Tom Trento

Florida Security Council Fundraises Off 'Infiltrated' Conservative Movement

Ryan J. Reilly | February 22, 2011, 12:10PM

Even now that the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) has wrapped, the war over the supposed Muslim "infiltration" of the conservative movement is still going strong.

Tom Trento of the Florida Security Council wrote a fundraising e-mail asking potential donors for "financial support today to continue our mission to expose the Muslim Brotherhood in America." The e-mail also features an ambush interview with Suhail Khan, the former Bush administration official and member of the board of the American Conservative Union.

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Suhail Khan

CPAC Banned Frank Gaffney Over Baseless Anti-Muslim Charges

Ryan J. Reilly | February 15, 2011, 2:30PM

The American Conservative Union banned Frank Gaffney from speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference over the past two years because members of the board who looked into the charges he made against other board members found them to be baseless, a source close to the board tells TPM.

As first reported by Alex Seitz-Wald of Think Progress, the board decided not to invite Gaffney to speak, CPAC Chairman David Keene said.

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Topics: CPAC, Frank Gaffney, Grover Norquist, Suhail Khan