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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/>
>>>>
>>>><http://sonofhamas.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/homeland-in-security/>Read 
>>>>more…
>>
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