Mike Mastrian
Senate Radio-TV Gallery
S-325, U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Mr. Mastrian:
Al-Jazeera’s press credentials to cover Congress should be revoked because it has extensive connections to terrorist groups. Its first managing director was accused of being an agent of the Saddam Hussein regime, its Afghanistan bureau chief was sentenced to prison in Spain after being convicted of being an agent of al Qaeda, another Al-Jazeera employee is in the prison at Guantanamo on terror charges, and reporters with the channel were arrested in Israel on suspicion of aiding Hezbollah. Under these circumstances, how can Al-Jazeera—or Al-Jazeera International—be entitled to press credentials? They represent a security threat to our elected officials and the public as well.