Tel-Chai Nation

The former congressman/ambassador has been found guilty of aiding terror-tied Islamic "charity". In this news from the FBI (via Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs):

KANSAS CITY, MO--A former congressman and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations pleaded guilty in federal court today to obstruction of justice and to acting as an unregistered foreign agent related to his work for an Islamic charity with ties to international terrorism, announced Beth Phillips, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

Mark Deli Siljander, 59, of Great Falls, Va., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey to one charge contained in an Oct. 21, 2008, federal indictment, and an additional charge filed today, involving his work for the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA) of Columbia, Mo. Siljander was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan and was a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations General Assembly.

Co-defendant Abdel Azim El-Siddig, of Chicago, Ill., a former IARA fundraiser, also pleaded guilty today to conspiring with Siljander and others to hire Siljander to lobby for IARA's removal from a Senate Finance Committee list of charities suspected of having terrorist ties, while concealing this advocacy and not registering with the proper authorities.

"A former congressman engaged in illegal lobbying for a charity suspected of funding international terrorism. He then used his own charities to hide the payments for his criminal activities," U.S. Attorney Phillips said. "Siljander repeatedly lied to FBI agents and prosecutors investigating serious crimes related to national security. With today's guilty pleas, all of the defendants in this case have admitted their guilt and will be held accountable for their actions."

This could be one of the cases the Republicans spoke about - how CAIR had snuck in stealth agents to the political scene. Siljander is facing at least 15 years, but he should really face more than that for his vile crimes. He has done the USA a lot of damage for the sake of the Religion of Peace.

Labels: anti-americanism, CAIR corruption, islam, jihad, political corruption, terrorism, UN corruption, United States, US Congress, war on terror