Jason Smith
Biography
As managing attorney for the Public Health Advocacy Institute, Jason Smith helps lead the charge for litigation and legislation that would control consumers' food choices.Smith also sits on the board of the Boston chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG). That group once named convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu Jamal an honorary "national vice president." NLG is a nutty coalition of lawyers that has demanded President Bush be prosecuted for war crimes. Its national executive committee recommended seeking impeachment of U.S. Supreme Court justices Anthony Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and William Rehnquist.
An NLG member who addressed the group's national conference was charged with helping Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman communicate with his terror network. Abdel-Rahman was found guilty and sentenced for life in 1995 for plotting to blow up New York City landmarks, including the Holland Tunnel, the Lincoln Tunnel, the United Nations, and the George Washington Bridge.
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