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The Alien In The White House, Release 2.0

A few days ago I referred you to Dorothy Rabinowitz?s superb piece in the Wall Street Journal, ?The Alien in the White House.? She was referring, by the way, to his attitudes, values, and ideology, not to the circumstances or location of his birth, but even so describing him as ?alien? may be too weak.

For starters, take a look at this thorough (and thoroughly disgusting) analysis of the Obama Justice Department?s going to bat for the New Black Panther Party and then covering up its actions.

That friendly and sympathetic treatment of racist thugs pales by comparison, however, the Dept. of Homeland Security?s apparent determination to deport Mosab Hassan Yousef, whom the Wall Street Journal describes as the

best-selling author who wrote "Son of Hamas? about his life as a Palestinian who became an informant for Israeli intelligence. He?s probably near the top of every Islamist terror hit list, yet, incredibly enough, the U.S. may soon deport him as a terror threat.

The WSJ explains, dumfounded:

Homeland Security is well aware of the author?s history, and in fact is using it against him. According to Mr. Yousef, a letter from Homeland Security attorney Kerri Calcador cites passages in ?Son of Hamas? as evidence of his connection to terrorist leaders and suggests that the work he did for Hamas while spying for Israel provided aid to terrorists. ?At a bare minimum, evidence of the respondent?s transport of Hamas members to safe houses . . . indicates that the respondent provided material support to a [Tier I] terrorist organization,? the U.S. lawyer wrote.

But unless Ms. Calcador knows more than she?s saying, this is bizarre. As a spy for Israel, Mr. Yousef had to make his colleagues believe he was a loyal member of Hamas. He used that trust to gain information that he provided to Israeli intelligence, which used it to prevent terror attacks and save lives. One of Mr. Yousef?s handlers at Shin Bet confirmed his book?s account to the Israeli daily Haaretz, and his father, Sheikh Hassan Yousef, has disowned him from the Israeli prison he has occupied since 2005....

Mr. Yousef is a native of the West Bank, which is where he would presumably return if he is deported and where Hamas would immediately seek to kill him....

The Obama administration is famous for its refusal to use the term ?terrorist? to describe our Islamic enemies, but it seems to have no similar reluctance to use it against our friends.

Full post as published by Discriminations on June 13, 2010 (boomark / email).