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2013-08-19 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Indicted Mooslim ex-aide worked for Emanuel 10 months after FBI interview

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Posted by Omulet Whavitch3107 2013-08-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Link to public servant Amer Ahmad's bio:

Yes, that is the same Univ of Chicago Hospital where Valerie Jarrett is trustee and FLOTUS had a nifty job.

Amer and his wife Samar Kaukab Ahmad co-founded SalamCorps, a community service organization promoting civic engagement through volunteer service projects. In addition, Amer and Samar established The Safa Ahmad Fund for Children at the University of Chicago Comer Childrens Hospital to benefit the Child Life and Education programs at the hospital.

Huffpo link

Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-19 03:20|| 2013-08-19 03:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Wife Samar also has cool Univ Chicago job.

Samar Kaukab Ahmad is the associate director of Strategic Foundation Initiatives at the University of Chicago. In her role, Ahmad serves as Research Strategist for Arete, an innovative research accelerator program led by the Office of the Vice President for Research in collaboration with the Universitys Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations. Concentrating on large-scale, multidisciplinary, and cross-divisional projects, Ahmad provides faculty support throughout the life of a given project, including the conceptual stage, the organizing and leading of teams, identifying and pursuing large-scale funding opportunities, proposal development, and institutional planning.

Other Chicago Hyde Park notables.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-19 03:54|| 2013-08-19 03:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Arete appears to be a research grant architect and money raising entity. The 'Team' page provides good background.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-19 04:15|| 2013-08-19 04:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Good work, Besoeker. I've been enjoying your submissions lately. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2013-08-19 05:59|| 2013-08-19 05:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Hmm, those University of Chicago hospitals sure seem to attract some unsavory characters... eh,
Doc?

Posted by Glenmore 2013-08-19 06:09|| 2013-08-19 06:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Grant money appears to be the key. The list of unsavory characters goes on.

Eric Whitaker met Barack Obama when both were graduate students at HarvardObama at the law school; Whitaker, studying for his masters in public health. The friendship, which started on the basketball court, endured. Whitaker was one of 11 who celebrated the Presidents 52nd birthday last week with a golf game at Andrews Air Force Base followed by celebrations at Camp David. Whitaker and his wife, Cherylalso a physician who practiced, in the late 90s at the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she became a close friend and gym workout buddy of Michelle Obamaoften accompany the Obamas on vacations in Marthas Vineyard and Hawaii.

Friends in low places ?

Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-19 07:46|| 2013-08-19 07:46|| Front Page Top

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