GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: White House 'no comment' on SINT query over House hearings on radical Islam

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Security Industry News Today

07March2011 2:35pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: WASHINGTON — A 1:57PM call from Security Industry News Today to The White House concerning the House Homeland Security Committee hearings and Congressman Peter King’s efforts to address the topic of radical Islam and to find a link to terrorism.

The barrage of criticism leveled against King and other members of the committee have made this a hot button topic.

Security Industry News Today credits leaers like freshman congressman Ben Quayle (R-Arizona) and others or their tough stand on protecting the United States from the threat of radical, Islamic extremism. (read full report)

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White GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: House praises Muslims ahead of House hearing

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SOURCE: Associated Press

07March2011 10:00amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: STERLING, Va. -- Muslim Americans are not part of the terrorism problem facing the U.S. - they are part of the solution, a top White House official said Sunday at a Washington-area mosque.

Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough set the Obama administration's tone for discussions as tensions escalate before the first in a series of congressional hearings on Islamic radicalization. The hearings, chaired by New York Republican Peter King, will focus on the level of cooperation from the Muslim community to help law enforcement combat radicalization.

The majority of the recent terror plots and attempts against the U.S. have involved people espousing a radical and violent view of Islam. Just a few weeks ago a college student from Saudi Arabia who studied chemical engineering in Texas was arrested after he bought explosive chemicals online. It was part of a plan to hide bomb materials inside dolls and baby carriages and blow up dams, nuclear plants or the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush.

King said the Muslim community could and should do more to work with law enforcement to stop its members from radicalizing and recruiting others to commit violence.

"I don't believe there is sufficient cooperation" by American Muslims with law enforcement, King said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." "Certainly my dealings with the police in New York and FBI and others say they do not believe they get the same - they do not give the level of cooperation that they need." (read full report)

"GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE" is an intelligence briefing presented by Griffith Colson Intelligence Service, and provided to the public for informative purposes only. All subject matter is credited to it's source of origin, and is not intended to represent original content authored by GCIS, it's partners or affiliates. All opinions presented are those of the author, and not necessarily those of GCIS or it's partners.