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AG Holder stonewalling Rep. Wolf about Uighurs’ connections to terrorism (their free release in Virginia ‘soon’)

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Andy McCarthy at the National Review Online points out that Congressman Frank Wolf (R-Va) took to the House floor last week. He is being stonewalled by AG Eric Holder from learning the terrorist training and associations of the 17 Uighurs currently being held at Guantanamo; the Obama administration plans to soon release them free and on welfare within a few miles of the Pentagon. Here is what Rep. Wolf said Friday:

Madam Speaker, it is my understanding that President Obama’s decision regarding the release into the United States of a number of Uyghur detainees held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 could be imminent. The New York Times, ABC News and others news outlets have reported that the president will soon release these terrorists into the United States, and yet this Congress has yet to be briefed on this decision. This is unacceptable.

Let’s be clear: these terrorists would not be held in prisons but released into neighborhoods. They should not be released at all into the United States. Do Members realize who these people are? There have been published reports that the Uyghurs were members of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement, a designated terrorist organization affiliated with Al Qaeda.

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DHS to Interrogate U.S. Intelligence Agents

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The Department of Homeland Security will brutally question CIA and perhaps other agents using interrogation techniques developed during the previous administration.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs stated the program is necessary to ensure that intelligence is shared one last time with the FBI’s Criminal Division investigators, in the interest of national security.

When asked if the move was in response to claims by some on both sides of the political aisle that Barack Obama’s evolving views about prosecuting former Bush administration officials has created widespread risk-aversion within our intelligence agencies, Gibbs replied, “President Obama wants those who acted within the four corners of his many statements to know what he thinks about their being prosecuted.”