TPMMuckraker Pete Hoekstra: November 2009
Pete Hoekstra
Lacking Evidence, Hoekstra Blames Obama Admin. For Fort Hood
Zachary Roth | November 17, 2009, 6:12PM
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI)
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) is ramping up his campaign to use the Fort Hood shootings to paint the Obama administration as soft on terrorism.
At a press conference today, where he was joined by several GOP colleagues, Hoekstra, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence committee, called for an immediate congressional investigation into the shootings, to determine whether the intelligence community needs enhanced tools to combat terror. Hoekstra and his colleagues also suggested, without citing evidence, that the administration had restricted the use of crucial terror-fighting tools that could have been used to stop the attacks.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (45) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (3)Topics: Barack Obama, CIA, Fort Hood, Fort Hood Shootings, Nancy Pelosi, Nidal Malik Hasan, Pete Hoekstra
Pete Hoekstra
Reyes Takes Shot At GOPer Over Criticism Of Obama On Fort Hood
Justin Elliott | November 9, 2009, 6:25PM
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) and Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
House intelligence committee chair Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) made a thinly veiled swipe at his GOP counterpart today over comments made by Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) criticizing the Obama Administration's handling of information about the Fort Hood shootings.
As we told you earlier, Hoekstra said intel agencies including the CIA weren't being sufficiently forthcoming about information the intelligence community might possess about Nidal Malik Hasan. And he suggested there are potential issues with the "performance" of intel agencies in the case.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (7) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Dennis Blair, Fort Hood, Fort Hood Shootings, Nidal Malik Hasan, Pete Hoekstra, Silvestre Reyes
Fort Hood Shootings
Rep. Hoekstra Accuses Obama Admin Of Withholding Information On Hasan -- Sort Of
Justin Elliott | November 9, 2009, 2:43PM
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) and CIA Director Leon Panetta
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) is blasting President Obama for withholding from the Congressional intelligence committees information on the Fort Hood killings suspect, while at the same time acknowledging the leaders of those panels -- including Hoekstra himself -- have indeed been briefed on Nidal Malik Hasan.
"President Obama said people should not jump to conclusions about what happened at Fort Hood, but the administration is in possession of critical information related to the attack that they are refusing to release to Congress or the American people," Hoekstra said in a statement.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (14) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Al Qaeda, CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, Fort Hood, Fort Hood Shootings, Leon Panetta, Nidal Malik Hasan, Pete Hoekstra
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