| 词条 | Faisal Gill |
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}}{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}{{Infobox officeholder |name = Faisal Gill |image = Faisal gill 210970.jpg |office = Chair of the Vermont Democratic Party {{small|Acting}} |term_start = March 4, 2017 |term_end = November 18, 2017 |predecessor = Dottie Deans |successor = Terje Anderson |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1972}} |birth_place = Karachi, Pakistan |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican {{small|(Before 2007)}} Democratic {{small|(2007–present)}} |education = American University {{small|(BA, JD)}} }} Faisal Gill ({{lang-ur|{{nq|فیصل گل}}}}) was the interim chairman of the Vermont Democratic Party for several months in 2017. He is a Pakistani-born lawyer, administrator, government advisor, and one-time Democratic candidate for the Vermont State Senate in Chittenden County. In July 2014, it was revealed by Glenn Greenwald through the Edward Snowden leaks that Gill was one of five prominent Muslim United States citizens that were under NSA surveillance. BiographyIn 2012, Gill relocated to Vermont; he now lives in Winooksi, and practices law. In 2016, he was a candidate in the Democratic Primary for one of six seats in the [https://ballotpedia.org/Vermont_State_Senate_Chittenden_District multi-member Chittenden Senate District of Vermont]. On March 4, 2017, Gill was elected as interim chairman of the Vermont Democratic Party, becoming the first-ever Muslim to lead a state party.[1] He was not a candidate for a full term in November.[2] Homeland Security Career and TargetingIn 2003, Gill served as a spokesman for the American Muslim Council, an organization founded by Abdurahman Alamoudi to encourage Muslim political participation. al-Alamoudi was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for bringing over one million dollars in cash provided by the Libyan government into the U.S. After being appointed by George W. Bush as a policy director for the Department of Homeland Security, Gill was investigated by officials in connection to al-Amoudi but was ultimately cleared by a polygraph test and allowed to resume work.[3] However, pundit Frank Gaffney led a public campaign to discredit Gill, highlighting the brief inquiry into Gill's AMC connections and soliciting letters from Congressional Republicans calling for an investigation.[4] In a 2004 statement defending Gill, a DHS spokesman said: "DHS is confident that our security clearance process is effective. Mr. Gill was thoroughly vetted at several levels. Mr. Gill did not withhold information on government forms required to initiate government security clearance processing and has been cooperative throughout the process." [5] Faisal Gill left the Department of Homeland Security in January, 2005. In 2014, NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA had been spying on Gill and several other prominent Muslim-Americans beginning in 2006. Asked whether he believes he would have been monitored by the NSA if he were not Muslim, Gill is blunt. “Absolutely not,” he says. “Look, I’ve never made an appearance or been a lawyer for anyone who’s been [associated with terrorism]. But there are plenty of other lawyers who have made those appearances and actually represented those governments, and their name isn’t Faisal Gill and they weren’t born in Pakistan and they aren’t on this list.” [6] References1. ^http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vermont-elects-nation-s-first-muslim-party-chair-sends-strong-n729741 2. ^{{cite news |last=Walters |first=John |date=November 14, 2017 |title=Off Message: Vermont Democratic Party Chair Faisal Gill to Step Aside |url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2017/11/14/walters-vermont-democratic-party-chair-faisal-gill-steps-down |work=Seven Days |location=Burlington, VT |access-date=June 13, 2018}} 3. ^https://theintercept.com/2014/07/09/under-surveillance/ 4. ^http://www.salon.com/2012/07/18/why_bachmanns_witch_hunt_matters/ 5. ^http://www.foxnews.com/story/2004/08/12/raw-data-homeland-security-responds.html 6. ^https://theintercept.com/2014/07/09/under-surveillance/ External links
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