As if his relationship with William Ayers and Tony Rezko wasn't bad enough, now comes word that Barack Hussein Obama authorized high-level meetings with Hamas Leadership several months ago before the election. Hamas leadership says they were asked to keep the contacts secret until after last week's elections, according to a senior Hamas official.
Ahmed Yousef, Hamas' chief political adviser in Gaza, told the 
"We were in contact with a number of Obama's aides through the Internet, and later met with some of them in Gaza, but they advised us not to come out with any statements, as they may have a negative effect on his election campaign and be used by Republican candidate John McCain (to attack Obama)," Yousuf told Al-Hayat.
Yousef seemed aware his comments may generate some negative publicity for Obama, but he said he feels it important to "reach out and to express our thoughts and engage."
"I praised him six months ago, some people tried to use that against him. But I knew he would win. Like everyone else, we expected this important victory," he said.
Sen. John McCain repeatedly used Yousef's remarks to criticize Obama's judgment foreign policy.
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