Tom Campbell’s Donation to the Gitmo Bar

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California GOP Senate candidate Tom Campbell’s support has begun to wane, as the onetime-frontrunner for the Republican nomination spends time explaining his record, including ties to Sami Al-Arian, convicted of providing support to the terrorist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and a series of votes to cut aid to Israel when he was a member of the House of Representatives.

But there is another issue that is likely to roil voters in California. Campbell has not only extended a helping hand to men linked to jihadists, he has personally donated money to the lawyers leading the legal crusade to free the terrorists at Guantanamo. Campbell donated $1,000 to the Center for Constitutional Rights.

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