Muslim Radicalization Hearings

Round 2: Pete King To Look At Muslim Radicalization In Prisons

Benjy Sarlin | June 15, 2011, 5:45AM

Rep. Peter King's (R-NY) much-maligned look into the Muslim threat within continues on Wednesday with a hearing on radicalization in American prisons.

Like King's previous Homeland Security Committee hearings, his latest effort is already drawing protests from religious leaders who are concerned he's unfairly stoking paranoia about Muslim Americans' loyalty to their country. A group of Long Island civic and religious institutions organized a news conference on Tuesday to decry the prison hearing.

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Topics: Homeland Security, Homeland Security Committee, Keith Ellison, Muslim Radicalization Hearings, Pete King

Pete King

Peter King: I Won't Widen Hearings To Include Non-Muslim Extremism

Rachel Slajda | January 11, 2011, 1:27PM

Rep. Peter King (R-NY), who just became chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, says he will not widen the scope of his hearings on "Muslim radicalization" to include non-Muslim extremists.

The ranking member of the committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), had, in the wake of the Tucson shootings, called for King to expand his investigation to non-Muslim extremism as well.

King declined, according to Newsday, saying the shootings in Arizona are besides the point.

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Topics: Bennie Thompson, Homeland Security Committee, Muslims, Pete King, Tucson Shootings

Bennie Thompson

Top Homeland Security Dem: Muslim 'Radicalization' Hearings Could 'Chill' Muslim Relations

Rachel Slajda | December 17, 2010, 3:50PM

A planned Republican-led inquiry into the "radicalization" of Muslim-Americans could "chill" relations between the U.S. government and its Muslim citizens, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee told TPM today.

As we reported earlier, Rep. Peter King (R-NY), the soon-to-be chairman of the committee is planning hearings on Muslim-Americans and terrorism next year.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the current chairman who will be ranking member once Republicans take over in January, thinks that might not be a great idea.

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Topics: Bennie Thompson, Homeland Security Committee, Muslims, Pete King, Peter King, Race, Radicalization

Homeland Security Committee

House GOP To Hold Hearings On 'Radicalization' Of American Muslims

Rachel Slajda | December 17, 2010, 1:03PM

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) is planning to hold hearings on the "radicalization" of American Muslims when he takes over the chair of the Homeland Security Committee next year, the New York Times reports.

King told the Times he's concerned that Muslim-American leaders are increasingly reluctant to help out with the government's terror investigations.

"When I meet with law enforcement, they are constantly telling me how little cooperation they get from Muslim leaders," King said.

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Topics: Homeland Security Committee, Muslims, Park51, Pete King, Race, Radicalization

Northwest Flight 253

McCain Again Cites Bogus Abdulmutallab 'One-Way' Ticket Meme (VIDEO)

Justin Elliott | February 4, 2010, 2:01PM

A couple of weeks ago, Sen. John McCain got into a heated exchange with an Obama counterterrorism official who corrected the senator's false statement that the accused Christmas bomber traveled to Detroit on a one-way ticket.

Well apparently McCain, the third-ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee, didn't learn his lesson. Last night on Fox he once again claimed that the "fact" that Umar Abdulmutallab was traveling on a one-way ticket should have been a red flag.

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Topics: Greta Van Susteren, Homeland Security, Homeland Security Committee, John McCain, Northwest Flight 253, One-Way Ticket, Round-Trip Ticket, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

Landrieu Phone-Tampering Scandal

Landrieu's New Orleans Office Swept For Bugs After Phone Incident

Justin Elliott | January 28, 2010, 6:26PM

What's a U.S. senator to do after a visit from a man known for planting hidden cameras?

Sweep the place for bugs, cameras, and any other listening devices, of course.

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Topics: Homeland Security Committee, Landrieu Phone-Tampering Scandal, Mary Landrieu

Bennie Thompson

Party Favors: House Staffers' Event Planning Biz Specializes In Bashes For Top Dem Rep

Justin Elliott | December 11, 2009, 12:13PM

A party planning side business run by three current and former congressional staffers raked in over $20,000 last year from lobbyists holding events to honor Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) -- whose own communications director is co-founder of the firm.

The apparent arrangement between Thompson and the business, Chic Productions, at once allows private interests to get closer to the congressman's office and gives the staffers a way to dip a straw into the river of outside money flowing through Capitol Hill.

Chic Productions offers "high style events with simple elegance" and advertises its previous work executing "congressional events and fundraising parties." One of Chic's principals was quoted in 2007 saying congressional events make up roughly 90 percent of the firm's business.

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Topics: Bennie Thompson, Chic Productions, Corrections Corporation of America, Dena Graziano, Homeland Security Committee, House Judiciary, Michelle Persaud, Michone Johnson, Oracle, Patton Boggs, Pepsico