Muslim Mafia

Muslim Mafia Author Appears To Completely Fold In CAIR Lawsuit

Justin Elliott | November 20, 2009, 9:43AM

Muslim Mafia Co-Author David Gaubatz

The author of the book Muslim Mafia, which was based on documents taken by the author's son while he was posing as a Muslim intern at the Council on American Islamic Relations, has agreed to return all documents and recordings obtained during the time at CAIR, according to a draft consent order filed in court yesterday.

The draft order, agreed to by attorneys for CAIR as well as for Dave Gaubatz and his son Chris, was filed along with a joint motion asking the judge to enter the order.

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Judge Bars Muslim Mafia Authors From Publishing Docs Lifted From CAIR

Justin Elliott | November 4, 2009, 10:27AM

Muslim Mafia Co-Author David Gaubatz

A federal judge yesterday granted a request by the Council on American-Islamic Relations to block the authors of Muslim Mafia from publishing any of the documents taken by Chris Gaubatz while he was posing as an intern during a "counterintelligence operation" for the book.

Separately, Muslim Mafia author Dave Gaubatz and his son Chris are now being represented by the lawyer who represented shock jock Michael Savage in his 2007 copyright infringement suit against CAIR. We'll have more on this soon.

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CAIR Sues 'Muslim Mafia' Author Over Property Lifted By Undercover Intern

Justin Elliott | November 2, 2009, 2:45PM

Muslim Mafia Co-Author David Gaubatz

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has sued the author of Muslim Mafia, a book that sparked calls by four House Republicans for an investigation into intern spies, seeking the return of documents taken by the author's son while he was posing as a Muslim and interning at CAIR's Washington office.

The suit alleges that Chris Gaubatz, son of book co-author Dave Gaubatz, took over 12,000 documents along with electronic information when he was posing as convert Dave Marshall in 2008. It quotes the book itself, which says Gaubatz routinely loaded the trunk of his car with the files.

Politico's Josh Gerstein reports:

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