Tag Archives: Hoekstra

I guess it’s not Obama’s fault after all, Mr. Hoekstra.

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: December 27, 2009

I guess it’s not Obama’s fault after all, Mr. Hoekstra: An official briefed on the attack on a Detroit airliner said Saturday the U.S. has known for at least two years that the suspect in the attack could have terrorist ties. The official told The Associated Press that the suspect, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, has been on [...]

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Rachel Maddow: Hoekstra, Dubious Choice for Intelligence Committee

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: November 13, 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3oIyThiivo Rachel Maddow / MSNBC Via: Michaelmoore.com The following is a transcript of Rachel Maddow’s ‘RE: Hoekstra, Line & Sinker’ from ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’ on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009: If a religious extremist in a foreign country was under surveillance by U.S. intelligence, what would you call someone who tipped off that extremist, who told that person that [...]

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Gates Angry About Defense-Related Leaks

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: November 13, 2009

So, does this go for Hoekstra? Is he gone for having leaked this info? I’m not holding my breath, but we all know what kind of screaming and pearl clutching would be going on if the leaker wasn’t a right winger. ELISABETH BUMILLER | New York Times OSHKOSH, Wis. — Defense Secretary Robert M. [...]

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Maddow Rips Rep. Pete Hoekstra For Leaking Sensitive National Security Information

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: November 12, 2009

Think Progress Last night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow accused Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee and current gubernatorial candidate, of leaking sensitive intelligence information to the press. Hoekstra told the Washington Post this week that Maj. Nidal M. Hasan had e-mail conversations with a radical Yemeni cleric, Anwar al-Aulaqi. Maddow [...]