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Slander and "connections" are different

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Submitted by Ted Volckhausen (United States), Jun 24, 2004 at 06:33

Fahwah Damra was charged with lying on his application for U.S. citizenship. These lies, according to the article, had to do with his connections to terrorist organizations. But hatred and slander of Jews, though they certainly stain your character, don't prove you have connections with terrorist organizations. After all, the expression of such sentiments is pretty widespread where Damra comes from, and by people who are not terrorists nor members of terrorist organizations. So why was evidence of these statements admitted into the proceedings at all? They would seem (so far as the article tells us) to be legally irrelevant and quite prejudicial.
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Title Commenter Date Thread
Michael Dahan [297 words]U.SilberOct 1, 2004 20:5017493
Slander and "connections" are different [103 words]Ted VolckhausenJun 24, 2004 06:3315785
middle east studies on trial [46 words]dan katcherJun 21, 2004 13:3015748
interesting to know who this Michael Dahan is [46 words]eliezer cohenJun 20, 2004 02:1715742
I'm getting bored with it [68 words]Ken BesigJun 19, 2004 14:1715734
Choose your Middle Eastern Scholar [76 words]Arlinda DeAngelisJun 18, 2004 22:3015729
#461 Scott Alexander's about-face [76 words]James FerrellJun 18, 2004 15:3715720
re: the Mssrs. Alexander and Dahan [18 words]G. WoodJun 18, 2004 09:3315716

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