman when Sudan was a haven for Osama bin Laden and played a leading role in networking together both Sunni and Shia terrorist organizations to attack the West…