Thursday, June 16, 2011
Lee
then said, “I don’t think that’s the issue. The issue is whether or not
their intent is to undermine the laws of this nation. And I think it is
clear that that is the case. So it’s not -- your distinction is not
answering the question.”
(CNSNews.com) – At a congressional hearing on Muslim
radicalization in U.S. prisons, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said
that investigators needed to analyze Christian militants in America
because they too might try to “bring down the country.”
In an exchange with witness Patrick Dunleavy, the former deputy
inspector of the criminal intelligence unit, New York Department of
Correctional Services, Rep. Jackson Lee mentioned the case of a man who
blew up an abortion clinic and proposed that this perhaps was an attempt
to undermine U.S. law that allows a woman to procure an abortion.
Rep. Lee then said, “As we look to be informational, we should
include an analysis of how Christian militants or others might bring
down the country. We have to look broadly, do we not?”
Dunleavy answered: “I don’t know that Christian militants have foreign country backing or foreign country financing.”
The hearing on Muslim radicalization in U.S. prisons was held on
Wednesday by the House Homeland Security Committee, which is chaired by
Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.).