Straining Credulity

Michelle Malkin hasn't forgotten about Air America.

Oh, no:

In one of its first statements on the matter in late July, Air America attempted to distance itself from "the allegations of mismanagement and corruption at Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club" and spoke of the charity's dealings with Cohen as if they were past incidents divorced completely from the current management. On Fox News Channel's "Your World with Neil Cavuto," liberal radio host Bill Press (who is incidentally starting up his own left-wing radio network with dubious cash) stated repeatedly that Air America's current management bore no responsibility for the shady loan and mimicked Franken's blame game: "The point I'm making is, this [loan] has nothing to do with the people who are now on the air on Air America, or that are now running Air America."

Al Franken, who signed a settlement agreement with Cohen and his partner, Rex Sorensen, that disclosed in detail the Gloria Wise liabilities in November 2004, continues to hide behind the "Didn't know nuttin'" card. And Jon Sinton, Air America's current president, told NRO's Byron York:

"Only he knew what he was doing," Sinton said of Cohen.

What Air America has failed to disclose is that at least one other of its officials held a key job at Gloria Wise. Yesterday, we confirmed with Martta Rose of Rubenstein Public Relations, which is representing the Boys & Girls Club branch, that Air America's Vice President of Finance, Sinohe Terrero, worked at the inner-city charity as finance director from 2000-2002 under Cohen. Though he left Gloria Wise for Air America before the controversial loan scheme was initiated, it strains credulity to believe that Terrero was completely in the dark about what kinds of things Cohen and his former colleagues were doing.

The city Department of Investigation has undoubtedly explored these ties by now.