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House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

A leading Democratic House member has been accused of supporting a U.S. radical organization alleged to have aided the Sunni insurgency in Iraq.

Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the powerful House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, was said to have helped two anti-war groups bring cash and supplies to terrorists in Faluja. The two groups were identified as United for Peace & Justice and Code Pink: Women for Peace.

[Ret.] Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Patterson, a best-selling author who once carried the nuclear missile codes for President Bill Clinton, said Waxman helped the two radical groups deliver $600,000 to people who fought the United States. Patterson, author of "The Left's Campaign to Destroy Our Military and Lose the War on Terror," said Code Pink also opened an office in Baghdad to encourage U.S. soldiers to desert.

Waxman has not responded to the charges. His office did not return a phone call from Insight asking for comment.

"Here is an American congressman," Patterson said. "Here are American citizens who belong to these organizations. They travel to Iraq and they are materially supporting, they are aiding and abetting the enemy that is killing American Marines. If that's not treason, nothing is."

Patterson said the cash and supplies delivered to Faluja was claimed to be humanitarian aid to civilians. He said Waxman, California Democrat, signed a letter that enabled Code Pink to relay the cash and supplies to Faluja as the U.S. military fought al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein loyalists in the Sunni city.

Code Pink has sought to undermine the U.S. military in Iraq since the war began in 2003. Patterson said Code Pink and its co-founder, anti-war activist Medea Benjamin opened an office in Baghdad to encourage U.S. soldiers to desert.

"Again, that's aiding and abetting the enemy," Patterson said.

Code Pink has been a leading liberal pressure group on the Democratic leadership in Congress. On July 18, Code Pink activists, dancing and chanting "Stop! In the Name of Peace," confronted senators who left the all-night session on Iraq.

The activists cheered Republicans such as Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, who joined the Democrats against the war. Code Pink stalked Sen. Ted Stevens, Alaska Republican, as he sought to find his car in the dark.

The Bush administration has sought to block funding to insurgents in Iraq. On July 17, President Bush issued an executive order that would enable the blocking of bank accounts and other financial assets of those who seek to threaten stability in Iraq. No individuals were cited in the order.

"What this is really aimed at is insurgents and those who come across the border," White House press secretary Tony Snow said.

Waxman has been a leading gadfly of the administration. On July 18, Waxman charged the administration with using the Office of National Drug Control Policy to help up to 18 Republican congressmen in the election campaign in 2006. The White House has denied the allegation.

Patterson's book asserts that the Left has been engaged in a campaign to sabotage the U.S. military and help terrorists. He said the effort has its roots in the anti-war movement of the 1960s, which denied the United States a victory in Vietnam and sought to demoralize Americans from defending their country.

"The Left has become the fifth column as a result of the Vietnam War, [and] it has become more and more entrenched," Patterson said. "The Left has been very, very skilled and adept at turning military victories into political defeats—and that's what they're attempting to do with the war in Iraq."