Hamas network survived Holy Land Foundation convictions, former FBI agent says
The former agent said Hamas agreed to continue to pursue its agenda by “cloaking itself under the cover of legitimacy” out of fear of exposure.
A retired FBI agent testified before the US Senate that Hamas's support network in the United States remains active, despite the convictions of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) in 2008. Lara Burns, who led the investigation, detailed how the FBI wiretapped a meeting of Palestine Committee leaders in 1993 and identified a decades-long conspiracy aimed at supporting Hamas through front organizations in the US.
The trial revealed that HLF and its officials were convicted of providing material support to Hamas, while CAIR - founded by Nihad Awad, a key participant in the 1993 meeting - played a role in defending and protecting the network, as well as pressuring others to adopt its narratives. Burns stated that CAIR co-founder Awad actively participated in the conspiratorial meeting and remains the organization's executive director.
The FBI agent emphasized that CAIR and other elements of the network continue to propagate terrorist organizations as resistance movements and intimidate critics, thus maintaining their conspiratorial agenda. She called for the FBI, IRS, and DOJ to investigate these organizations for violating the First Amendment and supporting terrorism.
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