yes, I thought you might but others who read the article may not.
This is why I posted it on here. Thank you for posting the article.
god Bless,
Doris
At 03:43 PM 5/24/2010 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Doris,
>
>Actually, I forgot that I have this book already from her sendspace link.
>
>Thanks much.
>
>Pat Ferguson
>
>
>At 11:10 AM 5/24/2010, you wrote:
>>Miss Peggy Fleisher, the lady who forwarded the post below to Miss
>>Pat, put the audio book "son of hamas" on sendspace some time ago.
>>I checked and the link is still good.
>>
>>Here it is:
>>
>>begin quote:
>>
>>
>>I have put this book on sendspace and it seems to be working now.
>>Sorry for the inconvenience.
>>
>>You've got a file called son of hamas audio book.zip, (197 MB)
>>waiting to be downloaded at sendspace.com (It was sent by
>>[log in to unmask]).
>>
>>
>>
>>You can use the following link to retrieve your file:
>>
>>http://www.sendspace.com/file/zprs7r
>>
>>end quote
>>
>>hth
>>
>>Doris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>At 10:23 AM 5/24/2010 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Hi Everyone,
>>>
>>>I received this from a friend, and please know that this is true,
>>>and please read this very carefully, and please pass this on. I'm
>>>sending it just as I received it.
>>>
>>>Let's pray for this man. Please read his book, if you can find it.
>>>He really needs our prayers.
>>>
>>>Love and Blessings,
>>>
>>>Pat Ferguson
>>>>Delivered-To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>From: Peggy Fleischer <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 08:39:09 -0400
>>>>Subject: Homeland In-Security
>>>>To: Peggy Fleischer <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1078)
>>>>
>>>>Please read the message below and pray for Mosab. He is one of
>>>>the most amazing Christian brothers I have ever met.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>>>Date: May 22, 2010 10:56:51 AM EDT
>>>>>Subject: Homeland In-Security
>>>>>Source: Son of Hamas
>>>>>Author: sonofhamas
>>>>>
>>>>>I have worn many hats in 32 years—Muslim, Christian, son of
>>>>>Hamas, Prisoner 823, spy, traitor, USAID administrator,
>>>>>businessman, best-selling author.
>>>>>
>>>>>Now I am Homeland Security File# A 088 271 051.
>>>>>
>>>>>And, according to these "highly trained" civil servants, I am a
>>>>>threat to America's national security and must be deported.
>>>>>
>>>>>On June 30, at 8 a.m., I have a hearing before Immigration Judge
>>>>>Rico J. Bartolomei at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
>>>>>Immigration Court in San Diego.
>>>>>
>>>>>But I am not worried about this. I am outraged! My only concern
>>>>>is about a security system that is so primitive and naive that
>>>>>it endangers the lives of countless Americans. Honestly, Judge
>>>>>Bartolomei's verdict really does not matter. If he rules to
>>>>>deport me, I will appeal. And Homeland Security has assured me
>>>>>that, if he rules in my favor, they will appeal. And this insane
>>>>>merry-go-round can go on like that for decades.
>>>>>
>>>>>My concern is not about being deported. It is that I am being
>>>>>forced to stand and defend myself as a terrorist! This is
>>>>>ridiculous. And as long as this case is in the courts, I cannot
>>>>>leave the United States. If I do, I will never be able to
>>>>>return. For what? For risking my life fighting terrorism in the
>>>>>Middle East for ten years? For saving the lives of Israelis,
>>>>>Palestinians and Americans?
>>>>>
>>>>>I should never be put through this in the first place. It's crazy.
>>>>>
>>>>>Don't think that I am writing this post to get you to feel sorry
>>>>>for me or even to write your congressman or senator on my
>>>>>behalf. I believe that God is using this situation to expose the
>>>>>weaknesses of Homeland Security and to put pressure on it to
>>>>>make changes that can save lives and preserve freedom. But
>>>>>first, you need to understand everything that led up to File# A 088 271 051.
>>>>>
>>>>>It began when I arrived in America January 2, 2007. I walked
>>>>>into the airport like anyone else on a tourist visa. Seven
>>>>>months later, I went to the Homeland Security office, knocked on
>>>>>their door and told them, "Hey, guys, I am the son of Sheikh
>>>>>Hassan Yousef, my father is involved in a terrorist
>>>>>organization, and I would like political asylum in your country."
>>>>>
>>>>>They were shocked. They didn't expect it. I told them, hey, you
>>>>>didn't discover me. You didn't catch me. I came to you and told
>>>>>you who I am to wake you up. I wanted them to see that they have
>>>>>huge gaps in their security and their understanding of terrorism
>>>>>and make changes before it's too late.
