Libyan agent who funded Norquist group pleads guilty

Washington-based Islamists and their front-men suffered a humiliating defeat recently when their main political organizer and bankroller pleaded guilty to laundering money from Libya. Abdurahman Alamoudi, who provided seed money for activist Grover Norquist to start a pressure group called the Islamic Institute, allegedly was recruited by Libyan intelligence as part of a plot to assassinate the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.

Alamoudi was behind a number of Islamist groups, including the American Muslim Council (AMC). He wrote checks for at least $20,000 (pictured) to help Norquist found the Islamic Institute, now known as the Islamic Free Market Institute Foundation.

Longtime Alamoudi lieutenant Khaled Saffuri, former "director for Government Affairs for the American Muslim Council," runs the group from Norquist’s suite of offices. Their relationship with Alamoudi has been a cause for concern among many in the national security community and most recently prompted author and journalist Michelle Malkin to ask: "What Say You Now, Grover Norquist?"

Over the last three years the Center for Security Policy has repeatedly raised similar concerns about the cozy relationship between Islamist "activists" and their most influential facilitator, Grover Norquist. See, "A Troubling Influence" by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., with an introduction by David Horowitz.