Tuesday, December 15, 2009

How Will Importing Dangerous Terrorists Make America Safer?

Video at Big Government. Republican Leader John Boehner on the Obama administration's stealthy and rushed announcement to move Gitmo terrorists to Thomson, Illinois.

More. Congressional Dems block release of security data to Illinois delegation. HotAir. Statements by member of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) and Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) (video). Hoekstra, in part:
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate your scheduling today’s meeting to consider H. Res. 923, a resolution I sponsored to require the President to produce to the Committee all documents that relate to the potential loss of intelligence collection that may result from bringing Guantanamo detainees to the United States.
This matter is extremely timely. The Administration informed us last night that it intends to move hard-core al Qaeda terrorists to the United States for detention, even though right now that use of funds is prohibited by law and even though it has refused to brief either this Committee or the Committee on Armed Services in advance with respect to its intentions. In fact, we learned late last week that this move was close when a draft Executive Order was made public last week – not by the “most transparent Administration” in history, but instead by a blog. The decision has been made even though the relevant Committees of Congress still have not been consulted or briefed.
P.S. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois' 9th is on the House Intel Committee--she will have received a full briefing, but she thinks it's a great idea. God help us.

...but it appears much of the committee itself is not fully informed. The Obama administration and Dem modus operandi. (But who is fully informed then?)

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