, which deals with the ongoing Islamic and pro-terrorist threat in America and the Bush administration’s scandalous (I call it treasonous) failure to confront it. I’ve previously discussed Sperry’s indications that the pro-Islamist Republican lobbyist Grover Norquist, a Bush administration insider, is
. The whole interview is worth reading, but if you’d rather deal with a 2,400 word abridgement than the 5,000 word original, below are selected highlights. My only comment for the moment is that, given the vast scale of the threat Sperry has described, I’m disappointed by the small scale of the policy recommendations he makes at the end of the interview.
FrontPage (Jamie Glazov): So spies and agents for the terrorist enemy have actually penetrated our government?
Sperry: Absolutely. In fact, they’ve infiltrated every security agency from the FBI to the Pentagon to the prison system, which is the top recruiting ground for al-Qaida right now, and they’ve also worked their way into the public school system. But let’s just take the FBI. Remember how after 9/11 we hired Arab and Muslim translators to clear the huge backlog of Al-Qaida chatter?
FP: Yeah, the same backlog where clues to the next planned attack may be buried.
Sperry: Right. Well some of them have sold us out. Case agents I talked to say they can’t trust these guys. They say some have tipped off targets of terror investigations, while others are holding back key information from case agents they’re working with—who are completely at their mercy because they don’t speak Arabic and these other tongues.
It’s a mess there, a veritable Muslim “mole house,” as one bureau source put it. Some devout Muslims in the unit have gotten so cocky they’re actually demanding separate potties from the “infidel” agents so they won’t get dirty sitting on the same toilets. Others go around the language squad saying America had 9/11 coming to it because of our pro-Israel policies. It’s outrageous, it’s flat-out betrayal, and these are the people who are supposed to be protecting us from another 9/11.
FP: What’s headquarters doing about it?
Sperry: Putting the infidel agents through Muslim sensitivity training while promoting the Muslims who threaten to sue for discrimination. Go figure.
FP: So this is also a story, basically then, of the Left’s agenda running amok in DC right?
Sperry: And how. You’d think PC would have died out with the last flames at Ground Zero, but it’s still alive and well here in Washington. I cite a number of examples of how various security agencies are committing politically correct suicide in the section of the book called IN ALLAH WE TRUST, but the FBI is the most egregious example. Director Bob Mueller is so politically correct he’s cut a deal with Muslim pressure groups to never use “Islamic” and “terrorism” in the same sentence. Muslim leaders don’t want the link made for obvious reasons, and he’s gone along with their whitewashing. But Mueller’s own agents feel demoralized by his pandering. They wonder how they can defeat Islamic terrorists when their own boss can’t even talk honestly about what’s motivating them.
FP: Tell us what conclusions you have reached from your study of Islam.
Sperry: It is a religion of peace—for Muslims. Everyone else is marked for punishment,
Another big lie we hear told out of Washington is that the Muslim terrorists are “perverting” the teachings of the Quran, as if they haven’t read their holy book. No, they’ve memorized it, and they’re getting all this terrible stuff right out of it—the violent jihad, self-immolation, even the beheadings we’ve seen in Iraq—it’s all right there in the Qur’an. It’s our leaders in Washington prosecuting this war on Islamic terror who haven’t read the Qur’an, violating the first principle of war—know thy enemy and what motives him.
Sperry: Please don’t misunderstand, I’m not arguing for a “war on Islam” at all, and I have never, never said “all Muslims” are the enemy! In fact, many are my personal friends. Anyone who knows me, knows I’m not part of the my-God-is-bigger-than-your-God crowd. Nor am I condemning Islam. I’m simply documenting how terrorists are getting their ideas straight out of the Qur’an. I’m neither a social advocate or a political activist but a cold-eyed journalist who refuses to varnish up the facts. And I’m fully aware there are many quietists even among orthodox Sunni Muslims who embrace the fundamentals of the Qur’an including violent jihad. And I agree with you that there are genuinely moderate and peaceful sects within Islam, such as the Sufi sect, and genuinely moderate and peaceful Muslim leaders like Sheikh Hisham Kabbani, who happens to be a Sufi Muslim.
