Ex-Michigan congressman Mark Siljander pleads to obstruction (GOPer plays footsie with terrorists)

[LuckyTheDog]

WOW.

A former Michigan congressman and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations pleaded guilty today to charges related to work he did for an Islamic charity linked to terrorist groups including al-Qaida and the Taliban.

Mark Siljander, a conservative Republican who represented a southwest Michigan district from 1981 to 1987, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and to acting as an unregistered foreign agent and could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison and fined up to $500,000.

Siljander, 59, entered his plea before a U.S. District Court judge in Missouri, where the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA) was based.

More here: http://www.freep.com/article/20100707/NEWS15/100707038/1320/Ex-Rep.-Siljander-pleads-guilty-to-obstruction