Virginia counter-terror training by anti-Muslim activist sparks outcry

[Redfairen]

Source: The Guardian

A former FBI agent who believes that the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated the US government and that John Brennan, the director of the CIA, is a secret follower of Islam is poised to begin three days of counter-terrorism training with law enforcers in northern Virginia.

Starting on Tuesday, John Guandolo will deliver what is billed as “advanced counter-terrorism” training under the title of “Jihadi Networks in America”. About 50 law enforcers from Culpeper County, Virginia, and elsewhere will attend.

The event, advertised at $225 per trainee and being held at Germanna community college in Culpeper, has prompted an outcry from local and national Islamic groups, which warn that he is a notorious Muslim-basher and conspiracy theorist. Islamic leaders see the training sessions as part of a conscious attempt post 9/11 to spread misinformation about American Muslims within law enforcement circles.

In an interview with a far-right website last year, Guandolo claimed that Brennan had converted to Islam when he was CIA station chief in Saudi Arabia in the late 1990s. “I have direct sources who were government officials and they have direct knowledge that he was not only befriended by employees of Saudi government and intelligence but as the culmination of this relationship he converted to Islam while serving as the senior US intelligence representative for the US.”



Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/24/virginia-counterterror-training-anti-muslim-john-guandolo

[ck4829]

1. We don't take what he says at face value, and we don't endorse his teachings, but we're paying him.

It sounds like to me that Guandolo has evidence someone in the Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office hit someone with their car and kept on driving, and he'll make it all go away, if he can give these crazy seminars.

[Recursion]

2. This asshole again?

I thought he had finally crawled back into a cave somewhere...

[Behind the Aegis]

3. This is funny, not the "ha-ha" variety but the "are you fucking kidding me?" kind.

People claim, almost always falsely, the Muslims are the new Jews; well, this actually falls into that category. Islamophobia is a problem in this country without a doubt, but these type of fools are actually far and few between. HOWEVER, their followers are not! It is amazing how similar some of the conspiracy theories are to age-old anti-Semitic ones. 9-11 certainly brought many over to the dark side, but in truth, I personally believe it was the election of Barack Obama which ushered in more anti-Islamic feelings in the recent years. Keep in mind I do not blame Obama, but rather those who, until this day, perpetuate the myth he is a Manchurian candidate for Islam.

[another_liberal]

4. This is pure Joseph McCarthy style nonsense.

“I have direct sources who were government officials and they have direct knowledge that he was not only befriended by employees of Saudi government and intelligence but as the culmination of this relationship he converted to Islam. . ."

John Guandolo

"I have here in my hand a list of 205 . . . a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department."

Joeseph McCarthy