>>>>>
>>>>>I filed an application for political asylum. Not surprisingly,
>>>>>on February 23, 2009, they told me that I was "barred from a
>>>>>grant of asylum because there were reasonable grounds for
>>>>>believing [I] was a danger to the security of the United States
>>>>>and because [I] engaged in terrorist activity."
>>>>>
>>>>>More hearings followed. When they demanded evidence to support
>>>>>my claim that I was not a terrorist or a security threat, I
>>>>>filed a draft of my book, Son of Hamas. Surely this would make
>>>>>everything perfectly clear. They would discover that I was an
>>>>>intelligence agent, not a terrorist. That I tracked down
>>>>>terrorists and put them in prison. That I was an asset, not a threat.
>>>>>
>>>>>But they didn't get it.
>>>>>
>>>>>Recently, I received a document in which Homeland Security
>>>>>senior attorney Kerri Calcador claimed that, "In the book, the
>>>>>respondent discusses his extensive involvement with Hamas in
>>>>>great detail. For example, in one portion of the book, a member
>>>>>of Shin Bet shows the respondent a list of suspects implicated
>>>>>in a March 2001 suicide bombing and asks the respondent whether
>>>>>he knows the individuals. The respondent indicates that he does
>>>>>know five of the people on the list and states that he
>>>>>previously drove them to safe houses."
>>>>>
>>>>>On page 5, Ms. Calcador concluded that, "At a bare minimum,
>>>>>evidence of the respondent's transport of Hamas members to safe
>>>>>houses—discussed above in the Statement of the Case as but one
>>>>>example of the respondent's involvement with Hamas—indicates
>>>>>that the respondent provided material support to a [Tier I]
>>>>>terrorist organization.
>>>>>
>>>>>Is she kidding? Either Homeland Security's chief attorney has
>>>>>zero reading comprehension, or else she intentionally took the
>>>>>passage out of context. And I am not sure which is worse.
>>>>>
>>>>>Even a child reading the book can see that, during that time, I
>>>>>was working as a secret agent for the Shin Bet (Israeli's
>>>>>internal security service, comparable to our FBI). My job
>>>>>required me to do anything I could to be involved with my
>>>>>father's activities. So when he asked me to go with him to pick
>>>>>up these guys when they were released from the Palestinian
>>>>>Authority prison, I went.
>>>>>
>>>>>First of all, no one—not me, not my father, not even Israel—knew
>>>>>at the time that these men were involved with suicide bombings.
>>>>>With all of its assets, the Shin Bet did not put the pieces
>>>>>together for three more years.
>>>>>
>>>>>Second, I was the one who connected these men with the bombing
>>>>>at the Hebrew University cafeteria in July 2002. And Homeland
>>>>>Security would do well to remember that there were five American
>>>>>citizens among the dead. Apparently the agency needs also to be
>>>>>reminded that I was the one who located the terrorists and led
>>>>>to their arrest or death.
>>>>>
>>>>>Did the American government launch a special investigation to
>>>>>find their killers? No. Even the Israeli government had no idea
>>>>>who or where they were. I am not boasting, but the record is
>>>>>clear that I was pivotal to bringing them all to justice. And
>>>>>Homeland Security today tells me "thank you" by trying to deport me!
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes, while working for Israeli intelligence, I posed as a
>>>>>terrorist. Yes, I carried a gun. Yes, I was in terrorist
>>>>>meetings with Yassir Arafat, my father and other Hamas leaders.
>>>>>It was part of my job. And I passed on to the Shin Bet all the
>>>>>information I gathered during those meetings and saved the lives
>>>>>of many people—including many Americans.
>>>>>
>>>>>Maybe Homeland Security only read a few chapters of my book. If
>>>>>they would have bothered to read all 251 pages, they would know
>>>>>that I also worked with 40 Americans on the USAID water project
>>>>>in the West Bank for five years. Who took care of their
>>>>>security? Who warned them not to come to Ramallah if there was
>>>>>going to be an Israeli military incursion or if there would be
>>>>>shooting? Who protected their offices? I wasn't being paid to do
>>>>>that. I did it because of a Christian morality that taught me to
>>>>>love, not hate. I protected my manager. I protected everybody.
>>>>>Nobody hurt them.
>>>>>
>>>>>Is this the behavior of someone who is a threat to Americans?
>>>>>
>>>>>If Homeland Security cannot tell the difference between a
>>>>>terrorist and a man who spent his life fighting terrorism, how
>>>>>can they protect their own people? Why is Homeland Security
>>>>>wasting its time investigating a former Israeli intelligence
>>>>>operative, instead of looking for the real terrorists out there?
>>>>>Is it personal? Racial? Political? Or just stupidity?
>>>>>
>>>>>I don't doubt that they are embarrassed, and they should be.