Unfortunately they represent the minority of the Muslim establishment in America that has ready access to power and influence in Washington. Unfortunately, the Saudi-sponsored Sunni leaders currently monopolize Muslim leadership in America, and the unpleasant truth is, they represent the Muslim establishment in America today. They are the pillars in the Muslim community. Even as some have been carted off to jail for supporting terrorism, they have only grown in stature within the Muslim community,
Sperry: Muslim leaders play an elaborate word game to hide the dark side of Islam to gain wider acceptance in Washington. They condemn all acts of “terrorism against innocent people,” but they don’t necessarily view Americans or Israelis as “innocent” or acts of violence against us as “terrorism.” Many secretly view it simply as justice. You’ll never hear them condemn “all acts of violence against non-Muslims.” So you have to carefully parse their words—they’re very slick. They also try to peddle this silly notion that jihad means internal struggle against sin—such as quitting smoking—and not warfare. And that the beheadings we’ve seen in Iraq aren’t even remotely justified by the Quran. Both claims are demonstrably false, as I document in the “Top 10 Myths of Islam.” If you are confused about the true meaning of the Qur’an, this chapter will be a real eye-opener for you.
FP: So yes, while we must support moderate and patriotic Muslims, we cannot deny that there is a serious problem in the Muslim community… .
Sperry: Make no mistake: INFILTRATION exposes terrorists and the people who support terrorists, who just happen to be in the Muslim community. Not the Italian community. Not the Sikh community. The Muslim community. No one wants to heap scorn on Muslims, but the unpleasant truth is they gave far more aid and comfort to the hijackers than Washington let on. They got help in seven mosques coast to coast, and some Muslims helped them even though they knew what they were up to. Some of the hijackers were welcomed and wined and dined as if they were celebrities. If we keep sweeping these unpleasant truths under the politically correct carpet, we’re just inviting another 9/11. We have to penetrate the terror support network that just happens to be operating within the Muslim community, and permanently dismantle it.
FP: Didn’t the FBI just leak an internal report saying they couldn’t find any evidence of al-Qaida sleeper cells in America?
Sperry: Yeah, and that’s also what they said before 9/11. Fact is, they don’t really know because they’re not letting agents look hard enough in the Muslim community and mosques—they’re putting them through Muslim sensitivity training instead. One FBI veteran says our knowledge of what’s really going on in the Muslim community is a 20 on a scale of 100. But here’s what we do know: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the 9/11 mastermind, was caught with a notebook full of U.S. zip codes, and he’s not talking about them. He’ll talk about everything else but that. Investigators think he’s protecting sleeper cells for a future 9/11.
And what do you know, paid lobbyists for some of these leaders have landed jobs in the White House and Department of Homeland Security—with Top Secret clearance. One who lobbied for Alamoudi and against antiterror tools for law enforcement, according to lobbying records I uncovered, is now in charge of all federal government contracting. His name is David Hossein Safavian, and he was confirmed despite failing to disclose ties to Alamoudi.
FP: I am usually very suspicious of conspiracy theory. Are you suggesting some kind of conspiracy?
Sperry: Looking more and more like conspiracy to infiltrate the government and, at the most benign level, run influence operations against it. The interlocking directorships in these suspect Muslim lobby groups, charities and mosques like Dar al-Hijrah, the 9/11 mosque here, is alarming. They’re all connected to each other, and all connected to the Muslim Brotherhood or Hamas or Islamic Jihad or al-Qaida. It’s a syndicate, a Muslim mafia, and law enforcement is only starting to get their arms around it. The base of their operations is in Northern Virginia, where I live—right in the shadow of the nation’s capital. I call it The Wahhabi Corridor, and your readers can take a visual tour of it by clicking on: http://www.sperryfiles.com/corridor.shtml
FP: What can you tell us about Islamist infiltration in the military?
Sperry: I dedicate a whole chapter to “The Fifth Column” inside our armed forces. They’ve been stealing al-Qaida secrets from Gitmo, and turning around and spying for Syria and Egypt. Even the Muslim chaplains are a problem, since many are hardcore Wahhabists who were stocked by Alamoudi, one of the godfathers of the Muslim mafia in America who’s now behind bars for plotting terror. And these chaplains are counseling our Muslim soldiers, who now number close to 20,000. They’re filling their heads with all sorts of hateful garbage, turning them against the country they’re supposed to serve and protect. It’s a story of traitors run amok, although clearly many Muslims have served honorably.
FP: What about the prisons?
