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It still seems that the "ties" Yusuf/Cat has to Hamas is 2-3 degrees removed in each case cited.
Celebrities bring high-profile attention to the causes they support. It wouldn't be hard at all to imagine some of the Hollywood elite supporting the same (or at least) very similar "charities" or causes as Yusuf/Cat has. Should they be followed and have their names put on "No Fly" lists?
I'm not excusing the links that Yusuf/Cat does seem to have to Islamic extremists - but donating funds is far different than actively campaigning or recruiting for the the cause. Yes, he gave the keynote address for the Hamas front in Canada - but he didn't say "You must join the fight with our brothers and sisters". I know it is a matter of degrees (or splitting hairs), but I just don't see that his actions represent a true and legitimate threat to the United States. A better case may be made for the danger he represents to Israel, but I would imagine the U.S. should be pretty safe.
I do feel he is trying to do a huge amount of CYA now that his "ties" have been exposed - but that still doesn't warrant diverting a plane 600 miles out of it's way when the FBI could just as easily met him at the D.C. airport and questioned him there.
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