http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/58470
“Obama Administration is Stalling on Giving Congress Intelligence About Fort Hood Shooter, Says Hoekstra”
Monday, December 14, 2009
By Chris Neefus
SNIPPET: “(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, says the Obama administration is stalling in providing information to the leaders of the House and Senate and the congressional intelligence committees on the multiple murders allegedly committed by a radical Muslim Army officer at Fort Hood more than a month ago.
So far, the committee chairman and congressional leaders have received no detailed, substantive briefing on the event and what is known about its perpetrator.
“You know, they’re playing out the string,” Hoekstra said Thursday. “We’re going home next week, (and) they will have effectively made it through three months with giving no substantive briefings on Fort Hood.”
CNSNews.com asked Hoekstra whether it was “a constitutional affront not to have the Gang of 8 briefed on this?”
“Oh yeah, sure, absolutely,” said Hoekstra.
The Gang of 8 is a group of leaders from the House and Senate who by law are supposed to be briefed on U.S. intelligence activities when the matter is too sensitive to share with the full intelligence committees. The group includes the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees and the majority and minority leaders of each chamber.”
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=515413
VIEWPOINT
“Soldiers Of Allah Or Of America: Does Military Know — Or Care?”
By PAUL SPERRY
Posted 07:11 PM ET
(December 16, 2009)
IBD Special Series:
Jihadist 5th Column: Part 1 | Part 2
SNIPPET: “The Pentagon has launched a 45-day probe into the Fort Hood massacre, promising to find answers to why it happened and how it can be prevented from happening again. But the investigation may prove an exercise in futility, judging from PC remarks by military brass.”
SNIPPET: “Military brass appear to be doubling down on the political correctness that blinded them to warning signs telegraphed by the Quran-waving Muslim officer accused of the worst mass killing on a domestic military base in U.S. history and the bloodiest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.”
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http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=515484
VIEWPOINT
“The Terrorist-Certified Chaplains Who Minister To Muslim Soldiers”
By PAUL SPERRY
Posted 06:30 PM ET
(December 16, 2009)
IBD Special Series:
Jihadist 5th Column: Part 1 | Part 2
SNIPPET: “Lost in all the coverage of accused Islamic terrorist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s penetration of the military’s officer corps is a deeper problem within the military — its radical Muslim chaplain corps.
One of the groups the Pentagon turns to for clerics to minister to its growing ranks of Muslim soldiers is the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council. The group was founded by presumed “moderate” Muslim leader Abdurahman Alamoudi, who described his endeavor as “an excellent opportunity to show my community we have people who are patriotic.”
This flag-waving patriot turned out to be one of al-Qaida’s top fundraisers in the U.S., and is now serving 23 years in federal prison.”