Sperry: This is a powder keg waiting to explode. Investigators tell me it’s the top recruiting ground for al-Qaida right now as it tries to lower its Arab profile. Al-Qaida sympathizers have landed jobs as Muslim chaplains, and are converting scores of black inmates to Islam. One federal chaplain—Warith Deen Umar—praised the 9/11 hijackers and told inmates America is a legitimate target of jihad. He preached hatred toward Jews and Christians, yet still received glowing evaluations from Washington, which is blind to this threat within the prison system.
FP: You say their sympathizers and agents have infiltrated American classrooms? What do you mean?
Sperry: Parents would be shocked to know that Muslim consultants on the Saudi government payroll have been teaching their kids about Islam in the public schools as part of world history units on religion. They’re writing lesson plans promoting Islam by instructing kids to recite prayers and verses from the Quran on prayer rugs. They’re covering up all of Islam’s ugly warts, including violent jihad, while denigrating Christianity.
FP: So in historical perspective, compare the Islamist threat with the “Red Menace.”
Sperry: It’s worse than the communist threat. Bad as the Cold war threat was, the communists never attacked us. And their spies were atheists who were relatively easy to distrust, easy to bribe over to our side. But we’re now dealing with religious zealots—the Green Menace, green being the color of Islam—who are not only passionate in their hatred for us, but are using our religious tolerance as cover to infiltrate our security agencies and steal our secrets as agents and sympathizers for the bad guys. They’re using our tolerances and freedoms against us. They operate with virtual political and religious immunity, and are therefore much harder than the Red spies to ferret out. They are the perfect enemy. Washington needs to wake up to this new spy threat. It’s not just about fighting terrorists anymore. It’s also about fighting their spies and sympathizers.
FP: So let’s return to Islam for a moment. Do you believe that there exists a “moderate” Islam?
Sperry: Sure, it’s called Sufism, which follows the principles of a special form of Islamic mysticism. Unfortunately that’s not the main sect of Islam. The main sect is Sunnism, which follows the fundamentals of the Qur’an, including violent jihad. It’s most orthodox strain is Wahhabism, which is really just Islam in practice as prescribed by the Qur’an. Osama bin Laden is a Wahhabist, and Osama bin Laden is a very good Muslim—a model one, in fact, and one of the most devout in the 1400 years of Islam.
So, overall, what can we do about the Islamist threat that you pinpoint?
Sperry: I offer a number of solutions in the back of the book, in the Afterword, but for starters we need to be smarter about who we hire to help us fight this war on Islamic terror. We need to do a better job of screening Muslim translators to ensure their loyalty. And we need to stop cutting corners on their background checks—duh—but you wouldn’t believe the people we’ve given Top Secret/SCI clearance to since 9/11.
FP: What about these Muslim pressure groups that form a protective shield around militant Islam?
Sperry: Yes, for Heaven’s sake, sever all official ties to the Council on American-Islamic Relations and other terror-linked groups. We’re just legitimizing and providing the enemy cover and protection by continuing to allow them a forum. Yet the FBI director has included CAIR in permanent working groups on Muslim rights, where they’re allowed to mau-mau the FBI about its investigations of terror suspects in the Muslim community. Hello?! This is a group that’s had terrorists on its payroll!
FP: But what can we as citizens do?
Sperry: You recall the NIMBY movement—Not In My Backyard? Well, we need to apply it to the Islamic threat. Find out what kind of Islamic schools and mosques are being developed in your neighborhood. Check out the trustees, the preachers, the teachers. Are they Islamists? Are there any terrorist connections? Pull the county land records. Do Saudi-backed entities such as the North American Islamic Trust own the deed? Are any of the trustees members of the Muslim American Society, the U.S. front for the notorious Muslim Brotherhood? If so, lobby the local zoning boards to block their development. This is a hardline Wahhabi mosque that may serve as a base of operations for the bad guys. Arm yourself and your neighbors with the facts, and fight. Organize. Contact your local media. If protesting doesn’t work, use local ordinances to block them.
Does the proposed minaret exceed height restrictions? Will the parking plan cause traffic congestion? Is the drainage plan to code? What textbooks are used at the schools? Alert the state accreditation boards. Also, notify local law enforcement and the FBI of any suspicious activity at the mosque or school. Are preachers inciting violence? For instance, there’s a mosque going up in my own community in Fairfax County that I found out is tied to a Pakistani terrorist who gunned down CIA employees last decade. It took just a few days to look up the land records, and then research the trustees and find the connection.