"FBI raids pro-Republicans" is, as Charles Austin points out, the amusingly off-kilter Guardian headline, but the raid on the Islamic Institute, which shares an office with Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform, is pretty big news. Awhile back, Franklin Foer of the New Republic wrote a great article on Norquist's flirtation with the unsavory Islamist "element." I didn't find Norquist's rebuttal terribly persuasive, and apparently it didn't deter the FBI either (though they took their sweet time about it.) Anyway, it's worth re-reading Foer's piece in light of this development. Maybe it happened while my attention was elsewhere (believe me, I've got better things to keep an eye on these days than Grover Norquist) but I haven't seen this story reported anywhere else.
Posted by Dr. Frank at March 25, 2002 04:39 PM | TrackBack