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Brian Hecht and Tamar Tesler Archives

HLF Trial Update: Muslim Brotherhood on the Witness Stand

By Brian Hecht and Tamar Tesler

Federal prosecutors have released their witness list for the upcoming trial against the alleged Hamas-front group, the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) and the lineup is interesting. In addition to CT Blog contributor Matt Levitt, the government...

Islamic American Relief Agency-USA--Indictments Issued

By Brian Hecht and Tamar Tesler

Five men affiliated with the Colombia, Missouri branch of the Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA) were charged yesterday in a 33-count indictment. The charges include IIEPA violations, money laundering charges, misuse of USAID program funding and tax evasion. The main...

Sami Al-Arian: A Valuable Witness?

By Brian Hecht and Tamar Tesler

Today’s St. Petersburg Times reports that convicted Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative, Sami Al-Arian, has been brought to Northern Virginia to possibly testify before a grand jury investigating an area Islamic think tank, presumably, according to the St. Pete Times, the...

Fuel for Radicalism?

By Brian Hecht and Tamar Tesler

The Arab News published an article this week called “Irresponsible Statements Fueling Radicalism: WAMY" A headline that could easily be a parody in The Onion or on Saturday Night Live. “In an interview with Arab News, [Saleh] Al-Wohaibi [Secretary General...

Again

By Brian Hecht and Tamar Tesler

In 1995 I was flying back to the US from Bangkok via Tokyo when airport authorities turned our plane back from the runway, took us into a room where they told us to empty our carry-ons and confiscated all liquids....

Lost in Translation – Misunderstanding or Marketing?

By Brian Hecht and Tamar Tesler

It is increasingly clear that there is either a) a major communication gap or b) a very deliberate campaign to keep repeating an unfounded assertion until everyone has heard it so many times they assume it must be true. Case...

Honesty is Such a Lonely Word

By Brian Hecht and Tamar Tesler

Todays article on Hakeem Olajuwon, Ex-NBA Stars Mosque Named in Probe, is a perfect case study on the pattern of dishonesty exhibited by groups that are involved in terrorist activity, or who at the very least are enablers of...