By Paul Kendall – Steven Emerson, who has appeared at numerous congressional hearings and on major news outlets as an alleged ‘expert on terrorism’, has raised some serious concerns among congressional staffers, civil rights groups, and some members of the media.

E-mail communications made available during lawsuits involving the building of a mosque in Boston, MA (Boston Lawsuit – ISB David Project), indicate a collaboration between Emerson and the Israeli Government. These electronic communications prove that Emerson, along with some anti-Muslim advocacy groups, worked directly with the public affairs office of the Israeli consulate in Boston to formulate the creation of a smear campaign intended to stop the construction of a new Islamic cultural center.

However, despite these attempts, the new Boston mosque was opened on September 28, 2007 in the predominantly African-American community of Roxbury.

The e-mail messages that prove this collaboration between Emerson, the consulate, and other anti-Muslim advocacy groups are available to the public at : www.justiceandliberty4all.wordpress.com.

Emerson, whose credentials, investigative methods, and sources were once considered to be highly questionable, has managed to position himself as America’s leading ‘terrorist expert’ after 9/11. However, there are many within and outside the Muslim Community who question Emerson’s investigation tactics, characterized as ‘Islamophobic’.

Some have accused Emerson of pandering to fear because of his characterization of the Muslim American community, Muslim organizations, and Muslim leaders as a ‘fifth column’ working to subvert the American government and our civil institutions. Many have gone so far as to suggest that his motives have less to do with protecting our national security than with being a paid propagandist for a foreign country.

One congressional staff member stated, “I am seriously troubled that the public affairs office of the Israeli Consulate would cooperate with U.S. citizens and advocacy groups seeking to deny American Muslim’s the religious freedom of American Muslims.

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