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Muslims Made Him Do It?

Last night I flagged former Postie Allan Lengel’s story (it’s at his new fed law enforcement news site) about former FBI agen John Guandolo who came close to blowing the Rep. Jefferson (D-LA) corruption case with a one-man shagfest through much of the Bureau and at least one big case. The problem for Jefferson case was that Guandolo at first harassed and then began an apparently consensual sexual relationship with a key government witness in the case.

But it gets better.

Some snooping by TPM’s Justin Elliott reveals that since getting tossed out of the FBI for not keeping his pants on Guandolo’s become a big sensation on the wingnut speakers circuit and a darling of the screechier blogs as a would-be voice crying out in the wilderness warning of the Muslim takeover of America. As Atlas Shrugs notes here, Guandolo now claims that a hidden network of Islamic organizations are working to bring the US under Sharia Law.

We’ll have more on Guandolo shortly.

Josh Marshall

Josh Marshall is editor and publisher of TalkingPointsMemo.com.

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