Atlanta-Journal Constitution Says That Moran Received $15,000 From The Now-Outlawed Safa Group/Saar Foundation

For the full article read today's12/12/03 Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Nine days after the federal government raided their homes and businesses, leaders of an alleged terror financing operation were given the opportunity to question the agency investigating them

The meeting on March 29, 2002, in the office of Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) is an example of the political clout of what the government calls the "Safa Group," a web of companies and nonprofits based in northern Virginia..."

"The leaders are suspected of running more than 100 businesses and charities that have allegedly supported the Palestinian Islamic Jihad-Shikaki Faction and Hamas, two organizations the government has designated as terrorist groups, according to a 132-page affidavit written by David Kane, an investigator with the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency..."

"The campaign contributions included more than $15,000 to Rep. Jim Moran, a Virginia Democrat.

'I had no reason not to accept it,' Moran said. 'I was happy to have anyone's support.'

Returned funds

But Moran returned the money after reading press accounts about the federal investigation. 'I didn't want to be associated in any way with a group that condoned or supported any form of terrorism,' he said.

What is Moran doing that makes him so attractive to terrorists with money to give politicians?

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