A Feb. 24 WorldNetDaily article by Aaron Klein attacks Chas Freeman, nominated by President Obama to head the National Intelligence Council, as once having “business ties to Osama bin Laden’s family.” But in baselessly suggesting that Freeman is tied to Osama bin Laden, Klein fails to report relevant details showing the lack of connection between Osama’s terrorism and the bin Laden family’s business interests.
At no point, for example, does Klein mention the fact that Osama’s brother, Bakr bin Laden, publicly renounced Osama bin Laden in a statement released to the media in February 1994. Instead, he claims that “some bin Laden factions have not disowned Osama” — but never bothers to prove the implication that Freeman is in any way associated with those “factions.”
In other words, this is more guilt-by-assocation garbage from Klein.