Al Gore In Saudi Arabia

Al Gore apologizing for America's abuse of muslims after 9/11 ?? And doing it in Saudi Arabia the home of the extremist Wahabbi Islamic sect? In Saudi Arabia the home of 15 of the 9/11 hijack murderers?? In Saudi Arabia the home of Osama Bin Laden??? Taking their six figure speaking fee to boot!
The abuses that the former Vice President apologized for was stricter scrutiny of Visas? Mr. Gore said. Arabs were "indiscriminately rounded up, often on minor charges of overstaying a visa and not having a green card in proper order, and held in conditions that were just unforgivable." However, "according to the Arab American Anti Discrimination Committee, about 1,200 Arabs were arrested after 9/11. Of these, 725 were held on immigration violations, 100 on unrelated criminal charges, and 360 for possible links to terrorism. The Census Bureau says there are about three million Arabs in the United States. The number "indiscriminately rounded up" after 9/11 is much less than one tenth of one percent of that number.
Mr. Gore didn't say what he thought was "unforgivable" about the conditions in which the Arabs were held, but his source probably was a June, 2003 report by the Justice Department's inspector general, or, rather, erroneous news accounts of the report. The Los Angeles Times said most detainees were held for months without charges. In fact, only 24 were held for more than a month before being charged, and 59 percent were charged within three days, the IG report said." (Quoted from Jack Kelly RCP)
The Saudis may be a key ally in OIL, but they finance, encourage, and support extremist Islam in it's most radical state! Gore's apology in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at a public economic forum is ignorant and possibly politically self-serving at BEST and treasonous at worst! Perhaps he was confusing the abuse of ballot chads in Florida with possible terrorists having their visas stamped??
At this rate Mr. Gore may well be able to take credit for inventing a new level of terrorism in the US.