Khalidi

The slimeballs at Hannity and Colmes--I guess it's not necessarily Colmes endorsing this behavior--decided to ambush Khalidi at his office and get him on tape demanding to hear him speak, like a dog apparently. Khalidi didn't take the bait, but that didn't stop Hannity and his lady, Ann Coulter, from questioning what he had to hide (nothing) and claiming he was a PLO activist (he wasn't). Linked is a story from the NYT claiming that Khalidi has been expecting this for a while.

Accessed 10/31/2008: story

From the story:

"He taught at universities in Lebanon until the mid-’80s, and some critics accuse him of having been a spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organization. Mr. Khalidi has denied working for the group, and says he was consulted as an expert by reporters seeking to understand it.

He was an adviser to the Palestinian delegation during Middle East peace talks from 1991 to 1993. From 1987 until 2003, he was a professor at the University of Chicago, where he became friends with Mr. Obama."