Obama Administration Officials Play Hooky from Cruz Hearing on Radical Islamic Terrorism
Witnesses from the Obama administration declined to attend a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the Obama administration’s refusal to use the term “radical Islam” to describe Islam-inspired terrorist attacks.
In his opening statement at Tuesday’s hearing on the use of the term “Radical Islam” in the fight against terrorism, chairman Senator Ted Cruz, R-TX (A, 97%) highlighted how the Obama administration’s willful refusal to acknowledge the threat of radical Islam is hamstringing efforts to stop terrorism.
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Cruz brought attention to the fact that Obama administration officials in the FBI and other agencies refused the subcommittee’s invitation to testify.
“I would like nothing more than to speak with a government official about these bizarre decisions and omissions, especially in light of the most recent terrorist attack in Orlando by a radicalized man who had been interviewed three times by the FBI. Indeed, this subcommittee invited two such witnesses: John P. Carlin, an Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, and Michael B. Steinbach, the Executive Assistant Director for the FBI’s National Security Branch. Both have refused to appear.
Three months after Fort Hood, in February 2010, the ‘Quadrennial Homeland Security Review’ made zero references to Islam—radical or otherwise. Again, this subcommittee would appreciate speaking with a government official about this omission. And again, they have refused.”
Cruz then showed the absurdity of the Obama administration’s refusal to use the term “radical Islam,” showing how the administration is comfortable with the terms like “anarchist extremists,” “animal rights extremists,” “environmental rights extremists,” and “racist skinhead extremists,” while “the FBI’s ‘Counterterrorism Analytical Lexicon’ made no reference to Islam, radical Islam, jihad, or any other such term.”
Further, Cruz recounted how the Obama administration has a history of expunging records including terms deemed “offensive.” “This year alone,” Cruz noted, “the Obama Administration has twice purged mentions of “ISIS” and “Islamist terrorism” from highly significant public records—one involving French President Hollande’s remarks about the Paris terror attacks and the other involving the terrorist’s 911 call during the horrific Orlando attack.”
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