In the 10 years that I have lived in Washington, I have never seen
lobbyists for al-Qaeda parade through the halls of Congress. I have not
seen any events on Capitol Hill organized by Hamas. And I have not seen
any American politicians take campaign contributions from the Islamic
Jihad.
But the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), an organization with the blood of
Americans and Iranians alike on its hands, freely does all of these
things, despite being a designated foreign terrorist organization by the
U.S. government.
And in a matter of weeks, this terrorist group may succeed in getting
removed from the terrorist list — not as a result of any change of
heart — but as a result of an unprecedented mutli-million dollar media
and lobbying blitz.
If al-Qaeda or any other terrorist organization were holding
fundraisers in DC, lobbying Congress, or holding press conferences at
the National Press Club, the FBI, Homeland Security, and local law
enforcement would be all over it.
Not so with the MEK. There, law enforcement seems nowhere to be
found. In fact, a prominent spokesperson for the MEK terrorist group was
hired by Fox News in the mid-2000s to serve as their on-air terrorist
analyst. Go figure.
Since early January 2011, the MEK has spent millions of dollars on
lobbyists, PR agents and communications firms to build up pressure on
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