Bravo. “House Members Seek National Security Answers from Inspectors General,” from Representative Michele Bachmann’s site, June 13 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Today, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann
(MN-06) and Congressmen Trent Franks (AZ-02), Louie Gohmert (TX-01), Tom
Rooney (FL-16) and Lynn Westmoreland (GA-03) sent letters to the
Inspectors General of the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland
Security, the Department of Justice and the Department of State. These
letters seek answers about the U.S. government’s involvement with the
Muslim Brotherhood, a group that calls for “civilization jihad.”In the letter, Bachmann, Franks, Gohmert, Rooney and Westmoreland
questioned the Inspectors General about the direct influence within the
intelligence community of Muslim Brotherhood operatives. They explained
that the U.S. government in federal court has established that the
group’s mission in the U.S. is “destroying the Western civilization from
within.” The members went on to request that the respective offices of
the Inspectors General conduct a formal investigation or evaluation of
the extent to which Muslim Brotherhood-tied individuals or entities are
involved.“The national security of our country depends on getting straight
answers from the Inspectors General to the questions we posed in these
letters,” said Bachmann. “The Muslim Brotherhood is not shy about their
call for jihad against the United States. We seek answers through these
letters because we will not tolerate this group and its affiliates
holding positions of power in our government or influencing our nation’s
leaders.”“Evidence indicates that this administration continues to bow before
groups associated with the goal of “˜destroying Western civilization from
within,” and about whom the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has found that
there is plenty of evidence indicating that they support terrorism,”
said Gohmert. “For departments of this administration to continue
meeting with such groups and agreeing to further blind our government
agents charged with looking for enemies wanting to destroy us is at best
foolhardy. At a minimum, we need an independent inspection regarding
the role, the roots and the results of such destructive groups within
this administration. Our enemies have been identified; now we need to
know what they have done to our ability to protect ourselves.”“The Muslim Brotherhood openly calls for violence against the United
States, but we”re learning that this organization may be infiltrating
our ranks, even within our military,” said Rooney. “We need our top
security agencies to investigate thoroughly the degree to which members
of this organization are active in our defense and intelligence
communities, and what impact that has on our national security.”“We must always stay vigilant when fighting against those who want to
destroy our way of life,” said Westmoreland. “The Muslim Brotherhood may
not have the name recognition of al-Qaeda or the Taliban, but that does
not mean they don’t have the potential to be just as deadly. I’m hoping
these letters will send the message to our country’s intelligence, law
enforcement and diplomatic agencies that we cannot ignore the Muslim
Brotherhood and must look into their operations and membership with the
seriousness that is necessary in order to root them out of our
government.”Founded in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood’s motto reads, “Allah is our
objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur’an is our law. Jihad is
our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.”Signers of the letter serve on the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence (Bachmann, Rooney and Westmoreland), the Armed Services
Committee (Franks and Rooney) and the Judiciary Committee (Franks and
Gohmert). Additionally, Gohmert is the Vice Chair of the Judiciary
subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security.Copies of the letters are available here: Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and the Department of State.