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Taxpayer Financing of Imam Trips Target of Lawsuit The Obama administration sent Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the driving force behind the controversial Ground Zero Mosque, on a trip to the Middle East to “discuss Muslim life in America and religious tolerance.” Reporter: From examiner.com

A government watchdog group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption reported that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Obama State Department

to obtain information on the government-sponsored trips taken by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf.

The Obama administration sent Rauf, the driving force behind the controversial Ground Zero Mosque, on a trip to the Middle East to “discuss Muslim life in America and religious tolerance.”

Judicial Watch, a public-interest group, told The Examiner that it's seeking the following records through its FOIA request.

The State Department acknowledged receipt of Judicial Watch’s FOIA request on August 26, 2010. By law, the agency was required to respond to the request by September 24, 2010.

However, to date, the State Department has failed to provide any records responsive to the request or demonstrate that records are exempt from production, according to officials at Judicial Watch.

Over the years, Rauf has made a number of radical and controversial statements regarding Islamic extremism, particularly the terrorist attacks on 9/11.

For example, during a 60 Minutes interview about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to CBS News, Rauf said:

“I wouldn’t say that the United States deserved what happened.

But the United States’ policies were an accessory to the crime that happened…we have been an accessory to a lot of innocent lives dying in the world. In fact, in the most direct sense, Osama bin Laden is made in the USA.”

“The Obama administration can sugar-coat this any way they want, but Rauf is an extremist who blames America for the 9/11 attacks. And the last thing the Obama administration should be spending our money on is a ‘religious tolerance’ tour led by an apologist for Islamic terrorists. And, yes, it was a scandal to see that the Bush administration also subsidized trips for this radical,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

“The American people have a right to know the details surrounding this scandalous waste of taxpayer funds. Rather than getting transparency, we’ve been met by a stonewall from the ‘transparent’ Obama administration,” Fitton added.

And don't look for members the Internal Revenue Service to investigate this suspicious case. National Treasury Employees Union -- which represents many IRS workers -- will be making telephone calls asking for support for Democrat candidates and has made more than $600,000 in contributions to PACs in Pennsylvania, Washington, California Ohio, Kentucky, Colorado and Missouri, according to Free Enterprise Nation.

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