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Defend America on Friday, March 05, 2010 5:36:16 PM
The Letter Dogging Tom Campbell
IPT News
March 5, 2010
A tenured professor suspected of terrorist ties was in danger of being fired.
Tom Campbell, a former congressman and Stanford Law professor, rallied to his side.
He expressed "sincere alarm" that the University of South Florida was treating Sami Al-Arian unjustly because of his views and urged the school's president to reconsider. The 2002 letter,
obtained by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, has become a
hot-button issue in the California Senate Republican primary campaign
this year.
At the time, Al-Arian was under investigation for his ties to the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). He was indicted a year later, but his
2005 trial ended in a mix of acquittals and deadlocked counts. Evidence
in the case showed Al-Arian served on a PIJ governing board.
In 2006, he pled guilty to providing goods and services to the terrorist group.
Campbell's opponents say his letter stands among many signs that
indicate he may be soft on terror or hostile toward Israel. Campbell
has expressed regret over the letter, but claimed he was not aware of incriminating facts about Al-Arian when he wrote it.
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1834/the-letter-dogging-tom-campbell