ASSOCIATED PRESS: Obama Prayer Leader Linked to Hamas: “A Muslim scholar chosen to speak at President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural prayer service Wednesday is part of a group that federal prosecutors have linked to terrorists.”

UPDATE: Scott Johnson: “In a sense, the Obama inaugural’s inclusion of Mattson represents continuity with the Bush administration. While one arm of the government has blown the whistle on leading American Islamic groups including CAIR and ISNA, other arms of the government have treated the groups as respectable members of civil society. This is one area where change is actually called for and the status quo obtains.” Ouch.

ANOTHER UPDATE: There’s also the Grover Norquist problem.