Indiana Rep. Dan Burton (R-Indiana) has ties to man accused of illegal lobbying for Pakistan

[varun]

Source: courier-journal.com

WASHINGTON — Indiana Rep. Dan Burton, a top congressional backer of Pakistan, said Tuesday that he was shocked by the arrest of the head of an advocacy group accused of being on the payroll of Pakistan's spy agency.

Burton said he will give to charity the campaign contributions he's received over the years from the executive director of the Kashmiri American Council if there are doubts about whether they were legal.

Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, the council's executive director and an American citizen, was arrested Tuesday on charges of violating lobbying rules for agents of foreign governments.

Prosecutors said Fai concealed the fact that a foreign government was funding and directing the organization's lobbying and public relations efforts in America. The congressional committees overseeing foreign relations were the centerpiece of the group's advocacy effort, according to prosecutors.


Read more: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110719/NEWS02/307190080/1001/Indiana-Rep-Dan-Burton-has-ties-man-accused-illegal-lobbying-Pakistan?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CHome%7Cs

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No wonder Burton always favored Pakistan...

[The Magistrate]

1. Hell, Sir: Grover Norquist is Hand In Glove With Jihadis Too

Scratch a Republican, find a traitor....

[cosmicone]

2. The whole Kashmir issue is a non-issue

created by Pakistan. Looks like all "Kashmir centers" in Washington, London and Brussels were funded by Pakistani ISI.

http://www.sananews.net/english/2011/07/20/fbi-allegedly-detains-dr-gulam-nabi-fai/

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-exposes-ISI-subversion-of-Kashmir-issue-FBI-arrests-US-based-lobbyist/articleshow/9289454.cms

I sure hope that all Kashmir-sympathizers in the house and senate drop Pakistan and Kashmir as a hot potatoes now.

[ChrisBorg]

3. I would tread softly here. It appears all sides had a shot at this changing target.

[seabeckind]

4. I'm shocked, I tell ya, shocked

The Dan Burton I know and love would never prostitute himself for money. He had to have gotten other stuff, too. He has standards, you know.