>>>>>Maybe they feel a little insecure because someone with my
>>>>>background got into this country and moved around for seven
>>>>>months, and they were clueless.
>>>>>
>>>>>One thing I have learned, they are definitely arrogant, acting
>>>>>as though they are something special and know everything there
>>>>>is to know about fighting terrorism.
>>>>>
>>>>>The FBI, on the other hand, has a much better understanding of
>>>>>terrorism and recognizes me as a valuable asset. They told
>>>>>Homeland Security that I am not a threat and advised them to
>>>>>drop the case. But Homeland Security shut its eyes and stopped
>>>>>up its ears and told the FBI, "You have nothing to do with this.
>>>>>It is our job."
>>>>>
>>>>>They worry me, and they should worry the American people. If
>>>>>Homeland Security cannot understand a simple story like mine,
>>>>>how can they be trusted with bigger issues? They seem to know
>>>>>only how to blindly follow rules and procedures. But to work
>>>>>intelligence, you have to be very creative. You have to accept
>>>>>exceptions. You need to be able to think beyond facts and circumstances.
>>>>>
>>>>>Homeland Security has absolutely no idea of the dangers that lie
>>>>>ahead. For nearly 30 years, I watched from the inside as Hamas
>>>>>dug its claws deeper and deeper into Israel. They started
>>>>>awkwardly, clumsily, but they got good at it. And al-Qaeda is
>>>>>becoming more like Hamas.
>>>>>
>>>>>The strategy of Hamas has always been to bleed Israel. A slow
>>>>>bleeding war to destroy Israel in the long term. They don't have
>>>>>nuclear bombs, so they send a suicide bomber here, another one
>>>>>there. And over the years, they severely damaged the economy and
>>>>>gave Israel a bad reputation all over the world.
>>>>>
>>>>>Al-Qaeda started with huge attacks like September 11. But bin
>>>>>Laden has learned from Hamas's war against Israel how to bleed
>>>>>its enemy. Al-Qaeda understands how effective the Hamas strategy
>>>>>will be on American soil.
>>>>>
>>>>>Americans have never experienced anything like this. This
>>>>>country is not ready. Try to imagine attacks by suicide bombers
>>>>>and car bombers, attacks on schools, in shopping malls, in the
>>>>>gridlock of rush-hour traffic, week after week, month after
>>>>>month, year after year, here and there, in big cities and rural
>>>>>towns. No one feels safe anywhere. There seems to be no reason
>>>>>behind the attacks, no pattern. Everyone is a target. Men,
>>>>>women, children, office buildings, private homes, town halls,
>>>>>schools and hospitals. The government is powerless to stop them.
>>>>>Every car and truck you see is suspect. Every suitcase and
>>>>>package is suspect. Someone standing in line in a bank points to
>>>>>a briefcase on the floor and asks the person in front of him, "Is this yours?"
>>>>>
>>>>>"No," the man says, wide-eyed.
>>>>>
>>>>>Seconds later, the bank is empty.
>>>>>
>>>>>I was born and raised in this kind of environment. More than
>>>>>that, I was on the inside of both sides. I am not asking
>>>>>Homeland Security or anybody else for a job or a salary. I am
>>>>>asking them to be humble and listen, so they can learn.
>>>>>
>>>>>Exposing terrorist secrets and warning the world in my first
>>>>>book cost me everything. I am a traitor to my people, disowned
>>>>>by my family, a man without a country. And now the country I
>>>>>came to for sanctuary is turning its back.
>>>>>
>>>>>Kerri Calcador warned in Homeland Security's pre-hearing
>>>>>statement that, when I appear at my hearing in June, "the
>>>>>respondent bears the burden of proving his eligibility for
>>>>>relief." In other words, I am guilty unless I can prove to their
>>>>>satisfaction that I am not a threat to U.S. security. And
>>>>>Homeland Security has been embarrassed. They want me out. They
>>>>>don't want to change. But there are too many lives at stake to
>>>>>worry about the personal sensitivities of the civil servants at
>>>>>Homeland Security.
>>>>>
>>>>>That's why I am asking you to share this blog post with as many
>>>>>people as you can.
>>>>>
>>>>>Write letters to:
>>>>>
>>>>>Kerri Calcador
>>>>>
>>>>>Senior Attorney
>>>>>
>>>>>U.S. Department of Homeland Security
>>>>>
>>>>>Immigration and Customs Enforcement
>>>>>
>>>>>880 Front Street, Suite 224
>>>>>
>>>>>San Diego, California 92101
>>>>>
>>>>>or call her at 619.557.5578.
>>>>>
>>>>>And if you live in the San Diego area, come to my hearing at 8
>>>>>a.m. on June 30 and see for yourself Homeland Security in action.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>><http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/sonofhamas.wordpress.com/77/>
>>>>>
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