Steven Emerson on the Sami al-Arian case, the status of al-Qaeda, and the "Newsweek" matter
By Andrew Cochran
Contributing Expert Steven Emerson appeared on Fox News's "O'Reilly Factor" last night and on Fox's "Dayside" this afternoon, and he asked me to post the transcripts of the two appearances (Word file) and highlights. As Bill O'Reilly pointed out, Steven Emerson was the first "to pinpoint that Al-Arian was helping terrorist groups, Islamic jihad primarily, kill people, by raising money and propaganda efforts." Steve pointed out that the "St. Petersburg Times" favored al-Arian in its stories and "consistently downplayed, denigrated, and actually tried to neutralize the government's case, I think, Bill, by a pattern of such overwhelming intellectual dishonesty that it really, I think, now requires some type of internal investigation." He described the government's case as "pretty overwhelming," and "the wire taps are absolutely incontrovertible." About the recent capture by Pakistan of 2 top al-Qaeda operatives, Steve said that "people who were number 15, or number 20, or number 25, are suddenly becoming number five. Reality is that these are victories, there is no doubt about that." But he added, "bin Laden still remains at large and so does Ayman Al-Zawahiri as well as five other members of the top 20 leaders of the Al-Qaeda network." With respect to "Newsweek," Steve cited Andrew McCarthy's column today and added, "I don't think the problem is "Newsweek," I think the problem is the militant Islamic conspiratorial culture that is pervasive that believes anything and anything said anytime about the evil intent of the Crusaders or the Americans or Christian world or Jews."
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