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Virginia County Sheriff Hosting Anti-Muslim Training by Disgraced Conspiracy Theorist John Guandolo

The Culpeper County Sheriff's Office in Virginia is planning to host a three-day training by , a notorious Muslim-basher and conspiracy theorist who before he could be investigated for misconduct, according to promotional materials.

It鈥檚 hard to believe that the Culpeper County Sheriff's Office would knowingly associate itself with such a disreputable character, who regularly attacks the U.S. government, that the director of the Central Intelligence Agency is a secret Muslim agent for the Saudi government and says that American Muslims 鈥渄o not have a First Amendment right to do anything.鈥


Guandolo joined the bureau鈥檚 Counterterrorism Division in the wake of 9/11, but by 2005 he was for a 鈥渟tar witness鈥 in the corruption case of former Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA). He 鈥渋nappropriate sexual advances鈥 to that witness and soon was having an 鈥渋ntimate relationship鈥hat he thought could damage an investigation.鈥 He also unsuccessfully solicited the witness for a $75,000 donation to an organization he supported and carried on extramarital affairs with female FBI agents.

Guandolo鈥檚 actions risked tanking the government鈥檚 prosecution of Jefferson, and he by the bureau's Office of Professional Responsibility. Though he later expressed 鈥渄eep remorse鈥 for his actions, he resigned from the bureau in December, 2008, ahead of an investigation by the Office of Professional Responsibility. Later that month, he became a full-time anti-Muslim activist and conspiracy theorist 鈥撯撀燼ll under the guise of being a counterterrorism expert.

According to his , Guandolo became Vice President of the Strategic Engagement Group in December, 2008. He describes the tiny consultancy as the 鈥渙nly company in the United States aimed at identifying potential threats to homeland security.鈥 This would come as a shock to the many U.S.-based consultancies and contractors who actually do this work, often for many millions of dollars 鈥 e.g. , , , . But that鈥檚 the thing about Guandolo, he actually believes that only he and a small cadre of allies 鈥 including the anti-Muslim , whose Thin Blue Line project he 鈥 understand geopolitics, terrorism and Islam.


In Guandolo鈥檚 mind, the U.S. government has already been infiltrated by the enemy 鈥撯 Muslims. He raised eyebrows 鈥撯 and was widely mocked 鈥撯撀燼 year ago with about John Brennan, who was later confirmed as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Speaking on a far-right online radio show, he that Brennan had 鈥渋nterwoven his life professionally and personally with individuals that we know are terrorist鈥 and given them access to top government officials. What鈥檚 more, he claimed Brennan 鈥渂rought known Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood leaders into the government and into advisory positions.鈥

Why would Brennan do such things? Guandolo . It鈥檚 because Brennan was the target of a successful 鈥渃ounterintelligence operation against him鈥 in Saudi Arabia and converted to 鈥淚slam when he served in an official capacity鈥 there. And the conspiracy doesn鈥檛 stop there. Guandolo a couple weeks later that President Obama had 鈥渕ade a significant effort to protect known members of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood inside this government.鈥

Back in the real world, the Senate voted in March, 2013, to Brennan. He faced tremendous scrutiny, mostly focused on his aggressive posture on using drones to kill terrorists overseas. But Guandolo wasn鈥檛 fooled!

He continues to offer so-called trainings that 鈥渢he Muslim Brotherhood's infiltration of the US Federal Bureaucracy and its coverup by our own government.鈥 He that the 鈥淥bama and Bush II administrations, along with state and local governments, have been blind to critical facts about the true nature of the enemy we face.鈥 He also his trainees that American Muslims 鈥渄o not have a First Amendment right to do anything.鈥

At a 2010 training in Columbus, Ohio, Guandolo Omar al-Omari, a college professor, of having ties to terrorism. The training was suspended by the Columbus Police Department after the first day, with Columbus Deputy Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell expressing shock that Omari鈥檚 鈥渞eputation was impugned incredibly鈥 by Guandolo. The following day, the 鈥渉ead of the local Joint Terrorism Task Force and one of the FBI's top agents in Ohio both arrived at the academy and assured the class that Omari wasn't a terrorism suspect.鈥

When questioned later by National Public Radio (NPR), Guandolo claimed 鈥渢hat there were things he knew about Omari that the FBI didn't,鈥 saying 鈥淲e know we have our facts right, because we have to.鈥 NPR reached out to a dozen contacts at the FBI, Homeland Security, et al. and was told that Omari 鈥渉as no links to terrorists or terrorism鈥 and Guondolo鈥檚 鈥渁ccusations against him are unfounded.鈥

This is standard operating procedure for Guandolo, who sees conspiracies at every turn and believes that only he can see through them. But there are consequences when misguided and paranoid material is passed along as fact to law enforcement.

The Culpeper County Sheriff's Office should do itself 鈥撯 and the citizens of Culpeper County 鈥撯 a favor by pulling its sponsorship of Guandolo鈥檚 upcoming training. But they don鈥檛 need to take my word for it.

They should do their own due diligence on Guandolo and check with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies and associations to get their assessment of him as well as recommendations for qualified trainers. In the , the 鈥渓ast thing you want in your community, in any community, is for training that is supposed to help agencies to become better equipped to deal with people, actually inflame people and create fences.鈥

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