imam rauf. in 1997 khan, rauf and rauf's wife founded the american society for the advancement of muslims. the three are on the board of directors. so there is no question, no question that the truther khan has a relationship with rauf. and that was not made public by rauf, a major mistake for a man under so much scrutiny. so what's going on here? well, we asked rauf and khan for comments. they declined. that is simply unacceptable and should be enough to table the entire project until clarification is forth coming. if imam rauf wants to explain his relationship with khan, we are willing to listen. but let's stop this nonsense about the community center being simply a monument to peace. the truth is we don't know what the project is a monument to. again, imam rauf has some explaining to do. finally, let's listen to mr. khan. >> i have been involved in the 9/11 truth movement since september 12th, 2001. we are all saying that this