Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 2009 book by u”. Today it says “a 2009 book by paul david gaubatz and paul sperry”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Later activities”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
State Department -trained Arabic linguist and former U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent Paul David Gaubatz, and investigative journalist and Hoover Institute fellow Paul Sperry .1 According to the Charlotte Observer , it "portrays the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a subversive organization allied with international terrorists ." The book prompted endorsements from a number of conservative writers and requests by several conservative members of the United States Congress for investigations into CAIR's possible terrorist links and undue influence. It also prompted denouncements from CAIR, media outlets and other members of Congress. The manner in which its source documents were obtained led CAIR to sue one of the authors.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
State Department -trained Arabic linguist and former U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent Paul David Gaubatz, and investigative journalist and Hoover Institute fellow Paul Sperry . According to the Charlotte Observer , it "portrays the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a subversive organization allied with international terrorists." The book prompted endorsements from a number of conservative writers and requests by several conservative members of the United States Congress for investigations into CAIR's possible terrorist links and undue influence. It also prompted denouncements from CAIR, media outlets and other members of Congress. The manner in which its source documents were obtained led CAIR to sue one of the authors.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
State Department -trained Arabic linguist and former U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent Paul David Gaubatz, and investigative journalist and Hoover Institute fellow Paul Sperry . According to the Charlotte Observer , it "portrays the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a subversive organization allied with international terrorists ." The book prompted endorsements from a number of conservative writers and requests by several conservative members of the United States Congress for investigations into CAIR's possible terrorist links and undue influence. It also prompted denouncements from CAIR, media outlets and other members of Congress. The manner in which its source documents were obtained led CAIR to sue one of the authors.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
According to the Charlotte Observer , it "portrays the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a subversive organization allied with international terrorists ." The book prompted endorsements from a number of conservative writers and requests by several conservative members of the United States Congress for investigations into CAIR's possible terrorist links and undue influence. It also prompted denouncements from CAIR, media outlets and other members of Congress. The manner in which its source documents were obtained led CAIR to sue one of the authors.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
2009 book by Paul David Gaubatz and Paul Sperry For the criminal organization also known as the Muslim Mafia, see Black Mafia . According to the Charlotte Observer , it "portrays the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a subversive organization allied with international terrorists ." The book prompted endorsements from a number of conservative writers and requests by several conservative members of the United States Congress for investigations into CAIR's possible terrorist links and undue influence. It also prompted denouncements from CAIR, media outlets and other members of Congress. The manner in which its source documents were obtained led CAIR to sue one of the authors.
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Then
a 2009 book by u
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a 2009 book by paul david gaubatz and paul sperry
Sections that no longer exist
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Later activities
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