(February 16, 2005) — ALBANY — Gov. George Pataki on Tuesday rejected state Republican Chairman Stephen Minarik's assertion that Democrats are linked to a lawyer who was convicted last week of aiding terrorists.
The lawyer, Lynne Stewart, was convicted of aiding Omar Abdel-Rahman, the mastermind behind the 1993 World Trade Center terrorist attack, by smuggling messages to him while he was imprisoned.
Minarik on Monday put out a statement criticizing Democrats for electing Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor and 2004 presidential hopeful, as their national party chairman.
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When asked about Minarik's comments, Pataki,
who had picked Minarik for the top GOP job, said, "The Democratic Party doesn't have anything to do with Lynne Stewart."
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050216/NEWS01/502160331/1002/NEWS- - -
With all his other problems, I suspect George doesn't want
another albatross around his neck.
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