If you had any lingering doubts...
...about what an insufferable Leftist the billionaire George Soros really is, they will be put to rest by Byron York's report that Soros contributed to the defense fund for Lynne Stewart. Stewart, you will recall, was just convicted of conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists. She has long been a mouthpiece for radical defendants, but stepped across the line while representing Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and became a criminal participant in furthering terrorist plans. Rahman was convicted for his participation in the first, failed attempt to bring down the World Trade Center in 1993.
Sure, Stewart needed good legal representation, but Soros throwing her $20 thousand through his Open Society Institute shows that he's positively incontinent when it comes to backing Leftist causes, which Stewart's defense certainly was. Soros is most famous for spending as much as $20 million to defeat George Bush last November, funneling his money through groups like MoveOn.org. Naturally, as York reports, the Soros team justified their contribution to Stewart's defense with a characteristic attack on the American system of justice as it attempts to cope with post-9/11 realities (neither Stewart nor Rahman was denied counsel of course):
Sure, Stewart needed good legal representation, but Soros throwing her $20 thousand through his Open Society Institute shows that he's positively incontinent when it comes to backing Leftist causes, which Stewart's defense certainly was. Soros is most famous for spending as much as $20 million to defeat George Bush last November, funneling his money through groups like MoveOn.org. Naturally, as York reports, the Soros team justified their contribution to Stewart's defense with a characteristic attack on the American system of justice as it attempts to cope with post-9/11 realities (neither Stewart nor Rahman was denied counsel of course):
Before the verdict, officials of the Open Society Institute characterized Stewart's work as that of a "human rights defender." In an October 2004 speech in Norway, Gara LaMarche, head of OSI programs in the United States, said, "The right to counsel, and its erosion in the United States since September 11, strikes with particular force at the role of human rights defenders. One troubling trend has been the arrest and prosecution of lawyers and other defenders as 'material witnesses' to terrorism. These include Lynne Stewart, attorney for Sheik Abdel Rahman..."
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